Beaver tailwater stud.

[Amery]

I’m not worried about it too much. It takes a lot of motivation to fish at night. Taney is definitely a mess in the fall but compare the night crowd to the day crowd, still a drastic improvement. I’m not worried about beaver, it has a really bad rep. Also what is the point of sites like this one if no one shares? That’s why I do it.  I appreciate all the reports I’ve read over the years doing research and I want to provide that for others. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

The bad thing is the volume of traffic this site gets and only a handful of people give reports.  So many lurkers that dont ever post.   

[snagged in outlet 3]

13 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

The bad thing is the volume of traffic this site gets and only a handful of people give reports.  So many lurkers that dont ever post.   

I think people underestimate the number of lurkers.  This thread alone shows 41 replies and 1,545 views

[dgilchrist]

On 2/25/2019 at 12:25 PM, Amery said:

I’m telling you all, beaver is under rated. This dude crushed an olive bugger just under the surface last night. EXPLODED on it. I was positive it was a brown when I caught it. I’m still 99% sure. Any opinions on that? Around 25”. How about a weight? It swam away strong. 

Holy cow - I haven't seen a rainbow or brown nearly that big below Beaver before.  I did catch an 18" brown two weeks ago on a mini-dungeon. Thanks for the C&R so others might enjoy the awesome experience you had. Good job!!! 

[fishinwrench]

That's a Rainbrown if I ever seen one.   

 

[FishnDave]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

That's a Rainbrown if I ever seen one.   

 

Leave it to the guys at the hatchery to create bizarre hybrids, right? 😁  Maybe its a Brownbow?  The head looks like a brown to me...the body looks like a rainbow, and the tail looks like a brown.  Maybe some sort of Chimera?

Here's a tail of a brown that definitely has its share of spots... (not my picture, I found it online):

[fishinwrench]

Speaking of "what species of fish is that"...... What have we here? 

[rps]

Beaver tailwaters hold much better fish than many assume. I caught a near 7 pound fishing a jerk bait for walleye, and my friend Larry, who has a 6+ rainbow from Rim Shoals mounted and in his office, caught and released an even larger brown just below the 62 bridge. He was in the middle of a divorce and said, " I can't afford another fish mount."