Thread: Kaw lake archives

Originally Posted by Bigskyfisherman

Somethin' else, Tim. If this keeps up, we'll be ice fishing up there. Anybody remember when Canton froze up in the early 80's? We didn't make it up there, but the guys who did were talking about the best walleye and crappie fishing ever.

That happened on Oologah one year when I was young. They were driving out on ice at Red Bud Bay and killin the crappie.

Originally Posted by Perchjerker101

That happened on Oologah one year when I was young. They were driving out on ice at Red Bud Bay and killin the crappie.

I was there also. Ice on the inside wells. Crappie on the bottom hitting tiny jigs. They would freeze on the way up! Throw them back and they would just lay on there sides for about 5 minutes then slowly swim back down. COLD!!!

Took my son out yesterday afternoon for a few hours and done pretty well. Found a lone tree along the river channel in an area that was not froze over and caught some nice fish in the tree on double jig with a dropshot rig. Cell phone was dead so no pictures today but had some in the 2 lb range. A lot of ice north and west and some up to 4 inches thick so gonna be a while before it thaws

How big is your sinker on the double jig drop shot? And what size jigs are you using? Does it seem as effective as not using a sinker? Sorry Tim- I channel my inner 5 year old asking so many questions. Thanks.

I am running the cylinder type drop shot weights in 1/4 ounce with 1/16 once jigheads above it. Usually space my jigheads with the first one about 15 inches above the sinker and the next one about 2 ft above it. I also like to bounce it slow up ledges around shad balls in the winter. I will use drop shots 99 % of the time whether with jigs or live bait. A lot of people don't realize how well it works bouncing live bait along ledges with a drop shot rig. Takes some practice but worth the effort. Almost had to dead stick yesterday with very little movement. Most fish we caught hit pretty hard and others were just there when we lifted the rod tip. Biggest advantage of the drop shot is less hang ups and lot better feel with the extra weight. On a good rod you can feel every limb in a brush pile and to me the lightest bites without re-tying every 5 minutes. Good luck.

Really good info, Tim. I've thought about drop-shotting, but never done it. I'm going to re-rig a couple of rods tonight.
Thank You.

I know a lot of people have good luck using weedless jig heads and they prefer them. Personally I have used them after trimming and before but missed a lot of bites. Guess it's a personal preference. I like the drop shot because I can work the weight down through the brush without hanging the jigs up and then usually can pick it straight up without losing them. Kinda what we had to do yesterday get the jigs down in the brush to get bites.

10 4, Tim. I have been losing the bottom jig lately (I use a stronger knot for the upper jig jig and a weaker knot for the bottom jig, which saves my upper jig), and the drop shot sounds like a great solution.