New To Beaver Lake

[Duke 59]

This is my first year on Beaver Lake and was wondering when would you normally see stripers moving back to the prairie creek area?  Will they stay in the prairie creek area most of the winter, or will they continue to migrate further down river?

[Stump bumper]

Once you see the water temps in the 50s the Stripers will move south, there are small stripers all over the lake all year but I am referring to the 10lb plus fish. Then it depends on the bait that depend on the weather. You can get a report that 30lbers are all over PC in the morning and get out after noon not to find one fish. The secret is to move around and find feeding fish on large shad balls. During the winter you can see a lot of big fish in the 30-50 foot range all day long but if they are not active it does little good.

 

So the answer to your question, yes to both there will be stripers in PC and every other area of the lake. It is a water temp thing, not a area of the lake thing that gets them moving. PC gets the attention because of the creek that attracts shad and it is an easy place to fish besides that other creeks can hold more fish on a given day. Then there are days all the fish like the open lake deep water or shore lines in 1 foot of water depending again on where the food prefers to feed.

Good luck and welcome to the lake.

 

[Dan the fisherman]

What he said ☝🏽