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 Beaver Lake is a nature lover's paradise for all seasons. With over 30,000 acres of pristine water and over 480 miles of scenic shoreline, Beaver Lake is perfect for fishing, boating, swimming, waterskiing, picnicking, camping, hiking or just site seeing.
At Beaver Lake, fish and wildlife abound in the natural setting of open water. The lake is surrounded by limestone bluffs and a wide variety of trees, plants and flowers. Beaver Lake offers some of the best recreational opportunities anywhere for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages.
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Beaver Lake Fishing Report
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Courtesy of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Issued: 8/25/10
As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake's elevation at 1,116.49 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool - 1,120 MSL).
Bailey's Beaver Lake Guide Service (479-366-8664) said most stripers are being caught between 30 and 60 feet deep with some large fish caught near 100 feet deep. Stripers are in their big summer schools. Night fishing is hot right now. Try lights near rocky branch and Point 5, shad, minnows and spoons are catching nice whites, hybrids and stripers with some walleye, catfish and crappie. Check along bluffs and tree lines. Bombers and redfins fished on downriggers are producing nice stripers at night. Troll baits at about 1.5- 2.5 miles per hour. Umbrellas are also producing at this speed. Work the area above the thermocline where the bait fish are holding when trolling umbrellas. Stripers are keyed on steeper breaks with quick access into deep water where they can ambush shad. Their summer pattern has begun and stripers are holding deeper.
JT's Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing has been best after dark. Work dark-colored soft plastics along steep chunk rock and gravel banks 6 to 25 feet deep. Carolina-rigged lizards fished parallel with bluff lines close to timber have been producing well. Main lake points and humps have also been good places to look for bass. Crappie have been biting well close to brush piles and pole timer along shaded bluff lines and mouths of coves in 25 to 35 feet of water. Minnows under a slip cork or yellow/white and black/chartreuse tube jigs on a 1/16-oz. jighead have been working best. White bass continue to suspend in the mouths of main lake coves and off main lake points 15 to 40 feet deep. Rat-L-Traps and -oz. spoons have worked well after the fish have been located. Bluegill are biting crickets 3 to 15 feet deep in the shade of bluffs and docks. Catfish are biting well on cut bait, worms and liver from the bank after dark.
Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148) said the water is clear and falling. Bream are fair on crickets. Crappie are slow, but a few have been caught on minnows in deep brush piles. Bass are biting well on spinnerbaits and soft-plastic worms at night. Catfishing is fair on cut bait.
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