Lake of the Arbuckles:
January 9. Parts of lake frozen over. All fishing slow. Report
submitted by Jack Melton.
Blue River:
January 12. Elevation normal, water 35 and clear. Trout good
on power bait, super dupers, in-line spinnerbaits and yellow
marshmallows. Fly-fishing
has been good to excellent on San Juan worms, soft hackle pheasant
tails, zebra midges, olive woolly buggers and elk hair caddis flies. Bass
slow on soft plastics and small jigs. Channel catfish fair on stinkbait
and livers. Report submitted by Matt Gamble, biologist at the Blue
River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.
Broken Bow: January
10. Largemouth bass slow. Smallmouth bass slow. Catfish being caught
on juglines with cut bait and shad. Walleye should be getting better
in late January and early February close to rivers. Report submitted
by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: January 10. Elevation
1 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass slow. White bass
slow. Blue catfish fair on shad over deeper flats. Crappie fair
on minnows and jigs inside boat docks with brush. Report submitted
by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: January
10. Elevation 1 ft. above normal. Crappie fair on jigs below
the dam during water releases. Lake fishing is slow. Report submitted
by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Choctaw County.
Konawa: January 10. Elevation
normal, water 38 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic worms
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
River: No report submitted this week.
McGee Creek: January
10. Elevation 1 ft. above normal, water 39 and clear. Crappie fair
on minnows and jigs at 16-25 ft. Crappie best off of creek channels
around submerged brush. Report submitted by Larry Luman, game warden
stationed in Atoka County.
Murray: No report submitted
this week.
Pine Creek:
January 10. Elevation above normal, water murky. Bass slow. Crappie
fair on jigs near tops in deep water. Catfish fair on juglines
with cut shad in deep water. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game
warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr:
January 12. Elevation normal, water murky. Due to frozen water
conditions over most of the lake, all fishing slow. Report submitted
by Leland Sockey, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis Lake: January
10. Elevation slightly above normal, water 41. All fishing slow.
Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in Pushmataha
County.
Texoma: January 10. Elevation
normal, water 28 and clear. Smallmouth bass fair to good around
the riprap and sandy points. Striped bass fair to good in the river
channels. Blue catfish fair to good from Platter Flats north. All
other fishing slow. Report submitted by Danny Club, game warden
stationed in Bryan County.
Wister: January 10. Elevation
3 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass good on soft plastic
worms and spinnerbaits. Crappie fair on small spinnerbaits, pink
jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish fair on juglines with
cut shad and liver. Report submitted by Randy Fennel, game warden
stationed in LeFlore County.