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FISHING REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2007
CENTRAL
Hefner: Water 78 and clear. Largemouth bass being caught from boat and bank
on spinnerbaits and plastic baits. White bass being caught from the
shoreline and windy points. Channel catfish being caught on cut baits,
stinkbaits and strawberry doughbaits. Walleye being caught trolling from
boats and jigging. Report submitted by Kelly Roberson game warden stationed
in Oklahoma County.
Overholser: Water 78 and murky. Channel catfish being caught on cut bait,
worms and stinkbaits and below the dam. Crappie being caught along the
shoreline on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Kelly Roberson, game
warden stationed in Oklahoma County.
NORTHEAST
Bell Cow: Elevation normal and muddy. Largemouth bass good on plastics.
Channel catfish slow. Crappie good on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by
Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.
Birch: Elevation normal, water mid-70s and clear. Crappie fair on minnows
and jigs around brush piles and other structure at 10-15 ft. Report
submitted by Brek Henry, game warden stationed in Rogers County.
Chandler: Water muddy. Largemouth bass good on plastics and spinners.
Channel catfish slow. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by
Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.
Copan: Elevation normal and murky. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at
8-10ft. near structure. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden
stationed in Washington County.
Ft. Gibson: Elevation 5 ft. below normal, water 84 and murky. Largemouth
bass good on a variety of baits in flooded grass. White bass fair around
bridges and rock pillars at 10-20 ft. Channel catfish good drifting and on
juglines with cut bait, shad and chicken liver. Report submitted by Marvin
Stanley, game warden stationed in Wagoner County.
Grand: Elevation normal and clear. Channel catfish fair on juglines at 10
ft. all around lake. White bass starting to pick up in lake tributaries.
Report submitted by Jim Littlefield, game warden stationed in Delaware
County.
Greenleaf: Elevation below normal, water clear. Largemouth bass good on
spinnerbaits, crankbaits, plastic worms and chatter baits along shoreline
and creek channels. Channel catfish good on cut baits and stinkbaits on
bottom near spillway. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at fishing dock and
brush structure. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in
Muskogee County.
Hudson: Elevation normal. Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits. White bass
fair to good on small lures off rocky points. Channel and blue catfish good
on cut shad. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden stationed in
Mayes County.
Hulah: Elevation 1 1/2 ft. above normal and murky. Crappie good on minnows
and jigs at 10-12ft. near structure. Catfish fair on cut shad below dam.
Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington
County.
Keystone: Elevation 2 1/2 ft. above normal, water murky to muddy. Largemouth
bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastics at 6-10 ft. on points with flooded
buck brush. Smallmouth bass fair on crankbaits, jigs and chunk baits at 6-10
ft. on points with shallow rocks. Spotted bass fair on crankbaits and
spinnerbaits at 6-10 ft. on steep rocky banks. White bass fair on minnows
and small spoons at 4-8 ft. at bridges and mouths of creeks. Striped bass
fair on bucktails and sassy shad at 3-6 ft. below dam when generating.
Channel catfish good on stinkbaits and worms at 4-8 ft. at back end of coves
and creeks. Blue catfish good on punch baits and cut shad at 5-10 ft. on
flats off deep river channels. Flathead catfish fair on live shad and
goldfish at 6-12 ft. in riprap and deep coves. Crappie good on black and
chartreuse jigs and minnows at 12-18 ft. at brush piles and docks. Report
submitted by Larry Sellers, Woody’s Bait and Tackle.
Lower Illinois: Elevation rising and dropping, water 51 and clear.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair on live baits, crankbaits and spinnerbaits
at 1-5 ft. along shoreline. Striped bass good on live trout and live shad at
1-20 ft. behind wood piles, deep holes and when water rises and falls.
Channel catfish good on cut shad and cut trout at 10-20 ft. in deep holes
and behind wood piles. Walleye good on minnows and crankbaits at 5-10 ft. at
night. Saugeye good on colorful crankbaits and minnows at 5-10 ft. at night.
Trout excellent on wooly buggers, power baits and roostertails at 5-10 ft.
in deep holes and moving water. Report submitted by John Kaw.
Oologah: Elevation near normal, water mid-70s and murky. Crappie fair on
minnows and jigs around brush piles at 10-15 ft. White bass fair trolling
shad-colored crankbaits on main lake flats at 10-15 ft. White bass fair on
jigs below the dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game warden stationed in
Rogers County.
Sooner: White bass and striped bass hybrids fair in the discharge channel on
rattletraps, slabs and live shad. Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game
warden stationed in Noble County.
Tenkiller: Elevation normal, water 79 and clear. Catfish fair on stinkbaits
at 18-20 ft. Sunfish good on night crawlers at docks or along bluffs at
10-20 ft. Report submitted by Monte Brooks, Cookson Village Resort.
