Lance34

Pretty much the same pattern as previous trip. 15 fow on brush. Caught three roaming while moving to brush pile to brush pile and those were my biggest fish of the day. Marked several more piles I found on the way. This is new for me. Moving to brush pile to brush pile and then parking on it. It’s a lot of fun because once you hit it two or three poles go down quickly. They loaded with little crappie and good eater size crappie 10”-11”. Hopefully this cold air will put them bigger fish on the move and get them to the traditional areas you can find them in roaming... Good fishing and God Bless... Lance This post has been promoted to an article

@Greg B. Same here. They sucked the bait on down and didn’t like being hooked... Pulled good

Went after church again Sunday. Started about 11 and pulled out my lines at 4:30. Went back to where we went last weekend again to get out of the wind. Rigged along a flat in 15 fow. Everything flipped this week. Caught two random roamers and the rest came off of brush I would come up on. Got to where I would just spot lock on them and drift my lines back over them. I would catch a few and move till I found another. Then repeat. Hardly ever do that because the bigger fish roam but I wasn’t seeing much at all in open water. WT 54, pea green water color, kept 15 Good fishing and God Bless Lance

Went on a hunch to go fish an area I haven’t fished in two years on Sunday afternoon. Mainly we decided to do it was to stay out of the wind. Went to a flat where tons of success has happened before. There was fish all in the 15 foot contour. We caught a ton of shorts. Guessing probably 30 but with about every 5 short was a keeper. It got really good about 3:30ish and we left them biting at 4:45. Minnow rigging, WT 54ish, Stained clarity... Kept 18 God Bless and good fishing Lance

I haven’t fished Beaver in the fall in over 3 years... I remember why now... I stink at it.🤣... Was doing really good until the beginning of October and that’s when they quit biting for me... Always happens?? Don’t really know what I’m doing wrong Should just hauled off to other lakes like normal routine but wanted to see if I could figure it out but dang it sucks... Gone up both rivers, fished out of hickory with all the same results. Just a few keepers and tons of short 7 inch crappie... Seeing tons of bait and fish just can’t get many to bite. They just bump the bait and let off... I always think that’s because they ain’t hungry. With all the bait in the water I can see why. But would think I could get 10 or so keepers to commit. Oh well December is usually when I get back on Beaver and they start getting consistent again

Well it reversed this week. Wednesday was good and Saturday was a bust. Wednesday went back to where I caught them Saturday. Worked a pocket for awhile and only picked up a few. The way they’ve been moving water earlier in the week I just guessed they moved out to the flat. Because that’s where they were. Got on the flat in 18-17 fow and 10-12 feet down. Steadily picked them off but once moving up on a point the bite got better. They were stacked around it. Straight minnows and moon jigs tipped with a minnow worked the best. Saturday they were still there in that 18-17 fow range just couldn’t get many to bite. Had 6 that I tossed back. Guess the weather I don’t know. This time of year is the hardest to dial in for me. Ready for December Be back at it Wednesday I think. Water temp still hovering around 79-83 depending on if the sun is shining. Enjoying the day’s off either way. God bless and good fishing Lance

Well last weekend was a bust. Couldn’t get any crappie to bite. Something was off... Had the day off Wednesday so went and tried the big flats up the river. Mark a ton of bait and fish in that 17-15 foot range. I go through it... Some would nip at it, some would stick and some would hit so hard they would pop off. Had 7 Yesterday went back to the area I fished that was a bust the week before and they were eating aggressively. Couldn’t find them grouped up like previous trips. Just random loan roamers that when they bit it was fast and hard. Like pulling your rod tip half in the water. Made for a lot of pop offs. Would of had a limit if I fished cleaned. Ended with 10. I tried the 15 fow and going over piles but the little bass would eat mean alive. Pushed out to 17-18 and it seemed to slow a bit on the bass. Just made for slower fishing catching roamers but you’ll catch some quality ones that way. WT is around 80-82. I was fishing about 10-12 feet deep over 15-18 fow. Minnow rigging and using moon jigs tipped with a minnow. They bit the moon jig more than straight meat and wouldn’t even touch plastic like they were previously. Hopefully the weather will work out for Wednesday. Gotta another day off👍 Good fishing and God Bless Lance.

