Well, it’s been a mess here staying on the water with this old motor. By the time this report comes out I should have another one on or running another boat.
This high water has taking some life we should all pray for. Two babies have been taken from their mother and we lost one girl right here in town tubing in the moving water.
As far as fishing goes it will give shoreline fisherman good access to the whites up the tailwaters and creeks, and also good fishing for anglers in boats. Check your boat launches first to be sure you can get in. A lot of parks on Beaver Lake have been shut down.
We do have the floodgates open down the line, and I do believe the Mississippi River did not get hit as bad as us, so maybe we can move some of it out. Beaver is the start of the Chain of Lakes of the White River System. Which by the way is one of the only river systems that run north and south – even before the dams were put in.
Moving north the White and War Eagle Rivers feed Beaver Lake, which feeds Table Rock, then at Branson it feeds Taneycomo, and turns south to feed Bull Shoals. From there it’s the White River again going south until it goes into the Mississippi River. So hopefully we can keep it moving at a decent level.
A couple of good notes – with the water up high we should have a good crappie spawn, and the mud coming up Beaver Lake has pushed stripers up closer to us with most being caught now from the Hwy. 12 bridge to the Rocky Branch area. Some always come to the dam instead of going upriver, they’re being caught with the whites off the shoreline at the day use side of the dam.
Close to sunrise and sunset is the best time and with the water temp around 64°, and shallow is where most fish can be found, so it’s a good time to be fishing from the top down to no deeper then 12 ft.
Well, I better get moving on this boat thing so I can get back on the water and get on some fish again. Be safe and wear your life jacket so we don’t here about you next on the news.
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