Page 29 - 2022/2023 Oklahoma Fishing & Hunting Regulations

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hooks are considered one hook). Prohibited methods: gigs and Little River upstream of Franklin Watonga
Bowfishing during daylight hours spears downstream of Horseshoe Road in Cleveland County. Blaine County
only. Bend boat ramp. Speargunning is Fishing Contact: (580) 474-2663
legal when used with scuba, except Upper Illinois River
Taft taking flathead catfish from June 15 and Tributaries Game Warden: (580) 623-0206
Muskogee County through July 15 is prohibited. Includes Barren Fork Creek and Flint Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or
Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031 Texoma Creek blue catfish: six combined per day.
Game Warden: (918) 625-4873, Bryan, Johnston, Love and Marshall Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031 Allowed methods: only one rod
(918) 625-4691 Counties Game Warden: and reel per person during trout
Allowed methods: up to two rods Fishing Contact: (580) 924-4087 (918) 431-2552, (918) 431-2562 season (other times up to two rods
and reels per person), bowfishing.
and reels per person. Daily/Size Limits: Illinois River
Fees & Facilities: (903) 465-4990 upstream from Horseshoe Bend Note: For additional trout
Tailwaters Game Warden: (580) 320-2956, boat ramp, Barren Fork Creek and regulations, see page 17. The dam
Statewide (580) 320-2957, (580) 320-2948, Flint Creek; black bass (largemouth, at Watonga will be under repair until
Fishing Contact: (405) 521-3721 (580) 320-2950, (580) 276-7193, smallmouth, and spotted): six further notice. For more information
(580) 320-2951, (580) 320-2959
visit www.wildlifedepartment.com
combined per day, only one of
Game Warden: (405) 522-0871 Note: Fishing regulations may differ which may be a smallmouth bass.
First 1,000 feet below any between Oklahoma and Texas Largemouth and smallmouth bass Webbers Falls
federal or Grand River Dam portions of Lake Texoma. Check the must be 14 inches or longer. No size Muskogee County
Authority dam Texas Fishing Guide for details. limit on spotted bass. Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031
At Wister, the tailwater designation Prohibited methods: snagging Fees & Facilities: (918) 487-5252
extends downstream to the second Daily/Size Limits: Largemouth, and noodling. Bowfishing,
set of powerlines at the confluence smallmouth and spotted bass: five speargunning, and gigging are Game Warden: (918) 625-4873,
of the old and new river channels. combined per day/14-inch minimum prohibited, except for the following (918) 625-4691
for largemouth and smallmouth
Fishing limited to only two rods bass. Striped bass and/or striped methods/seasons: Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger
and reels per person. Unlawful bass hybrids: 10 combined per day, Upstream from the Horseshoe and saugeye: six combined per
to keep a foul-hooked fish (any of which only two may be 20 inches Bend boat ramp to State Highway day/16-inch minimum.
fish hooked other than inside the or longer. White bass: 25 per day/no 51/U.S. 62 bridge: Gigging is W.D. Mayo
mouth) unless taken in a tailwater size limit. All crappie: 37 combined permitted from Dec. 1 to March 1.
open to snagging (non-game fish per day/10-inch minimum. Flathead Speargunning is permitted from Le Flore and Sequoyah Counties
only). Bowfishing prohibited except catfish: five per day/20-inch Dec. 1 to March 31. Bowfishing is Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031
at Eufaula, Fort Gibson, Heyburn, minimum. The attempt to take or permitted from June 1 to March 31 Fees & Facilities: (918) 775-4475
Hudson, Keystone and Wister. harvest alligator gar is prohibited in the Upper Illinois River only.
Bowfishing is open on Thunderbird May 1-31. Alligator gar harvest must Game Warden: (918) 429-3910,
past the first 75 feet from the be reported within 24 hours via Upstream from State Highway (918) 431-2559, (580) 513-0814,
dam. Gigs, spears and spearguns E-Check at wildlifedepartment.com. 51/U.S. 62 bridge: Gigging, (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550
prohibited, except at Hudson. Texas Side: During May, no person bowfishing and speargunning are (Includes oxbows, cutoffs, and
Snagging prohibited, except at Fort shall take alligator gar from, or permitted from Dec. 1 to March 31. below dam to state line)
Gibson tailwaters (see additional possess alligator gar while on, the Possession or use of cast nets
snagging regulations on pages 11 Red River (including Lake Texoma) prohibited. Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger
and 16). Each angler must keep and all tributaries that drain directly and saugeye: six combined per
their fish separate, marked with or indirectly to the Red River on the Upper Poteau River day/16-inch minimum.
their name and customer ID number Texas/Oklahoma border in Cooke, and Fourche Maline
or lifetime license number when Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, River and Tributaries Wichita Mountains WR
fishing in tailwaters. Wister tailwater and Bowie counties. Le Flore County Comanche County
is closed to noodling. Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795
Bureau of Reclamation Thomas A. Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031 Fees & Facilities: (580) 429-3222
tailwaters Bamberger Sr. WMA Game Warden:
Fishing closed year-round at (Barren Fork Creek) (918) 429-3910, (918) 431-2559, Game Warden: (580) 695-7535
Arbuckle, Fort Cobb and Foss. Adair County (580) 513-0814 Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or
Fishing closed for the first 75 feet Prohibited methods: gigs, spears, blue catfish: six combined per day.
from dam at Altus-Lugert, McGee Fishing Contact: Streams Program and spearguns. Allowed methods: rod and reel
Creek, Thunderbird and Tom Steed. Fisheries Office (918) 683-1031. only.
Bowfishing, noodling, trotlines, Game Warden: (918) 431-2546, Vanderwork
throwlines, limblines, juglines and (918) 431-2539. Washita County
yo-yos are prohibited on the Salt Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795
Fork of the Arkansas River from the blue catfish: six combined per day. Game Warden: (580) 515-4484
spillway of Great Salt Plains Lake Allowed methods: up to two rods
downstream to State Highway 38 and reels per person. Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or
Bridge. blue catfish: six combined per day.
Thunderbird Allowed methods: up to two rods
Tenkiller Cleveland County and reels per person, bowfishing.
Cherokee and Sequoyah Counties Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288
Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031 Fees & Facilities: (405) 360-3572 Vincent
Fees & Facilities: (918) 487-5252 Game Warden: (405) 850-9757, Ellis County
Game Warden: (918) 431-2552, (405) 323-7863 Fishing Contact: (580) 474-2663
(918) 431-2562, (918) 431-2544, Game Warden: (580) 860-4967
(918) 431-2550 Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or
and saugeye: six combined per blue catfish: six combined per day.
(Downstream from Horseshoe day/18-inch minimum.
Bend boat ramp to dam) Prohibited methods: bowfishing, Allowed methods: up to two rods
Daily/Size Limits: All crappie: gigging, spearing, spearguns, and reels per person, bowfishing.
15 combined per day/10-inch snagging, and noodling within the
minimum.

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