Advice For Wade In At Twin Bridges

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There is a launch at twin bridges then the next one out would be War eagle Marinia. Even though it is a river, not much of a current unless there is a flood level rain. The next one downstream (North) would be point 12. Those areas are great places to find stripers and whites in early spring/late winter.

[Feathers and Fins]

Shhh there are no stripers anywhere near war eagle nope nope nope all by the dam ya thats it

[West Fork Jason]

It's been a few years since I've been down to Beav o Rama, Isn't there a launch there?

Any beta on a twin bridges to Beav O Rama float, or Beav O Rama to Sonora (412) Launch?

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Shhh there are no stripers anywhere near war eagle nope nope nope all by the dam ya thats it

Cumon you've been out lately; give us an update.

[Feathers and Fins]

Played up in War Eagle for a bit today, There were some stripers 3 to 6 pounders and a few whites little males. Loaded the boat back up and ran down to Prairie Creek... Bait was stacked in front of the marina. Striper class was much nicer as well. Managed 3 in the 12 to 15 pound class and marked plenty. Shad were all the way in the back of Avoca and Prairie Creek and when i say all the way back I was in less than 2ft of water.

Alot of Bass in the back of both creeks as well busting them. Not the best day for sure the wind and cold was cutting through me and making drifts for the stripers very difficult.

I went all the way up the creek in Prairie Creek looking for shad and saw a flathead that easily topped 40 ponds and possibly 50. The thing was monster. Pretty neat seeing him crusing the creek channel.

Oh and the catch of the day a 1.5lb rainbow trout from prairie creek, White rooster tail trying for the bass busting the shad. Gee wonder where he came from.

[J-Doc]

Are trout native to the White River? (don't laugh) OK, native to Beaver Lake after the White was flooded to make Beaver. I know Table Rock has lake trout. Does Beaver?

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Are trout native to the White River? (don't laugh) OK, native to Beaver Lake after the White was flooded to make Beaver. I know Table Rock has lake trout. Does Beaver?

They stock lots of rainbows in lake Atlanta and want them caught out and cooked before summer since the lake gets too hot for the trout to survive. When you get a good rain, lake Atlanta overflows and runs into Prairie Creek and rainbows, crappie and bass wash in with the flood waters. I have caught a 6lb bass in the creek in the fields behind the Nursery that was being washed down.

I did catch a Brown that was about 5lbs a couple years ago that turned out to be a mistake by a stocking truck that was headed for beaver tail waters and guess the driver had never been to Beaver before and dumped his load into Prairie Creek instead. Sometimes I see fish jump out of the lake after hatching insects and hope they are big browns still living from that mistake.

[Feathers and Fins]

Yup, Lake atlanta trout, I wish AGFC would stock Beaver with them, heck Beaver would sustain lakers or salmon. Think about how much fun those would be or just stock beaver with trout. Out west they stock lakes with stripers and bass that eat stockers. Stock them at PC Park or Horshoe Bend and let people take advantage of them as they will hang around long enough for people to catch a few.

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I have always thought putting them in Beaver would make more since then Lake Atlanta but only for the fish and they have to provide a fishery for kids and people that don't have boats and don't fish very often and nothing is easier to catch then hatchery raised fish.

Guess they look at trout in Beaver as striper food, but that would not be bad IMO.

[Feathers and Fins]

Trout in Beaver would be very viable. Stock them at the Parks and Announce it in the papers and AGFC website. This would give people a chance to catch them on stocking days and about 3 days after... It would provide a summer holdover fishery and in time a world glass fishery for large trout. Yesterday was not the first time ive caught a trout in PC.

Heck if they stocked them there and turned the old road area to a park it would be a very nice place to fish. I am sure the stripers would catch on but stocking a little larger class trout would help keep them from munching.

Still would love to see Salmon stocked it would hold them for sure.