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FISHING
REPORT FOR AUGUST 25, 2010
CENTRAL
Arcadia: August 23. Elevation below normal, water 94 and murky. Largemouth
and white bass good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and plastic worms. Channel
and blue catfish excellent on cut shad and liver. Crappie fair on minnows
and jigs. Report submitted by Tim Campbell, game warden stationed in
Oklahoma County.
Hefner: August 23. Elevation above normal, water 87-94 and clear. Largemouth
bass fair on Carolina rigs, crankbaits, jigs and spinnerbaits at 8-20 ft.
near deep banks. Smallmouth bass slow on jigs and soft plastic baits at
10-20 ft. along weeds, wood and rocky shorelines early and late. White bass
good on curl tail grubs, swimming minnows and lipless baits at 5-15 ft. off
the dam and riprap areas. Striped bass hybrids good on deep diving
crankbaits at 10-20 ft. trolling drop-offs in the lake. Channel catfish fair
on cut bait, shrimp and punchbait at 20-25 ft. off the dam. Blue catfish
fair on cut baits at 20-30 ft. off the dam. Crappie slow on jigs at 15-25
ft. off the dam. Walleye slow on crankbaits at 10-20 ft. trolling. Sunfish
and bluegill fair on worms and small jigs at 2-6 ft. Report submitted by
Lucky Lure Tackle.
Wes Watkins: August 23. Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water 93 and clear.
Largemouth bass fair on minnows and spinnerbaits along vegetation line.
Channel and blue catfish cut shad at 15 ft. along drop-offs. Crappie good on
minnows along standing timber. Report submitted by Mike France, game warden
stationed in Pottawatomie County.
NORTHEAST
Copan: August 22. Elevation slightly below normal. Blue catfish fair on
worms and cut shad near Copan Point and Washington Cove. Crappie slow in
creeks running into the Copan Lake and near the dam. Report submitted by Joe
Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Eucha: August 24. Elevation 2 3/4 ft. below normal, water 88 and clear.
Crappie good on jigs around brush and structure at 10-12 feet. Largemouth
bass fair on plastic baits. Bluegill fair on crickets and worms around grass
beds. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Ft. Gibson: August 22. Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear and 90.
White bass good trolling rooster tails and jigs. Largemouth bass fair on
crankbaits and topwater lures early and late. Catfish fair on juglines and
cut bait at 20 ft. in the main channels. Report submitted by Rick Stafford
of Wagoner.
Grand: August 23. Elevation normal, water 88 and clear. Largemouth bass good
on red worms and red and brown deep diving crankbaits at 17-20 ft. White
bass good on Texas slabs, white or chartreuse rooster tails, grubs and sassy
shad at 10-12 ft. around islands and bridges. Channel, blue and flathead
catfish good on shad, nitro worms, shrimp, turkey gizzards and chicken
hearts at night. Crappie good on minnows and orange and chartreuse jigs at
10-12 ft. around docks and brush piles. Sunfish and bluegill good on worms,
crickets and small jigs in shallow water. Carp good on stinkbait in shallow
water in the coves. Report submitted by Grand Lake Sport’s Center.
Greenleaf: August 23. Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits and topwater lures along shorelines, creek channels and brush
structure early. Catfish good on fresh cut bait and stinkbait on bottom.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around fishing docks and brush structure.
Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
Hudson: August 23. Elevation normal, water 88. Largemouth bass good on
spinnerbaits and topwater lures. White bass good on rooster tails and small
crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish good on cut bait and stinkbait below
the tailraces of the dam. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden
stationed in Rogers and Mayes counties.
Hulah: August 22. Elevation near normal. Blue catfish being caught on cut
shad and worms near the dam. Crappie slow on minnows in creeks entering into
the lake. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in
Washington County.
Kaw: August 23. Elevation normal, water 95 and stained. The lake has been
dropped down for aerial seeding of Japanese millet; extreme caution should
be used when operating boats in the upper end of the lake. Even experienced
boaters can become stranded on mudflats as they have drastically changed.
Bear Creek and Trader's Bend boat ramps are inaccessible, Coon Creek boat
ramp is only accessible with small/light boats and trolling motors or push
poles should be used to get into the main lake. All other ramps are open and
usable. Crappie slow on minnows and jigs at 15-25 ft. under Washunga Bay
Bridge. White bass fair on topwater lures, crankbaits, slabbing spoons, shad
colored jigs and minnows around Sarge Creek Bridge and Washunga Bay Bridge.
Blue catfish excellent on juglines with shad and drift fishing in the
Arkansas River and Beaver Creek arms. Channel catfish excellent on stinkbait,
worms and cut bait near rocky banks with quick drop-offs. White bass,
striped bass and striped bass hybrids being caught on topwater, bucktails,
streamers, sassy shad and drifting live bait below the dam. Blue, channel
and flathead catfish good on cut shad, carp, live bluegill, shad and
goldfish below the dam. Most anglers are catching shad for bait near the
Coon Creek boat ramp, and near the Washunga Boat ramp. Spotted bass slow on
crankbaits at 3-8 ft. on rocky points and chunk rock banks south of Kaw City
Bridge. Rough fish are plentiful on surface throughout the lake and below
the dam presenting good opportunities for bow fishing. Report submitted by
Spencer Grace, game warden stationed in Kay County.
Lower Illinois: August 23. Elevation normal, water 54 and clear. Largemouth
bass slow on topwater lures all along the river. White bass slow on jigs at
1-2 ft. all along the river. Striped bass slow on live shad at 1-2 ft. below
Gore Landing. Channel catfish slow on cut bait on bottom all along the
river. Crappie slow on jigs at 1-2 ft. all along the river. Trout good on
flies at the surface, on rooster tails at 1-2 ft. and on power bait on
bottom above Gore Landing.
