Attention - New rules apply to non-residents:
- Public Area Check-In: Non-residents must check in and out when accessing certain Oklahoma public hunting and fishing areas. There is no additional cost or limit on the number of check-ins.
- Deer Licenses: A 2 day waiting period applies to nonresident deer licenses purchased after the deer season has started. Licenses must be purchased at least 48 hours before hunting.
Contacts
Lake Office
Fisheries Management Office: (580) 529-2795
Game Warden:
(580) 695-7535 (Comanche)
Operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. LETRA and Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Daily/Size Limits:
Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
Methods:
Allowed methods: rod and reel only.
Lake Elmer Thomas (Google Map) is located 3 miles west of Medicine Park On State Hwy 49.
Lake Details
Shoreline Length: 9.10 mi.Volume: 12000.00 ac. ft.Max. Depth: 71.00 ft.Surface Area: 334.00 ac.
Located
Comanche County
USFWS manages campgrounds with full RV hookups, boat ramps, fishing jetties and a swimming beach.
Bait & Tackle shops are displayed by distance, starting with the closest.
- Little Dam Bait Shop(Medicine Park, OK 73557)- (580) 529-3267
- Porter Hill Bait Shop(12027 US-62, Elgin, OK 73538)- (580) 492-4861
- Walmart Supercenter (Lawton)(1002 NW Sheridan Rd, Lawton, OK 73505)- (580) 355-9070
- Ralph's Resort(263 East NE Resort Rd, Elgin, OK 73538)- (580) 492-4763
- Dj's Bait Shop(104 Brookdale Rd, Apache, OK 73006)- (580) 588-2121
- Tom Steed Bait Shop(1609 US-183, Mountain Park, OK 73559)- (580) 569-2690
- Claphans Corner(3894 OK-92, Chickasha, OK 73018)- (405) 224-0315
- Jake's Ice Dock((102 S 1st St, Marlow, OK 7305)- (580) 658-5121
- Walmart Supercenter (Duncan)(3393 N 81 Hwy, Duncan, OK 73533)- (580) 255-5455
- Down & Out Bait & Tackle(502 S 2nd St, Duncan, OK 73533)- (580) 860-2248
Lake is stocked with Florida strain largemouth bass.
Elmer Thomas, Comanche County, 580-429-3222
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