The Oklahoma Wildlife Department has announced a new State Record program for 13 lakes around the state. While your fish may not have broken a state record, it could very possibly be the biggest fish ever caught out of your favorite lake.
Now thanks to new technology and a network of record keepers at 13 lakes around the state, your next trophy could qualify as a lake record. The program was established as a way to serve anglers and recognize big fish and the lakes they come from.
The 13 pilot lakes of the program are:
- Lake of the Arbuckles (Turner Falls)
- Lake Broken Bow (Beaver’s Bend)
- Lake Canton
- Lake Eufaula
- Lake Fort Cobb
- Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees
- Lake Kaw
- Lake Keystone
- Lake Sardis
- Lake Skiatook
- Lake Tenkiller
- Lake Texoma
- Lake Thunderbird
The Wildlife Department promises that more will be added later!
The 13 qualifying species (and their minimum weights) are:
- Largemouth bass (6 lbs)
- Smallmouth bass (4 lb)
- Spotted bass (2 lbs.)
- Crappie (2 lbs.)
- Channel catfish (15 lbs.)
- Blue catfish (40 lbs)
- Flathead catfish (40 lbs.)
- White bass (3 lbs.)
- Striped bass (20 lbs.)
- Hybrid striped bass (8 lbs.)
- Walleye/Saugeye (5 lbs.)
- Sunfish (any species) (1 lb.)
- Paddlefish/Spoonbill (60 lbs.)
To find a record keeper, Click Here
To view current lake records, Click Here
To become a record keeper, Click Here