FISHING REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2008
CENTRAL
Arcadia:
Elevation normal, water clear. White bass being caught on chartreuse jigs.
Channel catfish being caught on cut shad. Crappie being caught on chartreuse
jigs around heated docks and on white jigs and minnows. Report submitted by
Tim Campbell, game warden stationed in
Oklahoma
County.
Hefner: Elevation below normal, water clear. Crappie being caught around the
heated dock on chartreuse jigs. Report submitted by Tim Campbell, game
warden stationed in Oklahoma
County.
NORTEAST
Birch: Elevation normal, water in the lower 40s and clear.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 15-30 ft. around
brush piles. Blue catfish fair on cut shad at 30-40 ft. fishing flats
near the creeks channels. Report submitted by Spencer Grace, game warden
stationed in Osage
County.
Greenleaf: Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits
and spinnerbaits around brush structure and in creek channels. Catfish fair
on cut bait on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs
at fishing docks and around brush structure. Report submitted by Lark
Wilson, game warden stationed in
Muskogee
County.
Kaw: Elevation slightly above normal and murky. Crappie fair using minnows
and jigs at 20-25 ft. over deep water brush piles. Hybrid striped bass and
striped bass fair on bucktail jigs and sassy
shads below the dam, eastside. Report submitted by Tracy Daniel, game warden
stationed in Kay
County.
Keystone: Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass slow on
crankbaits, jigs and chunkbaits at 10-15 ft.
around points at coves with creeks. Smallmouth bass slow on finesse jigs at
10-15 ft. around points at coves with creeks. Spotted bass slow on small
crankbaits at 10-15 ft. in main lake pockets and coves. White bass slow on
minnows and jigging spoons at 20-30 ft. around ledges along river channel.
Striped bass fair on bucktails and jerk baits at 3-6 ft. below dam. Channel
catfish fair on chicken liver and worms at 8-12 ft. in creeks. Blue catfish
fair on cut shad at 10-20 ft. in mouths of coves. Flathead catfish slow on
large shiners and live shad at 15-20 ft. in main lake bluffs and coves with
bluffs. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows at 15-25 ft.
near ledges along creek and river channels. Walleye slow on large
shiners and jerk baits at 4-8 ft. in holes downstream below dam to
Riverside Drive. Saugeye slow on small jigs and
blackhead minnows at 4-8 ft. in holes downstream below dam to
Riverside Drive. Report submitted by Woody’s Bait
and Tackle.
Lower Illinois: Trout good on black #18 midges, #14 copper Johns, Streamers,
Bead headed Prince's.
Oologah: Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water in the lower 40s and clear.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 15-20 ft. around
brush piles. Striped bass hybrids, walleye and crappie fair on jigs
below the dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game warden stationed in
Rogers
County.
Pawhuska
Lake: Elevation normal, water in the upper 30s
and clear. Trout excellent on power bait, mini-marshmallows, homemade bait
and corn and fair on super dupers and little cleos
at 3-12 ft. Spotted bass are being caught on bucktail
jigs at 5-15 ft. near drop offs. Report submitted by Spencer Grace, game
warden stationed in Osage
County.
Skiatook: Elevation normal, water in the upper 30s and clear. Crappie fair
on large minnows along creek channels with standing timber. Report submitted
by Paul Welch, game warden stationed in
Osage
County.
Sooner: Fishing fair to good on ghost minnows and sassy shad and on topwater
lures in the evening. Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game warden
stationed in Noble
County.
Tenkiller: Elevation 3 ft. above normal and stained.
Crappie fair in brush at 20-25 ft. on tube jigs, and around docks at 10-15
ft. on minnows or 1/32nd oz. jigs. Sunfish fair around docks on
worm-tipped jigs. Report submitted by Monte Brooks, Cookson Village Resort.
Webbers
Falls: Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water
murky. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits in riprap and creek channels.
Catfish good on cut baits and stinkbaits in creek
channels and on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and tube jigs at
brush structure and around bridges. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game
warden stationed in Muskogee
County.
NORTHWEST
Canton: Elevation normal. Crappie fair along
dam near brush. Report submitted by Mark Walker, game warden
stationed in Blaine
County.
SOUTHEAST
Arbuckle: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 46-49 and stained.
Crappie being caught around shelters and drop-offs near
dam. White bass good along channel drop-offs up
creeks. Bass fair to good on crankbaits, drop-shot and
Carolina
rigs. Report submitted by Jack Melton.
Blue
River: Elevation normal, water 45 and clear.
Largemouth bass slow on minnows and flies. Channel catfish fair on liver and
worms. Trout good on power baits, super dupers,
roostertails and mealworms.
