Striper migration is late, spring fishing is up and down

April 16, 2024 at 1:00 a.m.

by Flip Putthoff

Don Grose of Rogers shows a striped bass he caught at Beaver Lake in 2020 using minnows for bait. Some 250 stripers were affixed with tags that can be redeemed for a $100 reward.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff) — Don Grose of Rogers shows a striped bass he caught at Beaver Lake in 2020 using minnows for bait. Some 250 stripers were affixed with tags that can be redeemed for a $100 reward. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)

Beaver Lake

Water temperature and the fishing have been fluctuating just like the weather.

Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said striped bass are scattered from Rocky Branch park upstream into the White and War Eagle tributaries.

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