Never fished for crappie.

I'm brand new to crappie fishing. Tomorrow morning pouring rain or shining sun I'm hitting keystone lake. I got 3 packs of bobby garland 2 inch baby shad in the mail today. Thousands of tube jigs and lots of other variety. I'm dropping my 2 catfish poles in the water, try my luck with striper pole. Which I also have never fished for. And then starting on the crappie. With all that nonsense said does anybody have any tips for a 36 year old man who has never even seen a crappie in person let alone fished for one. So they bite in the rain ? Any tips will be appreciated.

Welcome to the board, new. My best advice is to find an old geezer (my age) who knows Keystone and is willing to share info. I have never fished Keystone, but the crappie in much of the state are either on the banks or close to the banks. Try fishing near brush by dipping your jig with a long pole or by fishing very shallow under a small bobber. Good luck, and let us know how you do.

Someone on this forum ,ight read this and take you under their wing for a couple of trips.

I'm gonna give it my best shot in a few hours. Just waiting to see just how bad the storm is gonna be. Hoping to go just after. I have heard that's the best time for crappie

Anytime is the best time for Crappie. Woodworker2 fishes Keystone a lot. He could use a younger fishing buddy at times and he'll be able to teach you what's what. Matter of fact, he could use a friend. :Rofl

Cool I will try and track him down. Keystone is literally 15 minutes from my house. My wife and I also hit oolagah almost every other weekend during the summer months

Welcome aboard New!! WWorker would certainly be the ticket, if you can talk him into a trip. Plus he always has snacks!!LOL

Hey Reaper-I'm real good at fishing-it's that catching part that bothers me! Lol :Roflrotfl

newcrappie15, what part of keystone are you near?

The dam

Do you recommend using a road runner or what size jig head would u recommend? Using 8 pound test

This time of year a tube jig or Marabou jig retrieved under a float in 2-5' of water can be deadly. White is a great color to start with.

Sweet I got both :-)

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Cool I will try and track him down. Keystone is literally 15 minutes from my house. My wife and I also hit oolagah almost every other weekend during the summer months

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Hey NC, welcome to the craziness! I would love to meet up with you some time, but I gotta get this cardiac rehab thing out of the way first-probably 8 wks worth or so. Dinobot is knowledgeable on Keystone also. He might be able to help ya! He's a good guy to know!

I got a lifetime u just let me know when your ready :-)

Gentlemen and ladies.....that is why I like this board....some pretty good people on here

Oh and welcome to the board newcrappie!!!!!!

Andy

Well I fished all day from 1:00 until 10:15 when the storm started rolling in. Now I'm sitting in the car waiting for it to pass so I can get back out there. I had zero luck today. It would have been nice to put some on the stringer but just being out here makes my day. I'm not giving up yet

Fishing from the bank I would be using minnows and jigs under bobbers starting about 3' deep in 5 to 6 foot of water. I haven't been on Keystone much this year but if you want to join me on Heyburn some weekend give me a shout. Or if I make a trip to Keystone I'll let you know.

I actually work in Sapulpa and lived in kellyville about 4 years ago fished heyburn quite a bit. I will get with u in a few weeks. I'm using up my free pass with the wifey for an all nighter lol

Welcome NC. I used to fish the New Manford ramp area quite a bit in a float tube. This time of year could be pretty good at times. Corking minnows is a good bet right now.