6-21-22-2014

[Feathers and Fins]

12 Bridge area

water temp 78 to 82

depth surface to 25fow

water clarity 5 to 7 ft

Bait. Flicker shad #7, XPS spoon, Bobby Garland baby shad and top water baits

Both days produced good numbers of crappie, hybrids, whites and stripers from surface down to 25fow. The surface action was great on Sunday evening and would have been better without boats running through them so if you can get out mid week DO IT. The stripers are small 1 to 2 pounds with hybrids going up to 10lbs its an early morning or late evening surface bite after that switch to trolling points and cuts to locate suspended crappie. Once you catch on cover the area again and if you catch a second switch to the Bobby Garlands and XPS Spoon.

I know I keep saying it but that spoon is awesome and its only that spoon that seems to be the ticket this year. Snap your wrist when using it no more than a three foot fast jerk caused by the wrist snap and let it free fall back down and repeat the strikes are coming on the snap and the fall so be ready when you snap to have a fish on it.

[nathanhooper]

Thanks for the report. Now I'm itching to get out even more.

Whats this magical spoon look like? I looked them up, seems to be a wide variety of XPS spoons. I have only fished with a spoon once, never done any good.

So when you find where they are, twice over from trolling, do you start jigging while slowly drifting over the area? Or are you seeing them on the sonar and jigging for them in one spot?

[nathanhooper]

North side or south side area of the bridge?

[Feathers and Fins]

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-XPS-JumpN-Jigit/product/12050205104232/

Silver spoon

And all over just keep an eye out for the surface action. I had a video but it wont post for some reason.

[YAKFM]

Excellent report. I did the same last night and brought home some crappie to try the recipe you posted yesterday.

[nathanhooper]

I can never seem to get videos to post either. Would love to see it though.

[Feathers and Fins]

If you are on Facebook Nathan go here I posted it this morning

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856?ref_type=bookmark

[nathanhooper]

Nice! Thanks.

[M_Taylor]

Hope no one has asked, but what weight of jig and line combo do you prefer?

[Feathers and Fins]

10lb seagar fluorocarbon. 1/8oz jig heads