Last hoorah for Beaver Lake

Found myself with an open day Friday, and I havn't been to the mid-lake area of Beaver yet this year, so, cloudy morning, lets go. 5:15 AM. NO BOAT TRAFFIC! Thats good. Pull into one of my favorite mid lake holes, crack of dawn, nuthin. hummmmmm.
Water looks pretty clear, time to downsize? Yep, get down to 1.5 inch curl tail minnow, and get bit. good-un too. catch some shorts, few more keepers, then nothing. relocate nearby... nothing.....KERSPLASH- KERSPLASH... OMG Astroid strike??? nope.. STRIPERS. crud. AHHHH... striper fisherman.... drifts thru and catches a couple... stripers leave, crappie start to bite again! Catch more shorts, few more keepers, SPLASH... KEEERRRRRR SPLASH... OMG... someone dropped a Volkswagen in the lake! Nope... Stripers are back! Boat drifts back thru, catches a couple more... said he's caught 7 so far... he looks exhausted but happy. Strpers leave, Crappie bite again, catch a few more good-uns, then the sun comes up... wow! I can see bottom 10 feet deep! Better count fish.... 11. Limit is 15, this shouldn't be an issue! yea, right. 8:00am 11 fish. 9:00am, 11 fish. little cloud passes over, drizzel rain, catch 3 more, 14 now, suns back out...nuthin. relocate. relocate again.... hummmm bass are chasing fry...pink minnow on 4lb test, heck why not. catch 20 Kentuckies (ozark bream) in 30 minutes, plus this guy (yep, thats a male).
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Time to relocate again. better recount fish.... yep, just 14. heck, it's 10:00am, this ain't no thing. Yea, right. Major relocate at noon. Better re-count fish. yep. 14. More KY's. man, they are fun! Re-locate again. Crappie should be on docks? 40 docks later, nope, they are not on docks. Re-locate. better re-count... after all, they are spawning, right? still just 14.
2:00 pm. Finally, no. 15! boy, was he all dressed up for me too!
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Whew! wait, is that thunder in the distance! hey, rain will turn these fish on! Nope, Cigar boats, 3-abreast. Relocate back to were i started. hummm, don't remember there being a hornet nest around here. lots of buzzing, i don't see the nest... wait, oh, there they are... 6 jet ski's. i think one of them must be doing 80mph. I'm outta here. It's their lake now.
Sometimes, what looks like a great, easy day in a picture, took a lot more work that you think!
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Great post, Mitch! I enjoyed your narrative as well as the photos. You are right about the cigar boats and jet skis. I just lett'em have it! Not worth the hassle. Thanks for the post and the pics, dude! :ThumbsUp And Happy Mother's day to Sherry.

Great post! I am very familiar with the concept of, what looks like an easy day was a lot more work !

wtg mitch , you guys are killin me with these catches , 2 weeks since i wet a hook and may be another before i get a chance to go, almost time for the water lovers to be out in full force !!!!!

Good story to go along with ur catch ...

What? No casting rig handy with braided line and a Lucky 13??? :)

Crappie in clear water lakes! Who knew??? :) :)

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Originally Posted by Buckrub

What? No cthatting rig handy with braided line and a Lucky 13??? :)

Crappie in clear water lakes! Who knew??? :) :)

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Ha....I went to using the saltwater spooks a few years ago!
The sheriff ask me to quit doing that anyway:Rofl

great catch an post thanks for sharing

:cheers2 Great day on the water

Great Job Mitch. Keep after em when you can brother.

Awesome catch man! Persistance paid off!

Nice post and great catch.

Sounds like a good time.

the limit is 15 crappie?

Great post congrats!

Good read....Thanks for posting

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Originally Posted by hotrod98

the limit is 15 crappie?

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yea, 15 crappie, 10 inch min length. I'm not complaing, those limits have made this a much better crappie fishery than it used to be. They did take the length limit off the ky bass this year, 'cause they are becoming a problem. I'm all for that, but the creel limit is still 6. Not sure why that is.