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FISHING REPORT
FOR MARCH 2, 2011
CENTRAL
Overholser: February 26. Elevation slightly below normal, water murky. White
bass slow to fair on minnows and crappie jigs along dock on west side of the
lake and the southeast corner of the dam. Crappie fair on jigs along dock on
west side of the lake and the southeast corner of the dam. Catfish being
caught on worms and liver behind the dam at gar hole. Report submitted by
Joey Rushing, game warden stationed in Oklahoma County.
NORTHEAST
Copan:
March 1. Elevation above normal, water clear. Crappie good on minnows at
8-12 ft. in the lake and at 4-6 ft. in the creeks feeding into the lake.
Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington
County.
Eucha:
March 1. Elevation 3 1/2 ft. below normal, water 48 and dingy. Crappie fair
on minnows and jigs primarily on the lower end of the lake. Largemouth bass
fair on spinnerbaits. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Greenleaf: March 1. Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on
crankbaits and jig and worm in creek channels, rocky points and brush
structure. Catfish fair on minnows and jigs in red, green and yellow around
fishing docks and brush structure. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game
warden stationed in Muskogee County.
Hudson: March 1. Elevation normal. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits,
topwater rogue lures. Crappie good on minnows and jigs moving to the
shallows around brush piles. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden
stationed in Mayes County.
Hulah:
March 1. Elevation above normal, water clear. Crappie good on minnows at
6-10 ft. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in
Washington County.
Kaw:
February 28. Elevation below normal, water 42. Channel catfish slow to fair
on cut carp along the Arkansas River. Crappie fair to good on jigs at 15-20
ft. around brush piles. Report submitted by David Rempe, game warden
stationed in Grant County.
Keystone: February 28. Elevation below normal, water murky. Channel catfish
being caught on juglines baited with shad, goldfish and shrimp. Blue catfish
being caught on minnows, tube jigs, R & F Lures and Bobby Garland baby shad
at 6-10 ft. around docks, Mud Creek and House Creek. Report submitted by
Woody’s Bait and Tackle.
Oologah: February 27. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water upper 40s and
clear on the south end and murky on the north end. Crappie fair on minnows
and jigs at 15-20 ft. around brush and standing timber. White bass fair on
jigs in creeks and upper verdigris. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game
warden stationed in Osage County.
Skiatook: March 1. Elevation 4 1/2 ft. below normal, water mid 40s and
clear. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10-15 ft. around brush piles.
Report submitted by Paul Welch, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Sooner: February 28. White bass and striped bass hybrids fair on sassy shad
in the discharge. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles.
Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game warden stationed in Noble County.
Spavinaw: March 1. Elevation slightly below normal, water 49 and dingy.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits.
Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Webbers Falls: March 1. Elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair
on spinnerbaits and bill baits along riprap, brush structure and creek
channels. Catfish good on fresh cut bait at 30-35 ft. Crappie good on
minnows and jigs in black and brown around brush structure and bridges.
Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
NORTHWEST
Canton: February 26. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water clear. Channel
catfish fair on shad in Indian Cove and in the upper end of the lake. Report
submitted by Mark Walker, game warden stationed in Blaine County.
Ft.
Supply: February 28. Elevation normal, water clear. White bass fair on jigs
and spinnerbaits at the dam. Crappie fair on jigs and spinnerbaits at the
gate tower and jetties. Report submitted by Mark Reichenberger, game warden
stationed in Woodward County.
SOUTHEAST
Arbuckle: February 26. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water 50 and stained to
clear on the lake. Crappie being caught on swimming jigs in chartreuse along
bluffs; starting to move to the shallows. Some crappie being caught off
docks at daybreak. White bass being caught on small rattletraps and jigs
near gulls. Bass being caught on jerk baits, crankbaits and 1/4 ounce jigs
in brown tones. Report submitted by Jack Melton.
