October 2005 Oklahoma Fishing Reports

October 14th, 2005

CENTRAL

Thunderbird: Elevation 2 1/2 ft. below normal and clear. Crappie good on minnows and jigs on structure at 6-8 ft. Report submitted by Tony Woodruff, state game warden stationed in Cleveland County.

Wes Watkins: Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water 70-77 and murky. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs around brush piles and structures; catfish fair to good on chicken liver, shrimp, cut baits and worms; white bass fair trolling with deep diving on silver or white crankbaits; largemouth bass fair on assorted dark colored soft plastics, spinnerbaits around weedy and grassy beds and on topwaters early morning and evening. Report submitted by M.M. Fowler.

NORTHEAST

Bell Cow: The only fishing method allowed at Bell Cow is rod and reel fishing. Elevation slightly below normal, water 73 and clear. Crappie good on jigs and minnows off fishing dock; channel catfish are being caught off fishing dock, in channels on minnows, dough bait and cut bait; bass are hitting on plastic worms, jigs, crankbaits and spinnerbaits; white bass good. Report submitted by James Hensley, lake ranger.

Birch: Elevation 4 ft. below normal and clear. Crappie excellent around brush piles using minnows and jigs; striped bass hybrids fair in the early morning hours while trolling with crankbaits; catfish fair while drift fishing with cut fish. Report submitted by Ben Bickerstaff, state game warden stationed in Osage County.

Chandler: Elevation slightly low, water 73 and clear. Crappie good on jigs and minnows; channel catfish are being caught in channels on minnows, dough bait and cut bait; bass fair hitting plastic worms, jigs, crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Report submitted by James Hensley, lake ranger.

Eucha: Elevation 6 ft. below normal, water 66 and clear. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush and structure at 12-15 ft.; largemouth fair on Carolina-rigged plastic baits off rocky points; catfish fair on juglines and trotlines using live sunfish. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa Fisheries.

Grand: Elevation below normal and clear. White bass fair off rocky points in shallow water; channel catfish fair to good on cut shad at 20 ft.; crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10 ft. Report submitted by Jim Littlefield, state game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Greenleaf: Elevation 1 ft. below normal and clear. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; channel catfish fair on cut bait on bottom; crappie fair on minnows and jigs around fishing dock. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, state game warden stationed in Muskogee County.

Kaw: Elevation 1/2 ft. below normal and muddy. Blue catfish good on shad; flathead catfish good on sunfish and goldfish in the timbered areas of Beaver Creek; crappie fair on jigs and minnows over sunken brush piles; white bass good along rip rap areas on windy days. Report submitted by Tracy Daniel, state game warden in Kaw County.

Keystone: Elevation 2 ft. below normal and murky. Largemouth bass fair on topwaters and spinnerbaits from surface to 5 ft. in coves; white bass good on rooster tails and sassy shad from surface to 5 ft. off points; striped bass slow on shad at 10-12 ft. around bridges and below dam; channel catfish good on worms and punch baits at 5-10 ft. off points and below dam; blue catfish good on shad at 5-10 ft. off points and below dam; flathead catfish good on shad and sunfish at 5-10 ft. below dam and off points; crappie good on jigs and minnows at 5-10 ft. below dam and in coves. Report submitted by Larry Sellers, Woody’s Bait and Tackle.

Oologah: Elevation normal, upper 60′s-70 and clear. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles at 15 ft.; channel and blue catfish fair on shad fishing shallow flats on upper areas of the lake at 5-10 ft. Report submitted by Brek Henry, state game warden stationed in Rogers County.

Sooner: Elevation normal, water 67 and clear. Striped bass hybrids fair on shad and blue and white slab around humps at 22-32 ft. near steep drop-offs. Report submitted by Paul Tennies, Pete’s Place.

Spavinaw: Elevation 5 ft. below normal, water 70 and clear. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around dam area; largemouth fair on jerk baits; catfish fair on juglines and trotlines using cut shad. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa Fisheries.

