Oklahoma Fishing Report

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Published: February 13, 2009

CENTRAL

Draper: Elevation normal and clear; crappie fair on jigs and minnows 7 to 9 ft. off fishing docks; try for walleye on windy days off dam with jigs.

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Hefner: Elevation normal, water 43 degrees and murky. White bass good on jigs and grubs. Channel and blue catfish good on cut shad around the dam. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 30 ft. around the dam.

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

NORTHEAST

Bell Cow: Elevation below normal, water clear. Crappie fair on jigs.

Birch: Elevation normal. Crappie fair on chartreuse/black jigs at 20 to 25 ft.

Fort Gibson: Elevation normal, water clear. Crappie good on electric chicken jigs and minnows at 15 to 25 ft. under the docks and in structure. Catfish good on cut bait and shad heads in the main channel. Largemouth bass starting to bite on crankbaits and jig and pig combinations in deep holes around structure.

Grand: Upper end: Elevation normal, water 42 to 52 and clear. Largemouth bass good on minnows, chrome rattletraps and jigs at 12 to 20 ft. Smallmouth bass fair in upper rivers. White bass good on grubs in chartreuse glitter, pearl white and pink/white at 4 to 6 ft. in the upper end of Elk River. Channel catfish good on shad and shad guts at 60 ft. around rock bluffs and main channel. Crappie good on minnows, shiners, rosy reds and grandpa’s jigs in pink/chartreuse at 20 ft. Paddlefish excellent at 35 to 60 ft. in the Grand River channel.

Greenleaf: Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, bill baits, jig and worms in creek channels, rocky points and along the shoreline. Catfish fair on fresh cut baits on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 18 to 22 ft. at fishing docks and brush structure.

Kaw: Crappie good on 1/16 ounce tube jigs and minnows at 18 to 22 ft. around brush piles in the Washunga Bay area. Blue catfish fair on trotlines and juglines with fresh cut shad in the upper end of the lake.

Lower Illinois: Elevation normal, water 55 degrees and clear. Channel catfish fair on cut bait on bottom from Gore Landing to the mouth of the river. Trout excellent on flies on the surface, on rooster tails at 2 ft. and on power bait on the bottom at Watt’s, the dam and river access by Gore Landing. Fly fishing excellent at Watt’s.

Oologah: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal, water upper 40’s to lower 50’s and murky. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush piles at 15 to 18 ft. White bass and crappie fair on jigs below the dam.

Pawhuska Lake: Elevation 8 ft. below normal, water 40 and clear. Trout excellent on pink/white power bait with 16 inch leaders and fair on rooster tails and other inline spinnerbaits.

Skiatook: Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal, water low 40’s and clear. Crappie fair on minnows at 20 ft. over brush piles.

Sooner: White bass and striped bass hybrids fair on slabs and live shad in the lake.

Webbers Falls: Elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth fair on bill baits and spinnerbaits along riprap, creek channels and rocky points. Catfish fair on fresh cut baits on bottom. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 16 to 20 ft. around brush structure.

NORTHWEST

Canton: Elevation 1 ft. above normal. Crappie good on minnows and jigs near brush along dam and Canadian area.

Fort Supply: Elevation normal, water clear. White bass fair on jigs and spinnerbaits along the dam. Walleye fair on jigs and spinnerbaits along the dam and below the dam.

SOUTHEAST

Arbuckle: Lake down 4 1/2 ft., water 46 degrees on main lake and clear to stained from algae bloom. Bass fishing fair to good on swim baits, crankbaits and brown jigs. White bass fair on spoons on main lake drop-offs.

Blue River: Elevation below normal, water 40 degrees and clear. Trout fair on powerbait, super dupers, mealworms, and inline spinners. Fly fishing good on red midges, egg patterns, soft hackle pheasant tails, and woolly buggers. Black bass slow on soft plastics and small crankbaits. Catfish slow on stinkbait and chicken liver.

Broken Bow: Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on jigs around structure in deeper water. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around structure. Look for walleye starting to run when water temperatures reach 45 degrees in the upper end on rouges and crawdad colored grubs.

Eufaula: Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10 to 20 ft. in riprap at I-40 and boat docks baited with brush.

Konawa: Elevation normal, water 45 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass good on plastic worms at 5 to 8 ft. in cattails.

Lower Mountain Fork River: Trout good on small soft hackled flies and midges. In Zone 2 a streamer, shad have been coming through the power house. Dry fly action has been really good at times using a small adams or blue winged olive. Some March Brown Mayflies have begun to hatch.

McGee Creek: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, 48 degrees, and clear. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures and jig and pigs fished slowly at 20 to 30 ft. over underwater structure.

Robert S. Kerr: Elevation normal, murky and 48 degrees. Largemouth bass slow on plastic baits and jigs at 8 to 10 ft. along riprap jetties and rocky areas. Crappie fair to good on minnows at 10 ft. around the edges of the old creek channels or drift fishing in the middle of the old channels. Blue catfish good on fresh cut shad at 20 to 30 ft. in the old Arkansas River channel.

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

Texoma: Elevation normal, water 47 degrees and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good around riprap. Striped and white bass fair to good south part of lake. Channel and blue catfish fair to good from Catfish Bay north. Crappie fair to good around underwater brush.

Wister: Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass slow to fair on dark plastic baits around points and drop-offs. Crappie slow to fair with small spinnerbaits and jigs around brush piles and slow to fair on minnows below the dam area. Channel catfish slow to fair on juglines with on cut shad and liver.

SOUTHWEST

Altus-Lugert: Elevation 9 ft. below normal and rising very slowly. Crappie fair. Trout in river fair.

Ellsworth: Elevation 3 ft. below normal. crappie good on jigs and minnows at Ralph’s Resort around the boathouses.

Fort Cobb: Elevation 1/3 ft. above normal. Crappie slow on jigs around marina. Saugeye slow to fair along east end of dam. Catfish slow to fair on cut baits.

Lawtonka: Elevation 2 ft. below normal. Crappie good on jigs and power bait at the dam.

Tom Steed: Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 20 ft. near the dam.

Waurika: Elevation slightly below normal, water murky. Blue catfish fair on cut baits.