4/4/26 North End - best day yet on Beaver

[Bearplane04]

Got a late start this Saturday morning after waiting for the thunderstorms and rain to clear out. Launched at about 9:45 and fished till 5:00. Fished the north end - not sure what to call it - mouth of Indian Creek and Lost Bridge area mostly around the main lake. Still knocking the rust off as yesterday was my first time to launch the boat in 2026 (cue sad music) and we dodged the wind by staying close to the bank up in Indian. Only caught 8 with 1 keeper so my son and I tried something different today since the wind was decent. Did much better staying closer to big water. Ended up catching 24 bass and 2 hybrids that we like to call wipers. Mostly smallmouth with a couple largemouth. 10-20ft seemed to be the target depth. Caught a few smallmouth with bloody tails, but just about everything had fat little bellies. Ned, RKs, and a short jerk bait - we were all over the place today. Largest LM went 3.8. Worst part of the day was learning that I need a new cranking/house battery. I guess 3 years on a ProGuide AGM is okay? Public service bulletin to carry those jumper cables - they came in handy at the end of the day!  WT 62.5-63.5. God bless. 

[razorbackfan4life]

Great stuff.

 

I told my dad Indian Creek would have been good today.  

 

We caught a lot, but water was cooler around Lost Bridge South 57-59.  No bloody tails, all fresh fish.  

[Quillback]

That's a ginormous white!  Congrats on a great day!