Oologah: August 22. Elevation normal, water 80s and muddy north and murky on
the south end. White bass fair on crankbaits at 10-15 ft trolling flats near
the main lake. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 15-20 ft. suspended
around standing timber. Blue and channel catfish fair on juglines baited
with shad at 15-20 ft. on flats near the river channel. Channel and blue
catfish fair on shad below the dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game
warden stationed in Rogers County.
Skiatook: August 23. Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal. White bass and
striped bass hybrids fair on live shad at 15-20 ft. Crappie fair on minnows
and jigs along creek channels and standing timber. Report submitted by Paul
Welch, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Sooner: August 24. White bass and striped bass hybrids good on topwater
lures, live shad and slabs. Catfish fair on cut bait and live bait in the
channels. Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game warden stationed in
Noble County.
Spavinaw: August 24. Elevation slightly below normal, water 88 and clear.
Crappie fair on jigs around the dam area. Largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Tenkiller: August 23. Elevation slightly below normal and steady water 90
and clear. Catfish fair on juglines baited with cut bait at 18-20 ft.
Sunfish good on worms in coves near docks. Report submitted by Monte Brooks,
Cookson Village Resort.
Webbers Falls: August 23. Elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth bass
fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits along riprap, creek channels and brush
structure. Channel catfish good on fresh cut bait and stinkbait along
mudflats on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around bridges and
brush structure. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in
Muskogee County.
NORTHWEST
Canton: August 22. Elevation normal, water 85 and clear. White bass and
striped bass hybrids fair drifting shad and slabs. Walleye fair drifting
night crawlers and trolling deep running crankbaits. Channel catfish good on
grasshoppers in the upper end of the lake. Report submitted by Mark Walker,
game warden stationed in Blaine County.
Ft. Supply: August 23. Elevation normal, water clear. Channel catfish fair
on cut bait and stinkbait all over the lake in the evenings. Report
submitted by Mark Reichenberger, game warden stationed in Woodward County.
SOUTHEAST
Broken Bow: August 22. Elevation 8 ft. below normal, water high 80s.
Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass being caught on Texas or
Carolina-rigged motor oil colored worms early morning, late evening and
after dark around points and structure. Catfish fair on juglines and
trotlines with cut bait and shad. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 18-20
ft. around brush piles and structure. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game
warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: August 22. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 87 and clear.
Largemouth bas fair on Carolina-rigged plastic lures around deep points.
White bas fair on crankbaits trolling the shallow flats and points early and
late. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8-20 ft. under bridges and
standing timber. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in
McIntosh County.
Hugo: August 22. Elevation 4 ft. below normal, temp 85. Crappie fair on
minnows at 12-20 ft. along the river channel. Catfish fair on trotlines
baited with sunfish. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed
in Choctaw County.
Konawa: August 22. Elevation normal, water 101 and clear. Largemouth bass
fair on topwater lures and crankbaits at 5-10 ft. in coves around schooling
fish early and late. Channel catfish fair on cut shad and stinkbait at 10-15
ft. around points. Report by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole
County.
McGee Creek: August 22. Elevation 5 inches below normal, water 90 and clear.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 12-20 ft. around cedar brush, off main
creek channels. Largemouth bass fair on dark colored soft plastic lures and
topwater lures early and late in shallow water and on topwater lures in
schooling bass in open water. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden
stationed in Atoka County
Murray: August 23. Elevation normal, water 87 and clear. Largemouth bass
slow early morning, late evening and at night. White bass slow on topwater
lures schooling late. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, worms and
stinkbaits at night. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden
stationed in Carter County.
Pine Creek: August 22. Elevation below normal, water clear. Bass good on
spinnerbaits. Crappie fair on minnows. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game
warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr: August 24. Elevation normal, water 91 and murky. White bass
fair trolling and slabbing the mouth of Big Sans Bois Creek and the Arkansas
River. Catfish fair on juglines and trotlines with cut bait and fresh shad.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around submerged brush piles. Report
submitted by Leland Sockey, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis: August 22. Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal, water 92. Largemouth
bass fair to good on swim baits, crankbaits, spinnerbaits and topwater lures
early and late. Channel and blue catfish good on cut bait. Crappie good on
minnows and jigs at 14-16 ft. Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden
stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: August 22. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 88 and clear.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on surface lures, spinnerbaits
and deep diving crankbaits at 5-15 ft. around riprap and in the creek
channels. Striped and white bass fair to good on live bait, sassy shad and
surface lures from surface to 20 ft. around points and in river channels.
Channel and blue catfish fair to good on live bait, worms and stinkbaits at
5-15 ft. from Platter Flats to the north. Crappie fair on minnows at 5-10
ft. around fish attractors. Sunfish good on worms around the fishing docks
and riprap. Paddlefish fair below the dam. Report submitted by Danny Clubb,
game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: August 23. Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal, water 88 and murky.
Largemouth bass slow on topwater lures, worms and jigs early and late.
Channel catfish slow on juglines baited with cut shad and minnows around
structure. Crappie slow on minnows and jigs around structure early and late.
Flathead catfish slow on live sunfish and night crawlers. Report submitted
by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.
SOUTHWEST
Altus-Lugert: August 22. Elevation 13 1/2 ft. below normal and dropping.
Most boat ramps are open; Northshore’s Lakeview boat ramp is closed. Catfish
slow to fair. Crappie fair in deep water. White bass fair to good in deep
water. Walleye fair to good in deep water. Report submitted by Sue Hokanson,
Quartz Mountain State Park.
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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