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PUBLIC FISHING WATERS (SPECIAL AREA REGULATIONS)                                  CLEAN. DRAIN. DRY.


        UNLESS LISTED, refer to statewide regulations.  >> Listed in Alphabetical Order  = Conservation Passport Area

        Mouth of Shawnee Creek    Fees & Facilities: (580) 494-6402,   Allowed methods: up to two rods   season (other times up to two rods
        downstream (east): If fishing in the   ext. 107    and reels per person, bowfishing  and reels per person).
        Red River, anglers must possess an   Game Warden: (918) 429-3910,   Note: Ponds and creeks within   Note: For more trout regulations,
        Oklahoma fishing license, unless   (918) 431-2559, (580) 413-0814,   Honobia Creek and Three Rivers   see page 17.
        exempt.                   (580) 513-6866, (580) 513-4963,   Wildlife Management Areas require
        For all of the Lower Red River:  (580) 513-4651    special permits. All resident   ROBERT S. KERR
        Daily/Size Limits: Alligator   Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or   anglers, except those under 18   Haskell, Muskogee and Sequoyah
                                                                                     Counties
        gar harvest must be reported   blue catfish: six combined per day.  years of age on the first day of
        within 24 hours via E-Check at   Allowed methods: rod and reel only.  the current calendar year or are   Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031
        wildlifedepartment.com. Transport                  64 years old or older, and all non-  Fees & Facilities: (918) 775-4475
        of shad from the Lower Red River   OVERHOLSER      resident anglers regardless of age
        is prohibited. If shad are collected   Oklahoma County  must possess a Land Access Permit   Game Warden: (918) 429-3123,
                                                                                     (918) 429-3122, (918) 625-4873,
        from the Lower Red River for use as                to fish and/or hunt on either the   (918) 625- 4691, (918) 431-2544,
        bait, they may only be used in the   Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288  Honobia Creek or Three Rivers   (918) 431-2550
        Lower Red River.          Fees & Facilities: (405) 297-1426  Wildlife Management Areas.
        Prohibited methods: bowfishing   Game Warden:      RAYMOND GARY              (Includes oxbows and cutoffs)
        for paddlefish, year-round. (Also   (405) 343-5489, (405) 203-3176,   Choctaw County  Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger
        see "Tailwaters" regulations; and   (405) 203-3178                           and saugeye: 16-inch minimum.
        shad restrictions on page 32).  Allowed methods: up to three rods   Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153
        MEDICINE CREEK TROUT AREA  and reels per person, with no more   Game Warden: (580) 317-5000  SCHOOLER
                                                                                     Choctaw County
                                                           Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or
        Comanche County           than three hooks per line (treble   blue catfish: six combined per day.  Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153
                                  hooks are considered one hook).
        Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795  Bowfishing during daylight hours   Allowed methods: up to two rods   Game Warden: (580) 317-5000
        Game Warden: (580) 695-7535  only. For all special regulations   and reels per person, bowfishing.
                                  visit okc.gov/departments/parks-                   Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or
        (Gondola Lake dam south to   recreation/lakes-and-fishing/  RIVERS & STREAMS  blue catfish: six combined per day.
        State Highway 49 bridge)  fishing-regulations.     Statewide                 Allowed methods: up to two rods
        Allowed methods: only one rod   OZZIE COBB         Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031  and reels per person, bowfishing.
        and reel per person during trout                                             SHELL LAKE
        season, bowfishing.       Pushmataha County        Game Warden: (405) 522-0871
        Note: For more trout regulations,   Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153  Statewide: It is unlawful to take or   Osage County
        see page 17. For Close to Home   Game Warden: (580) 271-0808,   possess more than 25 nongame fish  Fishing Contact: (580) 762-2248
        regulations, see page 22.  (580) 513-5014          harvested from a river or stream,   Game Warden: (918) 331-5798,
                                                           (see page 12 for daily limits on shad
        NANIH WAIYA               Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or   or species of special concern).   (918) 381-4099, (918) 440-9880,
                                                                                     (918) 761-4097
                                  blue catfish: six combined per day.