@Greg B. Yeah I’ve always been told the magic number for pulling cranks is 75 degrees WT and the hotter the better... Which 82 is prime... These cooler nights might slow it down... I don’t know... Guys this weekend seemed to pick em off good with cranks... Last weekend no... Change in temp it got cooler... Stabilized this week... Cranks are just not consistent it seems for the money put into it... That’s just my personal opinion... Stick with what you know and have confidence in...

Got going about 6 Saturday morning... They’ve been finicky here for awhile. Took a break from Beaver and hit other lakes the first part of August. Boat crowd was getting old Last week they were mad and it didn’t matter what size the bait was. This week it started off like that and then once the sun got up it was back to finicky... Like they just come up and nip at it but not commit to it. Buddy of mine fishing with livescope would say they just come up and look, then swim away... That would drive me nuts. They were hammering it on a 18 foot contour at about 15 to 13 feet down. Minnows and a Crappie Magnet split tail jig in a color called Sho-nuff... Looks like Monkey Milk... Most came off a jig than meat. Crazy how that is. They haven’t wanted jigs all summer and now they do... I guess because it’s a small profile and not much of any action. Just a little vibration that triggers that horizontal line just enough I guess. Had 8 on my first past in about 45 minutes. Flipped around and picked up two more. Then gave it a rest. Went searching for roamers on a big flat but couldn’t keep bass, gar, and cats off my line. Picked up a few shorts but no keepers. So made my way back into that pocket and went to the same contour. Picked up two more but the bite was nothing like at first light. I quit around noon about the time it turns into an ocean. Really gained a lot of personal confidence sticking with Beaver throughout the summer. I struggle the most in the summer. Just had to keep dragging my boat out there and plug away at it. God bless and good fishing Lance

Got out Saturday morning with a good friend of mine... Minnow rigging and using moon jigs tipped with minnows.. We came home with 22... Steady bite till about 10 when the water fleas showed up. 25 to 18 fow, 15-16 feet down. Caught more in the shallower depths than over deeper water. Think all this boat traffic pushing them shallow... I don’t know... Just me thinking like I a fish and what I would do🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good fishing and God Bless Lance

They finicky it seems like right now... Down size to a small minnow. Like a inch or inch and a half...

No just crammed it in a cooler

Yes

Not Louisiana but hey the song came on, on my way to the lake... Close enough Fished throughout the night Saturday night and was set back relaxing shooting the breeze with a couple good friends when I glanced back to see the back rod bent halfway in the water... Kind of like the scene out of Jaws.. The fun was on then... Good fishing and God Bless

@rzbker I've only fished that far north a couple times... First suggestion is get livescope... lol... Seriously though there is a ton of trees and that narrows the search time down a lot. You’ll go in on several group of trees and they’ll be just all on one tree. Usually it’s the one you can’t see... All those branches up there. Clifty, RB, Indian and so on have crappie in them all year. You just got to pick at each one... Have to come a spot fisherman and run around a lot... Target depth has been 20-30 fow up there. Mostly mid tree to the top with a minnow dropped down on top of them... I don’t know of any other information than game and site on brush piles Happy hunting

@Phil S Cover more water and search for lots of bait... Personally Cranking seems to be more inconsistent the past couple years or I just suck at it. It can be awesome one week and suck the next. From previous experience Personally summer seems really good ones WT hits 75 and when it gets above 84 it gets slow... I would cover shorter passes. Hit a flat and along the channel edge. If nothing pull up look at your map and head to the next flat. Don’t dragging dead water. Run your electronics over them before you ever drop a crank. July and on until it cools gets tough from my personal experience on Beaver. It’s wear I struggle the worse and can’t figure it out. I don’t know if it because they finally get full after the post spawn feeding frenzy or just get lethargic when it gets hot like it is now... Have to search a lot. Find where there is lots of bait holding and they don’t have chase as much. If that makes since. That’s what I’m doing know and seems to be working for now. Usually quit fishing Beaver about now and head elsewhere because it gets difficult but staying pretty consistent for now with what I’m doing.

