Fishing Reports - Northeast
1.
Birch
2. Carl Blackwell
3. Copan
4. Eucha
5. Ft. Gibson
6. Grand
7. Greenleaf
8. Hudson
9. Hulah
10. Kaw
11. Keystone
12. Oologah
13. Pawhuska
14. Skiatook
15. Sooner
16. Spavinaw
17. Tenkiller
18. Webbers Falls
19.
Lower Illinois River
20.
Bell Cow
21.Chandler
Bell
Cow: May
12. Elevation below normal, water muddy. Bass good on
spinnerbaits and plastic baits. Channel catfish good on chicken
liver, stinkbait and dough bait. Crappie good on minnows and
jigs. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in
Lincoln County.
Birch: May 11. Elevation below normal, water clear. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 3-8 ft. Report submitted by David Clay, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Carl Blackwell: May 14. Elevation below normal, water warming and clear. Channel catfish good on stinkbait and punch bait along the bank near rocks. Largemouth bass fair near shallow cover. Crappie fair to good near structure after dark. Report submitted by Wade Farrar, game warden stationed in Logan County.
Chandler: May 12. Elevation normal, water muddy. Bass good on plastic baits and spinnerbaits. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver and dough bait. Crappie good on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.
Copan: May 13. Elevation normal, water clearing. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 2-4 ft. White bass fair on minnows and jigs near the mouth of creeks and inlets. Blue and channel catfish being caught on cut bait and chicken liver. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Eucha: May 14. Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal, water 62 and dingy. Catfish good on trotlines and limb lines baited with sunfish. Largemouth bass fair on jerk baits around grass beds. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs. Bluegill fair on crickets and worms. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Ft. Gibson: May 13. Elevation 2 1/2 ft. above normal, water 65 and clear. Crappie excellent on minnows and jigs at 1 ft. around any rocky banks and structure on hour after daylight and one hour before dark. Catfish excellent on whole shad and juglines drifting the main river and the flats. Paddlefish excellent in the Chouteau Bend area. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits at 5-15 ft. White bass fair in the creeks and starting to move back into the main lake. Report submitted by Rick Stafford of Wagoner.
Grand: May 12. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 63. Largemouth bass good on Slug-Gos and jigs shallow. Catfish fair on fresh cut bait. Crappie good on minnows and jigs shallow. All other fishing slow. Report submitted by Kody Moore, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Greenleaf: May 14. Bass excellent on soft jerk baits, Sinko, Yum Dingers and chatter baits shallow around stumps and cover. Crappie excellent on minnows, jigs, Strike King’s joker and Slab Doctor’s baby shad shallow around brush along banks and in the lake. Report submitted by Mike's Outdoors.
Hudson: May 14. Elevation normal. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic baits. White bass good on small lures below dams and mouths of creeks. Channel and blue catfish good on cut shad and liver. Paddlefish fair to good in the upper end. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden stationed in Rogers and Mayes counties.
Hulah: May 13. Elevation normal, water clearing. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 3-6 ft. White bass fair on minnows and jigs in white and pink near the mouth of creeks and inlets. Blue catfish good on cut bait and worms. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Kaw: May 15. Blue catfish good on worms with rod-and-reel and slow on juglines baited with cut bait and worms. Crappie good around Washunga Bay. Paddlefish slow below the dam. Report submitted by Emily Long, game warden stationed in Kay and Grant counties.
Keystone: May 14. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 60. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 3-5 ft. Catfish excellent on cut bait at 40-50 ft. White bass fair trolling rattletraps. Largemouth bass fair on minnows and plastic baits. Report submitted by Karlin Bailey, game warden stationed in Creek County.
Lower Illinois: April 29. Elevation normal, water 46 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and minnows at 2-3 ft. all along the river. White bass good on jigs and spinnerbaits at 1-3 ft. all along the river. Striped bass slow on shad at 2 ft. at the mouth of the river. Channel catfish excellent on cut bait on bottom all along the river. Crappie slow on jigs and spinnerbaits at 1-3 ft. all along the river. Trout excellent on flies on the surface, on rooster tails at 1-2 ft. and on Power Bait from the dam to Gore Landing. Report submitted by D. Tracy, Town of Gore.
Lower Illinois:
March 19. Stocked 2,329 rainbow trout. The Corps of Engineers
will be doing turbine inspections on Tenkiller Dam during March
and April and the turbines will be out of use for 4-6 weeks.
Report submitted by Josh Johnston, biologist stationed in the
east central region.
Oologah: May
12. Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal and falling slowly, water
low to mid 60s and muddy on the north end and murky on the
south end. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 2-8 ft. along
rocky banks. Channel and blue catfish good on shad and liver
around the mouth of the river on the north end. Largemouth
bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits at 4-8 ft. around
points. Blue catfish fair on shad below the dam. White bass
fair on jigs below the dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry,
game warden stationed in Rogers County.
Pawhuska: March 5. Trout fair
on Power Bait. Report submitted by David Clay, game warden
stationed in Osage County.
Skiatook: May
13. Elevation 12 3/4 ft. below normal, water clear.
Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits in back of coves.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 2-5 ft. along
shorelines. All other fishing slow. Report submitted by Paul
Welch, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Spavinaw: May 14. Elevation
3/4 ft. above normal, water 62 and dingy. Crappie fair to good
on minnows on slip cork along banks in evening and mid-morning.
Largemouth bass good on lizards and crayfish all around the
lake. White bass fair trolling white bombers and crankbaits in
the main lake. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Tenkiller:
May 13. Elevation 5 ft. above normal and
rising, water murky. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass
slow on spinnerbaits, buzz baits and topwater lures in flooded
brush. Crappie slow on minnows in coves and docks. Sunfish fair
on worms in docks. Report submitted by Monte Brooks of Cookson.
Webbers Falls: May 14. Bass excellent on tubes, chatter baits, flipper and Zoom brush hogs shallow around stumps and cover. Crappie excellent shallow around stumps and flats. Fish are spawning. Report submitted by Mike's Outdoors.