The 30,000-acre reservoir is set in the Ozark Mountains in northwestern Arkansas, beautiful country, indeed, and a popular tourist destination during the summer season. This highland reservoir offers some of the best striper fishing in North America, the reason we often travel there to shoot footage for In-Fisherman TV, fishing with one of the best striper guides in the country, Mike Bailey, of Bailey’s Beaver Lake Guide Service.
Most stripers in Beaver run 16 to 20 pounds, but Bailey and his clients catch lots surpassing 20 pounds, plenty of 30s, and a few larger fish. Bailey’s biggest fish in recent years have weighed 53 and 56 pounds, with…
