Darrell and Leslie Hickman from Broken Arrow, Okla., got three stripers this last week on shad in the Rocky Branch area on Beaver Lake. We got into this school of fish about 30 feet deep running with the bait.
With the water temperature running in the mid 80s we’re marking more fish closer to the dam, for that’s where the deeper cooler water can be found now.
Here at Holiday Island it’s a different story. We have been going out in the late afternoon when they are generating cold water from the dam. We just head up past the town of Beaver till we find it. All the little shad will be on top, along with white bass and walleye mixed in with the bigger trout.
Our best fishing here has been catching the smaller shad and running behind the boat with balloons.
Well, I am late on this and dozing off so I better send this on. Stay cool and take a kid fishing.
Robert Johnson fishofexcellence.com, (479) 253-2258