Sept 1 Beaver Creek

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

For some reason i always do well in Sept for walleye so i decided to go give it a shot.  Started the morning at 7:30 right by the ramp throwing topwater, the bass were just going nuts. For a solid hour i caught them pretty consistent on top with a walking bait, only 2 keepers out of a 15.  Went over to a dock and dropped my spoon and caught a 17 3/4 walleye.   Decided to go troll the bluff and caught 4 more walleye 3 were 17" and some change and one was just over 18. Trolled a new bait i found from Spro called the MadEye Diver 85. I trolled it next to my favorite color Flicker Shad and it was the only thing that i could get bit on.   

Decided to run up to the dam and the stripers were busting surface like crazy right up against the dam.  I couldnt quite cast that far but i got close enough to call one out with the black one knocker sexy dawg.  This thing flat wore me out, spooled my 20lb test and drug the boat past the line your not suppose to go past, I had the sirens going off at me a few times before it finally gave up and i got it to the boat. The blue bump board in the pic is 23".   Now i need to figure out what bait i can cast to them, it is a long ways to the dam from the imaginary line. Water temp 82 at the ramp 67 at the dam

[Quillback]

Nice!  

A bait I use to catch top water stripers on Beaver lake is an Evergreen Shower Blow.  Solid piece of plastic, casts a mile.  I use the 125 size.  Yu can walk it like a spook, but it has a cupped mouth so it will throw some water like a popper.  Comes with 3 super sharp trebles.

[nomolites]

Looks like A Reef Runner 600 knockoff…I have a box full of 600s and while they are temperamental and require tuning, they flat catch fish.

Mike

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

26 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Nice!  

A bait I use to catch top water stripers on Beaver lake is an Evergreen Shower Blow.  Solid piece of plastic, casts a mile.  I use the 125 size.  Yu can walk it like a spook, but it has a cupped mouth so it will throw some water like a popper.  Comes with 3 super sharp trebles.

I may look into one of those, I feel like i can cast the sexy dawg pretty far. I could also go down in line size a bit, i always just use 20lb mono, felt like i needed every bit of it today  Also thinking maybe a 1 oz underspin with a swimbait 

[Quillback]

35 minutes ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I may look into one of those, I feel like i can cast the sexy dawg pretty far. I could also go down in line size a bit, i always just use 20lb mono, felt like i needed every bit of it today  Also thinking maybe a 1 oz underspin with a swimbait 

I throw the Evergreen on 12 lb. mono, but I can chase a hooked striper using the trolling motor on Beaver, but sounds like you have to slug it out with them as you can't cross the line.  Best part of the whole deal are the explosions when they blow up on a top water.  

[rps]

Just a thought, but maybe worth considering.

Most baitcast reels lock down drag at 20 lbs. pull or less. Most experts recommend setting the drag at 1/3 the line strength, unless the specific application dictates otherwise. (Short line punching in lily pads). I would bet your drag setting with your 20 lb. line is less than 15 lbs. Of course, I could be wrong.

If I needed an extra 100 feet with a super spook, I would respool with 12 or 15 lb. Yozuri on a reel that has been super tuned and set the drag at something around 10 lbs. The extra line you could spool would protect against being "spooled", the resistance to the fish would be the same, and the bait would fly farther.

My 2 cents.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

45 minutes ago, rps said:

Just a thought, but maybe worth considering.

Most baitcast reels lock down drag at 20 lbs. pull or less. Most experts recommend setting the drag at 1/3 the line strength, unless the specific application dictates otherwise. (Short line punching in lily pads). I would bet your drag setting with your 20 lb. line is less than 15 lbs. Of course, I could be wrong.

If I needed an extra 100 feet with a super spook, I would respool with 12 or 15 lb. Yozuri on a reel that has been super tuned and set the drag at something around 10 lbs. The extra line you could spool would protect against being "spooled", the resistance to the fish would be the same, and the bait would fly farther.

My 2 cents.

I may give that a shot, play the thing out with that extra line I will have.  Once this thing finally gave in, it was easy to reel up.   And to be honest im just using normal bass gear so i have my drag locked all the way down with 20lb, because why not with the the black bass we have around here.  I actually just hit the thumb bar to let line out when it was running, then once it got a little tired i let turned my drag down a bit

[nomolites]

I use 10# and bass tackle for all my striper fishing(spoons, topwater, swim baits, etc.)….and have never had a break off(yet).  I have had them take me deep into the spool on that first run, but they had to work hard to do it, and once they are turned it’s just a matter of time.  99% of the time I am in deep open water and there not much for them to wrap me around though- don’t imagine it would work as well in CQB.

Mike

[Huntingducks117]

What speed and depth were you trolling for walleyes?  I've been catching a few walleye in about 33 foot of water on lower Bull Shoals with bottom bouncers.  Are you just long lining those Mad Eye Divers?  

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

On 9/1/2022 at 4:10 PM, Quillback said:

Nice!  

A bait I use to catch top water stripers on Beaver lake is an Evergreen Shower Blow.  Solid piece of plastic, casts a mile.  I use the 125 size.  Yu can walk it like a spook, but it has a cupped mouth so it will throw some water like a popper.  Comes with 3 super sharp trebles.

I went to Baitwrx in Springifeld and picked me up the 150, It should cast a mile