Open reservoir water — Beaver, Norfork, Greers Ferry.
DIET
Threadfin shad. Almost exclusively.
BEST BAITS
Live shad · Topwater poppers · Big spoons
SEASONAL PATTERN
🌱SPRING
BEST☀️SUMMER
🍂FALL
❄️WINTER
Summer: Schooling blitzes on shad balls.
ANGLER INTEL · RIGHT NOWHIGH CONFIDENCE
DEPTH
10–18 ft
shade lines & points
TIMING
First & last light
TOP LURE · LURE
Live shad
moderate conditions — work the cover
TACKLE
Heavy 7'+, 30–40 lb braid
TECHNIQUE · Moving bait on main-lake points — match forage size
ANGLER STATS
SPAWN 58–68°F
BITE
84
FIGHT
95
STEALTH
50
FUN FACT
Hybrids are sterile — bred at hatcheries from striper × white bass and stocked in reservoirs that can't sustain pure stripers. The trade-off: faster growth, harder fight, no spawning run to manage.
STATUS
Stocked
Hybrid · Moronidae
LIVE PFG SIGNAL69°F · Beaver Lake● GO 95
YOUR CARD · ACTIONSNOT YET COLLECTED
🪪 ID marks
Broken horizontal stripes (key ID)
Thicker body than white bass
💡 Tips
Watch the gulls
Cast under the school
Small bait, big school
🌙 Lunar profile
MED-HIGH Lunar ImpactBest phases: Full Moon
☀️ Daytime
Open-water shad schools; mid-column presentations on main lake points and river channels.
🌙 Nighttime
Aggressive surface feeding under Full Moon near shad schools. Topwater or white swimbaits effective.