Oklahoma Fishing Reports
Whether you’re looking to reel in a trophy bass, prize walleye or channel catfish, we have you covered with weekly fishing reports from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife. Check back often to find out what fish species are biting, what bait to use and where you’ll find the most active fishing spots across Oklahoma lakes.
Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, flukes, and spinnerbaits around coves, points, and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and dough bait around coves and flats. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, docks, and standing timber.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, jigs, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, riprap, shallows, and shorelines. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks. Channel catfish slow on worms around brush structure and shallows.
Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait and shad around channels and riprap.
Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass good on Alabama rigs, bill baits, crankbaits, flukes, in-line spinnerbaits, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, channels, points, river channel, shorelines, and standing timber. Crappie good on grubs, hair jigs, jigs, and minnows around brush structure, flats, points, river mouth, and standing timber.
White bass and channel catfish good on cut bait, jigs, and worms around dam.
Channel catfish good on sunfish and worms around brush structure and dam. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around docks. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits around dam and shallows.
Blue and channel catfish good on crawfish, goldfish, live bait, live shad, shad, sunfish, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, and shorelines. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, PowerBait, small lures, and tube jigs below the dam, brush structure, coves, docks, and shorelines. Bluegill sunfish fair on PowerBait and worms around coves, docks, and shorelines.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, and worms around riprap and shallows.
Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, jigs, spinnerbaits, topwater lures, and worms around coves, docks, and shorelines. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good on crankbaits, plastic baits, and topwater lures below the dam and channels. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, spoons, and tube jigs below the dam, brush structure, docks, and main lake.
Crappie fair on jigs around brush structure and main lake. Channel catfish slow on punch bait, stinkbait, and worms around main lake.
Striped bass hybrids fair on crankbaits and jigs. Crappie and walleye fair on crankbaits, jigs, and minnows. Channel catfish fair on cut bait, stinkbait, and worms off rocks and main lake.
White bass good on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, and jigs around dam, points, rocks, and shorelines. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, jerk baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around points, rocks, shorelines, standing timber, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, shad, and stinkbait below the dam, dam, flats, river channel, and shorelines.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around creek channels, docks, points, shallows, and weed beds. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks. Channel catfish fair on worms around brush structure and shallows.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, live bait, punch bait, shad, stinkbait, and sunfish below the dam, brush structure, channels, creek channels, main lake, river channel, shorelines, and standing timber. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows below the dam, brush structure, channels, main lake, river channel, and standing timber.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on crawfish, goldfish, live bait, live shad, shad, shrimp, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, river channel, river mouth, and shorelines. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, PowerBait, small lures, and tube jigs around brush structure, coves, docks, and shorelines. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, jerk baits, minnows, and spinnerbaits around points, shorelines, and weed beds.
Striped bass, striped bass hybrids, and white bass good on crankbaits, hair jigs, jigs, live bait, live shad, sassy shad, and shad below the dam, main lake, points, and riprap. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish excellent on crawfish, cut bait, live bait, shad, shrimp, sunfish, and worms around channels, riprap, rocks, shallows, and shorelines. Paddlefish good snagging below the dam.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on Alabama rigs, bill baits, buzz baits, crankbaits, jerk baits, jigs, lipless baits, live bait, minnows, plastic baits, topwater lures, and tube jigs around brush structure, channels, coves, creek channels, docks, flats, main lake, points, riprap, river channel, river mouth, and rocks. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish excellent on chicken liver, cut bait, hot dogs, live bait, live shad, punch bait, shad, and stinkbait below the dam, creek channels, flats, points, riprap, and river channel. Bluegill, green, and redear sunfish excellent on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks.
Channel catfish slow on jigs, stinkbait, and worms around river channel and rocks.
Striped bass hybrids good on crankbaits and shad around main lake. Saugeye fair on crankbaits and plastic baits around channels and main lake. Largemouth bass fair on flukes and plastic baits around shorelines.
Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, shad, and worms around points and shallows. Crappie and saugeye fair on jerk baits, minnows, sassy shad, and spoons around brush structure, docks, main lake, points, and rocks.
Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits and topwater lures around brush structure, shallows, and shorelines. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, and worms around docks and shorelines. White bass fair on jigs around creek channels.
Crappie fair on hair jigs, jigs, and minnows around brush structure, channels, docks, and main lake. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on crankbaits, jerk baits, PowerBait, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, docks, main lake, and standing timber. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, grubs, hot dogs, live bait, and stinkbait below the dam, main lake, and river mouth.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits and topwater lures around shorelines and weed beds. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on dough bait, shad, and worms around channels, main lake, and rocks. Crappie, green sunfish, and redear sunfish fair on hot dogs, jigs, and minnows around docks, shallows, and shorelines.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits and jigs around brush structure and coves. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait and shad around river channel.
Largemouth bass excellent on crankbaits and plastic baits around main lake, points, and weed beds. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, and live shad around coves, discharge, main lake, and river channel. Channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, and shrimp around inlet, riprap, rocks, and weed beds.
