FISHING REPORT FOR
MAY 07, 2008
FISHING REPORT FOR MAY 7, 2008
NORTHEAST
Bell Cow: Elevation above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass slow. Catfish
slow. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows. Report
submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in
Lincoln
County.
Carl Blackwell: Elevation normal, water 65 and muddy.
Striped bass hybrid fair on live bait and crankbaits. Report
submitted by Jon Cunningham, game warden stationed in
Payne
County.
Chandler:
Elevation normal and muddy. Largemouth bass slow.
Crappie good to excellent on jigs and minnows. Report submitted by
Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in
Lincoln
County.
Copan:
Elevation normal and murky. Crappie fair on minnow and jigs near submerged
structure at 10-15 ft Blue catfish fair on cut shad. Channel catfish are
good below the dam on worms and cut shad. Report submitted by Joe Alexander,
game warden stationed in
Washington
County.
Eucha: Elevation slightly above normal level, water 65 and murky.
Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits.
Crappie fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish fair on
trotlines using cut shad. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of
Tulsa Fisheries.
Ft.
Gibson: Elevation 8 ft. above normal, water 62
and murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits in flooded grass and
structure. White bass good upstream in running water.
Crappie slow on minnows and jigs around brush piles and
structure. Paddlefish good snagging at Chouteau
Bend. Below the dam, fishing for white bass is good to excellent on
jigs in the tailwaters.
Crappie good on jigs and minnows. Catfish good on
shad. Paddlefish snagging good on the east and
west sides. Report submitted by Marvin Stanley, game warden stationed
in
Wagoner
County.
Grand: Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 64-70 and murky. Bass being
caught on spinnerbaits, jigs and crankbaits from boats and around rock
banks. Crappie slow up shallow.
Catfish good in the rivers on shad. White bass
are being caught on jigging spoons in Elk River at 12-25 ft. Paddlefish
snagging has slowed. A few are being caught in both rivers, but the run is
over. Report submitted by Littlefield’s Sporting Goods & Greg Lamb’s Guide
Service.
Greenleaf: Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth
bass good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits on the upper end of lake.
Catfish fair on cut bait and stinkbaits on bottom.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at fishing dock and brush structure.
Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in
Muskogee
County.
Hulah: Elevation 6 ft. above normal, water murky.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10-15 ft. near submerged structure.
Blue catfish good on cut shad. Report submitted
by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in
Washington
County.
Kaw: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal and muddy. Crappie fair on minnows and
jigs in Little Beaver, Five Fingers, McFadden and Osage coves at 3-10 ft.
White bass good on jigs, sassy shads, and in-line-spinnerbaits in Little
Beaver, Wolf and Bear creeks. Blue catfish and channel catfish good on cut
shad and sunfish in the Pioneer, Bear, and Coon creek areas on juglines and
trotlines. Paddlefish snagging fair below the 1,000 ft.
marker of Kaw Dam. Report submitted by Tracy Daniel, game warden
stationed in Kay
County.
Oologah: Elevation 9 ft. above normal and falling, water 60 and muddy. Blue
and channel catfish fair drifting flats with shad 10 ft. Blue and flathead
catfish fair on live goldfish and shad below the dam. Report submitted by
Brek Henry, game warden stationed in
Rogers
County.
Skiatook: Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water stained. Largemouth bass fair
on spinnerbaits and crankbaits along rocky shorelines. White bass and
striped bass hybrids fair on cut shad at 30 ft. Crappie fair on minnows at
5-10 ft. in riprap. Report submitted by Paul Welch, game warden stationed in
Osage
County.
Sooner: White bass and striped bass hybrids good on slabs and live shad.
Channel catfish fair in channels and off points on cut and live bait.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs off Hwy 15.
Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game warden stationed in
Noble
County.
Spavinaw: Elevation slightly above normal level, water 65 and muddy. Muddy
conditions have slowed fishing, but some nice largemouth bass have been
caught on spinnerbaits. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of
Tulsa Fisheries.
Tenkiller: Elevation 12 ft. above normal, water 65 and clearing above
Cookson. Largemouth and smallmouth bass slow, with some action on
spinnerbaits or bass assassins in flooded brush. Catfish hitting on minnows
or worms in shallow water. Report by Monte Brooks,
Cookson
Village Resort.
Webbers
Falls: Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water
murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits near riprap and
creek channels. Catfish fair on shad and stinkbaits on bottom.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at brush structure and
bridges. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in
Muskogee
County.
NORTHWEST
Canton: Elevation normal. Crappie good in
the upper end of the lake on minnows and jigs. Channel catfish fair
on cut bait and shad. Walleye good on minnows and night
crawlers in deeper holes in upper end of the lake.
Striped bass hybrids and white bass good trolling
crankbaits along dam and over submerged islands. Report submitted by
Mark Walker, game warden stationed in
Blaine
County.
Ft.
Supply: Elevation normal, water clear. White
bass fair on jigs and spinners along the dam. Crappie
fair on jigs and minnows along the jetties in the shallows. Report
submitted by Mark Reichenberger, game warden stationed in
Harper
County.
SOUTHEAST
Arbuckle: Elevation normal, water 66 and stained to muddy.
White bass good on points of south coves and along dam.
Crappie good on brush piles. Bass fair on
crankbaits, spinnerbaits and Carolina-rigged lizards. Report submitted by
Jack Melton.
Blue
River: Elevation normal, water 66 and clear.
Catfish good on liver and worms. Bass fair to
good on minnows and flies. Report submitted by Charles Baker, technician at
the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: Largemouth bass being caught on soft
plastics around structure. Crappie good on
minnows and jigs in flooded timber. Walleye being
caught after dark around islands and off rocky points. North Carson
Creek boat ramp is open. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed
in McCurtain
County.
