Thread: Beaver Update

So I had a chance to get to Beaver Lake a few minutes from the house yesterday. While the boat ran perfectly last week it decided to be a little stubborn on Saturday. A quick plug change and a filter clean out and I was good to go. Frustrating when you only have a few short hours to play, but at least I got to go.

Ran the side scan a good bit in some areas I haven’t fished in 20 years. It took awhile but I located some small schools of fish that sure looked crappie-ish along some steep banks and bluff walls. All fish were near but not on brush. Like 50 feet away and suspended. 10-12 feet deep over 20 fow.

Now I have to say that I’m still pretty new at spider rigging and just learning the ropes, but Saturday was much better than my first few attempts. I hit spot lock 20 to 30 yards down wind of the fish I saw and got six rods in the water. I then slowly moved towards the fish and picked up a couple. Now that’s more like it! I finally felt like I was getting the hang of it.

In the short time I had I only managed a handful of fish but sure had fun. Water temp was 47 and there were a lot of folks on the water. Most probably caught more than me but that’s ok. Leaves room for improvement. Sorry the pics are sideways. Couldn’t get that figured out.

all fish were released. I’ll wait til I get a bit better at this and then start frying em up!