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ollie-- I wandered in here a few weeks ago and was relieved to NOT see my crick listed on the forums...hehe Yeah we'll hook up sometime this yr once it warms up and stays warm. My new neighbor bought the rest of the old ranch, so now I have access to 3/4 of a mile of crick frontage. He's really nice so we won't have any problems getting on the water. I don't see floating as an option till we get a monster flood to wash out the ice storm debris. Thanks for the nice words on Juice. I don't know what his plans are. I'm sure he'll put on more stuff when this big batch is out the door. He just had twin boys a month ago, so he gun show times (& free time in general) is dwindling. He's running out of room in both his stores, so he's selling off the slow moving stuff.

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/04/...shingreport.txt Beaver Lake: The crappie spawn is on and fishermen are catching limits from all types of shallow cover on the upstream half of Beaver Lake. Bill Pope at Hickory Creek Marina said anglers are plucking crappie from flooded grass, trees and brush piles. Minnows and jigs are both effective. Work either offering 2 to 10 feet deep. Crappie fishermen are catching an occasional walleye and catfish. Black bass are beginning to spawn and anglers report top-water lures are starting to work. Surface plugs, buzz baits and small jerk baits are all taking bass, Pope said. Work the lures around shallow cover. White bass are schooling on the surface at sunrise and sunset near Point 12 and in the Big Hickory area. Try jigs, spoons or top-water lures. Striped bass are prowling the same areas. They are hitting shad or brood minnows. Trolling an umbrella rig is also effective. Jason Piper at J.T. Crappie Guide Services said crappie fishing is excellent. The spawn is underway on the upstream half of the reservoir. Black/green curly tails, jigs or minnows are good choices to work around any cover near shore. Weed lines have also been productive. Some fish are a little deeper in bays and near channel drop-offs. Hot crappie spots include Prairie Creek, Hickory Creek and Blue Springs. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said the state of the crappie spawn depends on who you talk to. "Some say it's about over and some guys say it's just starting." Regardless, plenty of crappie are being caught from Monte Ne upstream into the White and War Eagle arms. Minnows or jigs in a variety of colors are both working well. Fish 2 to 5 feet deep. The farther upstream you go, the shallower you should fish, Jolliff advised. Black bass are scattered, he said. They're hitting spinner baits, soft jerk baits and jig-head worms. Lots of bass are being caught, Jolliff noted, but the size is running small. Bob Bauer at Lost Bridge Marina reports good white bass fishing in the Indian Creek and Honey Creek areas. White jigs are working best. Hybrid stripers are outnumbering stripers this week. Bauer said both are hitting shad or jigs. White River below Beaver Dam: Betty Clark at Riverview Resort said trout are being caught with Power Bait or waxworms. Colorado spoons or small Rapalas are good lure choices. Some small white bass have been caught with minnows near Houseman Access, but no big numbers or large sizes have been reported. Walleye are biting between Houseman Access and the town of Beaver. Try countdown Rapalas, Rogues, nightcrawlers or bass minnows. Mike McLellan at McLellan's Fly Shop in Fayetteville said midge patterns are effective flies