Fishing Beaver Lake. I need your help.

[Guy from CT]

Hello, and thanks for taking your time on my post. I will be comming from Connecticuit on vacation from June 30th to July 14th. I will be staying with the family in Huntsville, Ar. I would like some pointers on fishing this massive lake. Target species would be stripers. I will be shore bound.

I really appreciate any help and suggestions. Any reconmendations on guides? I am not new to fishing. Up here we fish the Ct river and Long island sound for stripers.

Thanks in advance and I look forward to reading this helpful fishing comminities responses.

[T HAUS]

Hello Guy.

No expert here, but if you're shore bound, you're likely to have some long days.

By the 1st of July, most of the stripers will be caught toward the lower end of the lake near the dam. Depending on the warmth of spring and early summer, the surface water temps can reach mid to upper 70's, pushing the big stripers down deep below the thermocline.

I've caught a couple stripers on the surface in the early fall when the water temps were still warm, but I was out in the middle of the lake and fishing around an underwater hump (island). It was almost dawn and the stripers were schooling pockets of shad and pushing them up to the surface over the island.

Most fish caught this time of the yr are caught early or late (mainly cause it's too darn hot to be out in a boat in the middle of the day) and deep, at depths of 60'. Most of the guides slow troll live shad over humps, ridges, etc. using planer boards and downriggers.

My best advice if you REALLY want to catch something is to hire a guide. http://www.beaverfeverguides.com/ is who I would recommend. It seems like he's ALWAYS on fish no matter what time of yr it is.

Good luck and let me know if I can help out any other way.

[Guy from CT]

Thanks for your help. Yes I understand its too hot for stripers then. I myself here In CT fish mainly at night for them. I have found some places that allows boat rentals. I will rent one and try my luck then. Thanks for you replies.