Southeast Oklahoma weekly fishing report
By Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Apr 6, 2008
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Arbuckle: March 31. Elevation 1 1/2 ft. above normal, water 56-58 and stained. Channel catfish biting in head waters. Crappie good on brush piles docks. White bass chasing shad in backs of creek and coves. Bass best on crankbaits off points and good on Carolina rigs. Report submitted by Jack Melton.

Blue River: March 31. Elevation normal, water 65 and murky. Catfish good on liver and worms. Bass fair on minnows and flies. Trout fair on power bait, super dupers, rooster tails and mill worms. Report submitted by Charles Baker, technician at Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.

Broken Bow:  March 31. Elevation 17 ft. above normal. Largemouth bass being caught in the mouths of creeks on jigs and spinnerbaits. White bass fair on yellow and yellow and white grubs rooster tails and grubs in the upper end. Crappie being caught on minnows and jigs around structure. Walleye being caught in the upper end of the lake on five inch pumpkin seed and chartreuse grubs. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Eufaula: March 31. Elevation 5 ft. above normal, water clear to the east and murky to the west. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits in flooded brush. White bass good on jigs below the dam and in feeder creeks. Channel catfish slow. Crappie fair on minnows along the I-40 riprap and around brush piles at 5-6 ft.  Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

Hugo: March 31. White bass and crappie fair on minnows. Blue catfish and crappie good below the dam.  Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan Counties.

Konawa: March 31. Largemouth bass good on plastic worms in the discharge canal and weed beds at 5-10 ft. White bass and hybrid striped bass good on minnows and shad at 15 ft.  Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.

Lower Mountain Fork River: March 31. River is vey high and muddy. Trout was good last week.  Report submitted by Beavers Bend Fly Shop.

McGee Creek: March 31. Elevation 8 1/4 ft. above normal, water 52 and murky. Largemouth bass fair to good on soft plastic lures at 6-14 ft. and fair on deep shad colored crank baits along rocky points. Crappie fair on minnows at 12-18 ft. over cedar brush.  Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.

Murray: March 31. Water 50 and clear. Largemouth bass good on soft plastics, crankbaits, worms, spinnerbaits and jerk baits. White bass good on jigs and worms. Channel catfish slow. Crappie good on jigs and minnows shallow. Walleye good on jigs and minnows around the dam and south end of the lake. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in Carter County.

Pine Creek: March 24. Elevation above normal and murky.  Bass fair on soft plastics.  Crappie good on minnows around submerged tops and timber.  Catfish fair on chicken liver.  White Bass good in upper end of river on chartreuse grubs. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Robert S. Kerr: March 31. Elevation above normal, water 56 and murky. Largemouth bass fair at 3-5 ft. using spinnerbaits and crankbaits fishing the rock  and weed cover. Crappie fair at 2-5 ft. using minnows and jigs fishing around the spawning  beds.  White bass good using shad imitation lures fishing up the major tributaries. Blue catfish good at 3-10 ft. using fresh cut bait fishing the flats next to the old creeks and river channel. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, game warden stationed in Haskell County.

Sardis Lake: March 31. Elevation 3-4 ft. above normal and murky. Largemouth bass good on plastics around submerged brush. White bass fair in creek channels and deep holes on grubs. Blue catfish good in flooded fields on worms and on juglines and trotlines baited with cut bait. Crappie being caught around brush, tower and bridge on minnows. Walleye slow trolling. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.

Texoma: March 31. Elevation 3 1/3 ft. above normal, water 54 and clear south and murky north. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on live bait and spinnerbaits from Platter Flats to the 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 and cut bait in the Washita River and upper Red river. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs in Widow Moore and upper rock creek. All other fishing is slow. Report submitted by Danny Club, game warden stationed in Bryan County.

Wister: March 31. Elevation 25 ft. above normal. Water is going over spillway and murky. Largemouth bass good on soft plastic baits. Crappie good with minnows and jigs below dam. Channel and blue catfish very good on cut shad below the dam.  Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.        

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