in low water. Gnats and midge dry fly patterns are working well in low water. During power generation, try drift-fishing from a boat with San Juan worms or egg patterns. Lake Fayetteville: Jim Black at Lake Fayetteville boat dock said the crappie spawn is over and crappie are scattered and at various depths. Minnows or jigs work equally well. Black bass are starting to spawn. Try shallow-diving crank baits around shallow cover. Bluegill fishing is slow. No catfish have been reported. Lake Sequoyah: Jackie Smith at Lake Sequoyah boat dock said crappie fishing is good with jigs, Roadrunners or minnows. Trolling or still fishing are both productive methods. Crappie are along mud flats 4 to 6 feet deep, he said. Black bass are hitting spinner baits, buzz baits and plastic worms 4 to 6 feet deep around cover. Most anglers are crappie fishing, so no catfish have been caught. Smith recommends cut bait, liver or worms for catfish. Prairie Grove Lake: Fishing was good for crappie and black bass last weekend, reports lake manager Paula Keen. Brian Hawkins caught and released seven bass to 4 pounds with crank baits. Larry Wilson landed eight crappie with jigs and three bass with crank baits. Shawn Miller used jigs to catch three crappie and minnows to catch five bass. The lake is open Saturdays and Sundays from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. Gasoline motors are not allowed on the lake. Bella Vista: Nick Gann at Hook, Line and Sinker in Bella Vista said black bass fishing is good at all the village lakes. Bass are preparing to spawn. The top baits are finesse worms, lizards and centipedes. Crappie are hitting on all the lakes 8 to 10 feet deep. Jigs and minnows are working. Bluegill are biting 8 to 10 feet deep on crickets and worms. SWEPCO Lake: Kenny Stroud at the Siloam Springs Wal-Mart said black bass fishing is slowing down. Bass are hitting dark-colored finesse worms 15 to 20 feet deep. Illinois River: Stroud said smallmouth bass are biting 4-inch lizards in dark colors Siloam Springs City Lake: Stroud said crappie are biting chartreuse/white jigs. Try finesse worms for black bass. Upper Table Rock Lake: J.D. Fletcher at Devil's Dive Resort said white bass fishing has improved. Whites are hitting small jerk baits from the town of Beaver to Houseman Access. Fletcher's son, Jeff, has been guiding and reports catches of 25 white bass per trip. Crappie are spawning and around shallow cover, Fletcher said. Tube jigs are working best. Black bass are moving shallow and can be caught with spinner baits and jerk baits. Jeff Fletcher took advantage of a bright moon to do some night fishing last week. He caught 14 bass to 3.5 pounds on spinner baits and jerk baits. Lake Taneycomo: Mike McLellan at McLellan's Fly Shop in Fayetteville said scuds, sow bugs and midges are the best fly patterns in low water. During power generation, drift in a boat and fish large nymphs, scuds and sow bugs. Eastern Oklahoma: Kenny Stroud at the Siloam Springs Wal-Mart said crappie are biting at Lake Eucha along main lake points. Roadrunners are working best. Any color is good, he said. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said white bass fishing is fair to good on points with spinners and spoons. Crappie are fair to good around brush with minnows or jigs. Black bass are biting at Lake Hudson 5 to 7 feet deep on jig and pigs. At Lake Tenkiller, black bass fishing is slow, but a few are coming in 15 to 20 feet deep on jig and pigs. Crappie fishing is fair by trolling deep-running lures in the morning.

