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FISHING REPORT FOR MAY 31, 2006
CENTRAL
Hefner: Elevation 3 ft. below normal, water 76. Channel catfish are being
caught at 4-8 ft. on the west side of the dam on cut shad. White bass are
being caught on the north east side of the lake. OKC will be observing Free
Fishing Days. Report submitted by Bob Martin, OKC Fisheries.
Thunderbird: Elevation 5 ft. below normal and clear. White bass good early
mornings off points on minnows, jigs and spinners. Largemouth bass good in
coves with structure at 3-5 ft. on tandem spinners, medium divers and
plastic worms. Crappie have slowed down and moved to deeper water, but can
still be caught on minnows and jigs at 5-7 ft. around structure. Saugeye
fair to good early and late day on green jigs and medium divers off points.
Catfish are starting to bite fair late evening and night time on stinkbait,
minnows and cut baits. Report submitted by Tony Woodruff, game warden
stationed in Cleveland County.
Wes Watkins: Elevation 2-2 1/2 ft. below normal, water 74-82 and murky in
creek areas and clear in the middle of the lake. Catfish good on chicken
livers, worms, minnows and shrimp shallow. Crappie are being caught on
minnows and jigs along Fishmarket roadbed area at 8-10 ft. around
structures. White bass fair to good while trolling with diving crankbaits.
Largemouth bass fair on assorted dark-colored soft plastics and tubes early
morning and evening. Report submitted by M.M. Fowler, St. Gregory.
NORTHEAST
Bell Cow: Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water 71 and murky. White bass good
on minnows and jigs off the fishing dock. Channel catfish good on stinkbait.
Crappie good on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game
warden stationed in Lincoln County.
Bell Cow: Water 80 and murky. Largemouth bass good. Channel catfish good in
channels on doughbait. Crappie very good on minnows and jigs. Report
submitted by lake ranger.
Birch: Elevation lake is 1/2 ft. below normal lake level and clear. Crappie
fair off the docks on minnows and jigs. Catfish good in the creek channel
and near the flats on cut fish and shad. Striped bass hybrids good on live
shad. Largemouth bass fair in the lake and in the creek on plastic baits.
Report submitted by Ben Bickerstaff, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Carl Blackwell: Elevation normal, water 78 and murky. Largemouth bass fair
on plastic baits and crankbaits. Striped bass hybrids fair trolling with
crankbaits. Channel catfish excellent on punch bait and cut bait around rock
structure. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 12-15 ft. Saugeye fair
trolling with crankbaits. Report submitted by Jon Cunningham, game warden
stationed in Payne County.
Copan: Elevation normal and murky. Gates below the dam are closed. Catfish
good on juglines or trotlines using cut shad. Crappie slow but still biting
on minnows. Report submitted by Jason Cain, Copan Handi Mart.
Eucha: Elevation 6 ft. below normal, water 77 and clear. Crappie good on
minnows and jigs around brush and structure at 6-10 ft. Largemouth good on
Carolina-rigged plastic baits off rocky points. Catfish good using shad and
night crawlers. Bluegill good on crickets and worm in coves. Report
submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa Fisheries.
Ft. Gibson: Elevation 3 1/2 ft. above normal, water 78 and clear. Largemouth
bass good on spinnerbaits, doughbaits and soft baits in. flooded grass and
timber. White bass good on spoons and white, silver, gray and chartreuse
twister tails. Channel catfish good on cut bait, shad, worms and liver.
Reported submitted Marvin Stanley, game warden stationed in Muskogee and
Wagoner counties.
Grand: Elevation normal and murky. Crappie fair to good at 10-15 ft around
brush piles and fishing docks on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish
fair in the river channel on cut or whole shad. White bass being caught
around rocky gravel points and near mouth of lake tributaries. Report
submitted by Jim Littlefield, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Greenleaf: Water clear. Largemouth bass good on spinners and crankbaits
along shore line. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around fishing dock and
brush structure. Catfish fair on shad and worms at 5-10 ft. Report submitted
by Rick Olzawski, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Hudson: Elevation normal and partly clear. White bass fair to good on small
crankbaits trolling upper end of the lake. Channel and blue catfish good on
cut shad. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden stationed in Mayes
County.
Hulah: Elevation 1 ft. above normal lake level and murky. Catfish good in
the lake on cut fish and shad. Crappie good off the dock at Wah-Sha-She
State Park on minnows and jigs. Catfish good below the dam. Report submitted
by Ben Bickerstaff, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Kaw: Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water 78 and stained. Channel and blue
catfish are good around riprap at 2-5 ft. on worms, shrimp, and stinkbait.
