Thread: Kaw lake archives

Tried fishing below the dam today for stripers with no luck. I didn't see anything being caught either.

Originally Posted by Superx10

Tried fishing below the dam today for stripers with no luck. I didn't see anything being caught either.

I went out today below the dam. Tried for some of the crappie that gets swept through the gates but they weren't taking my jigs. Didn't see any snaggers doing any good either. The crappie have been hit or miss this year below the dam.

Can you still use the boat ramp below the dam. Used it a number of years ago and caught a lot of crappie have not tried it for awhile .

Nope, and they don't have any plans on fixing it.

That is not good was a lot of fun fishing for crappie in a boat. Caught a lot of crappie and big ones.

Whole family got to go out today. Lake is high, muddy and rising. Wind was terrible. Still managed to find some fish 4 to 8 ft deep. Caught some nice crappie. Water temp was 58.5 deg. Lake inflow was around 40,000 cf and they are releasing 25,000 cf. Females are about ready to bust. Males are jet black. Won't be long. Granddaughters had a good time.

Tim. Where you up by the dam or what area of the lake. It sure looks dirty!!!

Lake is muddy

Good stuff TimY.

Got to go out and get a little catfish slime on my boat last week. Went to Kaw on Thursday and Friday with Wife, Daughter and her friend. We had a blast. As Tim stated, the lake was very muddy. Lots of debris coming in on Friday but the fish were still hungry. Set some jugs in 8' and 16' of water and then rod reeled. over two days we caught somewhere around 55-60 fish total. Several good fish in the 12+ pound range. BF of the trip was 18+ pounds caught by my wife. Felt great seeing the kids smile and scream and yell and struggle when reeling a fish in or pulling up a jug. That's what made such an amazing trip was seeing them having such a great time. Big thanks to TimY for some info that helped me shorten my search for shad and fish. I sure am loving the new boat and love being able to get shad scales and catfish slime all over it and can wash it down with no worries. Don't miss the carpet on the decks at all.