Brother-in-law is a gun dealer in SW MO. He said put the word out that he is selling off a bunch of guns. www.gunbroker.com goto smart search at the top and select search by seller seller = juice1 I think Ollie can testify to the integrity of the seller. He has done business with him in the past I believe.

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/03/...hingreports.txt Beaver Lake: Crappie are prowling the shallows and getting ready to spawn on the upstream half of the reservoir. Lee Winkler at Hickory Creek Marina said minnows and jigs are both working for crappie around all types of cover including laydowns, stickups and brush piles. Crappie are shallow, from 1 to 5 feet. White bass are schooling at sunrise and sunset near Point 12. Anglers are watching for surfacing fish and casting top-water lures, Rat-L-Traps and jigs to the swirls. Black bass fishing is tough, Winkler said. Anglers report catching a few bass with spinner baits along points. No reports of catfish or walleye, he said. Jim Ritter at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers reports crappie are hitting minnows and jigs on the upstream half of the lake. The Blue Springs area in the White River arm has been a hot spot this week. Black bass are going for crank baits in crawdad or shad colors along chunk rock or pea gravel banks. Jason Piper at J.T. Crappie Guide Services in Rogers said crappie fishing is good. Water temperature is around 60 degrees upstream from Hickory Creek park. Try small jigs in shallow water where there is brush or weeds. Some slab-sized crappie have been caught this week. The best fishing is upstream of Hickory Creek park and up the War Eagle and White river arms with jigs or minnows about 2 feet deep. White bass are biting on anything that looks like shad. The Sidewalk Hole in the War Eagle arm is producing well for white bass. Joyce Bauer at Lost Bridge Marina said white bass fishing is excellent in the Indian Creek arm with white jigs. Stripers are going for shad near the dam. White River below Beaver Dam: Tom Steinke at the Beaver Dam Store said fishing is excellent in the river and lake. Trout are biting Gulp! and Power Bait prepared bait. Buoyant Spoons in the rainbow trout color are working also. Walleye are being caught from Holiday Island upstream to the dam. Trolling is the best method. Try Rapalas, Wally Divers, jointed Shad Raps or a jig and minnow combination. The best fishing is at night or on cloudy days. White bass are biting at Beaver Lake in White Bass cove north of the dam. Black bass are biting in the Beaver Dam area of the lake on spinner baits worked along wind-blown banks. Scott Branyan at Ozark Fly Flinger guide service said trout are hitting bead-head woolly buggers and pheasant tails. Scuds and sculpin patterns are other likely choices. Mike McLellan at McLellan’s Fly Shop in Fayetteville said midge patterns are good in low water, especially on breezy days. Lake Fayetteville: Jim Black at Lake Fayetteville boat dock said crappie fishing is excellent. Limits are coming in on minnows or jigs 2 to 3 feet deep. Black bass are beginning to nest. They’re being caught with crank baits or jig and pigs. Lake Sequoyah: Jackie Smith at Lake Sequoyah boat dock said crappie fishing is excellent with jigs or minnows. Trolling 4 to 6 feet deep over the mud flats is the best way to catch them. A few black bass are coming in on spinner baits and plastic worms fished 4 to 6 feet deep. Smith recommends liver, worms or cut bait for catfish. Bella Vista: Nick Gann at Hook, Line and Sinker said black bass and crappie are biting at all the village lakes. Bass are hitting finesse worms, jig and pigs, soft jerk baits and crank baits. Crappie are scattered. Try jigs or minnows 8 feet deep. SWEPCO Lake: Kenny Stroud at the Siloam Springs Wal-Mart said black bass have moved deep. Try Senkos or jig-head worms 15 feet deep. Dark colors are best. Catfish are biting liver, nightcrawlers or cut bait. Siloam Springs City Lake: Stroud said crappie are biting one-sixteenth-ounce red/white or blue/white jigs. Illinois River: Stroud said a few smallmouths have been caught with Rebel crawfish lures or small tube baits. Prairie Grove Lake: Lake manager Paula Keen said fishing was good for black bass and crappie last weekend. Rick Jedlicka caught and released 11 bass to 4 pounds on crank baits. Brett and Scott Seaman caught two crappie and five bass with jigs. Tom and Sandy Anderson used jigs to catch 10 crappie and three bass. The lake is open Saturdays and Sundays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Only paddlecraft or electric motors are allowed on the lake. Upper Table Rock Lake: J.D. Fletcher at Devil’s Dive Resort said white bass are biting in river channel bends from Holiday Island to Houseman Access. Plenty of whites are being caught in Butler Creek. Fletcher’s favorite white bass lures are a chartreuse jig with a red head or a Rooster Tail. Lake Taneycomo: Mike McLellan at McLellan’s Fly Shop in Fayetteville said power generation has slacked off. There are some good wade-fishing conditions. Scuds, sow bugs and midge patterns should hook trout. Drift large scuds or sow bugs from a boat during power generation, McLellan suggested. Eastern Oklahoma: Kenny Stroud at the Siloam Springs Wal-Mart said white bass and crappie fishing is good at Lake Eucha. For white bass, try Rat-L-Traps or Roadrunners. Go with small jigs for crappie, worked around main lake brush. At W.R. Holway Reservoir, try crank baits along main-lake points. Stroud fished there Saturday and caught five bass, but lost a 5-pound smallmouth bass at the side of the boat. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reports Grand Lake is fishing fair to good for crappie around docks and brush piles. Paddlefish snagging is good upriver. Black bass are biting at Lake Tenkiller on jig and pigs worked along drop-offs.

