GRANDPA TATER

Dan I am coming down this week. Thanks for the information! I tried emailing a couple guides but was unsuccessful in booking anything. It looks like I'll just be hanging around Eureka Springs while the wife is in her conference.

Thanks RB!!

I've been out with Ed Callaway several times and plan to go with him again. He is an excellent teacher of multiple tactics. I highly recommend him.

Thanks QB!

Members 41 Members Posted just now I'm going to be headed to Eureka Springs with my wife in March. She is in a conference during the day so I'm going to have a vehicle and free time. I have never caught a true striped bass (I have caught hybrids as big as 11 pounds and white bass) and my understanding is Beaver Lake is a great place to catch a big one. Catching a big striper is a bucket list item for me. So I am looking for a recommendation for a striper guide who might be able to help me cross off that bucket list item. TIA for suggestions. Grandpa Tater

Members 41 Members Posted just now I'm going to be headed to Eureka Springs with my wife in March. She is in a conference during the day so I'm going to have a vehicle and free time. I have never caught a true striped bass (I have caught hybrids as big as 11 pounds and white bass) and my understanding is Beaver Lake is a great place to catch a big one. Catching a big striper is a bucket list item for me. So I am looking for a recommendation for a striper guide who might be able to help me cross off that bucket list item. TIA for suggestions. Grandpa Tater

I'm going to be headed to Eureka Springs with my wife in March. She is in a conference during the day so I'm going to have a vehicle and free time. I have never caught a true striped bass (I have caught hybrids as big as 11 pounds and white bass) and my understanding is Beaver Lake is a great place to catch a big one. Catching a big striper is a bucket list item for me. So I am looking for a recommendation for a striper guide who might be able to help me cross off that bucket list item. TIA for suggestions. Grandpa Tater

My buddy and I are heading down in a few days and plan on trolling cranks primarily hoping to catch crappie. I'm checking in to see if anyone has been pulling cranks for crappie recently and how it's been. I'm not looking for specific spots but any help on water depth, main lake or coves, etc. would be appreciated. I would expect them to be on secondary points towards the backs of coves recovering from the spawn but the weather has been so weird this year that I'm afraid that I'm off base. We will have bottom bouncing rigs and jigs to have a go at the walleye if we're successful on the crappie. It sounds like there isn't a definitive pattern set up yet and it's one here and one there. Any advice in that area is also appreciated. Tater

Thanks Xraydude! Some else had suggested Southwinds, so I'll be looking into it. Unless they've been updated, I was told the Orleans Trail cabins are not in the greatest condition. Anyone had any recent experience at the Orleans Trails cabins or those at State park?

Do yo9u have a name for them Dutch?

Owl Haven has been my go to place to stay when I am at Stockton. I went to make a reservation today and found out it is apparently closed? I saw another link that indicated it was for sale. So, I am looking for a different spot to stay and thought this would be a great place to ask. We liked the Owl Haven because we could get a two bedroom place, with a kitchen (we like to cook our own meals rather than going out) and it was at a reasonable price. We sure don't need fancy and don't spend a lot of time in the room anyway. We also like that at Owl Haven we could get something on the ground floor and it had a place to charge the batteries on the boat within sight of the room. It was also close to a launch site (Orleans Trail) but we're not locked into that part of the lake either. I heard that there was a place near Mutton Creek somewhat similar but can't seem to find it in a search. So fellow fishers of Stockton do you have any recommendations? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Tater

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Thanks TJM!

I was talking to my older brother at Christmas. Dan (who is 73) has always enjoyed floating Ozark streams in jonboats. He said he hasn't been able to do that the last few years because all of the outfitters that he used in the past have quit the business. We grew up floating on the Bourbeuse near our farm. His favorite stream to float is the Big Piney but he has enjoyed floating the Jacks Fork, Gasconade, Current, Big River, etc. My question is do you know of any livery services on any of the Ozark streams who use jonboats? Dan said they usually go to a put in spot and meet the service there, and the service transports their vehicles to a take out place. But they'd be willing to be flexible on the plan. Any help is appreciated. As Dan said he's not sure how many more years he and his friends have to do this and wants to get one in this year. Thanks! Tater

I was talking to my older brother at Christmas. Dan (who is 73) has always enjoyed floating Ozark streams in jonboats. He said he hasn't been able to do that the last few years because all of the outfitters that he used in the past have quit the business. We grew up floating on the Bourbeuse near our farm. His favorite stream to float is the Big Piney but he has enjoyed floating the Jacks Fork, Gasconade, Current, Big River, etc. My question is do you know of any livery services on any of the Ozark streams who use jonboats? Dan said they usually go to a put in spot and meet the service there, and the service transports their vehicles to a take out place. But they'd be willing to be flexible on the plan. Any help is appreciated. As Dan said he's not sure how many more years he and his friends have to do this and wants to get one in this year. Thanks! Tater