FISHING REPORT

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Published: November 6, 2009

CENTRAL

Draper: Due to pump failure and the lake’s small watershed lake elevation is below normal. Boat access to the lake is poor and a longer walk to bank fish. The main fishing docks are still floating. One boat ramp is barely usable.

Wes Watkins: Nov. 2. Elevation normal. Crappie fair on minnows near the dam. Report submitted by Mike France, game warden stationed in Pottawatomie County.

NORTHEAST

Birch: Nov. 2. Crappie good on minnows and jigs all around the lake. Report submitted by David Clay, game warden stationed in Osage County.

Copan: Nov. 1. Elevation above normal, water clear. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 6 to 8 ft. near submerged structure. Catfish slow on chicken liver and cut shad below the dam.

Eucha: Nov. 4. Elevation 1/3 ft. above normal, water 59 degrees and dingy. Largemouth fair on spinnerbaits. White bass fair on rooster tails. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 12 to 14 ft. around brush and structure.

Fort Gibson: Nov. 1. Elevation 6

ft. above normal and falling. Catfish good on juglines on shad, cut shad and hot dog chunks in the creek channels. White bass fair jigging spoons and swim baits in deeper holes. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits.

Hudson: Nov. 3. Elevation 1 ft. above normal. Blue catfish very good on cut shad. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs around brush piles.

Hulah: Nov. 1. Elevation above normal, water murky. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8 to 10 ft. near submerged structure. Catfish fair below the dam on worms and cut shad.

Kaw: Nov. 1. Elevation normal. Blue catfish good on juglines with goldfish and shad at 15 to 25 ft. in Sarge Creek and Washunga Bay areas.

Lower Illinois: Oct. 29. Elevation rising, water 55 degrees and murky. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits at 1 to 2 ft. around coves and weed beds all along the river. Striped bass slow on live bait at 1 to 2 ft. below Gore Landing. Channel catfish excellent on cut bait on bottom all along the river. Trout fair on rooster tails at 1 to 2 ft. and on power bait on bottom.

Oologah: Nov. 1. Elevation 5 ft. above normal, water mid 60 degrees and muddy. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10 to 15 ft. around brush piles. Channel and blue catfish good on livers at 10 to 15 ft. around the north end of the lake. Crappie and white bass fair on jigs below the dam.

Skiatook: Oct. 26. Elevation normal, water 50 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits around rocky banks. Crappie good on minnows and pink and white jigs at 10 to 15 ft. around brush.

Sooner: Nov. 4. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles.

Spavinaw: Nov. 4. Elevation

ft. above normal, water 57 degrees and dingy. Largemouth fair on spinnerbaits. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around the dam area.

NORTHWEST

Canton: Nov. 1. Elevation

ft. below normal. crappie fair on minnows and jigs near brush piles along the dam and Canadian River area. Channel catfish good on cut bait and stinkbait.

Great Salt Plains: The fishery is recovering and anglers are catching walleye and channel catfish.

SOUTHEAST

Arbuckle: Oct. 31. Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water 66 degrees and muddy. Crappie being caught on minnows and jigs off docks. White bass being caught at 20 to 40 ft. along creek channel drop-offs. Bass being caught on spinnerbaits, flukes and rattletraps in the grass.

Blue River: Nov. 4. Elevation 2 inches above normal, water 55 degrees and slightly murky. Largemouth bass fair on minnows and flies. Catfish fair on liver and worms. Trout fair to good on super dupers, power bait and rooster tails.

Broken Bow: Nov. 1. Largemouth bass good on rapalas at 8 to 10 ft. Walleye being caught on crawdad colored crankbaits and jigs around points and structure in the main body of the lake with the new moon phase.

Eufaula: Nov. 1. Elevation 4 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits around rocky areas. White bass good around bridges in the current. Blue catfish good on shad in the shallow flats. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around boat docks baited with brush and standing timber.

Hugo: Nov. 2. Elevation 14 ft. above normal and rising, water muddy. Catfish good below the dam on cut shad, worms and stinkbait.

Konawa: Nov. 3. Elevation normal, water 57 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits at 5 to 8 ft. around points. White bass and striped bass hybrids fair on minnows and jigs at 15 ft. in the discharge canal.

McGee Creek: Oct. 31. Elevation 10 3/4 ft. above normal, water 68 degrees and murky. Channel catfish fair to good on stinkbait and blood bait.

Pine Creek: Nov. 1. Elevation extremely high, water murky. Bass fair on crankbaits slow rolled around rocky points. Catfish fair on cut shad.

Robert S. Kerr: Nov. 3. Elevation normal, water 65 degrees and murky. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around submerged brush piles. Catfish good on fresh shad or large minnows around drop-offs and ledges along the creek and river channels.

Sardis Lake: Nov. 2. Elevation 3 ft. above normal, water low 60 degrees. Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits in the creeks. Crappie fair off the bridges and the tower. Channel catfish fair on cut bait in the main lake.

Texoma: Nov. 1. Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water 67 degrees and murky north and clear south. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good in the south half of the lake. Striped and white bass fair to good from Platter flats south and west. Channel and blue catfish fair to good from Catfish Bay north. Crappie fair to good in Widowmoore and Kansas creeks. Sunfish good around the fishing docks.

Wister: Nov. 1. Elevation 17 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass good on soft plastic worms and spinnerbaits. Crappie fair on small spinnerbaits, minnows and pink jigs. Channel and blue catfish fair on juglines with cut shad and liver.

SOUTHWEST

Altus-Lugert: Nov. 1. Elevation 23

ft. below normal and steady. Trout season has opened. Striped bass hybrids fair to good in deeper waters. Catfish fair.

Ellsworth: Nov. 2. Elevation normal. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at Ralph’s Resort around boathouses.

Foss: Nov. 3. Elevation 1 3/4 ft. below normal with gates closed, water 62 degrees and clear. Walleye good. Striped bass hybrids good on slabs. Catfish fair. Crappie good. White bass fair.