Not yet. Still got gobs of ice storm clean up to finish before the hay gets too high. Do I know ya Dutch?

CONGRATS!!! What a nice stringer of fish. It may have been a little slow, but you can't beat the weather we've had. Glad to hear you got in to some fish. Have fun at Stockton.

Yep, Ol JD is still kickin and floating the King's River every summer.

Or is it me?? I'm on super high speed here at work and all the other sites open up instantly, but this site takes 30 secs to a minute to open to a new post or thread. Is it slow for everyone else?

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/03/...07whitebass.txt The annual spawning run of white bass up the tributaries of Beaver Lake has started and anglers are sprinting to reservoir to get in on the action. Reports from anglers and tackle shops indicate the fish are biting, but the peak of the white bass run is still weeks away. Bret Aggus at Southtown Sporting Goods in Fayetteville said white bass are being caught from Point 12 at Beaver Lake up the White River past the Arkansas 45 bridge access near Goshen, known as "Twin Bridges" to anglers. "We haven't had great reports yet," he said. "If I were to guess I'd say we're just on the verge of it." Aggus noted the level of Beaver Lake is higher this year than last. Water is backed up to the Arkansas 45 bridge. That makes it easier for anglers to navigate the popular white bass destination in a boat. Anglers at the Arkansas 45 access late last week reported sporadic action. White bass were moving in waves. Catching was good for anglers there at the right time. The right time is anyone's guess. The White River isn't the only white bass haunt. Lowell anglers Travis Fox and Rhett Garner got into a horde of schooling white bass at Beaver Lake Monday between Hickory Creep park and Point 12, where the White and War Eagle river arms meet. "As soon as the rain let up a little, the whites started schooling in every direction for as far as you could see. They bit constantly until it was totally pitch black outside," Fox wrote in an e-mail with a photo he sent. "I guarantee we easily caught 100 between the two of us." Many were large female white bass weighing 2 to 4 pounds, Fox said. They almost missed out. Fox noted he and Garner initially decided to head for the gym to work out, but decided at the last minute to fish instead. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said fishermen have told him the white bass fishing is better than it has been in years. The War Eagle Creek arm is producing its share of white bass, Jolliff said. The Sidewalk Hole area of the tributary has been a hot spot. The downstream end of Beaver Lake can be a springtime mecca for whites, too. Bob Bauer at Lost Bridge Marina said Tuesday that fishermen are pulling in lots of white bass from the Indian Creek arm west of Beaver Dam. White jigs are getting the job done, Bauer said. The bay on the north side of Beaver Dam is another down-lake white bass hot spot. It's easy to fish for whites from shore at the day-use area along the dam's rip rap. White bass fishing at Table Rock Lake hasn't kicked off yet, reports fishing guide J.D. Fletcher of Eagle Rock, Mo. Anglers are after them, but the fishing isn't consistent. Sporadic good fishing is reported up the Roaring River arm of Table Rock and up Leatherwood Creek. Jerk baits and Rooster Tails are the preferred lure, Fletcher said. Betty Clark at Riverview Resort on the White River below Beaver Dam said white bass haven't made a move up the Beaver tailwater yet. White bass are so abundant at Beaver Lake and it's tributaries above the dam that they are the only waters in Arkansas where there is no limit on white bass.

