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Most were right on the money. Some were 10-20 ft off. The brush piles were fairly large.

To say I'm not a technical angler is an understatement by a large margin. Based on advice from this forum I did go to the AGFC website and get the fish attractor download for Beaver Lake. Took the SD card to the Humminbird and loaded it up. Only caught a few small ones this morning, but it was a hoot to locate a few of the waypoints where I was fishing around the islands at Prairie Creek. Maybe next time they will hold some fish. The process worked very well and I wasn't having to constantly stare at the fish finder, just glance from time to time to see the distance from boat to waypoint. Something new for the ol bank beater!

Enjoyed reading the report. Thanks for taking to time to post it.

Those both look like a lot of fun on topwater. Is that brown fish as big as it looks? I'm spending a couple days at the Lost Bridge North campground and see if I can do any good. I'll have to dodge some thunderstorms here and there, but so be it.

I just dropped my travel trailer at Lost Bridge North campground. Going to hang out there on Quillback creek, I mean Indian Creek, for a few days and see if I can do any good. Mainly seeking LM and SM bass but I won't complain if I hook up one of the drag screamers!

After spending most of Wednesday breaking in the new boat motor I got to fish this morning. Started down the right side of Avoca Hollow chunking the ol' popper. Overcast and about 55 degrees. WT 60. Got about ten total. Nothing big but several in the 2lb range. Plenty of fun there. More LM this time than spotted on the last trip. Only hit a few dinks when I switched to the paddle tale toward the end. Started at 6:15, had enough by 9:45. A tournament angler I could never be! Saw quite a few beds, only a couple seemed to be occupied.

Thanks for the feedback. I shot Greg an email, so we'll see if he's up to teach a topwater plugger some new techniques!

I did just that when I was at Prairie Creek two weeks ago. HLS in Rogers. Guy at the counter didn't have any to suggest which I thought was odd. Back several years ago I did hire Brad Wiegmann on an electronics only guide trip. Maybe I'll look him up again. I really like pulling the travel trailer and boat to Prairie Creek. I get to fish am/pm for several days in a row!

Or maybe just watch this YouTube. I have Googled for Beaver Lake fishing and have a couple of YouTubers I watch. This one is a bit different for sure. I was going to watch it out of curiosity and was surprised it was for Beaver Lake.

Since my new mission in life is to get well acquainted with Beaver Lake in the Prairie Creek area I keep having the idea of hiring a "teaching guide" for a trip or three. I've been bass fishing since I was 7 yrs old, so it ain't like I need to learn the very basics. But there is a lot of water in that lake, and if I had some half a strategy to eliminate water it would be very helpful. Like fish this area in Apr/May with these types of lures, here in Jun/Jul, etc. Yeah I know I can get all this info by surfing various online sites (like this one!) but being in a boat and actually looking at the coves, flats, whatever is more effective for me. Seems most Beaver guides are striper guides. Anyone know of a good bass guide? Could care less about catching fish, more of an educational tour of the area maybe from Prairie Creek to Ford's Creek or so. Traveling this Saturday to Kansas City to pickup my new Lund 1775 Renegade, so pretty pumped about getting that new rig out there.

Anyone know if the Ventris Public Use Area has changed in the last few years? I remember trying that launch (if you can call it a launch ramp) 10 yrs ago or so. Very long washboard gravel road and no dock.

Took the camper out to the campground Tue/Wed and then back to the house (Bella Vista) for the boat. Tried Coose Hollow on day one and then Prairie Creek arm day two. Beating the bank as I tend to do with a topwater popper and then Tiny Torpedo. Midmorning tried a paddle tail, spinnerbait and DT6 crank bait off the bank a bit. Just ten or so small spots and one largemouth. I blame the high pressure system coming in instead of my below average fishing skills.

Thanks, I'll work on getting those uploaded to my Helix. Leaving today to spend a couple of days camping/fishing at Prairie Creek, so I'll have time to figure it out.

Really appreciate the feedback. I'll just concentrate in the Prairie Creek area. A 17' aluminum bass boats and recreational boats don't play well together. So if Grand is full of those, that will defintely get me to Beaver. Plus the few YouTubes I watched on Grand makes me appreciate the beauty of Beaver.

Yes, Avoca Hollow. Sometimes I forget to get out my trusty Hot Spots map of Beaver. Of course once I got it out I had to dive in for more detail. The legend indicates fish locators are marked. Any idea what those are made of? Wondering if they are still intact. I have the latest map, but I think the version is several years old.

Hit Prairie Creek this morning. Do ya'll call it the right fork or east fork? Anyway, fished the fork to the right. Caught about 8 or so, but nothing over a 1lb. Throwing a topwater popper, DT6 Crank and 3.5 Keitech. All on the popper close to the bank. Need to find bigger fish next time. But it's hard for a bank beater to quit throwing that topwater when I'm getting hits!

Don't hear much from anyone fishing the Clifty areas. Is that because it's more difficult to get to (Rocky Branch Marina) coming for the Bentonville/Rogers area?

I knew I could count on Quillback to respond after over 70 views with no response! Thanks. I guess I'll keep it local and just learn the Prairie Creek area.

Upgrading my 16' bass boat/utility boat to a proper bass boat - A Lund 1775 Renegade. Plan on hitting Beaver more often is one reason to get a larger boat. Question - since both are almost the same driving distance, which lake do you think I'd have better luck with Grand or Beaver? If I want to spend time getting familiar with one of the other, might as well concentrate on the more productive lake. Talking bass fishing mostly.

I get overwhelmed with big lakes. Coming from a topwater bass fishing background on small reservoirs, I feel a bit defeated when I show up at Beaver. Maybe just focusing on one smaller area of the lake is a good way for me to attack Beaver. Yes, the drive is much less hectic and I'm all about lowering human contact when possible. Although it may not have as much "entertaining" boat launch techniques to see as Prairie Creek. Thanks for the feedback.

I got camping reservations at Prairie Creek for next Sun-Tue. Going to fish that area. But you got me thinking about Indian Creek too. Think I'll make reservations at the campgrounds there very soon. I take the small travel trailer and then come back to the house to get my boat. Gotta ask. Since it's not much difference drive time wise to Indian Creek vs Prairie Creek, why do you prefer Indian Creek mostly? I am just assuming you do based on posts. Appreciate the fishing updates. It keeps me motivated!

What pound test you throw in that clear water? My bass fishing background is from the Houston area. So one foot of clear water is pretty clear. I'll never forget the first time I launched at Indian Creek. I could see the boat ramp down to 15' or more. Almost wanted to hook back up and go home.

Had to take a look at the AFGC site. I see where I can download Beaver Lake fish attractors to my Humminbird. This should be a fun project. Surely it will work perfectly on the first try!

I went online to "fishinghotspots" to see if my old map had been revised. It appears to look identical to my map. The online map says it is a revised 2007 version. Question - it has a lot of info about the different fishing points of interest, do ya'll feel it is worth much? Is there a more recent map available? Maybe one that shows fish attractors sunk? As I'm typing this I'm think maybe AGFC has such a map. https://www.fishinghotspots.com/e1/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=287&idcategory=

I'm going to have to get some Medicare advice from you next year!