        Pushmataha County         Allowed methods: up to two rods   Private Properties: Landowner   Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger
        Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153  and reels per person, bowfishing.  consent must be obtained to utilize   and saugeye: six combined per
                                                           lands with rivers and/or creeks
        Game Warden: (580) 271-0808,                       flowing through them.     day/18-inch minimum.
        (580) 513-5014            PERRY CCC                                          SKIATOOK
                                  Noble County             Daily/Size Limits: Black bass
        Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or                  (largemouth, smallmouth, and   Osage County
        blue catfish: six combined per day.  Fishing Contact: (580) 762-2248  spotted): six combined per day, only
        Allowed methods: up to two rods   Fees & Facilities: (580) 336-4241  one of which may be a smallmouth   Fishing Contact: (580) 762-2248
        and reels per person, bowfishing.  Game Warden: (580) 370-0700  bass. Largemouth and smallmouth   Fees & Facilities: (580) 396-3170
        OKLAHOMA RIVER            Allowed methods: only one rod   bass must be 14 inches or longer.   Game Warden:
                                                           No size limit on spotted bass.
                                                                                     (918) 331-5798, (918) 381-4099,
        Oklahoma County           and reel per person during trout   Scenic Rivers: Use or possession   (918) 440-9880, (918) 761-4097
                                  season (other times, consult City of
        Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288  Perry for fishing regulations).  of a cast net is illegal on Baron Fork   Daily/Size Limits: Striped bass
        Fees & Facilities: (405) 297-1426  Note: For more trout regulations,   Creek, Flint Creek, Illinois River, Lee   and striped bass hybrids (does not
                                                           Creek, Little Lee Creek and Upper
        Game Warden: (405) 343-5489,   see page 17.        Mountain Fork River.      include white bass): five per day, of
                                                                                     which only two may be 20 inches
        (405) 203-3176, (405) 203-3178  PONCA                                        or longer.
        Allowed methods: up to three                       ROBBERS CAVE
        rods and reels per person, with   Kay County       Latimer County            SOONER
        no more than three hooks per   Fishing Contact: (580) 762-2248  Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153  Noble and Pawnee Counties
        line (treble hooks count as one   Fees & Facilities: (580) 767-0400          Fishing Contact: (580) 762-2248
        hook; restriction does not apply to                Fees & Facilities: (918) 465-2565
        artificial lures with more than three   Game Warden: (580) 761-6565  Game Warden: (918) 471-9447  Fees & Facilities: (405) 553-2919
        hooks). Noodling is only allowed   Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger        Game Warden: (580) 370-0700,
        from the NW 10th Street bridge to   and saugeye: six combined per   (Carlton, Coon Creek and Wayne   (918) 645-6116
        the MacArthur Street bridge.  day/18-inch minimum.  Wallace Lakes)           Daily/Size Limits: Striped bass:
        OKLAHOMA STATE PARK PONDS  Allowed methods: rod and reel only.  Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or   5 per day, minimum length of
                                                           blue catfish: six combined per day.
        Statewide                 PONDS (WMAS)             Allowed methods: up to two rods   20 inches; others must be returned
                                                                                     to the water immediately. Walleye,
        Fishing Contact: (800) 652-6552  Statewide         and reels per person, bowfishing.  sauger and saugeye: six combined
        Game Warden: (405) 522-0871  Fishing Contact: (405) 521-3721                 per day/18-inch minimum.
                                                           (From Carlton Lake Dam
        Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or   Game Warden: (405) 522-0871  downstream 1.5 miles to the   Allowed methods: rod and reel,
        blue catfish: six combined per day.                State Park boundary)      bowfishing, and noodling. Fishing
                                  (Within Wildlife Department                        is prohibited from dam, fenced
        OUACHITA WMA              Management Areas)        Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or   area below dam, and north bank of
        Le Flore and McCurtain Counties  Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or   blue catfish: six combined per day.  intake channel. Fishing in the buoy-
        Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153  blue catfish: six combined per day.  Allowed methods: only one rod   marked intake channel, discharge
                                                           and reel per person during trout   channel and spillway embankment
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