Beaver Lake: Crappie and white bass are filling stringers on the upstream end of Beaver Lake. Lee Winkler at Hickory Creek Marina said crappie are biting 2 to 10 feet deep around stickups and brush piles. Black/chartreuse jigs are working best. White bass are schooling in large numbers at sunup and sundown from Hickory Creek to Point 12 and up the White and War Eagle river arms. Chrome Rat-L-Traps with a black or blue back are the best lures. Winkler said black bass are biting in flooded grass on bright-colored spinner baits and crawdad-colored crank baits. Stripers are prowling the upstream half of the lake from Prairie Creek and up both river arms. Try shad, shiners or umbrella rigs 8 to 10 feet deep. Bob Bauer at Lost Bridge Marina said white bass fishing is good in the Indian Creek arm with jigs. Stripers are biting shad or spoons. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said white bass fishing is excellent in the White or War Eagle River arms. The Twin Bridges access up White River and the Sidewalk Hole area of the War Eagle arm are hot areas. All kinds of lures are working including Rooster Tails, Lil' Fishies, countdown Rapalas and Shad Raps. Live crawdads are also working. Stripers are running with the white bass, Jolliff noted. Black bass are biting best in flooded grass on spinner baits and crank baits 5 feet deep or less. The best fishing is in the midlake area. Jason Piper at J.T. Crappie Guide Services in Rogers said crappie fishing is good in the backs of coves in the afternoons. White black or black/chartreuse jigs are working well. Good fishing is reported in flooded grass 2 feet deep or less during the afternoons. In the morning, look for crappie 10 to 15 feet deep near channel bends or ditches. Minnows fished under a bobber near laydowns have been taking crappie. Crappie hot spots include Blue Springs, Hickory Creek, Pine Creek and Nelson Hollow. Piper said white bass are biting in the backs of wind-blown coves on Rat-L-Traps and white Roadrunners. The Sidewalk Hole in the War Eagle arm has been very productive.

ROGERS -- The Curran family of Coose Hollow will be eating fish, lots of fish, after Michael Curran caught a 102-pound, 8-ounce paddlefish from Beaver Lake on Thursday to set a state record for the species. Curran and his brother, Mark Curran of Oklahoma City, Okla., were trolling for striped bass in the Coose Hollow arm near Prairie Creek park when they hooked the record paddlefish around 1 p.m. Also called "spoonbills," the paddlefish broke the former Arkansas record of 98 pounds, 8 ounces caught from the Ouachita River in July 1994. The brothers were trolling chartreuse-colored size 9 Shad Rap lures on two fishing rods about 3 miles from the mouth of the 4-mile long Coose Hollow arm. Curran landed the 100-pound plus fish on 17-pound test Trilene fishing line spooled on a bait-casting reel. Michael Curran saw his rod tip toward the water, but the paddlefish never bit. His lure snagged the paddlefish in the belly and the 45-minute fight was on. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries biologist Ron Moore, who certified the catch, said it is illegal to snag paddlefish on purpose except during snagging seasons and in designated areas. Snagging one by accident is legal, he said. Paddlefish feed on plankton and don't normally bite lures or bait. The brothers had been trolling for striped bass for five days without so much as a strike. Michael Curran figured the fish was a trophy-sized striper. "Mark had never caught a striper so I said, 'You want to reel in a great big fish?,' and he said 'No. I might lose it." When the brute rolled in the water beside the boat, they saw the fish's bill and knew it was a paddlefish. The fish wouldn't fit into the jumbo-sized net aboard their boat, so they wrestled it over the gunwale. "I stuck my hand in the mouth and grabbed one side of his head," Mark Curran said. "He put his hand in its mouth and grabbed the other side of his head. It took both of us." The anglers didn't have a clue they'd caught a state record. They took the fish to Michael Curran's lakeside home where his wife, Debbie, got a gander at it. She called the Game and Fish regional fisheries office in Rogers to see if it could be a record. Biologists Ron Moore and Stephen Brown met the Currans at Anderson's Propane and Gas on U.S. 62 north of Rogers to weigh the fish on certified scales. It measured 48 inches long from eye to the fork of the tail and had a girth of 45 inches. Debbie Curran revealed the family's plans for the 102.5-pound fish. "We're going to eat it. We've got a lot of big old boys at the house and I've got to feed them," she said. "We're going to try some of it tonight." Having a taxidermist mount the state record fish is out of the question, Debbie said. "We already have a deer on the wall. The only place we could hang it is in the bathroom and then you couldn't take a shower."

