A new lake record was set at Lake Hefner for Striped Bass when Clidell Woody caught this 16.1 pounder on March 18th. The old record was 14.8 pounds set by Glen Burling in 2010.
Clidell caught it on the west side of Hefner near the spillway. He was fishing for catfish using cut shad.
Hybrids arrive in Lake Hefner via the North Canadian River from Canton Lake.
Striped bass hybrids are a hatchery-raised cross between stripers and white bass and are favorites with fishermen because they are fierce fighters.
oklahoma hybrid bass
Skiatook Fishing Report
Fishing Guide David Clark of Fish On! Guide Service sends us this report from Lake Skiatook:
What a great afternoon we had on Sept. 6th. I needed to go fish Skiatook for a couple of trips coming up, so my Brother-in-law and I went for a few hours.
We started fishing about 3 and when we quit at 6 we had caught around 25 fish, with 15 of them being nice Hybrids. The biggest was this 9lber.
We had some more in the 4 to5 lb range. It was a nice cool day with cloud cover. We did mange to catch a few on top when the top water action came around the boat, but most were caught on downlines in 25ft to 31ft of water. The water temperature was 77 degrees.
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report and picture David. What a nice fish! Wish I would of been out there with you!! If you would like to go fishing with David, call him at 918-724-6786 or visit his website at www.FishOnOK.com.
Lake Altus Fishing Report
Lake Altus-Lugert fishing guide Jim Bevers sends in this fishing report:
We have been catching a hundred fish a day, and I know that sounds unbelievable but I`m being honest. Fishing has been fantastic and will probably be good into the first of December. Come down and we`ll go out and get a cooler full!!
Editor’s Note: Hey Jim – thanks for the report and picture! Count me in – I’ll be there the last week of September. If you would like to go fishing with Jim on Lake Altus-Lugert (home of the state record Hybrid Striped Bass), you can call him at 580-301-3879 or 580-846-5616 or email him at jim.bevers@gmail.com
Tom Steed Hybrids Biting
Aspiring pro Mike Diehl sends us this report from Lake Tom Steed:
Editor’s Note: Way to go Mike! How’s the wine?
Fort Cobb Fishing Report
OKFG subscriber Nick C. sends us this report from Lake Fort Cobb:
Hybrids and walleyes were doing pretty good about 8 pm on west side of lake just north of the island. We caught the hybrids on top water lures and the walleyes trolling.
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report Nick! Did you take any pictures that you would like to share with us?