Fishing Report For Beaver Lake, AR

By Rick Seaman

January 18, 2025

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Fishing Report Beaver Lake, AR

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Popular Fish Species Beaver Lake, AR

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

Bass in Beaver Lake tend to center much of their life around the many creek channels entering the lake. They can move from the back of the creek, out to the middle, then to the main lake points at the corner of these creek coves. War Eagle Creek is reportedly one of the better creeks, but there are many good ones all around the lake. When the water is relatively clear, I prefer a mid-range crankbait. And, I prefer spinnerbaits in dirtier water, for shallow bass.

Striped Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

While there are many reports of stripers being caught year round at Beaver Lake, March through early September is the best time for catching both quantity and quality. March signals the beginning of the spawn run up the rivers. Through the warmer months of Summer, stripers move into shallower water on the main lake to harvest baitfish and bulk up for winter. Being successful at fishing for stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and wolf packs of stripers are likely to be nearby. Fish finders are a big help in locating these roaming schools. Big swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here.

Black Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

Locals report that crappie fishing has been decent in Beaver Lake for a few years now. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Jigs, minnows, and small crankbaits are effective baits for catching crappie in Beaver Lake. Bridge pilings, docks, brush and wood are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4-pound line is ideal. The bridge pilings on the US 412 highway, and the State Highway 12, are a good place to find crappie - especially at night using crappie lights. Locals report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, bluegill, redear sunfish, warmouth, white bass, striped bass and hybrid stripers at Beaver Lake in Arkansas.

Beaver Lake is a 28,000-acre impoundment with nearly 500 miles of shoreline. This reservoir is known for quality bass, stripers and fishing. Anglers preferring to fish from the bank can do so at many of the public access areas around the lake. Fishing piers are located in Hickory Creek and Prairie Creek.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".