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FISHING
REPORT FOR JANUARY 12, 2011
CENTRAL
Arcadia: January 5. Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water 48. Blue catfish
fair on shad at 10-12 ft. around north points in the mornings. Report
submitted by Linnie Mason, gate attendant.
NORTHEAST
Copan: January 9. Elevation slightly below normal and water clear. Crappie
good on minnows and hot pink jigs at 10-14ft. near submerged structure north
of Washington Cove and on the north side of the dam. Catfish slow on cut
shad on bottom. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in
Washington County.
Fort Gibson: January 9. Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear. Crappie
fair on minnows and jigs at 15-25 ft. Catfish good below the dam during
generation and in the main channel of the lake. Report submitted by Rick
Stafford of Wagoner.
Greenleaf: January 11. Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass good
on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and bill baits along riprap, creek channels and
shorelines. Catfish good on cut bait on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and
jigs in yellow, green and red around fishing docks and brush structure.
Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
Hudson: January 10. Elevation normal. Crappie good on minnows and jigs
around brush piles. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden
stationed in Rogers and Mayes counties.
Hulah: January 9. Elevation normal and water clear. Crappie fair on minnows
and jigs deep near submerged structure on the north side of the dam. Report
submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Kaw: January 10. Elevation above normal, water 35 and clear. Bear Creek boat
ramp is inaccessible to large boats; all other ramps are open and usable.
Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 15-25 ft. under Washunga Bay Bridge and
over brush piles throughout the lake. Blue catfish fair on juglines baited
with shad at 15-20 ft. in the Arkansas River arm and fair on stinkbait in
the Beaver Creek arm. Report submitted by Spencer Grace, game warden
stationed in Kay County.
Lower Illinois: January 10. Elevation normal, water 42 and clear. Trout
excellent on fly-fishing the surface, on rooster tails at 1-2 ft. and on
Power Bait on bottom above Gore Landing. Report submitted by D. Tracy, Town
of Gore.
Pawhuska: January 10. Trout good on all types of Power Bait. Report
submitted by David Clay, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Sooner: January 11. White bass and striped bass hybrids fair on live shad in
the lake. Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game warden stationed in
Noble County.
Webbers Falls: January 11. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and
crankbaits along riprap, shorelines and creek channels. Catfish fair on cut
bait on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush structure and
bridges. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee
County.
SOUTHEAST
Arbuckle: January 8. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water 44-47 and clear.
Crappie slow on deeper brush piles and creek channel drop-offs. White bass
slow on jigging spoons at 35-45 ft. Bass slow on finesse jigs and drop shot
rigs. Report submitted by Jack Melton.
Broken Bow: January 10. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on jig and pig.
Catfish good on juglines baited with cut bait. Crappie good on jigs at 30-35
ft. along structure. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in
McCurtain County.
Eufaula: January 10. Elevation 3 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear. Crappie
fair on minnows and jigs at 8-18 ft. around boat docks with brush. Report
submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: January 9. Elevation 4 ft. below normal, water 56. Crappie fair to
good on orange and red/black jigs in 12-20 ft. Report submitted by Jay
Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw County.
Konawa: January 10. Elevation normal, water 40 and clear. Largemouth bass
fair on plastic worms at 15 ft. in the discharge canal. Report submitted by
Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
McGee Creek: January 9. Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal, water 49 and
clear. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 16-24 ft. around cedar brush off
main creek channels. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures and dark
colored jig and pig, at 12-25 ft. fished slowly around structure and off
rocky points. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in
Atoka County.
Pine Creek: January 9. Elevation below normal, water clear. Crappie good on
jigs near structures. Catfish good on trot lines baited with cut shad. Bass
fair on spoons in deeper water. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden
stationed in McCurtain County.
Sardis: January 10. Elevation below normal, water murky. Crappie fair to
good on minnows and jigs at 18-25 ft. Report submitted by Dane Polk, game
warden stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: January 9. Elevation normal, water 49 and clear. Largemouth and
smallmouth bass fair on jigs and plastic worms at 15-20 ft. in creek
channels and drop-offs. Striped and white bass fair on live bait and sassy
shad at 15-20 ft. in river channels. Channel and blue catfish fair on cut
shad and worms at 10-20 ft. from Catfish Bay to the north. Crappie fair on
minnows and small jigs at 10-15 ft. around the fishing docks with brush.
