Boy, we're seeing alot of water flow past our place these days. Not like a year ago, thank goodness. But still, generation from Table Rock is non-stop full 4 units to drop the lake levels of Table Rock and especially Beaver Lake. Northwest Arkansas has gotten more rain than Southern Missouri and Beaver Lake has almost reached flood stages. With the rains in the forecast, we're going to see lots more generation here.
Good news -the stocking truck has been doing a pretty good job lately. Catching rainbows has picked up here the last week. Now, catching isn't the easiest because of the high water but we've seen some of our guests catch their limit of rainbows in a day's time.
I had reported doing pretty well last week, fishing the bluff bank from the old Sun Valley Resort down past Cooper Creek Access using jigs, either under a float or thrown straight, especially hitting the eddies and slower water. This is still ok but not as good with the higher water level. I had fair success using white, pink or brown jigs.
Drifting Gulp Eggs from Short Creek down through the Cooper Creek Access is some of the best fishing we've seen this week. Use one white egg with a pink, yellow or orange egg on a #8 hook. Be sure you do 2 things: keep the bait on the bottom and stay in the middle of the lake.
Drifting minnows in the same area and drifting down further to the Landing was good for some of our guides yesterday. They are seeing some nice sized rainbows caught right now- some up to and heavier than a pound.
I'd try a few other things if I were fishing - there's good, calm water on the inside bend from Taneycomo Acres down to Monkey Island. I'd throw rooster tails and spoons along this bank. While boating down to the Landing the other day with the family to eat at Shorty Smalls, I noticed a good number of rainbows jumping and midging in this slack water. Jig and float may work pretty good too.
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