Well Guy’s What’s it going to take on Beaver.

[Quillback]

I watched some this morning.  A couple of guys mentioned they were seeing plenty of fish, but they were hard to get them to bite.  

Birge is doing well up in the dirty water fishing really shallow.  Seems the other leaders are pretty much using their scope in the first period, it may get tough for them once they lose the scope period.  

Fun to watch, nice day, bluebird skies, water color is a pretty green, but I bet with these high skies, it will be tough sledding for the rest of the day.  

I hear you Bill on those deep K's, best one I caught yesterday was on a swimbait rolled on the bottom in 35 FOW.  

[razorbackfan4life]

Gill is catching fry guarders out in 12-15' of water.  Pretty neat seeing the fry on the livescope.  

 

When I fished the lower end during the spawn I would just cast from the bank all the way out to those trees in 10-20 feet of water.  Caught them from shallow to deep.  No livescope.  But towards the end of the spawn like this I could see livescope being useful because there aren't as many doing the deed.  

[razorbackfan4life]

Mr. Babler, 

From my 30+ years of fishing on Beaver Lake I have noticed a significant reduction in the spotted bass.

Not sure if it's the striper, the local population explosion that has made the lake overcrowded, or just the lack of food.  

I remember when I was younger we would catch the daylight out of them and some good sized one's as well.  

 

But interestingly enough the walleye population and quality has done fine.  Only reason I'm mentioning that is because I just saw Shuffield catch two in a rown.  

[bferg]

If you were to dial up a nightmare day to fish Beaver this would be it:  high sun, no clouds, no wind.  Absolutely brutal.  

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4 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

They also mentioned this morning that the spotted bass were very hard to catch as they had seen it all.

There must be something EVERYONE likes out in front of our place.  They circle through all day.  One after nother.  I've never seen a fish caugfht though.  

Strong north wind with white caps right now.  

[Quillback]

Yeah blowing pretty good hear now.  I do wonder why they start relatively late in the morning.  You'd think they would start at 0700 instead of 0730.

Looks like Wheeler and Birge will make the cut, Connel right on the line.  

[Bill Babler]

I believe yesterday Zack Birge said the best bite of the day was over before they even get on the water. 
Said they  should be starting an hour and a half earlier. 
To your point Jeff. 

40 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Yeah blowing pretty good hear now.  I do wonder why they start relatively late in the morning.  You'd think they would start at 0700 instead of 0730.

Looks like Wheeler and Birge will make the cut, Connel right on the line.  

 

[Quillback]

Looks to be a little slow this morning.  

[Bill Babler]

Anybody tells us the spawn is over in mid-April is full of Fueey. 

Those guys fishing up the river are catching prespawn LM by the bucketful 

People want to start it to quick and end it way way to quickly. 

Since the 90’s I’ve caught spawning spotted bass in the Shell Knob Kings River area,  clear into the last week of May first week of June. 

Seems like it always goes LM, SM, K’s but I might be rethinking as the number of LM they’re swinging that haven’t spawned is substantial  

Good Lord does not put all his eggs in one basket  

 

[Quillback]

It's looking like a dirty water largemouth bite.  Birge is sneaking in there.  I haven't watched all day, but so far I have seen few smalls boated.