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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
Robber's Cave
Latimer(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.
(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(Includes oxbows and cutoffs)
Walleye, sauger and saugeye: 16-inch minimum.
Schooler
ChoctawChannel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.
Shell Lake
OsageWalleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.
Skiatook
OsageStriped bass and striped bass hybrids (does not include white bass): five per day, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer.
Sooner Lake
Noble, PawneeStriped bass: 5 per day, minimum length of 20 inches; walleye, sauger, saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum; others must be returned to the water immediately.
Allowed methods: rod and reel, bowfishing, and noodling. Fishing is prohibited from dam, fenced area below dam, and north bank of intake channel. Fishing in the buoy-marked intake channel, discharge channel and spillway embankment is bank fishing only (no float tubes or wading).
Stanley Draper
Cleveland, OklahomaAllowed 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.
Taft
MuskogeeAllowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person.
Tailwaters
First 1,000 feet below any federal or Grand River Dam Authority dam at Wister, the tailwater designation extends downstream to the second set of powerlines at the confluence of the old and new river channels.
Fishing limited to only two rods and reels per person. Unlawful to keep a foul-hooked fish (any fish hooked other than inside the mouth) unless taken in a tailwater open to snagging (non-game fish only).
Bowfishing prohibited except at Eufaula, Fort Gibson, Heyburn, Hudson, Keystone and Wister. Bowfishing is open on Thunderbird past the first 75 feet from the dam.
Gigs, spears and spearguns prohibited, except at Hudson.
Snagging prohibited, except at Fort Gibson tailwaters.
Each angler must keep their fish separate, marked with their name and customer ID number or lifetime license number when fishing in tailwaters.
Wister tailwater is closed to noodling.
Dam/Spillway regulations are different for the Lower Mountain Fork River.
Bureau of Reclamation Tailwaters Fishing closed year-round at Arbuckle, Fort Cobb and Foss.
Fishing closed for the first 75 feet from dam at Altus-Lugert, McGee Creek, Thunderbird and Tom Steed.
Bowfishing, noodling, trotlines, throwlines, limblines, juglines and yo-yos are prohibited on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River from the spillway of Great Salt Plains Lake downstream to State Highway 38 Bridge.
Tenkiller
Cherokee, Sequoyah(Downstream from Horseshoe Bend boat ramp to dam)
All crappie: 15 combined per day/10-inch minimum.
(Downstream from Horseshoe Bend boat ramp to dam)
Prohibited methods: gigs and spears downstream of Horseshoe Bend boat ramp. Speargunning is legal when used with scuba, except taking flathead catfish from June 15 through July 15 is prohibited.