Thread: Lake Keowee

Lake Keowee:

Largemouth Bass: Good, fish moving into shallow water around grass. Try jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, buzzbaits, floating worms and Carolina-rigged worms in green or red colors in 5 to 10 feet of water or less off rocky points. Fish are bedding around grass.
Crappie: Good, using small minnows and jigs in 10 to 15 feet of water around brush piles. Fish moving into deeper water. Also night fishing around bridges pilings using lanterns.
Catfish: Good, using nightcrawlers and cut bait on the bottom.
Bream: Good, using redworms and crickets around brush piles and around stumps.

Ok, the good creeks are crowe creek, stamp creek, and cane creek. Crowe creek is by far my favorite. The problem with Keowee is that the warm weather turns the lake into I-85 during the day and night fishing seems more realistic.

I went Saturday night in Crowe Creek and before my battery died(which made me want to scream) at one in the morning I had boated seven crappie, one largemouth, and two channel cats(one that was two pounds and one that was eight pounds). I slept until daylight and fished main lake points with jerkbaits during the first couple hours and caught two largemouth. All in all it was a good night but now I must buy another battery. bummer. I was fishing in thirty feet of water on a channel break with medium minnows until I got the shad under the lights. Those five inch shad are a real treat for those two pound crappie that cruise around in those creeks I mentioned.

If you seriously want to fish keowee during the warm weather you must hide up in the creeks or fish real early in the morning or at night. There are some real idiots on that lake and I saw quite a few doing over sixty the next afternoon.

I like Crowe Creek also. I've never crappie fished keowee and haven't been there in a few years, but if I were going I would crappie fish at night (not sure where) and if you're just wanting to have some fun I would try to find some spotted bass and fish for them with minnows. They can be really fun to catch on light tackle. Cleon is right, it can get real busy during the day.

cleon... can't you buy a charger? is the battery totally fried?

Cleon,

Did you catch some of the shad and fish with them? If so, how did you catch them and how long did they live after you got them on the hook?

There are some nice crappie in that lake. You may not always catch a limit but the ones you get or nice. I've found that I do better when I use 4# test line for leaders that water is pretty clear. You can stay close to most of the landings on the upper end and catch some fish at night. Set up in 20 to 30 feet of water at the mouth of a cove at the edge of a river or creek channel {if you have sonar} or about 20 to 30 feet from the bank and you should do well. Good luck.

Thanks a lot guys....I tried crappie fishing at keowee for the first time about a month ago but i had the 5 year old nephew and the 7 year old niece on the pontoon boat...so it was a journey....we tried the wooden bridge up stamp creek and it looked pretty good....but after about an hour of it and not even a bite....we moved on...the spots are a blast if you can get them before the boat traffic gets up....you guys couldn't be any more correct about the boat traffic...it rough after about 10am and until about 7pm....and it being a holiday weekend.....i'm planning on taking my old fixer upper truck and using it for an anchor!! haha God Bless you guys and all the help is greatly appreciated!!

savedbygrace, follow fun fishing's advice and you will catch fish. And he's right, you may not always limit out but you'll probably catch some nice fish.

Hey fishnline, to answer your question. I did catch the shad using a throw net. Most were between three and six inches long. I was able to keep a half dozen alive in a minnow bucket with one of those cheap seven dollar aerorator's for about two hours. After I put them on the hook, they would usually die in forty-five minutes to an hour. And the fish definitely prefered that taste.