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 points and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, dough bait, and PowerBait around channels, flats, and rocks. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, coves, and docks.
Largemouth bass good on buzz baits, grasshoppers, plastic baits, small lures, and spinnerbaits around shallows, shorelines, and weed beds. Crappie fair on jigs around brush structure and docks. Channel catfish excellent on cut bait, grasshoppers, and sunfish around brush structure and shorelines.
Crappie good on minnows around brush structure. Striped bass hybrids fair on crankbaits around channels.
Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, bill baits, crankbaits, flukes, in-line spinnerbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, spoons, and topwater lures around brush structure, coves, main lake, points, river channel, shorelines, and standing timber. Crappie fair on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, and spoons around brush structure, points, river mouth, and standing timber. Blue and channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, punch bait, shrimp, stinkbait, and worms around channels, coves, points, river channel, and river mouth.
Striped bass fair on live bait and slabs around main lake. Striped bass hybrids fair on live bait and slabs around main lake.
Largemouth bass good on buzz baits, grasshoppers, plastic baits, small lures, and spinnerbaits around shallows, shorelines, and weed beds. Crappie fair on jigs around brush structure and docks. Channel catfish excellent on cut bait, grasshoppers, and sunfish around brush structure and shorelines.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, crawfish, hot dogs, live bait, live shad, shad, shrimp, sunfish, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, riprap, and shorelines. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, docks, and shorelines.
Blue and flathead catfish slow on cut bait around coves and points.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, flukes, jigs, spinnerbaits, topwater lures, and worms around coves, docks, and shorelines. White bass and crappie fair on crankbaits, hair jigs, minnows, spoons, and tube jigs around brush structure, channels, docks, and main lake. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, live shad, shad, sunfish, and worms below the dam, channels, and coves.
Channel catfish slow on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, and rocks.
Striped bass hybrids slow on crankbaits and jigs. Walleye slow on crankbaits and jigs. Channel catfish fair on cut bait, stinkbait, and minnows around main lake and rocks. Drum good on multiple jigs or crankbaits.
Largemouth bass good on in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, lipless baits, plastic baits, and topwater lures around coves, points, rocks, shorelines, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, shad, and stinkbait below the dam, channels, flats, river channel, and shorelines. Crappie on hair jigs, jigs, and tube jigs around brush structure and docks.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, jigs, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, topwater lures, and worms around coves, creek channels, docks, shorelines, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, shad, and worms around coves, flats, and main lake. Crappie fair on jigs, minnows, slabs, and small lures around brush structure and docks.
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.
White bass slow on in-line spinnerbaits and spoons around coves, main lake, and river channel. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on chicken liver, crawfish, goldfish, hot dogs, live bait, live shad, shad, shrimp, stinkbait, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, riprap, and shorelines. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, small lures, spoons, and tube jigs around brush structure, docks, and shorelines.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on cut bait, goldfish, live bait, live shad, shad, and sunfish below the dam, points, riprap, rocks, and shallows. Striped bass, striped bass hybrids, and white bass fair on crankbaits, hair jigs, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, sassy shad, and topwater lures below the dam and points. Crappie fair on hair jigs, jigs, live bait, and minnows around brush structure and standing timber. Comments: Noodling excellent.
Largemouth and smallmouth fair on bill baits, jerk baits, jigs, lipless baits, and plastic baits around brush structure, channels, coves, points, and riprap. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on cut bait, dough bait, live bait, live shad, and stinkbait below the dam, channels, dam, flats, and main lake. Bluegill, green, and redear sunfish good on minnows and worms around brush structure and docks.
Channel catfish slow on worms around docks.
Largemouth bass good on plastic baits around shallows and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish excellent on cut bait and shad around docks, flats, and shorelines. Saugeye fair on crankbaits and plastic baits around main lake, points, and riprap.
All fishing slow
Largemouth bass good on plastic baits and spinnerbaits around brush structure and shorelines. White bass fair on Alabama rigs, in-line spinnerbaits, and jigs around coves. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure, docks, and shorelines.
Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, and plastic baits around main lake, points, riprap, rocks, and standing timber. Striped bass, striped bass hybrids, and white bass good on crankbaits, jigs, lipless baits, and sassy shad below the dam, discharge and tailwater. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, live bait, live shad, and sunfish around channels, river channel, river mouth, and rocks.
Largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear sunfish good on buzz baits, minnows, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, shorelines, and weed beds. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on live shad, punch bait, and sunfish around brush structure, dam, and main lake. Walleye fair on crickets and worms around flats and main lake.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits and jigs around brush structure and points. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and standing timber. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and shad around riprap and river channel.
All fishing slow.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on jigs, lipless baits, and plastic baits around brush structure, points, riprap, and rocks. Channel catfish slow on hot dogs and shad around main lake.
Bluegill, green, and redear sunfish fair on jigs and worms around creek channels, docks, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, hot dogs, and punch bait around channels. Largemouth and smallmouth bass slow on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, and plastic baits around creek channels and points.
Channel catfish fair on punch bait, stinkbait, and worms around riprap. White bass fair on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, and sassy shad around points.
White bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, and small lures around inlet, main lake, and points. Crappie slow on jigs and minnows around docks.
Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on crankbaits, flukes, jigs, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, coves, docks, and shorelines. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, live shad, and sunfish around channels, coves, and main lake. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, docks, and main lake.
Striped bass good on live bait, live shad, and topwater lures around channels, main lake, and points. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, dough bait, live bait, live shad, punch bait, and stinkbait around channels, coves, docks, and river channel. Crappie good on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, and nymphs around coves, docks, points, and standing timber. Comments: Fishing this week has been good. Striper have been good on live bait and starting to see more and more topwater action. Remember once the topwater action starts, try to keep your boat on the outside of the schools. Running your boat in the middle of them will push them down. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minions around open brush structure.
Saugeye fair on crankbaits, jigs, and plastic baits around points and rocks. Largemouth bass fair on Alabama rigs, buzz baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around coves and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait around dam, points, and riprap.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, jigs, and plastic baits around brush structure and river channel. Blue catfish good on cut bait and hot dogs around main lake and river channel. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure and main lake.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, jigs, minnows, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, docks, main lake, riprap, rocks, and standing timber. Channel and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, live bait, shrimp, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms below the dam, creek channels, riprap, and rocks. Crappie slow on minnows, small lures, and tube jigs around brush structure, main lake, and standing timber.
White bass fair on crankbaits and in-line spinnerbaits below the dam, flats, and main lake. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait and shad below the dam. Largemouth bass good on plastic baits and worms around brush structure, creek channels, and standing timber.
Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, plastic baits, and topwater lures around coves and points. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure, points, and standing timber. Flathead catfish good on live bait and sunfish around rocks.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, hot dogs, minnows, shad, sunfish, and worms below the dam, creek channels, main lake, river channel, and tailwater. Largemouth and spotted bass good on buzz baits, in-line spinnerbaits, plastic baits, small lures, spinnerbaits, spoons, and topwater lures around brush structure, coves, docks, rocks, shallows, shorelines, and weed beds. Crappie good on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, and small lures around brush structure, points, river channel, and rocks.
Largemouth bass good on buzz baits, crankbaits, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, channels, points, shorelines, and standing timber. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on cut bait, grasshoppers, shad, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms around brush structure, channels, main lake, points, and standing timber. Crappie good on jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, channels, points, and standing timber.
Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure. Striped bass hybrids fair on shad around creek channels.
Striped bass hybrids good on live shad around main lake. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, live bait, and sunfish around flats and main lake. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, rocks, and weed beds.
Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and jigs around main lake and points. Channel catfish fair on cut bait around flats and main lake. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks.
Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, punch bait, and stinkbait around flats, rocks, and standing timber.
Largemouth bass, crappie, and saugeye good on crankbaits, hair jigs, jigs, minnows, PowerBait, small lures, and tube jigs around docks, main lake, points, and rocks. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good on crankbaits, minnows, and small lures around dam, inlet, and rocks. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, stinkbait, and worms around creek channels, dam, docks, main lake, and rocks.
Striped and white bass fair on flukes, jigs, plastic baits, sassy shad, and shad below the dam, river channel, and river mouth. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, coves, points, shorelines, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish fair on chicken liver, shad, and worms below the dam, main lake, river channel, and river mouth.
Blue and channel catfish fair on worms around riprap and shorelines. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits around brush structure and points. White bass fair on crankbaits and sassy shad around main lake. Comments: Channel and blue catfish are biting good on hotdog wieners covered with strawberry Kool-Aid packet.