Tallg

Welcome aboard!

Would his be considered a big one. Caught in Arizona I believe.

Thanks everyone for all the helpful tips. We had booked a guide for Thursday morning to get us started. This is a picture of the first fish we caught. Kinda set the bar pretty high. Boated 5 the first morning. We had some trouble locating fish after that, while fishing on our own. Finally found them at point 6 on the last morning, just as the early bite was finishing up. I hooked up a decent fish but got broke off just as a boat next to me was landing a 27 pounder. We fished hard all weekend but ended up not catching anything but a small walleye the rest of the trip. Learned a lot and looking forward to the next trip maybe sometime in late summer.

I think I understand what your saying F&F.

The forum has been really quite this past week. I hope that means everyone is out fishing instead of talking about it.

Thanks, I will give Lost Bridge Marina a call tomorrow.

What are the best ramps to use on the west side near the dam? Last year the guide used Lost Bridge North. I don't mind paying a marina to use a ramp and possibly a boat slip if they are available for weekend use.

I will be bringing the family to beaver June 11 for 3 days to do some striper fishing. I fished here last year with a guide and now have the fever. I purchased a boat last fall thinking I would be coming here more often. Took a while to get it going as the motor, had issues when I bought it. Mounted a new minnkota w/ipilot and lowrance HDS7. We have thoroughly tested the boat chasing spoonbill all winter on Grand. Now its time to get into some striper, which is what I started out to do. Man I wish Beaver was closer to where I live. I have been reading the post nearly every day all winter. I have read all the educational material that F&F has provided. There is a lot of good info in that reading. Thanks for posting it. We are staying near the west end of the dam. What ramps would be recommended? Where is the closest place to buy bait, like brooder minnows or shad? We will be bringing some lures also but the guide we used last year was all bait, except when we went for some surfacing fish. No experience yet on trolling lures. I really appreciate the way everyone on here is so helpful in sharing information. Here is a couple of pic's of my crew and some spoonbill from Grand. Maybe in a couple of weeks I'll have some big ole striper pictures to share.