My Striper trip to Beaver Lake this year

I know it's a crappie forum but sometimes I like to change it up. Was up on Beaver for the past week. My once a year trip to go after surface feeding striper. Excitement watching those blow up on top water baits. The fishing was tough again this year. They were not schooling and breaking. Managed to catch 4 this year. Here are pics of two of them. The largest and smallest of the trip. 33" and 23". 33" Definitely too big for my little electric fillet knife. It looked like I chopped it up with a hatchet.

Nice Line Strippers!!! Congrats.

I bet those were fun to catch!

That is a nice size striper.

good fish

Crappie everywhere thank you for your service. No need to hack them up before you bury them under the tomatoes. Whole ones work really well. :biggrin

He's gonna have to have a BIG mater patch! Them is XXL!!

Nice fish ! Ever try Dardanelle ? It is full of Stripers and limit is 10 there. They are not real big most times but I have caught limits 2 to 4 lbs Crappie fishing before.

I'd like to fish Dardanelle some day but never been on that lake. It has so many shallow spots it has me very gun shy about putting my boat on it without ever having been there. Maybe one day when you want some company you can give me a call and show me how to navigate that place without having to swim back to the truck. :)

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Originally Posted by brosborough

I'd like to fish Dardanelle some day but never been on that lake. It has so many shallow spots it has me very gun shy about putting my boat on it without ever having been there. Maybe one day when you want some company you can give me a call and show me how to navigate that place without having to swim back to the truck. :)

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Like! Swim back to the truck!!

Good catch and good to eat

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Originally Posted by brosborough

I'd like to fish Dardanelle some day but never been on that lake. It has so many shallow spots it has me very gun shy about putting my boat on it without ever having been there. Maybe one day when you want some company you can give me a call and show me how to navigate that place without having to swim back to the truck. :)

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Download the Navionics app for your smart phone. Best $9.99 you will ever spend. Or get the nav chip for your gps, if you have one. You will never have to worry about beaching your boat on any of the Corp. lakes if you do one of those things....
I almost said that you would never have to worry about swimming back to the truck, but too many water lice out there for me to make that guarantee...I suggest keeping a paintball gun handy.

Water lice? Yep, then I definately want to go in someone else's boat.

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Water lice?

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Jet Skiiers, pleasure boaters, that kind of thing.

Yes, I know.

Come back to Beaver and catch em all out of here. They drive me nuts.

Nice for sure

Nice fish congrats!