2-24-13 Beaver Report

[Feathers and Fins]

I had made plans to go play with the walleye today and back up was crappie fishing with a smattering of striper, but when i put the boat in the water it had a mind of its own and took me back to my semi-secret smallmouth hole. I arrived there at 9:00 and fished it till 3:00pm. I kept catching them and just couldnt stop smiling so i kept casting.

I will say this they were in 8 to 12 fow on the inside of rocky points just at the transition to pea-gravel and they were on the stumps of those point very much keyed in to a very specific structure. I caught 38 yes 38 of them. They went from 13'' to 22'.25 inches and chunky thick bulldogs every one of them.

Bait of the day was Flicker Shad "Speckle Gold Shiner and Black Gold Sunset" worked parrelling the bank with a steady retrieve. I did run around PC Marina for a bit but saw no stripers on the graph either side or up and down and really not a lot of fish anywhere in the area so to speak. Figured I would also Check the "Hot Spots" from this weeks AGFC Report for stripers in PC area 12 Bridge area, My suggestion, dont bother i didnt find any marks at all that would keep me interested.

Anyway todays contestants pictures.

[Smalliebigs]

Oh yeah!!!! great job, it's great when you second guess and it's right. Man that looks like some fun.....nice and chuncky.....making me sick sitting in Kirkwood,MO...thank you sweet pics

I wish my boat had a mind of it's own

[Feathers and Fins]

I just kept thinking on the way to the lake how much fun they were last week so I said screw it, lets see if they are still there. Honestly I had no real hope with the front that came through I thought it would have pushed them out but the first cast was 19''inches and out of 8fow so I just kept casting. When i get in a bite that keeps me smiling I dont care if its tiny bluegill or billfish I am in heaven and nothing is wrong. Today was one of those days you feel your soul recharged with every tug on the line and I needed it. To be honest a thread on another forum had me pretty low remembering an old friend who passed on last year way to early and it felt like he was in the boat with me one last time today.

[Guest]

38 at Beaver? Wow thats a very impressive catch!!

Good job

Whats the water temp? gotta be cold thats for sure.

[Gavin]

Good for you! Thats a frigging smackdown!

[wc1063]

Sounds like a great day at Beaver!!

[chris3179]

wow! if you ever get bored catching all those fish, feel free to come down to the blue springs area. we could have shared my 1 white bass today.

[duckydoty]

Nice job Scott!

[chris3179]

I just kept thinking on the way to the lake how much fun they were last week so I said screw it, lets see if they are still there. Honestly I had no real hope with the front that came through I thought it would have pushed them out but the first cast was 19''inches and out of 8fow so I just kept casting. When i get in a bite that keeps me smiling I dont care if its tiny bluegill or billfish I am in heaven and nothing is wrong. Today was one of those days you feel your soul recharged with every tug on the line and I needed it. To be honest a thread on another forum had me pretty low remembering an old friend who passed on last year way to early and it felt like he was in the boat with me one last time today.

glad you had a good fishing/spiritual day.

[Feathers and Fins]

No thanks Chris I think I will stick to the main lake for now, sounds like it has more fish