Lake of the Arbuckles: March 9. Elevation 5 3/4 ft. below normal, water 51 and clear to stained in upper creek arms and back of feeder coves. Crappie slow around docks and fair on minnows and jigs scattered around the lake at 25 ft. around brush piles. White bass are on the move and being caught at 20 ft. in back of creek arms off creek channel ledges. Bass being caught on crankbaits, jerk baits and Alabama rigs off points and bluffs. Report submitted by Jack Melton.
Blue River: March 5. Elevation normal, water 53 and clear. Trout good on rainbow, orange and yellow Power Bait, in-line spinnerbaits with hook dressing and gold spoons. Fly fishing good on egg patterns, green woolly bugger, caddis flies and midges around riffles and current in larger pools and below falls. Channel catfish good on stinkbait, chicken liver and minnows in larger pools around breaks in the current. Smallmouth and spotted bass fair on small crankbaits fished slowly in deeper pools around structure. Approximately 2,000 rainbow trout were stocked on March 5. Report submitted by Matt Gamble, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: March 10. Elevation near normal and rising, water low 30s. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fair on plastic baits, jerk baits and jigs. Crappie good on minnows and jigs in deeper water around structure. Walleye good on jigs and rogues in the upper end of the lake and mouths of creeks. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: March 10. Elevation 3 ft. below normal, water clear. Largemouth bass good on jerk baits and plastic baits along rocky areas. White bass slow. Blue catfish good on shad along flats. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs below docks and along riprap areas. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: March 10. Elevation 2 ft. above normal. Crappie fair on minnows along the river channel. Catfish fair on trot lines baited with cut shad and live bait. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan counties.
Konawa: March 11. Elevation normal, water 51 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and crankbaits at 4-8 ft. along the outside edge of weed beds and cattails. White bass and striped bass hybrids good on shad and jigs at 15 ft. in the discharge canal. All other fishing slow. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
Lower Mountain Fork: March 10. Fishing has been great. In addition to midges and blue-winged olive mayflies, March Browns and tan caddis flies are beginning to take trout throughout the river. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Lower Mountain Fork River: March 7. Stocked 1,577 lbs., approximately 2,472 rainbow trout. Report submitted by Don Groom, southeast region fisheries supervisor.
McGee Creek: March 10. Elevation 6 ft. below normal, water 52 and murky. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic bait at 15-25 ft. Crappie fair on minnows at 12-28 ft. over cedar brush in creek channels. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County.
Murray: September 25. Elevation below normal, water 83 and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good early and late. White bass slow to fair on topwater lures when chasing shad in the evenings. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, stinkbait and worms. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10-15 ft. around structure, brush piles and below docks. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in Carter County.
Pine Creek: March 10. Elevation below normal, water clear. Boat ramps have been reopened. Bass good on most jerk baits. Crappie good on jigs. Catfish slow. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robber's Cave State Park: March 7. Stocked 351 lbs., approximately 547 rainbow trout. Report submitted by April Drake, secretary southeast region fisheries.
Robert S. Kerr: March 5. Bass fair on crankbaits and stick baits off points, along creek channels and in coves up river. Spotted bass excellent up the Canadian River; look for concentrations of gulls. Crappie fair up Big San Bois Creek around deeper submerged brush. As water clears from recent rains look for improvement. White bass and striped bass fair on minnows and shad crankbaits upriver in deeper holes and around rock ledges. Channel and blue catfish excellent on trotlines and juglines baited with cut bait at 12-20 ft. close to creek and river channels. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis Lake: March 8. Elevation normal. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, stick baits and spinnerbaits. White bass slow. Channel and blue catfish good on cut bait and dead shad. Crappie fair to good at 8-10 ft. Walleye fair trolling and on jigs in shallows. Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: March 10. Elevation 6 ft. below normal, water 50 and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on crankbaits and plastic combination baits at 10-20 ft. off the points. Striped and white bass fair to good on live bait, sassy shad and salt craws at 10-30 ft. from Washita Point to the islands. Channel and blue catfish fair to good on live bait, cut bait and stinkbait at 10-30 ft. from Johnson Creek to Platter Flats. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs at 10-20 ft. along creeks and around underwater brush. Sunfish fair on tube jigs and shrimp at 5-10 ft. around the fishing docks. Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: March 10. Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Crappie good on minnows and fair on white grubs at 10-12 ft. around brushy cover. Catfish fair on juglines and trotlines baited with cut bait and dead minnows at 10-15 ft. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.