Oklahoma Lake Report

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Here are the conditions at Oklahoma lakes as reported Wednesday, July 2, by the state Department of Wildlife Conservation and lake rangers.

CENTRAL

Arcadia: July 20 — white bass continue to surface early and can be caught trolling with crankbaits and spinners. Blue catfish and channel catfish fair to good on cut shad and shad guts. Crappie fair at 20 and 25 ft. on minnows and jigs on brush piles. Report submitted by Mark Murray, game warden stationed in Oklahoma County.

Arcadia — Second report: July 20 — elevation 1⁄2 ft. below normal, water 86 and degrees murky. Channel catfish good on shad, shrimp and minnows at 8 to 15 ft. along the north cove and south banks morning and evening. Crappie fair on jigs at 6 to 8 ft. Report submitted by Linnie Mason, gate attendant.

Draper: July 19 — elevation normal and clear. Crappie fair to good for crappie on minnows and jigs off fishing docks. Channel catfish good on cut baits and stinkbaits on rip rap. Bass fair on tandem spinners, plastic worms and shallow diving crankbaits. Report submitted by Chad Strang, game warden stationed in Cleveland County.

Hefner: July 20 — white bass fair trolling along the dam on rooster tails and small crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish good when the water is flowing at the inlet on shad and punch bait. Largemouth bass fair early and late on deep diving crankbaits in the southern coves at 8 to 10 ft. Saugeye fair trolling slowly with bottom running crankbaits or drifting with night crawlers. Report submitted by Mark Murray, game warden stationed in Oklahoma County.

Overholser: July 19 — white bass good on minnows at the west side dock. Channel catfish good on worms, chicken liver and stinkbait in the tailwaters and in the lake. Report submitted by Ron Comer, game warden stationed in Canadian County.

Thunderbird: July 19 — elevation normal and clear. Crappie good on small jigs and minnows at 6 to 8 ft. on structure. Catfish good on stinkbait and cut baits off points and drop and rip rap. Bass fair on tandem spinners, topwater baits and medium-diving crankbaits in coves and structure. Saugeye good on medium-diving crankbaits, earthworms and sassy shad off points and drop offs at 5 to 10 ft. early and late day. Report submitted by Chad Strang, game warden stationed in Cleveland County.

Wes Watkins: July 20 — elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 84 degrees and clear. Crappie biting on small minnows at 20 ft. near structure. Channel catfish fair on punchbait and chicken livers. Report submitted by Mike France, game warden stationed in Pottawatomie County.

NORTHEAST

Bell Cow: July 19 — elevation below normal, water clear. Crappie good on minnows. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.

Chandler: July 19 — elevation below normal, water clear. Channel catfish good on doughbaits and stinkbaits. Crappie good on minnows. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.

Greenleaf: July 20 — elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass good on jigs, worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits along moss beds, rocky points and shorelines. Channel and blue catfish fair on fresh cut bait on bottom. Flathead catfish fair on sunfish. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around docks and brush structure. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.

Lower Illinois: July 15 — elevation normal, water 59 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass good on topwater lures all along the surface. Striped bass good on plugs and live bait at 1 to 2 ft. below Gore Landing. Channel catfish good on cut bait on bottom all along the river. Trout excellent fly fishing at the surface, on rooster tails at 1 to 2 ft. and on power bait on bottom from the dam to Gore Landing. Report submitted by D. Tracy, Town of Gore.

Oologah: July 20 — elevation 1 ft. above normal, water in lower 80’s and murky. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles at 15 ft. white bass fair trolling shad colored crankbaits around main lake points at 10 to 15 ft. Blue catfish fair on shad below the dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game warden stationed in Rogers County.

Pawhuska Lake: Fishing report provided during trout season.

Sooner: July 19 — white bass and striped bass hybrids fair on live shad and slabs, they are also good at the intake where water is being pumped from the river. Catfish fair on cub bait and live bait in the channels. Report submitted by Doug Gottschalk, game warden stationed in Noble County.

