Fall/Winter Pattern Brewer and Report

Well, went to Brewer today to get a break from the usual Greers Ferry and occasional Conway trips. Third time out, almost same result. Eight last time out (August 10), seven time before (August... 1? 2?) and eight today. Will get pics later

Today it was minners under slip bobber and fished some of the deeper holes mid lake around brush. Smaller fish for the most part.

Can anyone help me pattern this lake as summer fades to fall/winter? North vs South vs Mid lake, will they move shallower? Any movement from the piles into the pole timber or toward the creek mouths?

I can understand no honey holes! PM would be fine, just a new guy trying out the "long, hard crappie ride" as CrappiePro calls it!!

Any birds eat your car while you were perch jerkin?

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Originally Posted by blueducklane

Any birds eat your car while you were perch jerkin?

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No they didn't, I didn't know that was still an issue there.

Talked with Jan (nice lady that runs the bait shop) according to her a month or so ago the game and fish started thinning them out and last couple trips I haven't seen a buzzard.

I'm by no means a Brewer expert but I had good luck last year hitting the shallows and timber during the fall, right about the time deer season kicked off. You can pretty much get the entire lake to yourself on certain days which is crazy given just how fantastic fall fishing can be. According to last year's AGFC reports, even Jan at the bait shop on the north ramp closes down when hunting season starts due to a slowdown in fishing traffic on Brewer.

I was out there last Sunday at the south creek and it appeared to be a bit early for them to start chasing the shad up into the creeks, although I saw plenty of people trying around the timber. All the boaters cleared out of there by 7:30 a.m. though and I had the entire south end to myself, so I'm guessing the bite was early. The wind on those ends of Brewer can be a nightmare and that day was no exception. That's probably why it cleared up.

The north ramp is seasonal and will close in October I believe so I can't speak to late fall bite up around that creek. I've only got my kayak to get around in and there's no way I'm paddling from the south ramp up there. I've seen plenty of people catching 'em around the timber on both ends though.

I paddled up the south creek a bit to see what was going on but was turned around when I saw there were more snakes making it their home than fish I was catching. I can get pretty far up those creeks - well beyond the boat traffic - in my kayak, but it's mostly green carp and catfish up there in my experience.

Regardless that lake is a fantastic fishery and I'm not privy to any super secret honey holes that I know of, so I'll happily share what I do know with those politely asking here. Pulling cranks (yes, even in a kayak) on both of those large creek bed flats on either end have produced my biggest crappie on Brewer.

My problem on Brewer has been finding fish during the winter although with Beaverfork drawing down so much this year I might spend more time there.

I think the bird problem is solved if people would stop cleaning fish and throwing them out in the bushes

good report.