Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using plastic worms, jig and pigs or spinner baits for black bass. Top-water lures may work at dawn and dusk. Bluegill and redear are biting worms.

Ozark streams can be at their lowest during fall. That's why paddlers head to the White River below Beaver Dam where there's ample water in every season. Water from deep down in Beaver Lake flows ...