The ice over has begun on Kaw. Coon creek is already frozen and it's moving east. Lake will most likely be completely iced in by the first of next week. Haven't had a shad kill in many years so should really improve the fishing.
Been many years since the lake has been frozen solid. Eagles and geese setting all over the ice. There will be a massive shad kill, which we needed. Gonna be a lot more difficult for folks to find shad this spring but in the long run it will improve overall fishing.
Redge, dennishoddy LIKED above post
Boy I would love about a gallon of winter kill shad for jugging or drifting. I freeze them in cornmeal and they last a year in the freezer.
Blackdog40 LIKED above post
Tell you what is hard to believe there was so many shad their growth rate dropped a lot. Usually by winter the most recent spawn are normally 3 to 4 inches. This winter they are almost all 2 inches. Don’t know if they got so thick they depleted their food supply or just stunted. Take someone smarter than me to answer that.
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Yes that’s true. From research I guess it’s actually better for the lake to freeze because it acts as an insulator and stabilizes the water temperature. Apparently the biggest shad kills occur when there is a rapid water temperature drop and doesn’t have to freeze over. Mortality rate on smaller shad is much higher than big shad so it would affect shad that crappie feed on vs the big shad even though I have seen crappie that have swallowed 4 inch shad
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Blackdog40 LIKED above post
Tim, Is Kaw still froze?
Sarge south is open except the coves. Sarge north and west still frozen. Water temp is 33 deg. Shad are running in 40 fow flat on the bottom at times 10 to 20 ft thick.
Last edited by TimY; 02-26-2021 at 11:47 AM.
Did you find the Crappie anywhere as thick as the Shad?