I think the little taste of fall that arrived, brought summer in the back seat. However, this will not last for long. As you are reading this, another cold front should have arrived. If you have been fishing the tailwaters, you have probably noticed some spawn activity with the trout. Things are starting to pick up with the fall spawn bite. Just look at Deb Hayes, from Montana, with a very impressive 20” fall rainbow.
Just like last week, fishing has been pretty good. We have been getting great results using Pautzke Fire Bait, Rocket red or peach garlic, fished with light terminal tackle, on bottom. An orange or white Fire egg, floating a nightcrawler has done great as well. With this method, you can also pull a few fall walleye as well.
Casting ¼ oz. spoons, along with pulling flicker shads are producing nice numbers. We’re holding steady with the water levels, with most of the generation happening in the evening time hours. The water temperatures have been pretty consistent, from Houseman Access to the dam, with slightly higher temperatures, downstream towards Table Rock.
The walleye bite in the tailwaters has still been off and on. Guide Sky Haack stated, “If you get out early, fishing with live bait, constantly moving should bag you one or two.”
Sky says he “has noticed them holding on and around stumps, around the sandy side of the river. Also focus on chunk rock, bends and ledges.”
Beaver Lake striper: Striper are pretty much in the summer pattern still, located between Point 6 and Beaver Dam. Fishing live bait, such as brooder minnows, shad and perch, slowly, should pick you up one or two. Try to focus on the main channel, in 80 feet of water.
Walleye are still scattered about, try fishing for them in 30 feet of water. Look for them around humps and flats. Also, the flats around islands are also good areas to troll crawler harnesses and crank baits.
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