Vegetation

[Quillback]

8 hours ago, Bassmeister said:

Thanks sir, I did see that article before. And frankly, that’s what got me thinking. So much of beaver is not in the depth of growth. A fair amount is rock and prob wouldn’t support it well.  But there is a decent amount of “dead water” in big flats with mud bottoms that would do well. I think it has a lot of potential with the clear end and mid lake for spots and smallmouth.  But the river section could be A LOT better for habitat and could really hold a huge largemouth population. Maybe it’s just my frustration coming out but I do think there’s a lot of improvement that could happen to make a much more diverse lake with opportunities for offshore and shallow fishing 

I would think that hydrilla would do well in the backs of the coves like Prairie creek.  

[mojorig]

There was an effort to establish aquatic vegetation in Bull Shoals Lake by the AGFC in 2001. This effort did not include hydrilla but did include coontail and other native aquatic plants. The high water in 2008 pretty much killed the small amount of vegetation that was growing in the planting cages at that time. The project was abandoned by the AGFC several years later.

Here is a short excerpt from a recent annual report talking about this effort: "In 2001, a project was started by the AGFC to establish aquatic vegetation in Bull Shoals Lake. Due to high water events and browsing by fish and turtles, the project failed to establish aquatic vegetation in the lake and was abandoned in 2010."

Picture from 2004 of one of the planting cages on Bull Shoals Lake:

Lake Ouachita was mentioned earlier. Hydrilla was once plentiful throughout that reservoir. Then sometime in the late 2000s, the hydrilla died back considerably. It is starting to come back in recent years but hasn't reached the level of coverage that it once was. Also, this year, the AGFC began a project to establish aquatic vegetation on Greers Ferry Lake. The results of that project could potentially drive an establishment effort on Beaver.

[MoCarp]

3 hours ago, mojorig said:

There was an effort to establish aquatic vegetation in Bull Shoals Lake by the AGFC in 2001. This effort did not include hydrilla but did include coontail and other native aquatic plants. The high water in 2008 pretty much killed the small amount of vegetation that was growing in the planting cages at that time. The project was abandoned by the AGFC several years later.

Here is a short excerpt from a recent annual report talking about this effort: "In 2001, a project was started by the AGFC to establish aquatic vegetation in Bull Shoals Lake. Due to high water events and browsing by fish and turtles, the project failed to establish aquatic vegetation in the lake and was abandoned in 2010."

Picture from 2004 of one of the planting cages on Bull Shoals Lake:

Lake Ouachita was mentioned earlier. Hydrilla was once plentiful throughout that reservoir. Then sometime in the late 2000s, the hydrilla died back considerably. It is starting to come back in recent years but hasn't reached the level of coverage that it once was. Also, this year, the AGFC began a project to establish aquatic vegetation on Greers Ferry Lake. The results of that project could potentially drive an establishment effort on Beaver.

I think they did this on Stockton as well worked in some spots I know of some big weed beds in a couple of spots...Those spots were of a flatter topography where lake fluctuations have lesser effects....

[Dutch]

2 hours ago, MoCarp said:

I think they did this on Stockton as well worked in some spots I know of some big weed beds in a couple of spots...Those spots were of a flatter topography where lake fluctuations have lesser effects....

They must be up river.  I’ve never seen any vegetation on Stockton.

[MoCarp]

1 hour ago, Dutch said:

They must be up river.  I’ve never seen any vegetation on Stockton.

Nice bed off the power lines by Roark.....another big one not to far from point 6 these are coontail....found them trolling cranks years ago thought the one by pt 6 was brush till I brought up some on a crank

[Lvn2Fish]

2 hours ago, Dutch said:

They must be up river.  I’ve never seen any vegetation on Stockton.

It was there and thriving .I haven’t seen it in a few years.  It’s gone now. Only a spring and summer of limited rain will tell us if it will come back .