My Flw Experience

[Sore Thumbs]

Champ said it all. That is the only answer. Those pigs eat everything in site.

[Stump bumper]

The Arkansas river has lots of stripers and lots of big bass.

[Guest]

The Arkansas river has lots of stripers and lots of big bass.

Dardanelle has stripers, but they're not that common on the lower pools like Pine Bluff or Pendleton.

but, I guess they could have spread during high water events.

[Feathers and Fins]

Sighhhhhhhh, Champ I know you don't like stripers but as stated before all the science contradicts any argument about stripers negatively effecting Bass population remember this thread and I know there is another where the I posted the top 100 bass lakes and many of them had stripers and yet still produce large bass and big tournament weights. Beavers bass issues could never be related to trotlines left for days at a time, jug fishermen who leave them out several days at a time, fluctuating water level during spawning times, tournament after tournament during spawns, cover and I can go on. Beaver is tough on the fish and fishermen and has many ecological factors going on beside stripers. Heck how about the Walleye or Bluegill predating on the young bass even.

[Guest]

Sighhhhhhhh, Champ I know you don't like stripers but as stated before all the science contradicts any argument about stripers negatively effecting Bass population remember this thread and I know there is another where the I posted the top 100 bass lakes and many of them had stripers and yet still produce large bass and big tournament weights. Beavers bass issues could never be related to trotlines left for days at a time, jug fishermen who leave them out several days at a time, fluctuating water level during spawning times, tournament after tournament during spawns, cover and I can go on. Beaver is tough on the fish and fishermen and has many ecological factors going on beside stripers. Heck how about the Walleye or Bluegill predating on the young bass even.

Im sure stripers aren't having a positive effect on the bass, much more than left out jugs or trotlines, or bed fishermen.

But the biggest problem is infertility of the water, by far.

It would be cool to have a bunch of hydrilla or coontail,

[Feathers and Fins]

ACE is not in the business of making great Fishing Lakes, heck NO water district I know of makes fishing a top priority. Wish list would have been for them this year with low water to lower the lake by generation even more and then bring in loads of dirt and create flats, IMO nothing is more productive then flats for spawning fish, feeding areas and vegetation growth. There are several areas on Beaver this could easily have been accomplished and aided in fish production. But then ACE would have to not all for sever water fluctuation during the spawn and try to maintain ( within mother natures temper ) a constant water level. I know it will never happen but sure would be nice.

Like I said Trophy " Many ecological factors " Even the Big O had some seriously bad times ecologically.

[Guest]

ACE is not in the business of making great Fishing Lakes, heck NO water district I know of makes fishing a top priority. Wish list would have been for them this year with low water to lower the lake by generation even more and then bring in loads of dirt and create flats, IMO nothing is more productive then flats for spawning fish, feeding areas and vegetation growth. There are several areas on Beaver this could easily have been accomplished and aided in fish production. But then ACE would have to not all for sever water fluctuation during the spawn and try to maintain ( within mother natures temper ) a constant water level. I know it will never happen but sure would be nice.

Like I said Trophy " Many ecological factors " Even the Big O had some seriously bad times ecologically.

This is exactly why Im drawn to the Rivers at Beaver.

There's plenty of mud flats and gravel bars, even a couple of sandbars.

It reminds me of fishing back home on the Lower White River, stump rows, mud flats and murky water.

Now, my next adventure will be catfishing this summer up the White.