Flathead catfish fair on juglines and trotlines baited with live bait. White
bass fair trolling crankbaits at 10-20 ft. Report submitted by Marshall
Reigh, game warden stationed in Kay and Grant counties.
Oologah: Elevation 3 ft. above normal and falling, water in the 70 and murky
to the south and muddy to the north. Channel and blue catfish fair on
juglines baited with shad at 10-15 ft. Channel catfish fair on worms along
rocky banks in the Winganon area. White bass fair trolling shad colored
lures on flats at 10-15 ft. Channel and blue catfish fair on shad below the
dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game warden stationed in Rogers County.
Sooner: Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal, water 74 and clear. Striped bass
and striped bass hybrids good on live shad on mid-lake humps at 23-33 ft.
Largemouth bass good using shad-colored soft baits on jigs.Report submitted
by Paul Tennies, Pete's Place.
Sooner: Water 80 and clear. Largemouth bass good on buzzbaits early and late
around weed beds and good on Carolina rigs in weed beds. Striped bass
hybrids good in main lake on live shad at 15-20 ft. Report submitted by
Marshall Reigh, game warden stationed in Kay and Grant counties.
Spavinaw: Elevation 4 ft. below normal, water 80 and clear. Crappie fair on
jigs and minnows around dam area. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits.
Catfish fair on cut shad. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa
Fisheries.
Tenkiller: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal, water 74 and clear. Largemouth
bass slow some action on gravel points drop offs. Crappie fair around brush
piles on tube jigs or roadrunner jigs midday. Catfish fair 15-18 ft. on
points with stinkbaits and drifting the flats with cut baits. Sunfish good
around docks on worms. Report by Monte Brooks, Cookson Village Resort.
Webbers Falls: Elevation normal, water 78 and murky. Largemouth bass at 6-8
ft. on spinnerbaits and plastic baits fishing the weed, rock and woody
areas. Crappie good at 12 ft. using minnows fishing the old creek channels
around the lake. White bass good at 10 ft. using jigs fishing and shad
imitation crankbaits at the mouth of the Grand River. Blue catfish good at
3-5 ft. using fresh cut bait and goldfish fishing the rocky areas around the
lake. Flathead catfish fair at 5-10 ft. using live bait fishing the rocky
areas. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, game warden stationed in Haskell
County.
NORTHWEST
Canton: Elevation normal. Channel catfish excellent along the dam on live
bait and stinkbait. Walleye good drifting night crawlers over submerged
islands. White bass and striped bass hybrids good trolling crankbaits.
Report submitted by Mark Walker, game warden stationed in Blaine County.
Ft. Supply: Elevation normal and clear. Channel catfish good on liver and
worms and stinkbait at 1-3 ft. in shallow water along the edges of the lake.
Report submitted by Mark Reichenberger, game warden stationed in Harper
County.
Great Salt Plains: Channel catfish excellent in main lake on trotlines
baited with shad and blood bait. Report submitted by Marshall Reigh, game
warden stationed in Kay and Grant counties.
Great Salt Plains: Channel catfish fair to good on trotlines using shad or
grasshoppers and fair in the spillway area on shad and stinkbait. Flathead
catfish are slow in the stilling basin using a cast master lure or storm
shad lure. Report submitted by R. C. Wilson, Jr.
SOUTHEAST
Broken Bow: Elevation normal, water mid-70's and clear. Largemouth bass good
on Carolina and Texas-rigged dark soft plastics along points. Crappie fair
around the north end of the lake by Holly Creek on minnows and jigs around
standing timber. Walleye good on Carolina rigged soft plastics between Egypt
creek south to the dam midday and after dark on jigs. Report submitted by
Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: Elevation 1 1/2 ft. and clear. Largemouth bass good on plastic
baits at 2-6 ft. along the rocks. White bass good on jigs at 4-10 ft. around
bridges. Blue catfish good on shrimp at 2-6 ft. along rocks. Crappie fair on
jigs at 8-15 ft. around brush. Report submitted Ed Rodebush, game warden
stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water 74 and murky. Largemouth bass fair
on spinnerbaits. Crappie fair on live minnows. Channel catfish fair on cut
bait. Report submitted by Wendell Smalling, game warden stationed in Choctaw
County.
Konawa: Elevation normal, water 83 and clear. Largemouth bass good on
topwater lures at 5 ft. in weed beds. Channel catfish good on shad in the
south coves at 5-10 ft. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden
stationed in Seminole County.
