Southeast Region

Fishing and Waterfowl reports provided by
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
For ODWC information, contact Paul Moore

November 5, 2008

Arbuckle: Nov. 3. Elevation 4 ft. below normal, water 64. Lots of algae on water. stained. Bass fair to good using Carolina rig, crankbaits and shaky head worms. White bass good using spoons on drop-offs and knolls at 28-36 ft. Crappie fair on brush piles. All other species is slow. Report submitted by Jack Melton.

Blue River: November 4. Elevation normal, water 59 and clear. Bass fair on minnows and flies. Catfish fair to good on worms and liver. Trout fair to good on super dupers, rooster tails, meal worms and power baits. Report submitted by Charles Baker, technician at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.

Broken Bow: November 3. Elevation normal, water clear. Bass fair on deep running crankbaits at the mouths of creeks, points and islands. Catfish fair on juglines and trotlines with cut baits and liver. Crappie good on minnows and jigs around structure, standing timber on the upper end of the lake and the mouths of creeks. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Eufaula: November 2. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits in shallow rocky areas. Blue catfish fair on fresh shad drifting the shallow flats. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8-20 ft. around standing timber and under boat docks. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

Hugo: November 2. Elevation slightly below normal, water 71. Bass fair on minnows in brush piles. Catfish slow. Blue catfish good on cut shad around boat docks. Crappie fair on minnows around brush piles. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw and Bryan counties.

Konawa: November 5. Elevation normal, water 70 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits at 8-10 ft. along flats and points. All other fishing slow. Report submitted by Daryl Howser, game warden stationed in Seminole County.

Lower Mountain Fork River: Oct. 20. Fish for trout early or late in the day. Low light is the key. A good tactic is to use two flies. One large attractor pattern and a much smaller fly that mimics the actual insects available to the fish. Flies to try are egg patterns, worm patterns, Humpys, elk hair caddis and stimulators. Dropper flies are small soft hackles, pheasant tail, zebra midge, prismatic and emerger. Report submitted by Beavers Bend Fly Shop.

McGee Creek: Nov. 3. Elevation normal, water 72 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic craws and crawfish colored crankbaits at 6-18 ft. along rocky points. Crappie fair on minnows at 12-20 ft. over cedar brush. Channel catfish fair on juglines baited with sunfish. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden stationed in Atoka County

Murray: November 3. All fishing slow. Report submitted by Jeremy Brothers, game warden stationed in Carter County.

Pine Creek: Nov. 3. Elevation normal, water clear. Bass fair on deep running crankbaits around creek channels. Crappie fishing has picked up, although anglers are catching small fish, they are catching many on minnows around the old bridge near lost rapids. Catfish fair on chicken liver on trotlines and jugs. White bass fair on spoons in deeper channels. Report Submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Robert S. Kerr: Nov. 3. Elevation normal, water 63 and murky. Largemouth bass good at 3-6 ft. using plastic baits fishing the weed and woody cover. Crappie good at 8 ft. using minnows fishing the edge of the old creek channels. White bass fair at 10 ft. using jigs fishing below Webbers Falls dam. Blue catfish good at 3-8 ft. using fresh cut bait, minnows and worms fishing in the standing timber used by the cormarants. Report submitted by Rick Olzawski, game warden stationed in Haskell County.

Sardis Lake: November 3. Bass good to fair on crankbaits around points and creek channels and around cover on spinnerbaits. Crappie good off of Jack Fork bridge with minnows and off of tower on live minnows, and on brush piles using pink grubs or green and black activity is better at night. Flathead catfish slow on live bait on jugs or trotlines. Blue and channel catfish fair on jugs and trotlines on cut bait or shrimp. White bass good trolling around islands and on plugs and excellent when found surfacing. Walleye fair trolling around islands. Report submitted by Alan Couch, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.

Texoma: Nov. 3. Elevation 2 ft. below normal, water 70 and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good around the creek channels. Striped and white bass fair to good from Platter Flats south. Channel and blue catfish fair to good from the Hwy 70 bridge north. Crappie fair to good in Kansas and Widow Moore creeks. Sunfish good around the fishing docks. All other fishing is slow. Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.

Wister: Nov. 3. Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal and murky. Largemouth bass good on crawfish colored worms and crankbaits at points and drop-offs. Crappie good with small spinners and jigs around brush piles. Channel catfish good on cut shad and liver with jugs. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.