Fishing Reports - Northeast
1.
Birch
2. Carl Blackwell
3. Copan
4. Eucha
5. Ft. Gibson
6. Grand
7. Greenleaf
8. Hudson
9. Hulah
10. Kaw
11. Keystone
12. Oologah
13. Pawhuska
14. Skiatook
15. Sooner
16. Spavinaw
17. Tenkiller
18. Webbers Falls
19.
Lower Illinois River
20.
Bell Cow
21.Chandler
Bell
Cow:
May 19. Elevation below normal, water 72 and muddy. Bass good on plastic baits and spinnerbaits.
Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, worms and dough bait. Crappie good on minnows and jigs.
Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.
Birch: May 17. Elevation below normal, water upper 60s and clear. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 3-8 ft. Report submitted by David Clay, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Carl Blackwell: May 21. Elevation below normal, water 65-68 and clear. Crappie good on minnows and jigs around structure. Channel catfish good on stinkbait around rocks. Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and other artificial baits in shallow water. Report submitted by Wade Farrar, game warden stationed in Logan County.
Chandler: May 19. Elevation above normal, water 72 and muddy. Bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic baits. Channel catfish fair on dough bait, stinkbait and chicken liver. Crappie good on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.
Copan: : May 18. Elevation normal, water clearing. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 2-4 ft. White bass fair on minnows and jigs near the mouth of creeks and inlets. Blue and channel catfish being caught on cut bait and chicken liver. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Eucha: May 21. Elevation slightly above normal, water 68 and dingy. Largemouth bass fair on jerk baits. Bluegill good on crickets and worms around grass beds. Catfish good on live sunfish. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Ft. Gibson: May 19. Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water stained. Catfish excellent on whole shad and drift fishing the flats and main channel. Paddlefish good below the main dam and the low water dam. White bass good on white spinnerbaits and white grubs below both dams from the bank and from boats. Crappie excellent on minnows and jigs at 1 ft. early and late. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits and jig-and -craw combinations. Report submitted by Rick Stafford of Wagoner.
Grand: May 18. Elevation normal, water low 60s. Largemouth bass good on jigs with craw trailers. White bass good on small jigs up Elk River, Drowning Creek and Honey Creek. Crappie good on minnows and jigs shallow around structure. Report submitted by Kody Moore, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Greenleaf: May 21. Bass good on soft jerk baits, Yum Dingers, Sinkos, spinnerbaits and jigs with plastic trailers shallow in grassy areas. White bass excellent on imitation shad while chasing shad. Crappie good on minnows, Bobby Garland jigs, Strike King Jokers and hand tied jigs. Report submitted by Mike's Outdoors.
Hudson: May 20. Elevation normal. Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic baits. White bass fair to good on small lures in the upper end. Channel and blue catfish good on chicken liver. Crappie good on small jigs and minnows. Paddlefish fair in the upper end. Report submitted by Steve Loveland, game warden stationed in Rogers and Mayes counties.
Hulah: May 18. Elevation normal, water clearing. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 3-6 ft. White bass fair on minnows and jigs in white and pink near the mouth of creeks and inlets. Blue catfish good on cut bait and worms. Report submitted by Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County
Kaw: May 15. Blue catfish good on worms with rod-and-reel and slow on juglines baited with cut bait and worms. Crappie good around Washunga Bay. Paddlefish slow below the dam. Report submitted by Emily Long, game warden stationed in Kay and Grant counties.
Keystone: May 21. Elevation 2 ft. above normal, water 61. Crappie excellent on minnows and jigs along shorelines. Catfish good on cut bait at 40-50 ft. Bass good on crankbaits and plastic baits. Report submitted by Karlin Bailey, game warden stationed in Creek County.
Lower Illinois:
April 29. Elevation normal, water 46 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and minnows at 2-3 ft. all along the river.
White bass good on jigs and spinnerbaits at 1-3 ft. all along the river. Striped bass slow on shad at 2 ft. at the mouth of the river.
Channel catfish excellent on cut bait on bottom all along the river. Crappie slow on jigs and spinnerbaits at 1-3 ft. all along the river.
Trout excellent on flies on the surface, on rooster tails at 1-2 ft. and on Power Bait from the dam to Gore Landing.
Report submitted by D. Tracy, Town of Gore.
Lower Illinois:
March 19. Stocked 2,329 rainbow trout. The Corps of Engineers
will be doing turbine inspections on Tenkiller Dam during March
and April and the turbines will be out of use for 4-6 weeks.
Report submitted by Josh Johnston, biologist stationed in the
east central region.
Oologah:
May 12. Elevation 1/2 ft. above normal and falling slowly, water
low to mid 60s and muddy on the north end and murky on the
south end. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 2-8 ft. along
rocky banks. Channel and blue catfish good on shad and liver
around the mouth of the river on the north end. Largemouth
bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits at 4-8 ft. around
points. Blue catfish fair on shad below the dam. White bass
fair on jigs below the dam. Report submitted by Brek Henry,
game warden stationed in Rogers County.
Pawhuska:
March 5. Trout fair on Power Bait. Report submitted by David Clay, game warden
stationed in Osage County.
Skiatook:
May 20. Elevation 13 1/2 ft. below normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits in back of coves.
Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 2-5 ft. along shorelines. Report submitted by Paul Welch,
game warden stationed in Osage County.
Spavinaw:
May 21. Elevation 1/3 ft. above normal, water 72 and dingy.
Largemouth bass fair on plastic lizards and crayfish. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 8-10 ft.
Bluegill good on crickets and worms around the dam area. Catfish fair on live sunfish.
Walleye slow to fair along drop-offs into deep water early and late. Report submitted by Dwight Moore, City of Tulsa.
Tenkiller:
May 20. Elevation 3 1/2 ft. above normal and steady, water clearing. Largemouth,
smallmouth and spotted bass fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and soft plastic baits at 5-10 ft.
Crappie fair on tube jigs and minnows at 5-10 ft. Catfish good on flip-flops or juglines baited
with cut bait near the main channel. Report submitted by Monte Brooks of Cookson.
Webbers Falls: May 21. Bass good on Sweet Beaver lures and pitching baits shallow up creeks around logs and stumps. Catfish good on cut shad and dough bait starting to move around. Crappie good on minnows and jigs shallow. Report submitted by Mike's Outdoors.