I've hit Beaver lake with a variety of friends at least once a week since they planted the jumbos. Mostly we've been trolling flies, although occasionally a Dick Nite would find its way into the mix. Also did some fly casting.

We used some woolly buggers I tied up with this fishery in mind. There were great days and slow days, but most were inbetween - "good" days.

We did C&R except one on my friends took home his limit of 2 fish once.

Most days we would have easily limited the boat, if we had been keeping fish or using bait. A few days we even got into double digit fish.

Also saw a bit of other wildlife - otters, bald eagle and deer to name some.

A surprising percentage of fish we C&R had a hook deep in their belly and line trailing out of their mouths. I'm hoping these were breakoffs. Who knows how many similarly hooked fish died because of being hooked deep. Tip to those who had breakoffs - back off the drag so the fish can pull out more line instead of breaking it. With a properly set drag you'll land more fish.