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07-24-2009, 02:51 PM
CENTRAL

Arcadia: Second report: July 20 — elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water 86 and degrees murky. Channel catfish good on shad, shrimp and minnows at 8 to 15 ft. along the north cove and south banks morning and evening.
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Draper: July 19 — elevation normal and clear. Crappie fair to good for crappie on minnows and jigs off fishing docks. Channel catfish good on cut baits and stinkbaits on rip rap.

Hefner: July 20 — white bass fair trolling along the dam on rooster tails and small crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish good when the water is flowing at the inlet on shad and punch bait. Largemouth bass fair early and late on deep diving crankbaits in the southern coves at 8 to 10 ft.

Overholser: July 19 — white bass good on minnows at the west side dock. Channel catfish good on worms, chicken liver and stinkbait in the tailwaters and in the lake.

Thunderbird: July 19 — elevation normal and clear. Crappie good on small jigs and minnows at 6 to 8 ft. on structure. Catfish good on stinkbait and cut baits off points and drop and rip rap. Bass fair on tandem spinners, topwater baits and medium-diving crankbaits in coves and structure.

Wes Watkins: July 20 — elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 84 degrees and clear. Crappie biting on small minnows at 20 ft. near structure.

NORTHEAST

Birch: July 20 — elevation normal, water mid 80 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures Carolina-rigged at 8 to 15 ft. and on chuggers and zara spooks early and late. Striped bass hybrids good on crankbaits trolling mid-lake humps and on live shad at 15 to 20 ft. Occasional surfacing hybrids can be caught on topwaters.

Chandler: July 19 — elevation below normal, water clear. Channel catfish good on doughbaits and stinkbaits. Crappie good on minnows.

Copan: July 20 — elevation normal and murky. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8 to 10 ft. near structure. Blue catfish slow on chicken livers below the dam. Channel catfish slow on chicken livers below the dam.

Eucha: July 21 — elevation 3/4 ft. below normal, water 84 degrees and dingy. Largemouth bass good on plastic baits at 14 to 16 ft. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush and structure.

Grand: July 20 — elevation normal, water 89 degrees and clear to murky. Largemouth bass good on red and green rattletraps at 2 to 15 ft. around points and rocks. Smallmouth bass good on the rivers. White bass good on Texas slabs and minnows at 5 to 20 ft. morning and night. Catfish fair to good on dip bait, shad, chicken liver and night crawlers. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 15 to 20 ft. around the docks and brush.

Greenleaf: July 20 — elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass good on jigs, worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits along moss beds, rocky points and shorelines. Channel and blue catfish fair on fresh cut bait on bottom. Flathead catfish fair on sunfish.

Hudson: July 20 — elevation normal. Largemouth bass fair to good on plastic baits. White bass fair to good on small lures and jigs in the upper end of the lake.

Hulah: July 20 — elevation slightly below normal and murky. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8 to 10 ft. near structure.

Kaw: July 20 — blue catfish excellent on juglines and trotlines baited with shad and goldfish in Coon Creek Flats. White bass good below tailwaters during times of generation on jigs and crankbaits.

Keystone: July 21 — elevation 3 ft. above normal. Largemouth bass slow to fair on large plastic worms and jig and chunkbait at 8 to 15 ft. along brush piles and ledges. Smallmouth bass slow on crankbaits and jig and chunkbait at 10 to 15 ft. around points. Spotted bass slow to fair on 6 inch plastic worms and crankbaits at 8 to 15 ft. around bluffs. White bass fair to good on minnows, rooster tails and spoons at 10 to 15 ft. around points and bridges. Striped bass fair on bucktails and live shad at 3 to 6 ft. below the dam. Channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and worms at 8 to 12 ft. around points. Blue catfish fair to good on punchbaits and cut shad at 8 to 15 ft. around flats along creek channels in big coves. Flathead catfish fair on goldfish and sunfish at 10 to 15 ft. along steep rocky banks.

Lower Illinois: July 15 — elevation normal, water 59 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass good on topwater lures all along the surface. Striped bass good on plugs and live bait at 1 to 2 ft. below Gore Landing. Channel catfish good on cut bait on bottom all along the river.

Oologah: July 20 — elevation 1 ft. above normal, water in lower 80’s and murky. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles at 15 ft. white bass fair trolling shad colored crankbaits around main lake points at 10 to 15 ft.

Pawhuska Lake: Fishing report provided during trout season.

Skiatook: July 21 — elevation normal, water upper 80 degrees and clear. Striped bass fair on live shad at 25 to 35 ft. in Dad’s Creek and Skiatook Point.

