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Keystone State Park Contacts
Oologah USACE Fishing: (580) 762-2248.
Copan USACE Game Warden: (405) 747-0505.
Operator Fees and Facilities: (918) 372-5157.
U.S. Corps of Engineers.
Contacts LAKE CARL ETLING
Fishing: (580) 762-2248. Lake Carl Etling is 26 miles northwest of Boise City in Cimarron
Game Warden: (918) 440-9880, (580) 761-4097, (918) 381-4099, County within Black Mesa State Park (S5&6,T4N,R2E). Vegetation
(918) 331-5798, (918) 331-5798.
around the lake is pinon-juniper-mesa type. The lake has two boat
ramps, good picnic and camping facilities, and state park cabins.
BIXHOMA LAKE Lake Carl Etling was built by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Bixhoma Lake is 2 miles south of Leonard on Bixoma Lake Road. Conservation in 1958.

Nearby Campgrounds Lake Details
Okmulgee Recreation Area Shoreline Length: 4.50 miles.
Dripping Springs Recreation Area Volume: 1,717 acre-feet.
Sequoyah Bay State Park Maximum Depth: 38 feet.
Sequoyah State Park Surface Area: 159 acres.
Keystone USACE Nearby Campgrounds
Keystone State Park Black Mesa State Park
ADA Information Management Practices
The northwest shoreline has a fishing dock. Good populations of largemouth bass, flathead catfish, walleye,
Contacts and smallmouth bass are present.
Fishing: (918) 299-2334 Special Area Fishing Regulations
Game Warden: (918) 625-5796, (918) 625-5085 Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined
Wagoner County: (918) 366-3859. per day. Methods: Two rods and reels per person. Bowfishing
allowed. Cast nets may be used to take bait for personal use. All
LAKE CARL BLACKWELL other methods are prohibited.
Lake Carl Blackwell is 8 miles west of Stillwater on State Highway Contacts
51. Oklahoma State University manages campgrounds with full Fishing: (580) 474-2663.
RV hookups, cabins, boat ramps, fishing docks and designat- Game Warden: (580) 651-9133.
ed swimming areas. An enclosed crappie dock is just north of
the lake store. Hybrid striped bass are stocked. Saugeye are DRIPPING SPRINGS LAKE
stocked to manage for quality crappie. Dripping Springs Lake is 6.5 miles southwest of Okmulgee on
Dripping Springs Road. Dripping Springs Lake is a fishing-only
Nearby Campgrounds lake (no water sports allowed). Dripping Springs Lake has one boat
OSU Lake Carl Blackwell. ramp, one boat dock, and one fishing dock. City of Okmulgee
Lake McMurtry. manages campgrounds with full RV hookups.
ADA Information
Ski Point boat ramp is ADA compliant. Lake Details
Special Area Fishing Regulations Shoreline Length: 22 miles.
Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saug- Volume: 17,008 acre-feet.
eye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum. Methods: Noodling Maximum Depth: 36 feet.
is prohibited. Surface Area: 1,055 acres.
Operator Nearby Campgrounds
Oklahoma State University. Dripping Springs Recreation Area
Okmulgee Recreation Area
DARRIN HILL/ODWC Management Practices
Florida largemouth bass are stocked fre-
quently.
ADA Information
Boat ramp and fishing dock are ADA com-
pliant.
Operator
City of Okmulgee.
Contacts
Fishing: (405) 379-5408.
Game Warden: (918) 625-5971,
(918) 625-6013.
Fees and Facilities: (918) 756-5971.
Lake Carl Etling.

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