Lake Hudson has a new Lake Record Smallmouth Bass!
Earlier this year, Cory Conley from Catoosa
caught this beautiful 6 pound smallmouth bass on an Alabama rig near Salina
Creek on Lake Hudson.
If you would like a guided trip on Hudson, check out Rocky Thomas Jr. of Thomas Guide Service.
He fishes for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, sand bass, and crappie on Lake Hudson.
Call him at: 918-837-0490
Website: www.thomasguideservice.com
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The water temperature is 45 to 47 degrees
depending on where you’re at on the lake. The water clarity is clear on the
South end, but mid lake is cloudy to stained . The upper end of the lake is
muddy.
Crappie fishing is currently slow. They are still in deep
water 30 to 55 feet deep. They are positioning out on main lake points, main lake
channels and bluff walls. They are staging to move up to spawning flats as soon as
we get a warm spell which will start the spawn.
This year I’m adding a Family Pontoon
Guide trip to my fishing guide services. There’s a 4 person minimum and we can take up to 8 people. It will be more
comfortable and I won’t have to hire another boat. We can all stay together
for a family-oriented fishing trip!
I have been working all winter setting out
brush piles and my technique is different from others. I have
learned some tricks of my own over the years for making sure my brush holds lots of crappie.
Come fishing with me and I will share my technique with you.
Bass
fishing has really been very good this year. I recently had a 12.39 lbs
bass boated during a tournament along with four other fish that weighed 3
lbs each with a total of five fish weighing 24.34 lbs – good enough to finish in 1st Place in a Tri-Lakes Bass Tournament.
Good bass between 3 lbs to 4.5 lbs have been biting all winter
long so come join me and you may catch the trophy of
your dreams.
Sand Bass season is near. In the next
few day the weather will start to warm. When the water temperature reaches 50 to 52 degrees, the Sand Bass
run will be on and will last for about 3 weeks. Lake Broken Bow has one of the best Sand Bass runs in the entire state. Male sand bass come in around a pound and females around 2
to 3 lbs. I will clean up to 20 sand bass for you. You need to bring an ice chest if you want to keep all the sand bass you catch. This is a great time of the year to
introduce kids to fishing. Just bring lots of warm clothes. It is a long ride
to where these fish are.
Walleye is the
best fresh water eating fish and beats crappie in opinion of most people. May through July are the best walleye fishing months on Broken Bow and we catch up to 50
walleye a day.
Come fishing me!
KD Guide Service, 580-579-8118
www.brokenbowlakecrappie.com
Big slab crappie are biting at Lake Eufaula this season!
Dusty Keener of D and K Guide Service are reporting large numbers of large crappie this year. The fish pictured here were caught in what Dusty likes to call a pre stack area.
The big girls spawn
first the water temp was 52 degrees the fish were caught on minnows and jigs in 8
to 12 feet of water. These fish are set up to spawn when the temps warm up and
that will start a whole cycle of fish catching opportunity with pre-spawn
,spawn, and post-spawn the whole cycle will run in two the month of June.
You
can find these pre stack areas just out from spawning grounds in a protected area from high winds and a flat area.
Call and book a trip with D & K Guide Service today at 918-470-7133 or 918-470-6422. They will put some trophy
crappie in your hands!
While everybody is falling asleep in the deer stand, it’s a great time to take
advantage of cool weather and an excellent time to catch a huge crappie like the ones pictured here, caught just the other day on beautiful Lake Eufaula.
Every fall, crappie begin to gorge on shad to fatten up for the winter As a angler, take advantage of this seasonal pattern – the fish are biting!
Another factor that
always insurers a good bite is the significant decrease in lake
traffic after the summer season. Less boating pressure on the fish and on you.
And as the water temps begin to cool, slow your presentation down, matching the shad activity level.
Using these three simple tips, you will catch plenty of crappie this fall. Now go have fun and enjoy yourself this fall and feel free to join us out on the water!
As always we guarantee “No Fish, No Pay”.
Dusty & Dennis Keener
www.dandkguideservice.com
918-470-7133, 918-470-6422
dandkguide@gmail.com
Lake Eufaula Oklahoma fishing guide Dennis Keener sent us this crappie fishing report:
The french word for crappie (SACALICE) or (White perch) are known all across North America for their delicious table fair. And Oklahoma has one of the top rated crappie lakes in the nation here at Lake Eufaula.
Listen, if you don’t take advantage of this great opportunity to catch a nice mess of crappie , then you are just missing out on some of Lake Eufaula’s best fishing action of the year.
We notice when the water temperature reaches 65 degrees, the crappie start moving to the shore to spawn. We rig a 10 ft. pole with 6 ft of line. tie a 1/8 ounce black and pink jig on the end – and that’s all you need! Some call this style of fishing doodlesocking, where you just wade along the bank and dip your bait close to a stump, log, rock or any thing that might cast some shade or hold fish.
Some prefer a slip cork which can also be a very effective method of pulling in some nice crappie during the spawn. Set your stopper at about one foot, pitch it down the bank and give it a short pull. Let it sit and repeat. Keep in mind that while crappie is on their nests, they won’t feed. The bite you feel is a result of a fish defending it’s nest.
If you start catching bass on the bank, you know the crappie spawn is almost over. Not all crappie spawn at the same time. This process can last several weeks depending on the weather and water temperature.
Now is a great time to introduce a friend to fishing. Spawning crappie make for some very exciting fishing action.
Keep your hooks sharp and respect mother nature!
Go fishing with father and son team Dennis and Dusty Keener on beautiful Lake Eufaula. Book your trip by calling 918-470-7133 or 918-470-642 or by visiting their website at www.dandkguideservice.com. 2
A new record was set for crappie at Lake Texoma on March 8th.
The record crappie was caught on a jig by Michael Roger of Kingston Oklahoma. The fish weighed 2.6 lbs. and had a length of 16.00 inches and a girth of 13.00 inches.
For more information about The New Lake Record Fish Program, or for more on crappie fishing in Oklahoma, log on to www.wildlifedepartment.com
On my way to Lake Broken Bow and the Mountain Fork River last week, I stopped by Frazier Point on Lake Hugo to see how the action was.
I met a couple of fellas from Hope, Arkansas who had been fishing for 2 days on Hugo. They reported that they caught 63 crappie on live minnows.
Frazier Point has a nice boat ramp and is located on the northeat side of the lake off Hwy 93 just after the bridge (to the left) when heading north.
