By Robert Johnson – It’s the last day of November and the fish are liking it, but very few anglers are fishing. Beaver Lake stripers are being caught in the dam area, more from Point 5 all the way to Prairie Creek and islands by the Hwy. 12 bridge. They’re running about 30 feet deep when not surfacing, with the water temp still in low 60s.
Bass are venturing to the back of the creeks with a few stripers following them. Here at Holiday Island we’re running a little cooler with the water temps closer to 55°, and most warm water bass and walleye are being caught between Beaver and the Island and on up into Missouri, where there’s deeper, warmer water.
We got into some nice spotted bass right on the border last week throwing white rooster tails, jigs and top water baits. Walleye are being caught off the bottom hitting slim deep divers with pink, chartreuse and white being the best colors. They’re also being caught on jigs, minnows and spoons.
If you like trout, we’ve got some bigger ones hanging closer to Beaver and heading up river. Try trolling flicker shad in crawdad and shad colors.
Well, I’d better close for now by letting you know from now until March, since most of you are staying indoors even on warm days, if just two people want to get out we can do for half price. Good deal if you want to take a kid fishing, since no charge for kids under 16 with an adult. Also, I’m selling gift certificates to fish any date in 2017 with 10 percent discount.
Hopefully I’ll have more to say next week, stay warm.
Robert Johnson, fishofexcellence.com, (479) 253-2258