Beaver Tailwater

[bobber]

don't lie to the poor guy! tell him! ......about all it's good for is to look at!...with the wild idea that you'll have a good day of fishing. unless your following that big tanker full of fish..... they have spent millions with all the trout unlimited funding, building a set of stairs and dumping rocks on some pallets for habitat,(great job)..but it got worse! then the do a stupid slot on fish .hhmmmm' hello!!! why? ohhh, so the baby fish grow-up to be big ones! it never happened before? your fees paid for larger fish thats why one less on limits. what a joke on us, the guys that pay for it all.. you want the truth look in the phone book for trout guides around beaver? maybe three, then look at bull couple hundred?? you following me?... why is cotter the trout capital, (BECAUSE THEY HAVE FISH IN THE RIVER !!! sorry about blowing off, but you need to put a big red X ON THE BEAVER TAILWATERS .... the average fisherman has that one day to do what we love, don't send him there!

[rainbow]

This has become an interesting discussion. I have never been to the Beaver TW and was curious because my fishin buds and I have talked about it. I have fished the TW at Bull Shoals and Taney for more than 30 years so getting everyone's perspective is good. Last summer I fished the frying pan in colorado and that's trout fishing. All wild fish and boy do they fight. But I can't do a trip like that much so Taney is what I'll do. I would still like to see some more thoughts on the Beaver question though. Bobber, you, like a lot of us, have seen the money and effort thrown at fish and wildlife issues and seen a lot of it not work. On Taney though I think it works.

[Steve Smith]

Rainbow; if you do decide to fish Roaring River, remember that during the C&R season, RR is only open on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. 8AM to 4PM.

[Fishing Milwright]

I live close to Roaring River. Its an hour and 10 minute drive from Branson.

take 265 to 13 to 86 to F. F goes through the park. Its about a 30 minute drive to Beaver Tailwaters from Roaring River. From the park take 112 to Seligman then 37 to the state line then 62 East to the dam road. You could do this an see both of them. I like Roaring River better. They have stocked some nice fish for the catch and release season.

[DeepDiver75]

I personally have had several "good" days at BTW and don't consider myself to be much of a fisherman. Like I said if you're a numbers guy and that's all that's important to you stick with Taney. As was pointed out so clearly by others, all you have to do is look in the phone book at long lists of fishing guides for the other tailwaters to see where the majority of people fish. That tidbit also tells you which parking lots are going to be full all week long! I'm definitely not knocking the White or Norfork, they are incredible waters to fish and I make several trips a year to fish them. I just stated the facts as I see them and in my world quality fishing time is not always determined by the quality of fish.

[bobber]

yeah! right..... size doesn't matter!!

[ollie]

I'll weigh in on this one since I have fished the BTW a few times before. My experience and that is only mine is, I have had pretty good luck down there. You DO have to do some homework on where the greater concentration of fish are, and there are some nice fish in there. Now saying that, I have only caught mainly stockers down there, but have caught a couple of 18" fish out of there and have seen some bigger ones. If you have some sort of a boat you WILL do better. Would I choose it over one of the other tailwaters? Depends on what your after. For size I would say not even close, but for quantity I have never really had any problems catching fish. JMO

[bobber]

i'm not saying you can't catch fish! but chances of landing something nice are very few, and even farther apart on that section of water. it's a shame thats all . and i would hate to be fooled into going with the intent "it could" have some good ones?

[JobyKSU]

Ok, I'm not sure if some people on this thread are being serious or not, but I'll put in my thoughts.

Beaver tailwater is great. It really is. The problem is, you need to spend some time getting to know the water. The flow is really slow and a bad drift will hurt you. Get the right spot and a good drift, and there are some nice fish to be had, but not fish that you couldn't find in any one of the other waters.

I guess it comes down to this: If you're looking only for the fish, stay with Taney or Roaring River. If you're looking for the fishing experience and the variety, then come to Beaver.

[Ham]

I'd learn it IF I lived over that way, but I can not in good faith reccommend the BT to a person looking for one day on different water. Cotter or Rim Shoals or Norfork or Bull Shoals are going to be much easier for someone spending one day to have a successful trip.