Still haven't figured it out.

[Blll]

Had not fished for way too long. Finally have power to our dock and trolling batteries fully charged. Out I went on Wednesday with a late start. Fished from 7am til 10 am. Hot, sunny, flat calm, pulling crawlers, 15-25 fow. Averaged a bite every 10 minutes for 21/2 hours. Missed a few, caught most. A Beaver Lake hodgepodge. Catfish, small stripers, white bass, spots, LM bluegill short walleyes, and a fun 6#+ sheephead. Bite stopped dead at 9:30. So today I hit the water at 6am. Cloudy, cooler, and a slight breeze. Conditioned crawlers fighting me on the hook. Perfect right? You see where this is going. 3 hours without a single bite. First skunk of the year. 60+ years of fishing and I still haven't figured it out. WT 80

[Stump bumper]

Funny how quickly they change what they want how they want it or where they are at in the water column. Reminds me of a day I was fishing when water was in the high 80s and I was targeting fish on the bottom at 30 feet. Bright sun overhead and no wind and I was sure all the fish were deep. Then a Bald Eagle swooped out of tree and picked up a bass on top that was too big for it to carry and had to drop it right next to the boat. I changed to a top water and started catching fish on almost every cast. It made no sense at all that top water would work in the middle of a hot sunny day and have never since made that pattern work.

[Dan the fisherman]

That's definitely beaver for ya.  I always keep at least 6 rods on the deck with different baits for bass.  Unless striper fishing.  But other wise I'll throw the tackle box at them!  Beaver is a great fishing tool. I've fished both coast, north and south and lakes in between, and I've learned that Ive become very adaptable because of beaver.  It's a tough lake, but it's shown me how to fish n e where.  Definitely not the best everywhere, but I can catch a few without guides.  Beaver is just a beast!