Arkansas River | Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Steve Mullen/RPS 2018

Contacts

Fishing: (918) 683-1031

Fishing: (918) 299-2334

Game Warden:

(580) 761-6565 (Kay)

(918) 440-9880 (Osage)

(580) 761-4097 (Osage)

(918) 645-6116 (Pawnee)

(918) 640-0316 (Tulsa)

(918) 857-5557 (Tulsa)

(918) 625-5796 (Wagoner)

(918) 625-5085 (Wagoner)

(918) 625-4873 (Muskogee)

(918) 431-2550 (Sequoyah)

(918) 431-2544 (Sequoyah)

(918) 431-2559 (Le Flore)

(918) 429-3910 (Le Flore)

(580) 513-0814 (Le Flore)

(918) 381-4099 (Osage)

(918) 331-5798 (Osage)

(580) 370-0700 (Noble)

(918) 625-4691 (Muskogee)

Campgrounds Nearby

Bait & Tackle Nearby

Bait & Tackle shops are displayed by distance, starting with the closest.

Woody's Bait & Tackle(20913 W 8th St, Sand Springs, OK 74063)- (918) 245-8491
Walmart Supercenter (Sand Springs)(220 OK-97, Sand Springs, OK 74063)- (918) 245-0213
Keystone Lake Bait & Store(998 W Oak Grove Rd, Cleveland, OK 74020)- (918) 899-2649
Bait Shop(Mannford, OK 74044)- (918) 865-3335
North Harvard Bait( 3326 N Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK 74115)- (918) 313-3788
Mister Bass Inc(4000 W Rogers Blvd, Skiatook, OK 74070)- (918) 396-3848
Walmart Supercenter (Skiatook)(700 W Rogers Blvd, Skiatook, OK 74070)- (918) 396-1244
Walmart Supercenter (Owasso)(12101 E 96th St N, Owasso, OK 74055)- (918) 272-6609
Walmart Supercenter (Claremore)(1400 S Reavis Rd, Claremore, OK 74017)- (918) 341-2765
JD Tackel Box(123 N Owalla Ave, Claremore, OK 74017)- (918) 923-4820

Area Specific Fishing Regulations

Daily/Size Limits:

Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/16-inch minimum, including all reservoirs and unimpounded tributaries from Keystone Dam downstream to the Oklahoma state line.

Methods:

Prohibited methods: snagging between April 15-May 15 in the Arkansas River from Zink Dam for 800 feet downstream.

In the tailwaters area immediately below Webbers Falls Lock and Dam; bowfishing, gigs, spears, spearguns and snagging is prohibited in the first 1,000 feet. Trotlines, throwlines, limblines, juglines and yo-yos are prohibited below Webbers Falls Lock and Dam for a distance of one mile.

Fish Species of Interest

Sauger Paddlefish Bass, Striped

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Weston L

Caught 04/11/2025 at: Arkansas River

Kace Ayers

Caught 04/08/2025 at: Arkansas River

Kace Ayers

Caught 04/08/2025 at: Arkansas River

Kace Ayers

Caught 04/04/2025 at: Arkansas River

Martin B

Caught 03/25/2025 at: Arkansas River

Justin N

Caught 03/08/2025 at: Arkansas River

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