Oklahoma Fishing and Lakes Report

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Published: January 30, 2009

CENTRAL

Thunderbird: Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear. Crappie fair to good on small minnows and jigs at 8 to 10 ft. around structure.

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NORTHEAST

Fort Gibson: Elevation normal and clear. Crappie are biting on chartreuse and black jigs at 15 to 25 ft. under the docks. Paddlefish are moving into the river. Catfish biting on fair in the main river channel in the lake on shad heads and live shad. White bass fair fished real slow with curl tail grubs and minnows in the deeper holes in the river.

Oologah: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal and murky. Water temp in upper 40’s to lower 50’s. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush piles at 15 to 18 ft.

NORTHWEST

Canton: Elevation normal. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs near brush along dam and Canadian River area.

SOUTHEAST

Arbuckle: Elevation 4 1/2 ft. below normal, water 44 degrees and stained to clear. Crappie fair at 35 to 65 ft on minnows and spoons. White bass on spoons on mid-lake knolls. Bass fishing slow to fair using jerk baits and swim baits.

Lower Mountain Fork River: Fishing good. Small flies, properly presented and drifted are catching the bulk of the fish. A report from the Re-regulation dam area said that several large fish were either landed or broken off. No reports from Presbyterian falls area. In the Park, anglers are having success using very small flies, sometimes trailed behind an attractor fly. There are three methods of catching these trout; imitate a very small insect, imitate a minnow or crawfish or use an attractor pattern. The flies used to fish these methods have been; various midge patterns, Zebra midge, Wooly Bugger, Clouser Minnow, or egg patterns and San Juan worms.

McGee Creek: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 49 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures and jig and pigs fished slowly at 15 too 25 ft. over underwater structure.

Pine Creek: Elevation below normal and clear. Bass fair on shad colored deep running crankbaits off of rocky points. Crappie fair on blue jigs and spoons around timber. Catfish good on liver.

Robert S. Kerr: Elevation normal, water 42 degrees and murky. Crappie fair at 10 ft. using minnows fishing the edge of the old creek channels. Blue catfish good at 8 to 25 ft. using fresh cut shad fishing the old channels or the windy shorelines.

Sardis Lake: Bass good to fair on crankbaits around points and creek channels and around cover on spinnerbaits warmer afternoons best. Crappie good off of Jack Fork bridge with minnows and off of tower on live minnows, and on brush piles using pink grubs or green and black activity is better on sunny days. Flathead catfish slow on live bait on jugs or trotlines. Blue and channel catfish fair on jugs and trotlines on cut bait or shrimp. White bass good trolling around islands and on plugs. Walleye fair trolling around islands and around rip rap on deep diving plugs.

Texoma: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 48 degrees and clear. Striped and white bass fair to good from Platter Flats south. Channel and blue catfish fair to good from Platter flats north. All other fishing is slow.

Wister: Elevation normal and murky. Largemouth bass fair to slow on dark plastics baits at points and drop offs. Crappie fair to slow on small spinners and jigs around brush piles and fair to slow on minnows below dam area. Channel catfish fair to slow on cut shad and liver with jugs.

SOUTHWEST

Altus-Lugert: Elevation 10 ft. below normal. Crappie fair.