Fishing Under Lights?

[hunter_3780]

ok my FIL, dad, and i are going to beaver this weekend to try our luck once again fishing under lights. we have been fishing point five the last few times we have gone but last weekend our luck ran out there. we had plenty of shad up but we didnt catch any fish. i have never had this problem on beaver and most of the time it is the opposite "no shad plenty of fish on the graph" now my question is do any of you guys have any suggestions on moving to a different location or trying anything different? i would love to fish beaver in the daytime but with temps exceding 100 degrees i think i will stick to the night.

thanks in advance for any and all of your help

[Feathers and Fins]

Try Points 3 area the slope is gentle and there are a couple of humps out by the deep water, I would guess the stripers and walleye could be caught there readily, further back into point 3s cove you could do well on crappie and walleye in the trees.

Good luck.

[hunter_3780]

i was just told that a friend of my dads caught 5 last night between 20 and 40#s he tied up to the booies at the dam. do you think that is a fluke or would that be good place to be? we are in a little flatbootom boat with a 9.9 so driving long ways id out of the ?.

[Feathers and Fins]

This time of year stripers are in that area and I would not be suprised if you can catch more there. Stripers are rock bass after all, if its windy that area can get rough fast. The ramp however is very close so it would be a quick run.

[hunter_3780]

we are kinda second guessing where to go now. how deep do you think we should anchor? i figured with the surface temp being as high as it is we would need to be in pretty deep water. i honestly have no clue about any of this though.

[Feathers and Fins]

I have not been out in awhile to see myself what its like in that area however i would be watching the wind anchor shallow 20 fow and drift shad back into 40fow with ballons if possible. If that is not an option than anchor in 45 fow fishing 30 to 40 fow.

[Matt Fogarty]

are you catching shad on Beaver? I know a lot of the guides haul their shad in from OK. I have not had any luck catching shad, and it seems when i set up the lights im only attracting ghost minnows

[Feathers and Fins]

You can catch them on Beaver I know many guys that go to Holiday Island late afternoon to get them then to Beaver for the night striper bite, The other option is to find lighted docks or around marinas and get shad early evening then go to the dam area/indian creek area for the night fishing. The best solution if possible is to have large brood minows and bluegill handy while waiting for shad to rise to the light. You almost must have a good fish finder to set-up over the shad to get them at night. Another option is chicken liver, stripers love it and you may also get a big cat. Make sure to keep it in the range the stripers are at NOT on the bottom.

[hunter_3780]

yes we have been catching shad. we have had more shad this year than ever. we were catchhing alot of whites and just a striper hear and there but now its like you just shut off a light switch. a guy i know went last night got out there late and didnt get shad till 3 or 4 am. he didnt catch a fish im hopeing we do better tonight but im not holding my breath.