Paddlefish fair below the dam while generating. Report submitted by Danny
Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: January 9. Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water murky. Largemouth
bass fair on soft plastic baits and worm and jigs. Crappie slow to fair on
minnows and jigs at 18-25 ft. around structure. Channel catfish fair on
juglines baited with cut shad and liver. Report submitted by Randy Fennell,
game warden stationed in LeFlore County.
SOUTHWEST
Ellsworth: January 9. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water murky. Crappie
good at Ralph’s Resort on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Mike
Carroll, game warden stationed in Comanche County.
Foss: January 5. Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal with gates closed, water
40s and clear. Striped bass hybrids good on slabs in deep water just out
from the marina. Walleye fair on live bait. Catfish fair on doughbait and
live bait. Report submitted by Eric Puyear, B & K Bait House.
Lawtonka: January 9. Elevation below normal, water clear. Crappie good on
minnows and jigs at the dam. Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden
stationed in Comanche County.
Oklahoma Spoonbill Fishing
Dustin Newer
April 2010
These were
caught near the Twin Bridges State park fishing with Dempsey’s Guide
Service…My fishing partner is a well known OkieFish contributor but I
will let her send in the pics of the 60 lber she caught.
Huge striped bass hybrid takes lake
record spot at Canton
Lifelong Oklahoma angler James Wesley Jones, Jr. of Canton said
he loves fishing because it is a relaxing activity, but there was likely no
relaxing going on April 19 when he landed a 23.2-lb. (23 lbs., 3 oz.)
striped bass hybrid from Canton Lake. The huge fish qualifies as a lake
record for Canton
and falls only about an ounce shy of taking the state record spot as well,
which is held by Paul Hollister and his 23-lb., 4 oz. fish caught April 1,
1997, from Altus-Lugert
Lake.
Jones caught his fish in the evening using a 1-oz. rattletrap.
Though the hybrid fell short of the state record, it reminds anglers that if
they catch a potential state record fish, they should contact an employee of
the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation for procedures on
certifying state records. Lake
record fish are weighed on scales through lake record keepers registered
with the Wildlife Department, but the weighing of state records must be done
on certified scales with a witness from the Wildlife Department present.
Jones said the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s
new Lake Record Fish Program does more than just recognize fish, but that it
also encourages the sport of fishing. Before the program was in place, his
near state record fish could have gone overlooked by anglers across the
state, but the recognition his fish received through the Lake Record Fish
Program reminds anglers of the potential that Oklahoma’s lakes hold for
producing monster-sized fish.
“It gets people motivated to fish knowing that there are larger
fish in the lake,” Jones said.
He said it is common in discussions among anglers to wonder
about the sizes of the largest fish caught in lakes across the state.
“You don’t have to wonder anymore,” he said. “You can just go on
and find out.”
Jones is referring to the Wildlife Department’s Web site,
wildlifedepartment.com, which includes an easily-operated search feature
that allows those interested to view a wealth of lake record fish
information, ranging from the size of record fish caught to what kind of
bait or rod and reel was used to catch them. And right now, lake records are
being set and broken on a regular basis, which means the wealth of
information on the Web site is updating and growing regularly as well.
Other recent lake records include a 4.8-lb. smallmouth bass
caught by Derek Thurman of
Collinsville. His fish went down as a record
smallmouth for Skiatook Lake, but that record was broken just days later, on
April 5, when angler Jim Horn of Cleveland landed a 6.6-lb. smallmouth bass
from Skiatook using a bait casting rod and reel set up with a jig.
Lakes included in the program include Arbuckle, Broken Bow,
Canton, Eufaula, Ft.
Cobb, Grand, Kaw, Keystone,
Sardis, Skiatook, Tenkiller, Texoma and Thunderbird.
Species eligible for spots in the lake records book include
blue, channel and flathead catfish and largemouth, smallmouth and spotted
bass in addition to crappie, paddlefish, striped bass, striped bass hybrids,
sunfish (combined) walleye/saugeye and white bass. Minimum weights are set
for each species are detailed on the Wildlife Department’s Web site at
wildlifedepartment.com.
Anglers who catch a potential record from a participating lake
should contact designated business locations around the lake that are
enrolled as lake record keepers. A listing of official lake record keepers
is available on wildlifedepartment.com.
Once it has been determined that an angler has landed a record
fish, the media is notified and the public will be able to view information
about the catch on the Wildlife Department’s Web site at
wildlifedepartment.com.
All past and current state record fish are registered in the
Lake Record Fish Program as records for their respective lakes.
To see the complete database of all lake record fish caught, or
to learn more about the Lake Record Fish program, log on to the Wildlife
Department’s Web site at wildlifedepartment.com.
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