nathanhooper Posted July 10, 2013 Author Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks for the feed back. Yea, I wish I had a camera last night. At one point we came over a spot where there were literally arches stacked upon arches, maybe 15 lines that I could count on the screen at one time? We stopped and jigged at one point too. Bucktail and fluke, and then I just had a fluke on jig head. I could see the jig on sonar, then I saw a line come up to the jig depth and then go back down. Not sure if it was just coincidence, but I think it was for sure checking it out. I hope to get a small card for tomorrows fishing. I would like to record some of this and play it back to see what all was going on, not to mention just having a record of it. I like to see others pictures also. It helps to see the differences and such. I should have taken a picture of the smaller hybrids we were seeing, then catching. They were significantly smaller arches, but piled up none the less like the others we were seeing.
J-Doc Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 The line you saw come up was definately a fish looking at your bait. Something was off and it didn't bite. I've seen that on drop shot presentations for bass. That's why they say its like playing a video game. So.times you know see the fish take your bait as it happens. Pretty cool really. Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
Feathers and Fins Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Pic 1 through 3 Possibly striper or Gar. Pic 4 stripers thats how i see them often and confirm it with Cam or fish on. Pic 5 Bait being ate my bet would be by whites or bass as there is not a heavy enough line to be stripers. The rest appear to be clutter could be from numerous reasons. If it was right before dusk it could be small bait and fry coming off the bottom i see that a lot right at dusk. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
nathanhooper Posted July 10, 2013 Author Posted July 10, 2013 Pic 1 through 3 Possibly striper or Gar. Pic 4 stripers thats how i see them often and confirm it with Cam or fish on. Pic 5 Bait being ate my bet would be by whites or bass as there is not a heavy enough line to be stripers. The rest appear to be clutter could be from numerous reasons. If it was right before dusk it could be small bait and fry coming off the bottom i see that a lot right at dusk. Thanks for the feedback. I too thought that some of the lines I was seeing were pretty thin to be stripers. I'm wondering if it couldnt be some hybrids as that is what we caught, and we were fishing with the downriggers at the 30' mark. Some of those photo's show my rigger up shallow, but we let it down lower later on and thats when we started catching. Caught the hybrids on flicker shads, #7. Going back out tomorrow. Live bait this time. Hopefully I'll have a card by then. I'd just be as happy to reel in a boat load of them hybrids. Love to hook into the stripes, but fish are fish.
Feathers and Fins Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 My guess is the hybrids were probably 2 to 4lb size based off the marks am i right? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
nathanhooper Posted July 10, 2013 Author Posted July 10, 2013 Yep, just heavy enough to pull from the DR clip. They would be fun to catch on light tackle. Makes me wonder if thats just not what the majority of them are.
J-Doc Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Crap............ Now I need to go to the other end of the lake and have fun. You guys are really making my wife jealous and angry with me for needing to fish all the time. LOL! Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
nathanhooper Posted July 10, 2013 Author Posted July 10, 2013 Crap............ Now I need to go to the other end of the lake and have fun. You guys are really making my wife jealous and angry with me for needing to fish all the time. LOL! I hear you. I'll be out there tomorrow(I'm sure I mentioned that before...), and I think that some others are coming out also. They might not if they think that its just hybrids, but I like to stick close to home and hybrids are fine with me.
J-Doc Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 I used to be a die-hard bass chaser. Beaver is tough.....lets be honest. I still love to bass fish but I was missing out on about 80-90% of the fishery by targeting bass only. At this point, if it's got gills, fins, scales or no scales.........and bites a hook, I'm interested. Heck, I'm learning more about the lake and bass in general by opening my eyes. Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
Feathers and Fins Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 This is one time I can say watching TV teaches you something. That little TV on our boats the more you watch it the more you learn. Then learning the seasonal patterns of the lake and how the fish react to them or more specifically how the bait does will put more fish on the deck. Its fun being able to go out at will and catch a bunch of fish... So the question is... HEY DOC IS 300 fish a day possible with what you have learned so far???? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
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