• Last hoorah for Beaver Lake

    Found myself with an open day Friday, and I havn't been to the mid-lake area of Beaver yet this year, so, cloudy morning, lets go. 5:15 AM. NO BOAT TRAFFIC! Thats good. Pull into one of my favorite mid lake holes, crack of dawn, nuthin. hummmmmm.
    Water looks pretty clear, time to downsize? Yep, get down to 1.5 inch curl tail minnow, and get bit. good-un too. catch some shorts, few more keepers, then nothing. relocate nearby... nothing.....KERSPLASH- KERSPLASH... OMG Astroid strike??? nope.. STRIPERS. crud. AHHHH... striper fisherman.... drifts thru and catches a couple... stripers leave, crappie start to bite again! Catch more shorts, few more keepers, SPLASH... KEEERRRRRR SPLASH... OMG... someone dropped a Volkswagen in the lake! Nope... Stripers are back! Boat drifts back thru, catches a couple more... said he's caught 7 so far... he looks exhausted but happy. Strpers leave, Crappie bite again, catch a few more good-uns, then the sun comes up... wow! I can see bottom 10 feet deep! Better count fish.... 11. Limit is 15, this shouldn't be an issue! yea, right. 8:00am 11 fish. 9:00am, 11 fish. little cloud passes over, drizzel rain, catch 3 more, 14 now, suns back out...nuthin. relocate. relocate again.... hummmm bass are chasing fry...pink minnow on 4lb test, heck why not. catch 20 Kentuckies (ozark bream) in 30 minutes, plus this guy (yep, thats a male).

    Time to relocate again. better recount fish.... yep, just 14. heck, it's 10:00am, this ain't no thing. Yea, right. Major relocate at noon. Better re-count fish. yep. 14. More KY's. man, they are fun! Re-locate again. Crappie should be on docks? 40 docks later, nope, they are not on docks. Re-locate. better re-count... after all, they are spawning, right? still just 14.
    2:00 pm. Finally, no. 15! boy, was he all dressed up for me too!

    Whew! wait, is that thunder in the distance! hey, rain will turn these fish on! Nope, Cigar boats, 3-abreast. Relocate back to were i started. hummm, don't remember there being a hornet nest around here. lots of buzzing, i don't see the nest... wait, oh, there they are... 6 jet ski's. i think one of them must be doing 80mph. I'm outta here. It's their lake now.
    Sometimes, what looks like a great, easy day in a picture, took a lot more work that you think!

    Mitch
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Last hoorah for Beaver Lake started by shineehineekid View original post
    Comments 15 Comments
    1. skeetbum's Avatar
      skeetbum -
      Good post. You got close anyway.....
    1. boatdocksam's Avatar
      boatdocksam -
      good read
    1. jackie53's Avatar
      jackie53 -
      Take a mess of those( ozark Bream)( spotted bass) any day!!!!
    1. Dave and Lynn's Avatar
      Dave and Lynn -
      Great story.
    1. Billbob's Avatar
      Billbob -
      good picks
    1. catphish's Avatar
      catphish -
      That was a good read, thanks for sharing.
    1. crappiebum_kc's Avatar
      crappiebum_kc -
      Good read!
    1. NYHellbender's Avatar
      NYHellbender -
      KEEERRRRRR SPLASH... OMG... someone dropped a Volkswagen in the lake!

      Good read thanks for sharing
    1. CCcrappiejohn's Avatar
      CCcrappiejohn -
      Thanks for sharing.
    1. Eaglehorse's Avatar
      Eaglehorse -
      Great story. Thanks for sharing!
    1. specktacklure's Avatar
      specktacklure -
      Hoorah for you
    1. ronetone's Avatar
      ronetone -
      great read
    1. OzarkAngler's Avatar
      OzarkAngler -
      Hey Mitch! You may not recall but I think I spoke with you at the Hwy 12 bridge a few months back. You had just launched your boat and I asked how you liked it. You offered me a ride (which was really kind of you by the way) and we made a quick loop out towards Deer Island and back. We parted ways and then I see you on Facebook as Arkie Lures. Ha! Small world. Love the Shinee Hinee jigs! Just wanted to say hi.

      Oh and I ordered a new Ranger Alum. I was really impressed with your boat and my shopping experience really ramped up after that. It will be rigged out for crappie by June when it comes in. Hope I catch ya again on the lake one day. Tight Lines!!
    1. Pico's Avatar
      Pico -
      Quote Originally Posted by OzarkAngler View Post
      Hey Mitch! You may not recall but I think I spoke with you at the Hwy 12 bridge a few months back. You had just launched your boat and I asked how you liked it. You offered me a ride (which was really kind of you by the way) and we made a quick loop out towards Deer Island and back. We parted ways and then I see you on Facebook as Arkie Lures. Ha! Small world. Love the Shinee Hinee jigs! Just wanted to say hi.

      Oh and I ordered a new Ranger Alum. I was really impressed with your boat and my shopping experience really ramped up after that. It will be rigged out for crappie by June when it comes in. Hope I catch ya again on the lake one day. Tight Lines!!
      Hey, glad you liked it, and Congrats on the new boat.
    1. slabwhisperer's Avatar
      slabwhisperer -
      Great Story! Love Beaver Lake! Can't wait to get out there!
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