Quillback

JWM trailer in Reeds Spring might, give them a call to see if they will.

Saw this pic on another site. Seems like a good idea as a way to catch the elusive gizzard shad. Last couple of trips to Beaver I have had multiple big gizzards chasing in hooked smallmouth. Makes sense that tossing a big swim bait that the gizzards would chase it and take swipes at it, at least while they are spawning.

I love the top water action, so that's what I'll target as long as it is going on. Buddy of mine caught a 30 lber. fishing a Storm Wild Eye Shad through the top water fish.

I used 8 lb. leader quite a bit last year and for smaller fish, less than 10 lbs. it will work if you have room to play them (no trees). I have bumped it up a bit to 10 lb. this year. If a big striper breaks me off, it is no big deal to me, I just like to play with them.

I think they saw your post and shut them off. 😉 TR is down to 917.5 which is near the top of power pool for this time of year, so they've shutdown the gates.

Good crop of 3-5 lb. fish last year, looks like they are the 6-10 lb. fish showing up this year.

I'm pretty happy with maxing out with 8-10 lbers. using bass tackle. You get a 30 lb. goliath on and you end up wasting a half hour chasing it around. 😃

Way to go! I'm a little ticked I didn't get up and go myself now.

This end of Beaver has been fishing really well this year and there looks to be a lot of shad around so I'm hopeful the fishing will continue to hold up. Looks like we're going to get drenched with rain next week, hopefully the lake won't get trashed again.

Figured I'd better get out again one more time before the skies open up. Launched at first light once again, and left about 11 AM. Fishing was good from a multi-species perspective. Lot of shad around and the 2.8 Keitech is about the right size to imitate the majority of the shad. Stripers - Saw quite a bit more surface activity early from the stripers, they are moving around a lot chasing shad. Hard to stay on them. I caught one that was in the 8-10 lb. range on a popper and had a few half-hearted swirls. Saw another one caught by another boat right in front of the Indian creek ramp. There's enough of them around to be worth spending some time on with a top water. White bass - Ran into a bunch of them in the back of a cove chasing shad. Fast and furious action on a 2.8 Keitech. Caught a dozen of them, kept a few for the frying pan. Black bass - They are still biting, mostly smallmouth. Caught a couple of decent spotted bass, one on a top water and one on the 2.8. Smallmouth are near the bank, usually around rocks or off the end of submerged logs. Walleye - Caught one keeper sized wallie on the 2.8. He was near where all the whites were, I'm sure he was after shad too. WT 64.

Nice thing about Beaver is that the ramps are built to be useable at the top of pool. As long as it is not super muddy or a lot of debris floating around, I don't mind the lake level being up.

You need some northern pike for the true Minnesota fishing experience.

A guy on another forum pre-ordered a Rivian pickup. He claims he paid $70,000 for it.

I fish them pretty slow, I'll pause them on the retrieve to let them drop, a lot of bites will come on the drop.

Launched at 0545, just getting light at that time now, and fished until about 1130. Smallmouth - Plenty of smaller smallmouth are roaming the banks, caught around 15 that were in the 10-15" range and had 3 solid keepers also. Had many, many bites from little dinky 6 inchers, too small to get hooked (thankfully) but they loved to hit that 2.8 Keitech. Had to put up with them as there would be a better fish around them every once in a while. Sure looks good for the future, I have never seen so many little smallmouth in this lake. Stripers - Caught two stripers, one about 6 lbs. and another around 2 lbs. Wasn't much top water activity, but did catch the bigger one on a popper. At the end of the day I decided to fish a point near the ramp, thinking I might have a shot at a walleye. Caught the 2 lb. striper fishing the Keitech right off the bottom in 20 FOW, next cast, hooked a good one, had it on for a couple of minutes, really couldn't do much with it, just hang on until it tired and I could net it. Got a glimpse of a big silver flash down in the water, but hard to say how big it was, at least 10 lbs. I'd guess, but never found out as the hook popped out and that was that. WT 63.

Well I hope it works out for you and I also hope the forecast is off. Still several days out, so who knows? Are you bringing the tin boat? If so, I am sure you can get in somewhere even if it goes up a few feet from here.

NWS long term. Might want to stock up on sandbags and get the ark project going again. Dry weather is expected through the remainder of the work week as high pressure prevails. The chances of shower and thunderstorms return late Friday night and continue into next week as a more unsettled weather pattern returns. Heavy rainfall will be a concern during this period of unsettled weather. 2 to 4 inches of rain will be common with locally higher amounts possible. Strong to severe storms will also be possible during this time.

looks like they have really reduced the flow out of Beaver. I hope the extended forecast is wrong, if not, ugh...

That bluegill is a good one! Congrats on a good trip!

Yeah I'd say a worm under a small bobber is best for a 3 yo. Don't know if you are interested but there is a kids fishing deal here in Bella Vista on Saturday May 15. You don't have to be a resident and it is free. Registration starts at 0730 with fishing to begin at 0800. Small pond behind the Metfield clubhouse that is stocked with catfish for the event.

I saw that they posted signs that there was hunting that day. Appear to be some kind of draw hunt? Is it a Conservation Area?

Got woke up at 0230 by hail hitting the roof, not a lot of it, but it was loud. Not as much rain over here, couldn't tell you how much, but not much.

Has to be more to the story. Missouri hiker shot in the chest after being mistaken for a turkey, police say (msn.com)

And in other news, a house blew up in the Ventris area. Hopefully no one was killed. Fire crews responding to explosion near Beaver Lake (nwahomepage.com)

That's a great trip!