Broken
Bow: February 27. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on black jig and pig
and dark colored jigs along rocky outcroppings and points. Catfish good on
juglines and trotlines baited with cut bait. Crappie good on jigs at 30-35
ft. along structure in the upper end of the lake. Report submitted by Dru
Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: February 28. Elevation 4 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear.
Largemouth bass fair on small plastic baits and jerk baits in shallow rocky
areas. White bass good on jigs below the dam when running water. Blue
catfish fair on fresh shad along deep flats. Crappie fair on minnows and
jigs at 6-20 ft. around brush piles. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game
warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo:
February 27. Elevation 1/4 ft. below, water 50. Crappie and white bass fair
in the upper Kiamichi River channel. Catfish fair on cut shad in the lower
lake and below the dam. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden
stationed in Choctaw County.
Konawa: February 28. Elevation normal, water 56 and clear. Largemouth bass
fair on rattletraps and plastic worms at 5-8 ft. around points. Report
submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
McGee
Creek: February 27. Elevation 17 inches below normal, water 46 and clear.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 18-24 ft. around cedar brush off main
creek channels. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures and dark colored
jig and pig, fished slowly around structure and off rocky points, 8-15 ft.
Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.
Pine
Creek: February 27. Elevation below normal, water clear. Bass good on dark
colored rattletraps and spinnerbaits slow rolled over road beds and
submerged humps. Crappie good on minnows and jigs toward the back of coves.
Catfish fair on chicken liver near creek mouths. Report submitted by Mark
Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert
S. Kerr: February 27. Elevation normal, water 53 and murky. Bass fair on
spinnerbaits and soft baits in back of coves. Catfish good on fresh shad
along the banks. Crappie fair on minnows around submerged brush piles and
snags. Report submitted by Leland Sockey, game warden stationed in Haskell
County.
Sardis: February 27. Water 55 and clear. Largemouth bass fair to good on
spinnerbaits and grubs. White bass fair on minnows and jigs in open water
around rocky points. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 18-24 ft. Report
submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: February 27. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 45 and clear.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on combination baits and jigs at 10-20
ft. in the creek channels. Striped and white bass fair to good on live bait,
sassy shad and slabs at 15-30 ft. in the river channels. Channel and blue
catfish fair to good on live bait, worms and stinkbait at 10-20 ft. from
Catfish Bay to the Washita River. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs in the
creeks at 5-15 ft. Sunfish fair on worms at 5-10 ft. around the fishing
docks. Paddlefish fair below the dam while generating. Report submitted by
Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: February 27. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth
bass fair on dark colored jig and pig fished slowly around structure.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 18-25 ft. Channel catfish fair on
juglines baited with cut shad, liver and night crawlers. Report submitted by
Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.
SOUTHWEST
Altus-Lugert:
February 27. Elevation 14 1/2 ft. below normal and steady. Crappie fair to
good on minnows at the floating fishing dock and near Hicks Mountain. White
bass fair. Walleye fair. Catfish fair. Report submitted by Sue Hokanson,
Quartz Mountain Nature Center.
Ellsworth: February 27. Elevation 2 1/2 ft. below normal, water murky.
Crappie good on minnows and jigs at Ralph’s Resort. Catfish fair on cut bait
around windy points. Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed
in Comanche County.
Lawtonka: February 27. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water clear. Crappie
fair to good on minnows and jigs in deep water at the dam. Report submitted
by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed in Comanche County.
WATERFOWL REPORT FOR MARCH 1, 2011
Conservation Order Light Goose Season is open through March 30. For
additional information and regulations visit wildlifedepartment.com.
NORTHEAST
Kaw:
Habitat conditions are poor, with low quantities of millet sedges and
natural waterfowl vegetation. Goose numbers are fair. Hunting activity is
light, with fair success. Bird movement in the area has been moderate.
SOUTHEAST
Red
Slough: Goose numbers are low, with both Snow and Ross spotted in the area.
Hunter activity is low, with no reports of success. Light geese expected
to be using the wheat fields adjacent to Red Slough and occasionally flying
over the area.
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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