McGee Creek: Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 75 and clear. Largemouth
bass fair on soft plastic lures and spinners at 2-6 ft. in upper end of lake
around standing timber. Channel catfish fair on jugs with live bait along
rocky points and riprap. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden
stationed in Atoka County.
Lower Mountain Fork River: Water is clear and cool, the powerhouse has been
active during most afternoons. The predominant insects have been midges,
ants, grasshoppers, and a few caddis and mayflies. There have been some
really massive midge hatches lately, and flies imitating these insects have
been producing well, if you are capable of fishing tiny flies on fine
leaders. Zone 2 continues to be a challenge, but there were some anglers who
did quite well in that area of the river. Report submitted by Sid Ingram,
Beavers Bend Fly Shop.
Lower Mountain Fork River: Trout in zone 1 is good with egg patterns and
pheasant tail nymphs and light cahills. In zone 2 trout fair early and late
on midges and light cahills on top. Zone 3 trout fair near the dam early
morning on egg patterns, wooly buggers and black caddis. Report submitted by
Jesse King, Three Rivers Fly Shop.
Murray: Water 73 and clear. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass good on
crankbaits, soft plastics and worms. White bass good on jigs and crankbaits.
Channel catfish fair on stinkbait. Crappie fair on minnows. Report submitted
by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in Carter County.
Pine Creek: Elevation above normal and clear. Crappie good on jigs around
submerged timber at 10-12 ft. Channel catfish good on night crawlers in the
upper end of the lake in creek channels. Bass fair on crankbaits around
rocky points and some success has been reported on "brush hog lures" around
points as well. Sunfish are also becoming more active around the old bridge
and in lower portion of the lake around the campgrounds on red worms. Report
Submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr: Elevation normal, water 78 and murky. Largemouth bass fair
at 6-8 ft. using plastic baits and crankbaits fishing the riprap areas
around the lake. Crappie fair at 10 ft. using minnows fishing the edge of
the old creek channels of Dirty, Sallisaw and Big San Bois creeks. White
bass good at 10 ft. using jigs and crankbaits in the Applegate Cove area.
Blue and flathead catfish good at 3-6 ft. using fresh cut bait and live bait
fishing the rocky areas around the lake. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski,
game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis Lake: Elevation normal and slightly murky to the south. Catfish good
on cut bait. Bass fair on weed beds. Crappie good around bridges on minnows.
White bass good trolling. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden
stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: Elevation normal, water 75 and clear. Largemouth bass fair to good
on plastic baits at 10-15 ft. around points. White bass and striped bass
good on sassy shad and live shad at 15-25 ft. at Burns Run. Channel and blue
catfish fair to good on cut shad at 15-20 ft. above the highway 70 bridge
and Washita River. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs at 10-15 ft.
East Burns Run and Rock Creek. Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden
stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: Elevation normal, water 73 and murky. Channel and blue catfish good
around the riprap areas on cut baits, whole shad or worms. Largemouth bass
fair on spinnerbaits worked at 4-10 ft. Flathead catfish good on trotlines
baited with live sunfish and set at 8-15 ft. Crappie slow this week. White
bass slow also. Report submitted by D.G. Belcher, game warden stationed in
Latimer County.
SOUTHWEST
Altus-Lugert: Elevation 13 1/2 ft. below normal and murky. Lake level is
dropping very slowly. North shore boat ramp is high and dry. Crappie are
being caught on minnows. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good. Catfish
have been biting on shad. Walleye are fair to good. Report compiled by
Quartz Mountain Grocery.
Ellsworth: Elevation 10 ft. below normal, water 76 and murky. Catfish fair
to good on cut bait at 12-19 ft. Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game
warden stationed in Comanche County.
Foss: May Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water 72 and clear. Striped bass
hybrids good early in the morning and late evening on live bait. Walleye
good in morning and evenings also on live bait. Crappie fair all day.
Catfish good on dough bait. White bass fair. Report submitted by Eric Puyear,
B & K Bait House.
Ft. Cobb: Elevation normal. Catfish fair on cut baits. Saugeye fair drifting
night crawlers. Report submitted by James L. Edwards, Jr., game warden
stationed in Caddo County.
Waurika: Elevation below normal, water 70 and murky. White bass good on jigs
and shad off windy points. Catfish good on juglines or trotlines baited with
shad and goldfish. Striped bass hybrids excellent on shad and jigs in deep
water. Crappie slow. Report submitted by Phillip Cottrill, game warden
stationed in Jefferson County.
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