Webbers Falls: Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass
fair on jigs, worms and buzzbaits along riprap and creek channels. Channel
catfish good on stinkbaits, blood baits and sunfish at mud flats. Crappie
good on minnows and jigs at fishing dock and brush structures. Report
submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
NORTHWEST
Canton: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal. Walleye good on drifting slabs and
night crawlers. White bass, striped bass hybrids and channel catfish good on
shad. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush. Report submitted by
Mark Walker, game warden stationed in Blaine County.
SOUTHEAST
Arbuckle: Elevation normal, water 80 and stained. Crappie good around brush
piles using jigs at 12-18 ft. White bass excellent using topwater and sassy
shad baits. Bass fair to good using topwater, flukes and Texas-rigged seven
and a half worms. Channel catfish fair in mouths of coves. Report submitted
by Jack Melton.
Blue River: Elevation normal, water 76 and clear. Largemouth bass slow to
fair on minnows and flies. Channel catfish fair on liver and worms. Report
submitted by Charles Baker, technician at Blue River Public Fishing and
Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: Water rising due to recent rains. Largemouth bass good flipping
soft plastic worms around brush, structure and off points. Channel catfish
good on cut bait or whole bluegill on trotlines or juglines. Report
submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal and clear. Largemouth bass good in
spinnerbaits and plastic baits off points. White bass fair on topwaters
early and late on the flats and during the day on slab spoons. Blue catfish
fair on shad at 10-20 ft. drifting the flats. Crappie fair on minnows and
jigs at 10-20 ft. in standing timber. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game
warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: Elevation 3/4 ft. above normal, water 85. Blue catfish and crappie
good to excellent in the tailwaters. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game
warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan counties.
Konawa: Elevation normal, water 85 and clear. Largemouth bass good on
plastic worms and crankbaits off points and in weed beds at 5-8 ft. Channel
catfish fair on chicken liver in the discharge channel at 15 ft. Report
submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
McGee Creek: Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 83 and clear. Largemouth
bass fair on soft plastic lures off rocky points at 8-20 ft. Schooling bass
are still hitting the surface. Once spotted, cast shallow running
shad-colored lures to catch them. Crappie fair over cedar brush at 16-25 ft.
Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.
Pine Creek: Elevation normal, water murky. Bass fair on topwater baits in
the morning in the upper end of the lake. Crappie good on jigs and minnows
around flooded timber. Catfish good on trotlines baited with cut shad.
Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Sardis Lake: Elevation normal. Largemouth bass good in flooded timber on
spinnerbaits. Catfish good on cut bait or live shad. Crappie good around
bridges, brush piles and dam tower on minnows. White bass good trolling the
islands. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in
Pushmataha County.
Texoma: Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water 84 and clear. Largemouth bass
fair to good on topwater baits and deep diving crankbaits from the surface
to 15 ft. near brush piles and points. Striped and white bass fair to good
on topwater baits, live bait and slabs from the surface to 20 ft. at Washita
point. Channel and blue catfish fair to good on live bait and commercial
catfish baits at 10-20 ft. in the river channel and coves. Crappie fair to
good on minnows and jigs at 5-10 ft. in Widow Moore and Kansas creeks.
Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: Elevation 2 1/2 ft. above normal and muddy. Largemouth bass fair on
topwaters early and late. Crappie fair on live minnows around timber.
Channel catfish fair on cut shad and liver. Report submitted by Randy
Fennell, game Warden stationed in LeFlore County.
SOUTHWEST
Altus-Lugert: Elevation 9 ft. below normal and rising. Striped bass hybrids
good in deep water. Catfish are most active in the river above the low water
bridge. Report submitted by Sue Hokanson, Quartz Mountain State Park.
Ellsworth: Elevation normal and murky. Catfish good on trotlines and jugs on
cut bait. Catfish fair to good behind the dam on cut bait and worms. Report
submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed in Comanche County.
Foss: Elevation 1 1/2 ft. above normal, water 80 and clear. Striped bass
hybrids slow. White bass fair on live bait. Catfish fair. Crappie fair.
Report submitted by Eric Puyear, B & K Bait House.
Ft. Cobb: Elevation 1 ft above normal. Catfish slow to fair on cut bait.
Report submitted by James Edwards, Jr., game warden stationed in Caddo
County.
Waurika: Elevation normal, water 77 and clear. Channel catfish good on
juglines. Blue catfish good on cut bait in the spillway. Report submitted by
Phillip Cottrill, game warden stationed in Jefferson County.
Texoma Striper Fishing With A Sooner Slab
Steve Upchurch with a Nice 10lb Striper
Caught of out OkieFish's Boat
Sept 20th, 2007
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