Tenkiller: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 79 and clear. Largemouth bass slow with some action early and late on topwaters and crankbaits mid-day; crappie fair around docks on minnows or jigs; white bass fair evenings on spoons or spinners off windy points or shorelines; catfish fair on stinkbaits at 20 ft. and drifting with cut baits at 15-20 ft. Report submitted by Monte Brooks, Cookson Village Resort.

Webbers Falls: Elevation 1 ft. below normal and murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits along rip rap of creek channels; channel catfish fair on cut bait on bottom; crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush structure and bridges. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, state game warden stationed in Muskogee County.

NORTHWEST

Great Salt Plains: Elevation below normal and murky. Channel catfish are fair to good on trotlines and drift fishing, using shad and grasshoppers; flathead catfish slow at the spillway and stilling basin using live bait. All other fishing is slow. Report submitted by R.C. Wilson, Jr., Park Ranger.

SOUTHEAST

Blue River: Elevation normal, water 62 and clear. Smallmouth bass 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.

Eufaula: Elevation 10 1/2 ft. below normal and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits at 4-6 ft. off the points; white bass good on slab spoons at 6-20 ft. on the flats; channel catfish good on shad at 4-10 ft. on the flats; crappie good on jigs at 6-20 ft. in standing timber. Report submitted Ed Rodebush, state game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

Konawa: Elevation normal, water 70 and clear. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits at 8-10 ft. along points; channel catfish good on chicken liver at 15 ft. in discharge channel. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, state game warden stationed in Seminole County.

McGee Creek: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 79 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures at 10-14 ft. off rocky points; channel catfish fair on jug lines. Report submitted by Larry Luman, state game warden stationed in Atoka County.

Lower Mountain Fork River: Trout poor to fair on a variety of baits. Try streamers, small mayflies, caddis, various midges and emergers. Report submitted by Sid and Peggy, Beavers Bend Fly Shop.

Pine Creek: Elevation below normal. Bass good on crankbaits at 12-16 ft. around rocky points; crappie fair around brush on minnows; catfish fair on yo-yos in creek channels baited with minnows. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, state game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Robert S. Kerr: Elevation normal, water 71 and murky. Largemouth bass fair at 3-6 ft. on plastic baits and topwater baits in weeds, rocks and woody banks early and late; crappie good at 10 ft. on minnows around structure in old creek channels; white bass fair at 4-8 ft. using shad imitation crankbaits in the upper channel areas from Tamaha to Webbers Falls dam; catfish (blue and flathead) good at 20-25 ft. using fresh cut bait and live bait fishing the old Arkansas river channel. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, state game warden stationed in Haskell County.

Texoma: Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 78 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits at 5-10 ft. in creek channels; white bass and striped bass fair on sassy shad at 15-20 ft. in west Burns Run; catfish fair on cut shad at 5-10 ft. in Platter Flats; crappie fair on minnows at 5-15 ft. in Rock Creek. Report submitted by Danny Clubb, state game warden stationed in Bryan County.

Wister: Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water 71 and murky. Crappie good on minnows at 8-14 ft. in standing timber; largemouth bass fair at 6 ft. around structure on dark-colored plastic worms or salt craws. Report submitted by D.G. Belcher, state game warden stationed in Latimer County.

SOUTHWEST

Altus-Lugert: Elevation 18 ft. below normal and murky. Irrigation canal is closed. North shore boat ramp is high and dry. Crappie and striped bass hybrids fair. Channel catfish, walleye and largemouth bass poor. Blue catfish poor to fair. Report compiled by Quartz Mountain Grocery.

Foss: Elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal, water 71 and clear. Striped bass hybrids and white bass fair on slabs. Catfish good. Walleye and saugeye slow. Bass fair. Report submitted by Eric Puyear, B & K Bait House.

Waurika: Elevation normal. Channel catfish slow on juglines and rod and reel; crappie being caught on minnows around marina. Report submitted by Phillip Cottrill, state game warden stationed in Jefferson County.

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