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May 07, 2008 12:04 PM | ||
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1. Arbuckle 3. Broken Bow 4. Eufaula 5. Hugo 6. Konawa 7. McGee Creek 8. Murray 9. Pine Creek 10. Robert S. Kerr 11. Sardis 12. Texoma 13. Wister 14. Lower Mountain Fork River 15. Blue River |
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Arbuckle: May 3. Elevation normal, water 66 and stained to muddy. White bass good on points of south coves and along dam. Crappie good on brush piles. Bass fair using crankbaits, spinnerbaits and Carolina rigged lizards. Report submitted by Jack Melton.
Blue River: May 5. Elevation normal, water 66 and clear. Catfish good on livers and worms. Bass fair to good on minnows and flies. Report submitted by Charles Baker, technician at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: May 5. Largemouth bass being caught around structure on soft plastics. Crappie good in flooded timber on minnows and jigs, Walleye being caught after dark around islands and off rocky points. North Carson Creek boat ramp is open. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: May 5. Elevation 3 1/2 ft, above normal and murky. Largemouth bass good on plastic baits and jigs flipping flooded brush. White bass good around bridges and culverts. Blue catfish fair on shad on shallow flats. Crappie fair on minnows or jigs at 3-10 ft. in culverts and around brush piles. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: May 5. Elevation normal, water 63. Crappie good on minnows in creek arms and sand bass fair trolling crankbaits in the river channel. Catfish good on green sunfish and goldfish. Fishing below the dam still good on jigs and cut bait. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan Counties.
Konawa: May 5. Elevation normal, water 75 and clear. Largemouth bass excellent on plastic worms in cattails and weed beds at 3-6 ft. Channel catfish good on shad and stinkbait along points at 5-10 ft. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
Lower Mountain Fork River: No report submitted this week.
McGee Creek: May 5. Elevation 1 1/2 ft above normal, water 65 and murky. Largemouth bass fair to good on soft plastic lures and crawfish colored crank baits at 4-8 ft. along brush. Crappie fair on minnows at 12-18 ft. over cedar brush. Channel catfish fair to good on stink bait in flooded timber. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.
Murray: May 5. Water 59 and clear. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, minnows and worms. White bass fair on minnows and jigs trolling. Channel catfish good on stinkbait and worms. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs shallow. Walleye fair on minnows and jigs around dark. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in Carter County.
Pine Creek: May 5. Elevation above normal and murky. Bass fair on soft plastics when jigged around flooded roadbeds. Crappie good at the spillway on jigs and minnows. Catfish good on night crawlers around the lake as well as the spillway. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr: May 5. Elevation above normal, water 71 and murky. Largemouth bass good at 2-4 ft. using plastic baits and spinnerbaits fishing the weed and woody shoreline spawning areas. Crappie good at 2-5 ft. using minnows and jigs fishing just off the spawning areas, some fish are still moving in and out of the weed beds. White bass fair at 10-15 ft. using jigs fishing below Webbers Falls and Kerr dams. Blue catfish good at 3-10 ft. using fresh cut shad and worms fishing the windy shorelines with weed or rock cover. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis Lake: May 5. Elevation 2 ft. above normal and clear to murky. Largemouth bass excellent on plastics around points and white with red flecks spinnerbaits around timber. White bass excellent up creeks and trolling lake. Blue catfish good to excellent on cut bait and shrimp on juglines and trotlines and around islands and in flooded fields. flathead catfish good to excellent on small baitfish on trotlines and juglines. Crappie excellent around bridges and rush piles on minnows. Walleye fair trolling islands. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: May 5. Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water 65 and clear south and murky north. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on spinnerbaits and jig combination baits from platter flats south. Striped and white bass fair to good on live bait and sassy shad near the islands. Channel and blue catfish fair to good on live bait an cut baits from the railroad bridge north. Crappie fair to good- on minnows and jigs at Widow Moore Creek and the north and south dikes. All other fishing is slow. Report submitted by Danny Club, game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: May 5. Elevation 15 ft .above normal and murky. Largemouth bass good on soft plastic baits. Crappie good with minnows and jigs below dam, sand bass excellent below the dam. Channel and blue catfish good on cut shad below the dam. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.