Thread: Keystone

Thanks Merle, Ranger. I think I will head out tomorrow.

I launched late from new manniford and fished in 20 to 30 FOW for a few hours. I caught a bunch of dinks, nothing worth keeping. Fish were at all depths, didnt matter what jig except smaller worked better it seemed. Kinda slow biting for the amount of fish I could see on the finder. I threw the cast net to make sure they they were crappie and not sandies, and they were all smallish crappie in the net. So far this year I have not been able to catch any decent fish out of the schools I see on my finder. I have fished kaw twice, kerr three times and keystone twice. Each time I hit the schools I get smaller fish, when I just fish the structure like I would at any other time of the year I catch the bigger fish. Anybody have any thoughts on that?

I hope someone chimes in Fishers!! Same thing with me. When I find a school of keepers there are usually on 6-8 fish in the school and I haven't been able to find the over 12" fish very often!!
I can find schools of 9" fish all the time and even tell you they are to small to keep. Drop a hook znd sure enough!

Ranger, surely you know the answer to Fishers dilemma of small fish?

I've been fishing Keystone quite often this winter and the small fish catch has been consistent. See huge numbers on the sonar along with shad. Maybe a keeper out of every 10 fish caught. The lake is dangerously low. I don't recommend anyone fishing by themselves. The possiblities of getting stuck out there are very high.

Went out Sunday with the family. I hunted around with my locator until I found some fish in the trees. Tied up and dropped a jig and BAM!!! on the first drop I hooked this Striper on my ultralight and 4lb line. It took a while to work him up through the trees from 30 feet down. The next drop BAM!! I thought I had hooked another but it turns out it was a good sized Crappie. The next drop BAM!! This time I wasn't so lucky and couldn't work him up through the trees. My wife also had a nice one hang her up in the trees. Unfortunately she and the kids got cold on me and I wasn't able to capitalize further on the fish biting and had to head in. It was nice just to get out and wet a line.

Sweet fish David, good job!