Tenkiller: July 20 — elevation 1⁄2 ft. below normal, water 89 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair early morning on topwater lures, buzzbaits and a variety of plastic worms. Catfish fair on stinkbaits at 18 to 21 ft. around points and on shad using flip-flops or juglines. Sunfish good on night crawlers in coves or near docks. Report by Monte Brooks Cookson Village Resort.

Webbers Falls: July 20 — elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic worms around brush structure, riprap and creek channels. Catfish fair on fresh cut bait and sunfish on bottom. Sunfish fair on minnows and jigs around brush structure and bridges. Report submitted by Lark Wilson, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.

SOUTHEAST

Blue River: July 21 — elevation normal, water 78 degrees and clear. Bass good on topwater lures early in the morning and late in the evening and on small plastic grubs. Channel catfish good on stinkbaits and minnows.Flatheads fair on live bait at night. Report submitted Matt Gamble, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.

Broken Bow: July 19 — elevation dropping, water clear. Spotted bass fair on topwater lures where schooling and on 10 inch motor oil colored worms Carolina and Texas rigged, early and late. Crappie good around structure, all day. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Eufaula: July 19 — elevation 1 ft. below normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits and crankbaits around deeper points. White bass good on topwater lures and slab spoons along the flats early and late. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8 to 20 ft. under bridges and around standing timber. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

Hugo: July 20 — elevation normal, water 85 degrees. Crappie fair on minnow along creek channels. Blue catfish good below the dam on cut shad. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan counties.

Konawa: July 19 — elevation normal, water 96 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic worms at 10 ft. road beds. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver and stinkbait at 10 to 12 ft. around points. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.

McGee Creek: July 20 — elevation 1⁄2 ft. above normal, water 87 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair to good on soft plastic lures at 3 to 10 ft. and on topwater baits early and late for schooling fish. Crappie good around cedar brush on minnows and jigs. Channel catfish fair on jug lines with live bait. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.

Murray: July 20 — water 87 degrees and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on various baits, soft worms and soft jerk baits worked slowly early, late and at night. White bass good on minnows and jigs trolling and the marina early and late and around tires at night. Channel catfish good on various stinkbaits, worms, minnows and chicken livers. Crappie slow around brush and fish attractors. Walleye slow on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in Carter County.

Pine Creek: July 20 — bass great on brush hogs around brush and cover at 4 ft. and less. Crappie fair on jigs around brush. Catfish good on cut shad near creek channels. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Robert S. Kerr: July 20 — elevation normal, water 87 degrees and murky. Crappie good on minnows and small jigs at the brush piles at 8 to 12 ft. White bass good on crankbaits while trolling in the creek channel near the mouth of Big San Bois creek and the Arkansas River. Largemouth bass fair on soft baits and crankbaits at 2 to 6 ft. near the grass beds. Catfish good on fresh shad, cut bait, punch bait and earthworms on trotlines and juglines in the main creek channel and while drift fishing the mud-flats. Report submitted by Leland Sockey, game warden stationed in Haskell County.

Sardis Lake: July 20 — bass good off of points and around creek channels on spinnerbaits and plugs also good on watermelon lizards in grass early mornings. Crappie excellent on pink grubs or green and black around cover and off of Jack Fork Bridge, half bridge and tower using live minnows. Flathead catfish fair on shad, sunfish or goldfish on jugs or trotlines off points close to channels. Blue and channel catfish excellent on jugs and trotlines on cut bait or shrimp or shad off points and close to channels. White bass excellent trolling around islands and east side lake by tower and excellent when found surfacing on lake. Walleye fair trolling around islands on rattletraps. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.

Texoma: July 20 — elevation normal, water 86 degrees and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on topwater baits and crankbaits around the drop offs and creek channels. Striped and white bass fair to good on topwater baits and sassy shad from Catfish bay south. Channel and blue catfish fair to good on worms and cut bait, from the Hwy. 70 bridge north. Crappie fair around underwater brush. Sunfish good around the fish attractors. Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.

Wister: July 20 — elevation 11⁄2 ft. below normal and murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits, topwaters zara spook early and late. Crappie fair with pink spinners, pink jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish fair on juglines baited with cut shad and liver. Flathead catfish fair on live sunfish and night crawlers. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.

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