It's been 14 yrs, but the mouth of Buffalo gave up a 15 or 16lb hybrid to a buddy of mine. He was catfishing at the time. I don't know if it's still there or not, but he was interning at the Neosho Fish Hatchery at the time. He had the fish mounted and it was hung in the hatchery. I don't know of any public take out spots down river of Cowskin (43 hwy) bridge, but when the water was up, we've taken pontoon boats and wave runners up the river from the lake and to within 200 yds of the Cowskin bridge. My grandparents used to catfish at Shadow Rock many moons ago. Bill or anyone from out of the area, if I were you, I'd get a Conservation map, which shows each area county by county along with a topo map (DeLorme). Take into consideration Cowskin bridge is fairly close to Oklahoma so roads below the bridge leading to the river are likely to start somewhere in Oklahoma. Only other option is. . . . . . . .. ROAD TRIP!!

Hello Guy. No expert here, but if you're shore bound, you're likely to have some long days. By the 1st of July, most of the stripers will be caught toward the lower end of the lake near the dam. Depending on the warmth of spring and early summer, the surface water temps can reach mid to upper 70's, pushing the big stripers down deep below the thermocline. I've caught a couple stripers on the surface in the early fall when the water temps were still warm, but I was out in the middle of the lake and fishing around an underwater hump (island). It was almost dawn and the stripers were schooling pockets of shad and pushing them up to the surface over the island. Most fish caught this time of the yr are caught early or late (mainly cause it's too darn hot to be out in a boat in the middle of the day) and deep, at depths of 60'. Most of the guides slow troll live shad over humps, ridges, etc. using planer boards and downriggers. My best advice if you REALLY want to catch something is to hire a guide. http://www.beaverfeverguides.com/ is who I would recommend. It seems like he's ALWAYS on fish no matter what time of yr it is. Good luck and let me know if I can help out any other way.

Bill, That's not a problem for me. I'll post up another thread and maybe you can make it a sticky at the top.

Found a report in the local paper from Mar 15, for what it's worth. Beaver Lake: Fishing improves daily for black bass, crappie and stripers, reports Bill Pope at Hickory Creek Marina. Pope said black bass are the most cooperative of the three. Work small spinner baits and hard or soft jerk baits in flooded grass and weeds. Striper fishing is good in the White or War Eagle river arms with brood minnows, shad, Roadrunners, Rat-L-Traps and Shad Raps. Crappie haven't moved into shallow water in high numbers yet, Pope said. Fish are staged at the edge of the river channel and not in brush, Pope said. Try minnows or black/chartreuse or red/chartreuse jigs 15 feet deep. Average water temperature is 52 degrees, he said. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said the white bass run has started. Anglers report catching whites in the Twin Bridges area on the White River and near the Sidewalk Hole in the War Eagle arm. Good lures include Rooster Tails, Rat-L-Traps and Lil' Fishies. Jolliff said stripers are biting in the same area and in the Prairie Creek area. Brood minnows are working best. Black bass are hitting crank baits in crawdad and fire tiger colors. Spinner baits are also working. Work either offering over flooded grass or brush. Jason Piper at J.T. Crappie Guide Services in Rogers said crappie fishing is good anywhere upstream from the U.S. 412 bridge. Try laydowns or brush wherever the river channel comes close to the bank. Minnows or jigs are both working under a float 2 to 5 feet deep. Sunny days have been best. White bass and walleye have also been caught by crappie fishermen. Bob Bauer at Lost Bridge Marina reports stripers and white bass being caught in the evenings. He recommends jigs in chartreuse or white with metal flake for white bass. Shad are a good choice for stripers. Average water temperature is 50 degrees, Bauer said. White River below Beaver Dam: Tom Steinke at the Beaver Dam Store said the focus is more on walleye than trout. Walleye are scattered from the dam to the upper reaches of Table Rock Lake, he said. Cast crank baits, minnows or a jig and minnow combination. The best spots are the ends of gravel bars and creek channel bends. For trout, try floating Rapalas, Husky Jerks, spoons and Rooster Tails. Fly fishermen are having success with white woolly buggers, small midges and olive-colored WD-40s. Black bass are biting in the Holiday Island area on crank baits.