Pictured is April and her dad Martin from Rogers, Ark., with the very nice striper caught with Hooked On Fishing LLC.
Beaver Tailwaters:
Happy New Year folks and welcome to 2025! We at BMFG Service are excited about the 2025 fishing season, a lot of new things are coming our way!
Fishing in the low water areas has made fishing with gold-colored quarter-ounce spoons and jerkbaits effective, as the trout move up onto the gravel bars to feed. Drift-fishing with yellow, orange Fire Eggs with a piece of worm continues to be effective on both the gravel bars and deeper holes.
Fishing with live bait has been slow, but when the browns or rainbows bite, the trout have tended to be larger, 16 inches or more. With the prediction of rain the next few days there is the potential we may see higher water levels and dingy water. With the frigid temperatures fast approaching, there will not be that much fishing going on, especially when temperatures dip in the teens.
However, one of us will get out weekly, to make sure to get you guys an update. As some of you are probably waiting on, the walleye spawn is fast approaching. We are already picking up fish in the Table Rock section of the river. If you want to venture out, trying pulling WalleyeX lures in 15 feet-of-water and jigging soft plastics. Having a graph comes in handy when looking for pockets of fish.
Hooked on Fishing Guide Service, Beaver Lake:
Striped bass can be found throughout the entire lake at the traditional spots – long points, offshore humps, islands, channel swings, end of mud flats and coves. Stripers have been chasing shad to the surface early in the morning and late in the evenings on calm cloudy days then moving deeper in the water column midday.
Take a look at what April and her dad, Martin, from Rogers took home in the cold!
Look for threadfin shad for schoolie-size stripers with occasional larger fish. Trolling live shad and minnows is producing fish consistently, as is deep dropping live and artificial bait. Spend extra time graphing to locate fish will usually reward you.
Traditional crappie spots are holding fish – docks, treetops, brush piles, stumps, mudflats and channel swings. Livescoping and spider rigging on big mud flats have been producing quality fish in 5 -15 fow.
Water level: 1117.23, water temperature: 46.1° – 54.8°
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