FOX Sports Outdoors SouthWEST #4 - 2017 Beaver Lake Arkansas Striper Fishing

This week's show brings the greatest striper adventer ever seen on FOX Sports Outdoors. We'll catch monsters at Beaver Lake near Springdale, Arkansas, plus we'll feature our weekly fishing reports from all around our region. See lots more great fishing news and info at our web site at www.FoxSportsOutdoors.com.

[@jasonborn9394]

I miss beaver lake. I grew up swimming at hippy hollow and lost bridge. It was a great place to grow up.

[@richardscaggs5936]

Where is hippy hollow ? I only been to Lost Bridge south side of Beaver Lake a East side of Starkey Beaver Lake, And Prairie .

[@kenhanslik1004]

Hi Barry. Love your show. Such a great mix of different fish species, ideas and fishing techniques.. On your stuff that matters... I worked for years with a PHD that said, no matter how great that you think you are, the cemetery is full of indispensable people. A real reality check.......... Good fishing to you.

[@youtubelee2475]

Noice Sand Bass

[@whatscreenname]

You didn't tell us what you used to catch them

[@stephonwatkins6236]

Shiners

[@dagolf06]

They are called brood minnows. They are basically a big shiner. Best bait you can use is gizzard shad from the lake.

[@tyrelllovitt4234]

👍👍

[@Unplugged704]

what a beautiful fish. i love stripers! what's the preferred bait used there? Blueback herrings are the best here in NC

[@dagolf06]

Live baits are preferred for beaver. Most people use brooder minnows, and shad. Not too many go after them with artificial but I have caught plenty on them.

[@richardscaggs5936]

I used white Large Road Runners white feather 🪶 3 " inches long hooked up to Mr. Twister white 4" inches long curly tail bait , and 50 pounds Spiderwires moss green or clear fishing braided line on my Zebro Prostaff closed face 888 cat fish REEL on my indestructible Zebco 25 pounds rating 7 foot long rod . Med- Heavy action . Been catching 50 pounds 44 inches long Striper Bass only 4 at a time to keep the rest are 25 pounds and 40 pounds Stripers Bass and 26 pounds brown or flathead catfish and 5 to 7 pounds of large mouth Bass and 2 pounds Black Crappie and 12 pounds white bass and 5 pounds hybrid striped bass at night 🌃 in between June and September at Beaver Lake near Roger close to one island facing the north side of Beaver Lake Dam at 200 feet deep down raised up underwater hills cracks up to 100 or close to 143 jerking the Road Runners up and down . Sometimes I you Rapala Jointed crankbait Fire tiger colors and White Shad Jointed large crank baits . I get really tired of pulling up such a heavy pulling Stripers I almost gotten pulled in the lake when I get tired of reeling a long time .

[@TheMkarr]

Stripers eat all fish. Bass to Carp. Seen it many times. Then people wonder why all the Small mouths & Spots have gone away.

[@jlooney2]

You're misinformed. The AR dept of conservation does surveys (as does MO in Norfork and Bull Shoals) and they feed almost exclusively on gizzard shad - they'll also eat threadfins and shiners on occasion. If you're not catching smallies or spots then thats on you. Science vs myth. The same uninformed argument gets made about Musky in southern waters and yet Pomme in MO and Kincaid in So IL are both outstanding bass fisheries even though they're full of musky. Nothing else eats those big shad so they're providing a valuable resource to keep the system healthy.

[@richardscaggs5936]

Jason is right ▶️.

[@tylerduin3762]

isn't that the lake of the Ozarks

[@richardscaggs5936]

No it's Beaver 🦫 Lake Arkansas Northwest side of Roger Arkansas.

[@richardscaggs5936]

Springdale Arkansas southwest Beaver Lake Arkansas

[@derrickmunson5299]

That was a fake catch… This is not real it’s for entertainment purposes