Robert Johnson – Caught fish this week but got my guys in kinda late and they had to get back to Tulsa. We have a debate here at home on this pic and I was told it was a pretty sunrise but better if the poles were gone. Art to me – my best sunrise.
We caught two good stripers and some big whites on Beaver Lake. My fishing partner caught some good fish up the War Eagle Arm.
I couldn’t let the year go by without a river run. Water was pretty clear from Monte Ne all the way up. The water temp was warmer up that way and will warm faster than here with our deeper water, but it was stained from the Hwy. 12 bridge to Rocky Branch still due to the floodgates being open in December.
So, stripers are being caught from Hwy. 12 bridge to way up the White and War Eagle arms as far as you can go, with fish wanting to spawn. We also have some good schools of fish on this side of Rocky Branch to Lost Bridge and south, also in Indian Creek. These fish will stay there for the spawn.
Whether up river or on this end, they can be caught now with little or no weights on, with baits running 18 – 24 ft. deep. Have not seen any top water action yet myself, but that usually turns on more about with temps 58° to 64°.
We were 58° up river and 55° on our end. So the rest is still to come. I got my big spook tied on and ready for some action, just need a little more warm weather and warm rain to get it going.
Also had a trip out here at Holiday Island. Temps here also around the mid-50s and everyone’s looking for the whites. They’re here, but not thick yet. On the main channel going up river look for bait and fish off both sides of the island and up the creek arms, from about midway all the way back.
Going up river, look at the Butler Creek area up from Beaver, from the dead sycamores to Cows Creek and Houseman Access. The walleye that went up to spawn should be about ready to come back our way and can be caught in the same areas.
Crappie are being slow but we caught a couple trolling in the mid-creek area.
Well, that’s it for this week, enjoy the spring.
Robert Johnson. fishofexcellence.com (479) 253-2258