White bass, crappie, and saugeye fair on jigs, minnows, sassy shad, small lures, and spoons around main lake, points, and rocks.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on jigs and plastic baits around brush structure, docks, points, riprap, and rocks. Channel catfish fair on shad around flats and main lake.
Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait, punch bait, and stinkbait around riprap. White bass fair on jigs and live bait around main lake. Bluegill, green, and redear sunfish fair on jigs and worms around shallows and shorelines.
Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait and worms around points, riprap, and shallows. White bass good on in-line spinnerbaits, jigs, and minnows around docks and points. Striped bass Hybrid slow on crankbaits and shad around dam and points.
Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around docks and shorelines. Largemouth bass fair on buzz baits, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around points, shallows, and shorelines. White bass on small lures around inlet and points.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, coves, flats, and shorelines. White bass good on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, and small lures around coves, creek channels, flats, and main lake. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, live bait, live shad, and shad around channels, river channel, and river mouth. Comments: Black bass has been fair, with the early hours of the day or late evening being the better opportunities. They can be found near schools of shad. Top water early has been successful for anglers. White bass can also be found in coves and the main lake, schooling and feeding. When spotting schooling up and hitting the surface, catching them can be easy but toughens up once they stop.
Striped bass good on live shad around channels, flats, main lake, and points. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, dough bait, hot dogs, live shad, punch bait, and stinkbait around coves, docks, points, and river channel. Crappie fair on caddis flies, hair jigs, jigs, and minnows around brush structure, coves, docks, points, and standing timber. Comments: Fishing this week has been good. Striper continue to be very good on live shad. Any ledge off a channel is producing lots of good fish. Catfish are being caught near the channels and river mouth on cut bait and live shad. Crappie are being caught near brush piles in open water and around docks on jigs and minnows.
Crappie on jigs and minnows around docks, points, and shorelines.
Largemouth bass good on jigs, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, channels, coves, main lake, points, and river channel. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait and shad around main lake. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure, main lake, and river channel.
Largemouth and spotted bass excellent on Alabama rigs, bill baits, buzz baits, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, minnows, and plastic baits around brush structure, main lake, standing timber, and weed beds. Crappie fair on minnows, small lures, and tube jigs around brush structure, docks, shorelines, standing timber, and weed beds. Channel and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, live bait, live shad, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms around dam, discharge, riprap, and rocks.
Blue catfish good on shad below the dam. Paddlefish fair snagging below the dam. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and jigs around brush structure and main lake.
Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around coves and points. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure. Channel catfish good on chicken liver, crawfish, cut bait, and punch bait around creek channels.
Largemouth bass fair on bill baits, jigs, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and tube jigs around brush structure, points, shallows, shorelines, and weed beds. White bass good on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, hair jigs, jigs, and minnows below the dam. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, live bait, stinkbait, and worms around channels, creek channels, flats, inlet, main lake, river channel, and river mouth.
Largemouth bass good on bill baits, buzz baits, crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, channels, points, shorelines, and standing timber. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on cut bait, shad, sunfish, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, points, and standing timber. Crappie good on jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, channels, points, sandbar, and standing timber.
Blue and flathead catfish fair on cut bait and shad around creek channels. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good on live shad and shad around main lake. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around creek channels and standing timber. Comments: Hybrids and white bass are being caught 35-45 ft. deep. Blus and channel catfish are being caught on trot lines along the creek channels. The water above Highway 20 bridge is muddy and the water below the bridge is pretty clear.
Largemouth bass fair on jerk baits, plastic baits around brush structure and rocks. Saugeye fair on crankbaits, jigs, and live shad around main lake and points. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and sunfish around coves and main lake. Comments: All walleye, sauger, and saugeye less than 18 inches must be immediately released back to the water.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around coves, creek channels, and shorelines. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, and shad around channels, main lake, and river channel. White bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, and small lures around flats, main lake, and river channel. Comments: The black bass bite is best in the early morning and late evening and really slows down into the morning and throughout the day. If you can find the shad schooling up in the coves at daylight, that has been the best bite lately. Anglers after catfish have been having some success along the river and creek channels using jug lines or rod and reel.
Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait and stinkbait around flats, rocks, and standing timber. Striped bass hybrids and white bass fair on crankbaits around main lake and points. Comments: Hybrids and white bass fair to good trolling.
Largemouth bass, crappie, and saugeye good on jigs, lipless baits, and minnows around brush structure, main lake, points, and rocks. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good on crankbaits and minnows around main lake and rocks. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait, minnows, stinkbait, and worms around docks, main lake, rocks, and shorelines.
Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around coves, creek channels, and shorelines. Flathead catfish excellent on live bait below the dam and river channel. White bass fair on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, and jigs around points, rocks, and shorelines.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits around brush structure and points. Channel catfish good on chicken liver, stinkbait, and worms around creek channels and riprap. Crappie slow on jigs and minnows around brush structure and standing timber.