Lake of the Arbuckles: July 24. Elevation normal, water mid 80s and clear. Channel catfish being caught on sponge bait and doughbait around baited holes. Crappie being caught on minnows and jigs around marked brush piles and at night. White bass surfacing late evening near dam. Bass hitting spinnerbaits, crankbaits and Carolina-rigged lizards. Report submitted by Jack Melton
Blue River: July 20. Elevation normal, water 85 and clear. Smallmouth and spotted bass fair on soft plastics around waterfalls and structure in deeper pools. Channel catfish fair on stinkbait, chicken liver and worms in deeper pools around current. Flathead catfish fair on live sunfish fished around structure at night. Report submitted by Matt Gamble, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: July 25. Water mid 80s and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on black plastic baits after dark around points and structure. Catfish good on juglines and trotlines with cut bait. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 20-25 ft. around structure and standing timber. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in
Eufaula: July 25. Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water 84 and clear in the east and murky in the west. Largemouth bass fair on Carolina-rigged plastic baits around deeper points. White bass good on crankbaits trolling points and shallow flats early and late. Blue catfish slow. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8-20 ft. around bridges and standing timber. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in
Hugo: July 25. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water 85. Catfish fair on juglines with cut bait. Crappie fair on minnows around brush piles. Blue catfish fair on cut shad below the dam. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in
Konawa: July 26. Elevation normal, water 95 and clear. Largemouth bass good on topwater lures and crankbaits at 5-10 ft. in coves around schooling bass early and late. Channel catfish good on shad and stinkbait at 10-12 ft. around points. All other fishing slow. Report by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in
Lower Mountain Fork River: June 22. Fishing has been good on a weighted fly on the bottom. It is possible that you could get some dry fly action, very early and very late in the day. Some sporadic hatches of our famous Hexagenia mayflies have been occurring. Report submitted by Sid www.beaversbendflyshop.com.
McGee Creek: July 25. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 86 and clear. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 12-20 ft. around cedar brush, off main creek channels. Largemouth bass fair on dark colored soft plastic lures and topwater lures early and late in shallow water and schooling bass on topwater baits in open water. White bass fair on sassy shad and topwater baits around open points. Channel catfish fair on juglines and trotlines with live bait. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.
Murray: July 27. Water 84. Largemouth and smallmouth bass slow to fair early and late. Channel catfish fair on stinkbait, chicken liver, worms and minnows. Crappie slow. All other fishing slow. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in
Pine Creek: July 25. Elevation below normal, water clear. Bass good on jigs around rocky points and creek inlets. Catfish good on night crawlers. Crappie fair on minnows in deeper water near surface. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr: July 27. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 87 and murky. Largemouth bass slow. White bass slow. Channel catfish slow. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around submerged brush piles. Report submitted by Leland Sockey, game warden stationed in
Sardis Lake: July 25. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits, swim baits, plastic worms and plastic frogs in deep water midday, shallow water in the afternoons and early. Channel catfish fair to good on cut bait with juglines, trotlines and rod and reel. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs at 12-15 ft. Walleye slow. Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in
Texoma: July 25. Elevation 1 ft. above normal and generating on both units, water 86 and murky. Largemouth and smallmouth bass on plastic combination bait and deep diving crankbaits and some surface lures good at 5-15 ft. in creek channels and around riprap. Striped and white bass good on live bait, sassy shad, and some surface lures 5-25 ft. from Platter Flats to the south and west. Channel and blue catfish good on live bait, worms and stinkbait at 5-15 ft. Crappie fair to good on minnows at 5-15 ft. around the fish attractors. All fishing is slow below the dam. Report submitted by Bob Wingo, game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: July 19. Elevation normal, water 85 and murky. Largemouth bass fair on topwater lures, worms and jigs early and late. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around structure early and late. Channel catfish fair on juglines with cut shad and liver. Flathead catfish fair on live sunfish and night crawlers. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.