Phil S

@david13Congrats! what kind of spoon are you using? I usally use War Eagle spoons, but that one looks nice.

Great info. I appreciate the feedback.

I’m finally about the bite the bullet and buy the livescope rig. I’ve said I’d never do it but here I am. I fish spring crappie on south end of the lake. Early summer smallmouth and then summer walleye around our place near pt 5. questions: I am going back and forth between the tm mount and the separate stick mount. The thought of having to use my hand to move it around makes me iffy about it, but the thought of spot locking on fish with the TM twirling around makes me turned off on that. Would love to hear how your setup works for you. How big of a game changer is it having LS? Any personal stories or feedback? what’s installation like? DIY or have someone else do it? any other tidbits or something I am not thinking about please feel free to share. Thx!

I fish walleye on Beaver only in the summer as it’s convenient to our lakehouse in the Pt 5 area. I have a been a little disappointed so far this summer compared to previous years. I am not getting to go a ton, so it may just be the way they are biting that day, but I’m not seeing fish just stacked up in my normal honey holes like years past. When I do catch them the bite it so light it’s hard to get them hooked up. I lose a lot of them and the ones I get in the boat are barely hooked. Not sure if anyone else has experienced the same. It’s hard to be a judge though based on going once or twice every couple of weeks.

Fished Friday. Was a nice day but got pretty windy later in the day. Fished big island around the dam and other areas nearby. Caught about 10 smallmouth between me and a buddy in a couple hours of fishing. I can’t ever seem to catch a big one on beaver , they were all 10-12 inches. 3.25 inch swimbait on 1/4 oz jigheqd. I was fishing 5-20 feet of water. I’m thinking I may need to focus on deeper water fishing to target bigger fish. Nonetheless we had fun.

Looks like fun! I’m going to try and go after them next week. Judging by the water stain, I assume this wasn’t Indian Creek.

Does anyone have any kind of striper report? I know typically this time of year they migrate up the white and war eagle, but have not heard much lately. I’ve caught them by accident up there in years past trolling cranks looking for walleye, but think about targeting the stripers specifically this spring. Any help or tips appreciated!

Anyone have a walleye report? I haven’t been out in a while but plan to this weekend. This time last year I was catching them in 25-30 feet of water dropping spoons when I found them. I’ve heard from several that the striper fishing is kind of weird this year and this be bite has been slow. Not sure I feel like hunting for them.

@Quillbackit was the biggest Kentucky I’ve ever caught. All the ones that were hitting the top looked larger than the normal ones I see. Striper boats were hovering in the vicinity of the buoy.

Fished from about 6:30-9:30. Decent top water early caught a nice fat 19”Kentucky on a popper and a smaller one. Striper boats in the area but didn’t see much bait on the screen or Striper’s hitting the top. Caught a few more small Kentuckys and a decent smallmouth on small keitechs. Those things don’t last but one fish. Caught 2 more smallmouth on a new rig both probably 10 inches. Lots of bites, was hoping for a walleye but didn’t get one.

I fished yesterday with a buddy and it was awful. Fished up in Indian and back down to starkey. Fished 5 hours and caught one small Kentucky. Was going for smallmouth as well. Used Ned rigs, crankbaits, jerkbaits, swim baits etc. Ive been fishing all my life but usually not on big water like beaver. We bought a place around point 5 and I’m trying to sharpen my skills, but it’s tough out there!

Thanks for the continued reports. Seems like activity on the uptick. I came up today mainly just to get the boat out of the water, but ended up fishing around point 5 area for about an hour. Caught a nice smallmouth and Kentucky on a smaller dark green jig with a small trailer.

Curious what everyone thinks about this article as it relates to fishing, populations, and spawning. I don’t know enough to comments but I surely would think it could affect spawn, especially in the river arms. https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/jan/10/corps-plan-aims-to-maintain-lower-beaver-lake/?fbclid=IwAR22DqSmTz1rJTgEIOrC-pVyzSqu06XYC24F5IDVvcszQ1r7RNkfG7ASo_U

Thanks for all of the reports lately. Good to see you’ve had some luck. Duck season for me currently, but ready to get after it starting in February. I fished some this fall targeting smallmouth and caught some small ones, but it was pretty slow. I’m fairly new to the lake, but seemed like fall was tough fishing for me.

Fished around Point 5 yesterday for a few hours trying to catch some smallmouth. Caught a couple really small ones. Was using some small swim baits and crankbaits. Water temp was 70. I thought they would have been more turned on but may still be a little early.