Fishing Report 4/4 And 4/6

[Get_Tha_Net]

Friday was the best of the two days we fished. We fished between Avoca and Monte Ne targeting 45 degree banks with chunk rock. Our best fish all came on smalls cuts on these banks and secondary points. All fish came on a wiggle wart. Saturday with the cold temps over night none of the bigger females moved up. A few fish did show up for us on Saturday. We ended up catching probably 15 fish had a total weight of 9.54lbs. We started out in Avoca and water temps had dropped from 52 over night to 44 degrees. So we fired up and fished Blackburn. All of our keepers came from there except one. Friday was one of the best days I've had on Beaver in a long time. Our best 5 from Friday would have went 18lbs. Also on Saturday while fishing the Ned Rig I caught a crappie on it. That was an surprising catch on the little rig. All below pics are from Friday. Since we were fishing a tourney on Sat taking pictures really wasn't on our priority list. Did talk to the guy that won the tourney he caught all his fish dragging a jig around the Prairie Creek area. He ended up with 15lbs on Saturday.

[Jerry Rapp]

just curious. Why would you keep four fish for a photo opportunity the day before a tournament? Several times I have caught the same fish on a tournament day that I caught in practice (definitive markings).

[Get_Tha_Net]

just curious. Why would you keep four fish for a photo opportunity the day before a tournament? Several times I have caught the same fish on a tournament day that I caught in practice (definitive markings).

Those four fish all came off the same spot they were released right were we caught them.

[Quillback]

Thanks for the report, that's some good fishing!

[Jerry Rapp]

but not immediately released. And why would you catch 4 off on one spot prefishing for a tournament? Seriously, Get, if you want to catch fish for photo ops, that is fine. If you are prefishing then you should re-think, IMHO.

[Get_Tha_Net]

but not immediately released. And why would you catch 4 off on one spot prefishing for a tournament? Seriously, Get, if you want to catch fish for photo ops, that is fine. If you are prefishing then you should re-think, IMHO.

Thanks for your humble opinion. That was two double hooks ups in two casts. Just kinda the way it worked out. And the hole reason we took the pictures were to post them on here for others to enjoy and see that I was giving a legit report to help others like I've been helped by this site. Starting to think maybe that was a bad idea.

[Jerry Rapp]

good deal Net. If you had said that originally, then I would have never said another thing.

[Mamoo]

Good report, I fished Blackburn Saturday afternoon along with about 20 other boats (sigh) and it was really slow. Didn't have the same results you did.

[Get_Tha_Net]

Good report, I fished Blackburn Saturday afternoon along with about 20 other boats (sigh) and it was really slow. Didn't have the same results you did.

My partner and I kept commenting on all the boats that kept coming in and out of there. We were there from 930 until around 1300.

And for anyone that likes to fish for whites and hybrids they were thick half way into Blackburn and in the back of Avoca.

[dtrs5kprs]

GTN...the little rig will thump crappie. There are some really serious crappie guys around Topeka that fish it as their primary bait. Really works them over when they are deep. I will hit two or three every spring at TR that are 13"+, just accidentally. Very good on goggleye as well.