Eufaula: Elevation 3 1/2 ft, above normal and murky. Largemouth bass good on
plastic baits and jigs flipping flooded brush. White
bass good around bridges and culverts. Blue catfish fair on shad on
shallow flats. Crappie fair on minnows or jigs at 3-10
ft. in culverts and around brush piles. Report submitted by Ed
Rodebush, game warden stationed in
McIntosh
County.
Hugo: Elevation normal, water 63. Crappie good on
minnows in creek arms. White bass fair trolling crankbaits in the
river channel. Catfish good on green sunfish and
goldfish. Fishing below the dam still good on jigs and cut bait.
Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and
Bryan
Counties.
Konawa: Elevation normal, water 75 and clear. Largemouth
bass excellent on plastic worms at 3-6 ft. in cattails and weed beds.
Channel catfish good on shad and stinkbait at 5-10 ft.
along points. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed
in Seminole
County.
McGee Creek: Elevation 1 ˝ ft above normal, water 65 and murky. Largemouth
bass fair to good on soft plastic lures and crawfish-colored crank baits at
4-8 ft. along brush. Crappie fair on minnows at 12-18
ft. over cedar brush. Channel catfish fair to good on stinkbait in
flooded timber. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in
Atoka
County.
Murray: Water
59 and clear. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass good
on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, minnows and worms. White bass fair
trolling minnows and jigs. Channel catfish good on
stinkbait and worms. Crappie fair on minnows and
jigs shallow. Walleye fair on minnows and jigs
around dark. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden
stationed in Carter
County.
Pine Creek: Elevation above normal and murky. Bass fair on soft plastics
when jigged around flooded roadbeds. Crappie good at the
spillway on jigs and minnows. Catfish good on
nightcrawlers around
the lake as well as the spillway. Report submitted by Mark Hannah,
game warden stationed in
McCurtain
County.
Robert S. Kerr: Elevation above normal, water 71 and murky.
Largemouth bass good at 2-4 ft. using plastic baits and
spinnerbaits fishing the weed and woody shoreline spawning areas.
Crappie good at 2-5 ft. using minnows and jigs fishing just off the spawning
areas, some fish are still moving in and out of the weed beds. White bass
fair on jigs at 10-15 ft. below
Webbers
Falls and Kerr dams. Blue
catfish good on fresh cut shad and worms at 3-10 ft. fishing the windy
shorelines with weed or rock cover. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, game
warden stationed in Haskell
County.
Sardis
Lake: Elevation 2 ft. above normal and clear to
murky. Largemouth bass excellent on plastics around points and spinnerbaits
that are white with red flecks around timber.
White bass excellent up creeks and trolling lake.
Blue catfish good to excellent on cut bait and shrimp on juglines and
trotlines and around islands and in flooded fields.
Flathead catfish good to excellent on trotlines and juglines with small
baitfish. Crappie excellent around bridges and
brush piles on minnows. Walleye fair trolling islands. Report
submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in
Pushmataha
County.
Texoma: Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water 65 and clear south and murky
north. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on spinnerbaits and jig
combination baits from platter flats south. Striped and
white bass fair to good on live bait and sassy shad near the islands.
Channel and blue catfish fair to good on live bait and cut baits from the
railroad bridge north. Crappie fair to good on minnows
and jigs at Widow Moore Creek and the north and south dikes. Report
submitted by Danny Club, game warden stationed in
Bryan
County.
Wister: Elevation 15 ft .above normal, water murky.
Largemouth bass good on soft plastic baits.
Crappie good on minnows and jigs below dam. White
bass excellent below the dam. Channel and blue catfish good on cut
shad below the dam. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed
in LeFlore
County.
SOUTHWEST
Altus-Lugert: Elevation 2 1/3 ft. below normal and rising. Recent high winds
have limited fishing. Crappie poor. Walleye are
improving to good; fish tend to be small. Striped bass hybrids fair to good;
also tend to be small. White bass good.
Blue catfish good to very good around the old fish-o-rama.
Report submitted by Sue Hokanson,
Quartz
Mountain
State Park.
Ellsworth: Elevation above normal and murky. Crappie
slow to fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish fair to good on cut bait in
creeks. Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed in
Comanche
County.
Foss: Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal. Walleye fair along rocks on dam with
live bait. Striped bass hybrids fair on live bait and
white or chartreuse jigs. White bass slow.
Catfish good with Danny King stinkbait. Report submitted by Eric
Puyear, B & K Bait House.
Ft.
Cobb: Elevation 1/4 ft. above normal. Catfish
fair on cut baits. Saugeye slow to fair on sassy shad and drifting night
crawlers. Striped bass hybrids and white bass slow to fair on sassy shad.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs. Report
submitted by James Edwards Jr., game warden stationed in
Caddo
County.
Lawtonka: Elevation above normal and clear.
Crappie fair to good off rocks around the dam on
minnows. Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed in
Comanche
County.
Tom Steed: Elevation normal, water 64. White bass and
striped bass hybrids fair on minnows and jigs off the old highway.
Report submitted by David Smith, game warden stationed in
Kiowa
County.
Waurika: Elevation normal, water 65 and murky. White
bass being caught on artificial baits and live baits. Catfish being
caught on juglines and rod and reel on live bait and punch bait.
Crappie good on minnows and jigs around
Walker
Creek Bridge
and Wichita Ridge. Report submitted by Phillip Cottrill, game warden
stationed in Jefferson
County
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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