Upper River Arm Report

[J-Doc]

We fished around the Hwy. 412 area Tuesday night from 6:30-10:00 and never caught a fish. We had a few bites but they were very short reaction strikes. One quick "thug" and that was it. By the time your brain processed it was a bite it was too late to react. When you fish that long and only get 2-3 bites, it's hard to stay focused on the short bite.

We fished flukes, spinnerbaits, jigs, and a few topwater assortments. There was absolutely no topwater action from bass. A few gar but little to no bass action. Never found much on the sonar in coves, points, channels, etc. We found a few coves that looked like a textbook case for a bass hangout. My bud likes to say, "MAN, that looks bassy right there!" We combed it pretty good and never got bites.

So I guess the bass are down river in the main lake end already. Anybody got any thoughts?

Thanks!

[razorbackfan4life]

We fished around the Hwy. 412 area Tuesday night from 6:30-10:00 and never caught a fish. We had a few bites but they were very short reaction strikes. One quick "thug" and that was it. By the time your brain processed it was a bite it was too late to react. When you fish that long and only get 2-3 bites, it's hard to stay focused on the short bite.

We fished flukes, spinnerbaits, jigs, and a few topwater assortments. There was absolutely no topwater action from bass. A few gar but little to no bass action. Never found much on the sonar in coves, points, channels, etc. We found a few coves that looked like a textbook case for a bass hangout. My bud likes to say, "MAN, that looks bassy right there!" We combed it pretty good and never got bites.

So I guess the bass are down river in the main lake end already. Anybody got any thoughts?

Thanks!

I've been catching them in the main lake end for the past couple of weeks. I've been flipping jigs, and that's it. Find some dingy water(which isn't hard) and flip the jig right up in the bushes. The strange thing is, a few of the fish I caught on Wednesday evening had bloody tails. Almost like they were spawning, but I don't see that being the case.

[J-Doc]

I've been catching them in the main lake end for the past couple of weeks. I've been flipping jigs, and that's it. Find some dingy water(which isn't hard) and flip the jig right up in the bushes. The strange thing is, a few of the fish I caught on Wednesday evening had bloody tails. Almost like they were spawning, but I don't see that being the case.

The temp is in the mid 70's. With the constant cold fronts and weird weather patterns, there might be some late spawners.

We tried the big end of the lake Sat. morning. I expected a slow bite due to the cold front but I found schooling fish. Problem was, most were whites and some smaller strippers I think. I know I saw some largemouth jump clean out of the water though. We tried several things, (flukes, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, topwater, jigs, etc.) and couldn't get a bite. They were feeding heavily on something. My guess is shad.

We tried a few more places and just couldn't find any. Seems like the secret to Beaver Lake is off-shore structure and deeper ledges around 30ft near deep water and shallow water. Seems like they like suspending on the bluffs or drop-offs and just staying there until the food isn't there.

Everytime we fish shallow water, there just isn't many bass around like in other lakes. Even when it's stained and muddy.