Beaver Lake Anglers are reeling some big striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said stripers are biting best between the Arkansas 12 bridge and Point 12. Shad or brood minnows are the best baits.

Bland works a crank bait near the Arkansas 45 bridge. The White River where it joins Beaver Lake can be good for catching walleye and white bass during spring.

The Arkansas record for striped bass is 64 pounds, 8 ounces and was set at Beaver Lake in 2000. (iStock) "It gave me a fight," Tyson told the Arkansas GFC.

The fishing grapevine is ripe with reports of good walleye and white bass fishing as the water warms. Spring sparks the spawning run for white bass and walleye on the tributaries of Beaver Lake.

Get ready to reel in some excitement, as the Major League Fishing (MLF) Bass Pro Tour is making a splashy return to Beaver Lake for the first time since 2017.T ...

So, no one will know how close it came to Arkansas’s state record striped bass of 64 pounds, 8 ounces, caught in the Beaver Lake tailwater by Jeff Fletcher of Golden, Missouri, in 2000.

Major League Fishing announced its schedule for the 2026 Bass Pro Tour, which adds Beaver Lake as a stop for the first time since 2017.

The MLF will be making a stop at Beaver Lake once again, as Northwest Arkansas will be the host from April 30-May 3 for Stage 5 of this year's Bass Pro Tour Season.

Major League Fishing announced its schedule for the 2026 Bass Pro Tour, which adds Beaver Lake as a stop for the first time since 2017.