Beaver Lake is HOT.

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03-29-2009, 09:26 PM
Jason Piper

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Beaver Lake is HOT.

We slayed them today! We caught almost all of these crappie on Bobby Garland Baby Shads 3' under a float fished along pole timber and brush. It's good to see this after the devistating 08' season.
Anchoring thes fish were three big females that were 15" and over 2 lbs. There was not one crappie on the board that was less than 13". We ended up with 48 crappie, 2 bass and 2 bluegill. We probably caught over 90 fish today. Get out and go this week if you get the chance!
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03-29-2009, 09:34 PM
Yankee

Great job guys. Beaver lake was the first lake I ever night fished for crappie. That was back in 1976 when my brother lived down thier. Hope you guys have a great season.
03-30-2009, 06:52 AM
L.A. stumpjumper

Good catch Jason, looks like you will have a great spring. Thanks for the report and picture.
03-30-2009, 04:11 PM
mark lo

That's Awesome, getting the urge to travel south.
03-31-2009, 10:33 AM
Arkie John

Good lookin' fish! What's your water temp up there and did color make a difference?

Thanks for posting!

aj
03-31-2009, 10:49 AM
grits and gravy

This is probably a stupid question, but how is 48 crappie a limit. The limit on Beaver is 15 per person, so either it would be 45 if 3 people were fishing or 60 if 4 people were fishing. By the way, was this in the river arms, or on the main lake?
03-31-2009, 03:12 PM
Jason Piper

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Originally Posted by Arkie John

Good lookin' fish! What's your water temp up there and did color make a difference?

Thanks for posting!

aj

AJ: Water temp is around 52 in the A.M. Color did make a difference. Black and chartreuse dominated.
G&G: I mis counted. I missed three somewhere! All in the main lake.
03-31-2009, 04:16 PM
TeamAdcraft

Have they moved in to the shallows very much or are you a few weeks off?
03-31-2009, 08:01 PM
belliott

Has there been any action on the north end of the lake, everything I've been seeing is getting hooked south of Hickory Creek
03-31-2009, 09:46 PM
Arkie John

Jason,

Thanks for the come-back post. Beaver is quite a bit cooler than Ouachita. But I will have to put some of those baby shads in my tackle box nevertheless--in black and chartruese. That combination is one of my 'go-to' colors on jigs, along with red-chartruese, red/white, blue/white and Tennessee Shad. <><

aj
03-31-2009, 09:47 PM
Jason Piper

All the fish we have been catching have been between Hickory and Ventris. Some males are in the shallow water but most fish are suspended out in open water above brush.
04-01-2009, 11:17 AM
TJ Adams

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Originally Posted by J.T. Crappie Guide

All the fish we have been catching have been between Hickory and Ventris. Some males are in the shallow water but most fish are suspended out in open water above brush.

Hope we have a good day Saturday....See ya then....
04-01-2009, 01:21 PM
crappie12

Wow, nice looking mess of fish ya caught there.:)
04-01-2009, 06:08 PM
DrJohn

Yoweeeeeee. Nice catch!
04-07-2009, 08:38 AM
patm

JT,
I have to ask: not for any specific docks or anything like that but I have been weekending at Beaver (my in-laws have a place) for 20 years and have only caught a handfull of crappie. Those came while bass fishing. Our place is in Cedar Creek and I don't have the bass boat anymore so I don't run too far. I fish Fords Creek allot. So the question is: Is this a good area for crappie (or am I that bad at finding them) if so what do you look for?

Thanks,

Pat