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My Dad and I went to beaverfork yesterday around 11am and left around 230 and we ended up catching 45 crappie and had 23 keeper crappie we fished brushpiles in 12-16 ft of water with Jigs and Minnows spiderrigging, I hope to go to Brewer this afternoon but with all this rain I hope there is a boat ramp thats not flooded out.
I have never seen any reports of Beaverfork in Conway on crappie.
Nice catch Jason, I was wondering how big your keepers were running? I have caught afew up there about 3/4 way up the lake to the east where a long grass point runs out into the lake from north to south at the end of the point there is a couple of trees in the lake inbetween those trees and the south bank there is a deep channel with brush piles in about 15' of water. Good spot to drift or spider rig. CP
Thanks for the report. I may have to head up there...
Way to go on Beaverfork Jason...did you make it to brewer?
I bet Brewer is sooooo full of water...especially since they changed it to hold more water a couple years ago. I may have to try Beaverfork again...they were having bass tourneys out there, may want to schedule around those. I was curious about the size of the fish too, most of mine were small. It's always a good trip when you can take Dad...taking fish home is a bonus! Congratulations!
Beaverfork sounds like the TICKET right now.
Man, I'd hate to be a guide in these conditions.
aj
I used to live in Conway, and Beaverfork is a city owned lake. You have to buy a city pass to fish it, and if I remember correctly if you live in Conway it was like $30 a year, and if you live out of Conway it was $300 a year. This is how they keep the lake crowds to a min. You might want to check this before you start to pull your boats there.
Wow, that sounds a little steep. I'd say there's better places to fish that don't cost nearly as much. $2 launch fee at Conway will do...Thanks for the info.Quote:
Originally Posted by grits and gravy
The cost to launch there is $5 a boat, per trip, if you don't want to buy yearly permit.
How were the size on those fish?
I don't know about the fish he caught, but I caught one there a couple of weeks ago that went 2lb. 9oz. on a spinner bait while bass fishing so I know there is some good ones there. However the majority of the crappie I've seen caught there have run on the small side but my experiences on Beaver Fork are limited.
The Keeper fish we caught were 11 to 15 inches nothing huge but nice filets we used to fish there every weekend and catch alot of 1 3/4 pound fish but in the last few years the fish have been smaller but when were not at brewer or greers we go to Beaverfork to see what we can catch. I know to launch a boat it cost $5 dollars for residents of faulkner county and a crazy fee of $50 dollars for nonresidents but if you get there early enough they have a self pay gate and there is no questions asked but if the park attendents are there they will collect there money. Has any one been to brewer I was wondering if you can lauch a boat or if the water is to high??
I went by Brewer today. I didn't fish it but you can launch a boat no problem. I talked to one guy pulling out and he and his wife said they had caught 4 off of brush piles beforew the wind blew them off.
I will give it a try in the morning and see whats going on there. the bite should be on around the brush piles.
Finally got to go back to brewer sunday fished about 3 hrs and caught 24 good fish and had 3 that were 1.90 1.95 and 2.03. Water temp was 69 and water seemed about 3-4 ft high still, but by this weekend things should be just right.
Nice fish....Were they on the brush piles?
Caught them on brushpiles in the main lake area by the north boat ramp, They were holding tight to the brush you had to bump the pile with the minow and jig to trigger the bite.