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Published: September 2, 2007
TAKING 'EM TO SCHOOL
September on scenic southeastern lake is prime time to catch those big bass
By Ed Godfrey
McGEE CREEK LAKE — It seems silly for a grown man to lose sleep over catching fish, but I was tossing and turning in bed Wednesday night at the prospect of getting into some schooling bass on McGee Creek .

Fishing guide Chuck Justice, perhaps Oklahoma 's most famous angler next to Jimmy Houston , called last week to report that the bass had started schooling on the scenic lake at the southwestern edge of the Ouac...

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