From Staff Reports
Arbuckle: October 15. Elevation above normal, water 79 and stained. Largemouth bass good on topwater lures, rattletraps, and swimming a Carolina rig with lizard around the main lake. White bass fair on grubs and spoons. Crappie good on jigs around docks and at 21 ft. around brush piles. Report submitted by Jack Melton
Broken Bow: October
11. Elevation below normal, water 81. Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass good on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, and plastics around brush structure, points, and standing timber. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, punch bait, and stinkbait around channels and in coves. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: October 11. Elevation above normal, water 87 and murky. Bluegill, green, and redear sunfish good on grubs and worms around shallows. Flathead catfish fair on live bait, live shad, and sunfish around river channel and river mouth. Report submitted by Jake Bersche, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: October 11. Elevation normal, water 76 and murky. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, shad, stinkbait, and sunfish below the dam, and around channels, main lake, river channel, and shorelines. Crappie good on jigs and minnows below the dam, and around brush structure, main lake, river channel, and standing timber. Report submitted by Andrew Potter, game warden stationed in Choctaw County.
Konawa: October 10. Elevation normal, water 80 and clear. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, jigs, plastics, and topwater lures around main lake, points, river channel, and weed beds. Striped bass hybrids and white bass fair on Alabama rig, crankbaits, and live shad around coves, inlet, and river channel, Channel catfish good on chicken liver and stinkbait around coves, inlet, and weed beds. Report submitted by Garret Harley, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
Lower Mountain Fork: October 11. Elevation normal, water clear. Rainbow trout good on PowerBait, tube jigs, and worms around channels and shallows. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
McGee Creek: October
11. Elevation below normal, water 80 and stained. Largemouth and spotted bass good on crankbaits, flukes, jigs, and topwater lures around channels, creek channels, points, and shorelines. Channel and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, goldfish, minnows, and sunfish around creek channels and river channel. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed Atoka County.
Pine Creek: October 11. Elevation above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, grubs, jigs, topwater lures, and tube jigs around coves and creek channels. Crappie good on jigs around brush structure and creek channels. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver around creek channels. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr: October
13. Elevation above normal, water 80 and murky. Largemouth bass fair on jigs, plastics, and spinnerbaits around shallows and shorelines. Blue catfish fair on cut bait and shad around creek channels and river channel. Blue catfish also good on jug lines and on rod and reel. Crappie fair on hair jigs, jigs, and minnows around brush structure, creek channels, and standing timber. Report submitted by Jerry Henry, game warden stationed in Sequoyah County.
Sardis: October 9. Elevation normal, water
70. Largemouth bass and spotted bass good on buzz baits, crankbaits, plastics, small lures, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, points, shorelines, standing timber, and weed beds. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, shad, and sunfish around channels, flats, main lake, and shorelines. Crappie fair on jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure and standing timber. Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: October 12. Elevation normal, water
78. Striped bass good on Alabama rigs, live shad, and topwater lures around flats, main lake, and points. Lake fishing is moderate for striped bass. Some surface feeding is still present, live bait is effective for catching striper. Report submitted by Trey Hale, game warden stationed in Bryan County.