@Phil S Yeah going by previous years... Usually by mid July it comes a ghost town down there... Either that or more likely I just can’t figure out where they go down there until late fall returns.

Got started a little before 6am yesterday and fished until about 11. The wind picked up about then and plus the boat traffic gets to going and it’s over.... WT was 84-85 and clarity was little stained or silty... That seems to be were I’m finding them is in a little off color water line of water. Goes from clear to stain in the area I’m fishing and that’s where they are. Been like that the past two trips... Water Dept too might play a factor.. 17-20 fow and about 13 feet down. I would go down to 15 feet and my minnows would get a little weak or die eventually.. Rule of thumb to me is to fish above that or put my boat in 15-16 feet of water and put my baits a foot off the bottom... That still kinda iffy with current level... It stayed pretty steady... Shorts, Catfish, and gar keep you busy... Ended with 12... You find bait, you’ll find the good ones roaming slowly eating... Move slowly... It’s a grind but worth the effort. God bless and good fishing Lance

@Greg B. Same here several more walleye caught just no keepers yet. Try making passes in long creek arms along the channel. The water so high they haven’t left.

Back again closer to home yesterday. Last week up north fishing with a friend and enjoying the change of scenery... That livescope is some crazy technology. Love it or hate it until you experience it for yourself you can’t bash the thing... Eliminates a lot wasted time that’s for sure. So got started about 6am and fished till about 11:30am. That’s when the rollers started and poles get to bouncing... They don’t like that bouncing... It rained the night before and dirty up the area I’ve been fishing. The back part was mud to stained and then to clear. The group of fish I found were hanging around the start of the stained water to where it got muddier. Bunch of bait because of that too and catfish. I think I hooked that 50 pound flathead I seen swimming under the surface a couple weeks ago. It had my pole bent over all the way close to the handle. It eventually broke my rig off a after few minutes. Best depth was 20 to 18 feet and about 13-15 down. Caught a bunch of shorts but them big thick white crappie were roaming with them too. Beavers white crappie seem to have two moods. Ones that constantly are roaming eating (the long skinny ones) and then the ones that stay put or don’t move much... The thick ones... That dirty water seemed to get them roaming to eat... I don’t know it just seems that way but love when I can find them. Makes that trip extra memorable WT was 83 and quit with 12 dawks God bless and good fishing Lance

@Greg B. Man yeah you’ll catch a ton of cats this time of year... My dad would kill me if he knew how many I release back today... lol A couple weeks ago I seen a flathead swimming just under the surface. I swear it was as long as my leg. And wide! Exactly they seemed to want it moving faster as the morning progressed. Great job today

There ya go!!! 💪🏻💪🏻 Good fish on that table

Alright back down closer to home this weekend... Heading to the ramp I glanced at the forecast... Said storms, 1-2 inches of rain and 25mph gust... Said oh well I already got minnows and already left out... We’ll just see what happens.. Seem to be completely opposite!! Pretty much calm the whole time out there. Got started at 6 and fished until 10... They bit hard and fast... If I didn’t have to redo rigs so many times from catching catfish... Think I could of knocked it out by 9. WT 81, minnow rigging 20-25 fow all along the channel edge... They were along it thick and on a feeding frenzy... I think the past two months have been some of the best crappie fishing all year... They finally mad!! Good fishing and God Bless Lance

Was up that way last Saturday... We caught 27 crappie casting and dipping at submerge trees. Just look for visible group of trees in 35-25 fow and use your electronics to find the ones submerge that are holding fish. Figure out the depth the top of the tree is and get back about 30-40 feet away. Cast over it and count down in seconds then slowly crank over the top. Like a 1/16 or 1/8oz paddle tail lure. Natural colors If you can be quite and slowly work your way to the tree. Use a longer dipping pole and drop a minnow down on them. We cheated a bit with livescope to be more efficient with lure placement but that’s how I would go after them without use of it. Lot of trees in those hollers you’ll have to look at a lot of them to find which one has fish. If you find one that does if they don’t bite don’t waste much time with them. Tree that is loaded your good for about 4 or 5 fish and then you’ll have to leave it. Just saying be efficient with your time... Go early and be off by noon before the water fleas run you over.. Good fishing