Sooner: July 19 — white bass and striped bass hybrids fair on live shad and slabs, they are also good at the intake where water is being pumped from the river.

Spavinaw: July 21 — elevation slightly below normal, water 84 degrees and dingy. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits.

Tenkiller: July 20 — elevation 1/2 ft. below normal, water 89 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair early morning on topwater lures, buzzbaits and a variety of plastic worms. Catfish fair on stinkbaits at 18 to 21 ft. around points and on shad using flip-flops or juglines.

Webbers Falls: July 20 — elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic worms around brush structure, riprap and creek channels. Catfish fair on fresh cut bait and sunfish on bottom.

NORTHWST

Canton: July 20 — elevation normal. White bass and striped bass hybrids excellent on slabs and live shad near underwater islands. Walleye fair on slabs and night crawlers.

SOUTHEAST

Blue River: July 21 — elevation normal, water 78 degrees and clear. Bass good on topwater lures early in the morning and late in the evening and on small plastic grubs. Channel catfish good on stinkbaits and minnows.

Broken Bow: July 19 — elevation dropping, water clear. Spotted bass fair on topwater lures where schooling and on 10 inch motor oil colored worms Carolina and Texas rigged, early and late.

Eufaula: July 19 — elevation 1 ft. below normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits and crankbaits around deeper points. White bass good on topwater lures and slab spoons along the flats early and late.

Hugo: July 20 — elevation normal, water 85 degrees. Crappie fair on minnow along creek channels. Blue catfish good below the dam on cut shad.

Konawa: July 19 — elevation normal, water 96 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair on plastic worms at 10 ft. road beds.

McGee Creek: July 20 — elevation 1/2 ft. above normal, water 87 degrees and clear. Largemouth bass fair to good on soft plastic lures at 3 to 10 ft. and on topwater baits early and late for schooling fish. Crappie good around cedar brush on minnows and jigs.

Murray: July 20 — water 87 degrees and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on various baits, soft worms and soft jerk baits worked slowly early, late and at night. White bass good on minnows and jigs trolling and the marina early and late and around tires at night. Channel catfish good on various stinkbaits, worms, minnows and chicken livers. Crappie slow around brush and fish attractors.

Pine Creek: July 20 — bass great on brush hogs around brush and cover at 4 ft. and less. Crappie fair on jigs around brush.

Robert S. Kerr: July 20 — elevation normal, water 87 degrees and murky. Crappie good on minnows and small jigs at the brush piles at 8 to 12 ft. White bass good on crankbaits while trolling in the creek channel near the mouth of Big San Bois creek and the Arkansas River. Largemouth bass fair on soft baits and crankbaits at 2 to 6 ft. near the grass beds. Catfish good on fresh shad, cut bait, punch bait and earthworms on trotlines and juglines in the main creek channel and while drift fishing the mud-flats.

Sardis Lake: July 20 — bass good off of points and around creek channels on spinnerbaits and plugs also good on watermelon lizards in grass early mornings. Crappie excellent on pink grubs or green and black around cover and off of Jack Fork Bridge, half bridge and tower using live minnows. Flathead catfish fair on shad, sunfish or goldfish on jugs or trotlines off points close to channels. Blue and channel catfish excellent on jugs and trotlines on cut bait or shrimp or shad off points and close to channels. White bass excellent trolling around islands and east side lake by tower and excellent when found surfacing on lake.

Texoma: July 20 — elevation normal, water 86 degrees and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on topwater baits and crankbaits around the drop offs and creek channels. Striped and white bass fair to good on topwater baits and sassy shad from Catfish bay south. Channel and blue catfish fair to good on worms and cut bait, from the Hwy. 70 bridge north. Crappie fair around underwater brush.

Wister: July 20 — elevation 1 1/2 ft. below normal and murky. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits, topwaters zara spook early and late. Crappie fair with pink spinners, pink jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish fair on juglines baited with cut shad and liver.

SOUTHWEST

Altus-Lugert: July 20 — elevation 10 ft. below normal and dropping. Walleye and crappie fair to good. Striped bass hybrids fair. Catfish fair.

Foss: July 20 — elevation normal, water 80 degrees and clear. Gates closed. Striped bass hybrids fair on live bait and slabs in deep water. Walleye slow to fair drifting or trolling with shad colored lures. Catfish good on doughbait or stinkbait in channels.

Waurika: July 20 — elevation normal, water murky. Channel and blue catfish fair on worms and cut bait.