Thread: Kaw lake archives

Absolutely killed them today. Took most the day to find them, but when I did... it was awesome! Searched 15 to 20 spots all over the lake from 830 am till 200 pm with one bite and very few fish on the finder. Finally found an area that had a concentration of fish in 20 -25 feet of water with the fish holding from 15-18 feet on standing timber. I wasn't keeping, so I am guessing between 35 and 50 fish landed. Only 2 fish under a pound, average was 1.3 Lb, biggest was 1.87Lb. Depending on where you were at the water was 44 to 39 degrees, visibility was 4 to 20 inches. I used my 10 foot meat dragas and BG storm warning jigs on a weedless Timmy Tom medium blade 3/16 head. They really liked it when you gave the jig enough action to cause that blade to flutter. I have to make room in my freezer and head back next week

Fish was biting well from 3 to 4 PM. Caught these in 15 to 18 ft. in brush. Water was muddy with temp around 40 deg. Kept 27 with several in the 1.3 to 1.5 lb range

Fished yesterday afternoon from 1 to 4 Pm. Water temp was 40 deg and muddy. Fished 16 to 25 ft without a bite. Moved up to 12 ft in brush and caught 18 up to 1.5 lbs at 8 ft deep. Hard to believe but that's where they were holding yesterday.

I know a lot of people practice catch and release including us. Just want to make everyone aware of the 2015 spawn. With the lake flooded most of 2015, we had a tremendous crappie spawn. The fry was able to get back into the flooded brush, which increased the survival rate. Have several relatives and friends that have been fishing Kaw for 35 years for crappie and catfish and say they have never saw so many 2 to 3 inch crappie while throwing their shad nets all over the lake. Point is, don't be afraid to keep some fish. We have to keep the crappie population in check to avoid overpopulation

Originally Posted by TimY

I know a lot of people practice catch and release including us. Just want to make everyone aware of the 2015 spawn. With the lake flooded most of 2015, we had a tremendous crappie spawn. The fry was able to get back into the flooded brush, which increased the survival rate. Have several relatives and friends that have been fishing Kaw for 35 years for crappie and catfish and say they have never saw so many 2 to 3 inch crappie while throwing their shad nets all over the lake. Point is, don't be afraid to keep some fish. We have to keep the crappie population in check to avoid overpopulation

Ditto on the 2-3 inch shad. One of my friends has been getting only a few shad, but lots of small crappie, when netting for bait. He has not even been tempted to use them for bait; However, I have some 1/90th oz. jigs that I got from the old B&B Tackle store years ago. Rigged with a tiny piece of Berkley worm, I have gotten a few of those tiny crappie, and the cats have eaten them like candy. The stomachs of the cats have been loaded with crappie. Cut crappie, cut bluegill, and heads have been effective also, when it's hard to get shad.