NORTHEAST
Birch: July 27. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 85°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Striped bass hybrids fair on live shad around channels and points. Crappie fair on jigs around brush structure and creek channels. Report submitted by Jeremy Bersche, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Copan: July 27. Elevation is 7 ft. above normal and falling, water temperature 80°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Blue, channel, and flathead catfish slow on chicken liver, crawfish, goldfish, hot dogs, live bait, live shad, shad, shrimp, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms below the dam, riprap, and shorelines. Crappie slow on hair jigs, minnows, PowerBait, and tube jigs below the dam, brush structure, and coves. Report submitted by Lt. Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Eucha: July 27. Elevation is 5 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 86°F and stained. (USGS Lake Level) Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, coves, and shorelines. Channel catfish fair on cut bait, shrimp, and stinkbait around coves, main lake, and shorelines. Crappie slow on jigs and minnows around brush structure and shorelines. Report submitted by Riley Willman, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Fort Gibson: July 28. Elevation is 5.5 ft. above normal and falling, water temperature 77°F and clear. (USACE Lake Level) Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on cut bait and shad below the dam, dam, discharge, and tailwater. Largemouth bass good on bill baits, buzz baits, and topwater lures. Crappie slow. Report submitted by Marvin Stanley, game warden stationed in Wagoner County.
Grand: July 27. Elevation is .5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 88°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around docks, points, rocks, and shorelines. Blue catfish good on cut bait and shad below the dam, docks, main lake, and river channel. White bass fair on in-line spinnerbaits and spoons below the dam, flats, main lake, and points. Report submitted by Riley Willman, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Greenleaf: July 26. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 86°F and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, flukes, plastic baits, sassy shad, and spinnerbaits around creek channels, main lake, points, shorelines, and weed beds. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, shad, and worms around creek channels, flats, and shorelines. Crappie fair on jigs, minnows, PowerBait around brush structure, docks, main lake, and weed beds. Report submitted by Dylan Langford, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
Hudson: July27.Elevation is 1.5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 86°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, jigs, spoons, topwater lures, and worms around coves, points, and shorelines. Striped bass hybrids and white bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, and topwater lures below the dam, channels, and main lake. Blue catfish good on chicken liver, shad, and shrimp below the dam, channels, and points. Report submitted by Cody Morris, game warden stationed in Mayes County.
Hulah: July 27. Elevation is 4 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 80°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Crappie slow on hair jigs, minnows, PowerBait, small lures, and tube jigs below the dam, brush structure, coves, and creek channels. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish slow on crawfish, goldfish, hot dogs, live bait, live shad, shad, shrimp, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms below the dam, channels, main lake, and shorelines. Report submitted by Lt. Joe Alexander, game warden stationed in Washington County.
Keystone: July 28. Elevation is 12 ft. above normal and falling, water temperature 87°F and clear. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass good on Alabama rigs, bill baits, buzz baits, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, plastic baits, small lures, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, docks, shallows, shorelines, standing timber, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish fair on live bait and worms around channels, main lake, river channel, and river mouth. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure. Report submitted by Tracer Wagner, game warden stationed in
Creek County.
Lower Illinois River: July 26. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 70°F and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on jigs, live bait, live shad, minnows, plastic baits, shad, and small lures below the dam, brush structure, channels, shallows, and shorelines. Rainbow trout slow. Report submitted by Chase Fields, game warden stationed in Sequoyah County.
Oologah: July 27. Elevation is 7 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 82°F and stained. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on crankbaits, minnows, plastic baits, and worms around shallows, shorelines, and weed beds. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on hot dogs, live shad, shad, shrimp, sunfish, and worms around channels, creek channels, main lake, rocks, sandbar, and shorelines. Report submitted by Dartanion Tilley, game warden stationed in Nowata County.
Skiatook: July 27. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 85°F and clear. (USACE Lake Level) Striped bass hybrids and white bass fair on crankbaits and shad around creek channels and points. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait around coves and points. Report submitted by Jeremy Bersche, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Spavinaw: July 27. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 81°F and clear. (USGS Lake Level) Largemouth bass good on crankbaits, jigs, and plastic baits around main lake and points. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks. Channel catfish slow on cut bait around flats and main lake. Report submitted by Kody Moore, game warden stationed in Mayes County.
Tenkiller: July 28. Elevation is 0.5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 88°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on jerk baits, jigs, plastic baits, and topwater lures around brush structure, channels, and main lake. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, minnows, shad, sunfish around main lake, and river channel. White bass fair on Alabama rigs, in-line spinnerbaits, and jigs around flats, main lake, and river channel. Report submitted by Cody Youngblood, game warden stationed in Cherokee County.
Webbers Falls: July 26. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 86°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Saugeye fair on crankbaits, jigs, lipless baits, live bait, and small lures around river channel and river mouth. Blue and channel catfish fair on 1.66” X 6.2”
chicken liver, minnows, shad, and worms below the dam, river channel, rocks, and shallows. White bass slow on flukes, jigs, nymphs, sassy shad, and small lures below the dam, main lake, points, and river channel. Report submitted by Dylan Langford, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
SOUTHEAST
Blue River: July 29. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 80°F and clear. (USGS Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass good on crankbaits, flukes, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, topwater lures, and tube jigs below the dam, brush structure, channels, rocks, shallows, shorelines, and weed beds. Channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, punch bait, stinkbait, and worms around brush structure, channels, and rocks. Report submitted by Ethan Lovelace, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.