At Beaver Lake, Southtown Sporting Goods in Fayetteville said bluegill fishing is good with worms or crickets. Try for walleye 25 to 25 feet deep with nightcrawler rigs or grubs. Fish 10 to 25 feet deep for black bass with jig and pigs, plastic worms or swim baits. Catfish are biting well on cut bait, minnows or small sunfish.
At Beaver Lake, striped bass fishing is good one day, poor the next, said fishing guide Jon Conklin. The best method is to troll for stripers with live bait such as brood minnows or shad. Other species will also take this bait, not just stripers.