They scored 1st place and big fish awards with this 9.11 lb largemouth bass. He reports that this hawg hit a football jig in 18′ of water.
The date for the Backyard Bassin’s fall/winter trail championship has been set for February 17th 2007 at Alberta Creek Marina.
Editor’s Note: Wow – What a HAWG! Like I’ve always said…the weather only bothers the fisherman. Big fish bite all year round. Now get out there and go fishin’!!!!
David also guides on Lakes 918-724-6786 or visit his site at
Editor’s Note: Hey David – OSU folks at Blackwell and Lake Sooner…which team are you rooting for?
Oklahoma anglers are reminded to renew their annual fishing licenses. All licenses expire December 31st unless exempt.
Anglers heading to one of Oklahoma’s designated trout streams around the state should remember to purchase a new trout license.
Complete license requirements and exemptions are outlined in the 2007 Oklahoma Fishing Guide.
All annual licenses and even a subscription to Outdoor Oklahoma magazine can be purchased at any license vendor statewide or online at
January 1 will mark the first day of trout season at Dolese Youth Park Pond in Oklahoma City. The sixth annual trout season is made possible through a cooperative partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the City of Oklahoma City as part of the ‘Close to Home’ fishing program. According to Gene Gilliland, senior fisheries biologist with the Wildlife Department, there will be no shortage of fish for anglers to catch.
Over the course of the season, (Jan. 1-Feb. 28), about 10,000 rainbow trout will be stocked in the pond, located north of NW 50th and a half block west of Meridian Ave. Fish will be stocked every two weeks during the two-month season. Stocking dates are Jan. 4, Jan. 18, Feb. 1 and Feb. 15.
Anglers should have success catching Dolese trout on 4- to 6- pound test line equipped with a slip sinker and small hook. Choice baits include salmon eggs, power baits, corn, worms, spinners, Panther Martins, and small crappie jigs.
View more information and a map to the park at:
Frank and his cousin went to Lake Texoma on Wednesday and reports the fishing was a little slow. But then he said they caught their limit in 35 minutes – that’s right – 20 fish in the box in 35 minutes! So he wants to remind everybody that if someone needs out of the house, although it’s cold, it’s time to GO!!
Editor’s Note: Gee Frank – the fishing was slow? You are kidding right?? Thanks for the report!
The sripers and the catfish are really on the bite the last few days and this trend will continue till the water temp gets below 40 degrees.
Till then, we’re gonna enjoy the great winter bite that Texoma is famous for…
Editor’s Note: A bit of an understandment, wouldn’t you say GW? What a monster!!
11/27/06 – What a day! After catching 30 to 35 nice Hybrids, this big boy came along. Of course at first I thought I was hung up. The line had slowly tightened, and the boat was moving quite a bit, so I didn’t think much of it. I decided to set the hook. Not much moved. Then it slowly came up a little bit. I still thought I had a log. But then it started to move a little bit faster and away from the boat. That’s when Tony and I both said, “It’s no log!”
About 25 minutes later, with all of the poles that were out now in, this monster cat surfaced. With one swift scoop, Tony attemped to get it in the net, but it was too big! I reached down and kinda stuffed it in. Once we got it in the boat and quit high fiving, we attempted to weigh it. The problem was my scale only goes to 50lbs and it was reading 32lbs (digital).
We just knew it was heavier than that, so we took measurements. And what I now know is this – it was 50 plus 32lbs. After Tony found the formula and we multiplyed it out, this cat weighed 82.68 lbs. After making sure it wasn’t some record we released it for someone else to have the pleasure of High Fiving!!!!!!
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report and picture David. Wow! What a great day at the lake!! Thanks for leaving him there for me to catch too!!! If you would like to go fishing with David, call him at 918-724-6786 or 918-272-4441 or visit his site at:
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report Mike. And yes, everybody, practice CPR fishing. Somebody pleezze get this man a scale!!!
Got out of the house this weekend and hit the lake. Fishing slow right now – slow on bass and hybrid. I can’t even seem to find crappie??? Seems as though all the fish are scattered right now and you just have to cover lots of ground.
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report Mike. Anybody want to trade trips or team up with him on other lakes? Mike certainly knows how to catch the nice ones. Sounds like a lot of fun!!!
He says it’s the biggest smallmouth he has caught there so far, with most recent trips yielding nice size smallies in the 4 to 5 lb range (as pictured) using a Bomber model A (6 to 8 ft) diver in shad pattern.
In his opinion, Lake Skiatook is turning into a great smallmouth fishery.
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report Keith. You got close to the