Report submitted by Charles Baker, technician at Blue River Public Fishing
and Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: Elevation rising, water 49 and murky. Largemouth bass fair on
spoons and deep-running crankbaits around islands and off points. Catfish
good on juglines and trotlines with cut bait. Crappie
fair on minnows or jigs around structure in the upper end of the lake.
Walleye good in the upper end of the lake staging at
40-45 ft. on deep running crankbaits. Report submitted by Dru Polk,
game warden stationed in
McCurtain
County.
Eufaula: Elevation 1 ft. below normal and clear. Largemouth bass and white
bass slow. Blue catfish fair on fresh shad drifting the flats. Crappie good
along riprap around I-40 and around boat docks over sunken brush piles at
10-20 ft. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in
McIntosh
County.
Hugo: Elevation 3 1/2 ft. above normal, water 46. White bass and crappie
fair on jigs and trolling shad-colored crankbaits in the upper
Kiamichi
River channel. Largemouth
bass slow on jigs and slow rolled spinnerbaits along the drop-offs. Report
submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan
counties.
Konawa: Elevation normal, water 54 and clear. Largemouth bass good on
plastic worms along points and weed beds at 15 ft. White bass and hybrid
striped bass good on crankbaits and jigs in the discharge canal at 15 ft.
Report submitted by Darrell Howser, game warden stationed in
Seminole
County.
Lower
Mountain
Fork River:
Trout good on tiny flies and very light tippets. Most popular flies have
been quite small and the color red has been very productive. Two-fly rigs
seem to be the favorite method using flies such as Soft Hackles, Zebra
Midges, UFO and Disco Midge. Report submitted by Beavers Bend Fly Shop.
McGee Creek: Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water 47 and murky. Largemouth
bass fair on soft plastic lures and jig and pig at 16-30 ft. over submerged
humps. Crappie fair on minnows at 16-25 ft. over cedar
brush. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in
Atoka
County.
Pine Creek: Elevation below normal, water clear. Bass
good on red shad-colored soft plastics. Crappie
fair on minnows. Catfish fair on beef blood magic bait. Report
submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in
McCurtain
County.
Robert S. Kerr: Elevation below normal, water 48 and stained. Largemouth
bass slow on plastic baits and jigs at 7-8 ft. around wood and rock
structure next to deeper water. Crappie fair on minnows
at 10 ft. in the old creek channels. White bass slow on jigs at 10
ft. below
Webbers Falls
dam. Blue catfish good on fresh cut bait at 6-10 ft. along the windy
shorelines. Walleye and sauger fair on jigs and minnows fishing below
Webbers
Falls
dam. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, game warden stationed in
Haskell
County.
Sardis
Lake: Bass good to fair on plastics around
points and mouths of creek channels and around riprap. Crappie good off of
Jack Fork bridge with minnows. Catfish good on cut bait fishing deep on
flats near creek channels. White bass fair around mouths on creek channels
or if schools of shad can be located. Walleye slow to fair on warmer days
around islands and riprap. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden
stationed in Pushmataha
County.
Texoma: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 47 and clear. Striped bass fair
on live bait at 10-20 ft. in the coves. Channel and blue catfish fair on
live minnows at 10-15 ft. in the upper Red River.
Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in
Bryan
County.
Wister: Elevation 8 1/2 ft. above normal and murky. Largemouth bass fair to
good on soft plastic baits. Crappie good with minnows
and jigs. Channel catfish and blue catfish good on cut shad. Report
submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in
LeFlore
County.
SOUTWEST
Altus-Lugert: Elevation 5 ft. below normal and rising.
Crappie and walleye poor. Trout fishing very good
on corn in the river. Report submitted by Sue Hokanson,
Quartz
Mountain
State Park.
Ellsworth: Elevation above normal and murky. Crappie
fair on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game
warden stationed in Comanche
County.
Foss: Elevation normal, water 42 and clear. Hybrid striped bass fair in deep
water on slabs. Crappie good around fish house with baby bass jigs. Catfish
fair. Walleye slow. Report submitted By Eric Puyear, B & K Bait House.
Ft.
Cobb: Elevation 1 1/4 ft. above normal. Crappie
slow to fair around marina and boat slips. Catfish slow to fair on cut
baits. Report submitted by James Edwards Jr., game warden stationed in
Caddo
County.
Wintertime Striper Fishing
First Big
Striper of 2008
Introducing Angella:
She is an avid fisherperson and fishes year round, Angella's favorite is
Lake Eufaula and the Lower Illinois River. She is like Okiefish, where ever
her travels take her, she fishes. This picture from a trip to Cozumel,
Mexico. When the fish are biting and where ever, you'll most likely find
Angella close by.
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