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Public Fishing Areas: Special Regulations

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In addition to general fishing regulations, statewide species regulations and Department fishing area rules, this section addresses special regulations that apply to public fishing waters.  If a species or body of water is not listed, refer to statewide regulations.

  = Conservation Passport Area

Oklahoma River

Oklahoma
Methods:

Allowed methods: up to three rods and reels per person, with no more than three hooks per line (treble hooks count as one hook; restriction does not apply to artificial lures with more than three hooks). Noodling is only allowed from the NW 10th Street bridge to the MacArthur Street bridge.

Ouachita WMA

Le Flore, McCurtain
Daily/Size Limits:

Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Methods:

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.

Overholser

Oklahoma
Methods:

Allowed methods: up to three rods and reels per person, with no more than three hooks per line (treble hooks are considered one hook). Bowfishing during daylight hours only. For all special regulations visit okc.gov.

Ozzie Cobb 

Pushmataha
Daily/Size Limits:

Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Methods:

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Perry CCC

Noble
Methods:

Allowed methods: only one rod and reel per person during trout season (other times, consult City of Perry for fishing regulations).

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.

Ponca, Lake

Kay
Daily/Size Limits:

Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.

Methods:

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.

Raymond Gary

Choctaw
Daily/Size Limits:

Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Methods:

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Robber's Cave

Latimer
Daily/Size Limits:

(Carlton, Coon Creek and Wayne Wallace Lakes and From Carlton Lake Dam downstream 1.5 miles to the State Park boundary)

Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Methods:

(Carlton, Coon Creek and Wayne Wallace Lakes)

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

(From Carlton Lake Dam downstream 1.5 miles to the State Park boundary)

Allowed methods: only one rod and reel per person during trout season (other times up to two rods and reels per person).

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.

Robert S. Kerr

Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah
Daily/Size Limits:

(Includes oxbows and cutoffs)

Walleye, sauger and saugeye: 16-inch minimum.

Schooler 

Choctaw
Daily/Size Limits:

Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Methods:

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.