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[bc23champ]

Doc I'm gonna try that tomorrow Using my graph to find fish then drop shot. But I have never ever tried drop shot. So I really have no idea what I'm doing I've watched so e YouTube videos to try and get the general idea so I guess we'll see. Again. To knowing the lake at all makes it hard to even know where to start looking. I'm guessing points near deep water so that's my focus tomorrow. That and docks in deeper water. I'm also gonna plan on throwing tons of deep cranks as well. Last ditch efforts are gonna be deep jigs

[Ron Burgundy]

Yak must have hung it up too he hasn't posted for some time either.

[J-Doc]

Yak must have hung it up too he hasn't posted for some time either.

He's been very busy with work and hasn't been out fishing due to the crazies on the lake.

[J-Doc]

Doc I'm gonna try that tomorrow Using my graph to find fish then drop shot. But I have never ever tried drop shot. So I really have no idea what I'm doing I've watched so e YouTube videos to try and get the general idea so I guess we'll see. Again. To knowing the lake at all makes it hard to even know where to start looking. I'm guessing points near deep water so that's my focus tomorrow. That and docks in deeper water. I'm also gonna plan on throwing tons of deep cranks as well. Last ditch efforts are gonna be deep jigs

PM sent.

[Luckyj]

I know it has been a while since I was able to get out and the last few reports really SUCKED for me LOL I am hoping to get out this coming weekend for some stripers again!

[Guest]

I've been away from this forum for months. Haven't been to Beaver since May.

Got tired of the trolls

[J-Doc]

Trolls. That reference is funny to me. Many reasons.

[Amery]

Everyone seems to have the same story, I post my reports. However I don't expect anything in return.

[Notropis]

Take heart fellow OA forum members, you're fishing in the most challenging conditions possible in Beaver Lake. High water levels, high water temps, a scattered fish population and massive forage fish production. The good news is the spawn of all fish species, this year, will be highly successful with excellent survival of fingerling fish and much better than average growth rates (because of all the cover and forage). I referred to extreme high water years as bad for fishing currently but great for future fishing. This year class of fish will make for some great fishing the next few years.

Some things to look forward to from this year class of fish:

The white bass population will be the first to make an impact on fishing. This year's spawn will create large schools of white bass in 2016 ranging from 8 to 11 inches, small but fun to catch with light tackle and pretty good eating. Some biggest schools of white bass I've seen came the year after a high water year.

Both spotted and largemouth bass will have large spawns and good survival and growth. This year's largemouth spawn will have much better than average growth rate with some individual fish growing up to 8-10 inches long before winter (compare that to an average of 2-5 inches in normal years). The spotted bass will impact fishing earlier than the largemouth, since they a legally harvestable at any size. The largemouth will reach a harvestable size about three years from now and many of the individual fish from this year class will be larger than normal for that age due to the great start they got as a yearling. The smallmouth bass spawn will be the least affected since their primary nursery habitat is gravel and cobble, not the submerged vegetation the spotted and largemouth fingerlings will thrive in.

Crappie spawn, survival and growth rates will also be elevated this year creating a strong harvestable year class in 2-3 years.

All stocked species such as striped bass and walleye fingerlings will have similar strong survival and growth, creating good year classes. Striped bass from this year will be legally harvestable in 2 years while the walleye will be in 2.5- 3 years. The walleye that were spawned naturally in the lake will have enhanced conditions also, contributing to this year class.

Game fish of all sizes will benefit from this year's large spawn of forage fish (shad, sunfish, minnows etc.)

I can't guarantee all the things I mentioned above will happen but they are typical conditions that I've seen resulting from extreme high water years on Beaver Lake. We think it's safe to say we can all look forward to some really good fishing the next few years but unfortunately we have to get through this year!

Cheers

[J-Doc]

Careful, you used the word "harvestable". People will start changing their profile pics to bass fish and call you a meat cutter.

Been known to happen