Beaver Lake Report 2-1-13

[nwaoutdoorsman]

Fished Friday in the frigid cold temps. I think when we started out it was around 17 and warmed up to about 35, but that didn't keep the fish from biting. We caught 19 fish, our best 5 would have went 13-14lbs. We caught all our fish on a jerkbait. Fished from Rocky Branch to Starkey on bluff ends, and secondary and main lake points. I keep hearing reports of an A-rig bite, but haven't been able to get any takers on it yet. Also threw a wart some and no takers on it either. The jerkbait seems to be the most consistent along with a jig. Water temp was 45-47.

[J-Doc]

Sounds like I should have gone to Beaver rather than SWEPCO. Fish were a bit off over there yesterday. The algae bloom threw me off too. Haven't seen that much algae before. Must be the low water level?

Going back to Beaver next trip. Now that I have my boat running again, I enjoy the riding.

Jig & pig? Or finesse jig?

[jeb]

Thanks for the report, John. Nice to hear they are biting.

I went out on Saturday. Normally I avoid weekends, but had a couple of hours to kill. I don't know if there was a tourney going on or if it was just the first nice Saturday in a while, but the PC lot was busy and there was a boat on every main lake point down to the Rocky Branch area. I got blanked and called it a day after a couple of hours. Just hate fishing in a crowd.

[nwaoutdoorsman]

Sounds like I should have gone to Beaver rather than SWEPCO. Fish were a bit off over there yesterday. The algae bloom threw me off too. Haven't seen that much algae before. Must be the low water level?

Going back to Beaver next trip. Now that I have my boat running again, I enjoy the riding.

Jig & pig? Or finesse jig?

Both are working depending on the situation. I'd use a 1/2oz football for deeper presentations and a 5/16 finesse for shallower cover or fishing around boat docks.