These "Close to Home” fishing waters in Oklahoma City are ideal spots to teach a kid how to fish and to fish for small sunfish.
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•Dolese Youth Park Pond (north of NW 50th, half-block west of Meridian)
•Kids Lake at Wilshire (three blocks west of May on the north side of Wilshire Blvd.)
•Oklahoma River from NW 10th St. bridge includes the May, Western and Eastern Basins
•Route 66 Park Ponds (half-block west of West Overholser Drive on NW 23)
•Edwards Park Pond (east side I-35 Service Road between NE 10 and NE 13)
•Crystal Lake (half-mile west of MacArthur on SW 15th)
•South Lake Park Pond East (south of SW 119 between Meridian and Portland)
•Waters of the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge (NW 50 and Stinchcomb Rd.)
•Zoo Lake (east side only, south of NE 50 and Lincoln Park Blvd.)
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Green sunfish are prolific in Oklahoma lakes and rivers. By Ed Godfrey, The Oklahoman
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