Melissa Bobbitt at About.com ranked "Keep Fishin'" as the 13th best Weezer song, where she comments "Rivers Cuomo has always had an affinity for the paranoid in his lyrics".

Club, where they state "It's the kind of infectious, impeccably crafted power-pop rocker Cuomo can probably bang out in his sleep".

[2] Commercially, the song peaked at #15 on the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

[4] The music video, directed by Marcos Siega, features Weezer as guests on The Muppet Show as drummer Patrick Wilson is held captive by Miss Piggy.

At one point, Kevin Smith was attached to direct the video for this song, but without the Muppets.