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<HR color=#c4ac82 width="80%"> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="85%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="25%" align=left>Date </TD><TD width="20%">07-Jan-10 </TD><TD width="25%" align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>Water Condition </TD><TD></TD><TD vAlign=top align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>Water Temperature </TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 borderColor=#111111 cellPadding=2 width="85%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3 align=left>Conditions : Beaver Lake: Mike Bailey, owner of Baileys Beaver Lake Guide Service, (479-366-8664) said stripers are scattered and are hitting shad all over the lake, with the hottest action on shad/brooder minnows fished under balloons fished 10-20 feet deep and set 50-100 feet behind the boat (stagger your balloons so you don't tangle). On windy days, fish the coves that the wind is blowing into, on still days, fish deeper near the main channel. This is a pattern that will generally hold all winter. This week's cold front with temperatures dropping to near single digits is causing a shad kill. The stripers are feeding on bottom, eating the dead/dying bait. And with more cold temperatures in the forecast, the bottom-feeding pattern should hold for the next several days. Anchor on a point or piece of structure and present live or cut bait on the bottom using a slip-sinker rig fished between 15-25 feet deep, wherever you are marking bait and stripers near the bottom. After about a 1/2 hour if your not bit then change locations. The following areas will hold fish, however with all the rain and runoff, you will need to find the clearest water and stay ahead of the muddy water in the tributary arms. The Army Corps of Engineers is dropping the lake drastically, causing a lot of current in the lake. Fish will be positioned anywhere that breaks the current, but could be on the upstream end or downstream end. On the White River from the Highway 12 Bridge to the Highway 412 Bridge, concentrate efforts in backs of coves and shallow flats near the river/creek channel. In Hickory Creek, try the main river channel and the Hickory Creek arm. In Horseshoe Bend, the striper alley area is producing fish on the flats near the main river channel. The Joe Creek area is also producing. Monte Ne has been producing fish near the mouth and on the flats near the main river channel. In War Eagle, concentrate your efforts from the War Eagle/White River junction up War Eagle to the Sidewalk hole. Some fish are being taken near the power lines at the lower end near the White River. White bass and hybrids can also be taken in the area all the way up to the mill. Try fishing Rooster Tails or jigging spoons in silver or gold/chartreuse. With the dropping water levels you will need to look in the deepest holes and expect the fish to move down nearer to the White River intersection later in the week. At Lost Bridge, most fish are being caught on the bottom. In the area of Fish Trap Hollow and Pine Log. Prairie Creek is producing a lot of fish in the Copper Mine area near points 8 and 9 and near the Beavershores area, including Blackburn Creek. On the main lake, try fishing jigging spoons or live shad on the bottom 20-30 feet deep on points 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12. JTs Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing has been good, despite the cold weather. The shad have begun dying off and the best bait as of late has been a Smithwick Rogue or a soft-plastic jerk bait. The best colors have been chrome, blue, clown and white. Fish them around main-lake and secondary points 8 to 20 feet deep. A jig tipped with a minnow, fished around docks along steep banks has also been productive. Crappie fishing has been good up either river arm right on the drop off. Fish a tube jig or Shineee Hineee jig around brush piles or standing timber. Work the jig from the bottom up until you find the fish. White bass have been tough to catch. Try main-lake points from the 12 bridge upstream. A ¼-oz. jigging spoon fished in schools of bait should do the trick. Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148) said the water is high, clear and cold. Ramps have been icy. Bream are slow. Crappie are slow, but a few have been caught on jigs and minnows. Bass are biting well on crankbaits and jigs. Stripers are fair on live bait fished around Point 12. Catfishing is slow.
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<TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 borderColor=#111111 cellPadding=2 width="85%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3 align=left>Conditions : Beaver Lake: Mike Bailey, owner of Baileys Beaver Lake Guide Service, (479-366-8664) said stripers are scattered and are hitting shad all over the lake, with the hottest action on shad/brooder minnows fished under balloons fished 10-20 feet deep and set 50-100 feet behind the boat (stagger your balloons so you don't tangle). On windy days, fish the coves that the wind is blowing into, on still days, fish deeper near the main channel. This is a pattern that will generally hold all winter. This week's cold front with temperatures dropping to near single digits is causing a shad kill. The stripers are feeding on bottom, eating the dead/dying bait. And with more cold temperatures in the forecast, the bottom-feeding pattern should hold for the next several days. Anchor on a point or piece of structure and present live or cut bait on the bottom using a slip-sinker rig fished between 15-25 feet deep, wherever you are marking bait and stripers near the bottom. After about a 1/2 hour if your not bit then change locations. The following areas will hold fish, however with all the rain and runoff, you will need to find the clearest water and stay ahead of the muddy water in the tributary arms. The Army Corps of Engineers is dropping the lake drastically, causing a lot of current in the lake. Fish will be positioned anywhere that breaks the current, but could be on the upstream end or downstream end. On the White River from the Highway 12 Bridge to the Highway 412 Bridge, concentrate efforts in backs of coves and shallow flats near the river/creek channel. In Hickory Creek, try the main river channel and the Hickory Creek arm. In Horseshoe Bend, the striper alley area is producing fish on the flats near the main river channel. The Joe Creek area is also producing. Monte Ne has been producing fish near the mouth and on the flats near the main river channel. In War Eagle, concentrate your efforts from the War Eagle/White River junction up War Eagle to the Sidewalk hole. Some fish are being taken near the power lines at the lower end near the White River. White bass and hybrids can also be taken in the area all the way up to the mill. Try fishing Rooster Tails or jigging spoons in silver or gold/chartreuse. With the dropping water levels you will need to look in the deepest holes and expect the fish to move down nearer to the White River intersection later in the week. At Lost Bridge, most fish are being caught on the bottom. In the area of Fish Trap Hollow and Pine Log. Prairie Creek is producing a lot of fish in the Copper Mine area near points 8 and 9 and near the Beavershores area, including Blackburn Creek. On the main lake, try fishing jigging spoons or live shad on the bottom 20-30 feet deep on points 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12. JTs Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing has been good, despite the cold weather. The shad have begun dying off and the best bait as of late has been a Smithwick Rogue or a soft-plastic jerk bait. The best colors have been chrome, blue, clown and white. Fish them around main-lake and secondary points 8 to 20 feet deep. A jig tipped with a minnow, fished around docks along steep banks has also been productive. Crappie fishing has been good up either river arm right on the drop off. Fish a tube jig or Shineee Hineee jig around brush piles or standing timber. Work the jig from the bottom up until you find the fish. White bass have been tough to catch. Try main-lake points from the 12 bridge upstream. A ¼-oz. jigging spoon fished in schools of bait should do the trick. Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148) said the water is high, clear and cold. Ramps have been icy. Bream are slow. Crappie are slow, but a few have been caught on jigs and minnows. Bass are biting well on crankbaits and jigs. Stripers are fair on live bait fished around Point 12. Catfishing is slow.
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