Thread: Kaw lake archives

Problem right now is the shad. Crappie are feeding heavy on them now. If the shad moves the crappie follow. Shad are moving out to open water later in the day. The challenge is finding the right school. If the shad are concentrated near the bottom pretty good bet the crappie are not on that school. Always try to find the schools pushed higher in the water column from feeding fish. Hard to convince crappie fishermen to get away from the bank and fish open water with no structure. When you hear people talking about the poor fishing right up to the spawn that's usually when they are on the shad schools feeding up for the spawn. After chasing them around for years finally figured out they sometimes run in schools by size. If I caught 3 or 4 eight to 10 inch fish you could pretty much bet the majority was gonna be in that size range and I would find a different school of shad and try again. The new electronics have made this a lot easier because you can tell much easier if there are bigger fish under the shad. Hard to leave the structure but sometimes it may make the difference in a good day or burning fuel. Hope this helps.

AHA!!! Thanks Tim, I was out today also and fished mainly structure. What you're saying makes a lot of sense.