Beaver Lake Arkansas Help

[bkohlman]

Hey guys I am lucky enough to have married into a family who has a cabin on Beaver, in Ventris Cove. We will be down there at the end of July and begining of August, right before I have to go back to Kansas and teach squirrely 5th graders. We have a dock and a small boat with a tiny trolling motor. I tend to fish for about anything and am wanting to know what tips, techniques, areas, and lures you all have used to catch some fish (any species really).

Thanks in advance.

(Beaver Lake is my favorite vacation spot)

[Quillback]

I fish Beaver quite a bit, and I have a buddy that fishes it at least once a week. He did well on a drop shot ( I think he has a Zoom finesse worm on it) a few days ago, black bass and a nice walleye. Drop shot should still be working when you're here, but bass fishing is tough end of July. If you're just fishing for anything, a nightcrawler either whole or half of one is tought to beat, I'd fish it on a drop shot and around brushpiles, trees, or docks over 20 feet of water. You should get chances at big bluegills, catfish, walleye and bass.

[bkohlman]

I appreciate the advice! I have never used a drop shot before.....looks like I will be doing some studying on bassresource.com to figure it out!

[Quillback]

Yep there's gotta be a dropshot thread on this board somewhere, if not, google it and I'm sure you'll get lots of hits. Pretty easy rig to set up and fish. The guides on Table Rock set up their clients with DS rigs with nightcrawlers this time of year and really boat a lot of fish. Usually what works on Table Rock will work on Beaver. When you get down here you might want to stop by Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers for the latest info. There's also a local forum ozarkanglers.com/forums that has a Beaver lake section and you can post questions there and usually you'll get some advice.

[bkohlman]

Thank you so much for the advice......I am also very excited to go watch the NWA Naturals play......future ROYALS!

[bigfishtim]

I will be at Beaver during the same time with the family,arrive the 26th of July. We are staying off of Mundell rd, I can show you how to rig and fish the DS. If this interest you P.M. me and we can trade cell numbers.. I have to leave the boat at home and bring the wave-runners for the kids so i may rent one from the marina one day..