Fishing Report for April 19, 2023
FT. GIBSON: April 16. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal (stable). Water temperature 61°F and stained. Largemouth bass excellent on crankbaits, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around coves, creek channels, points, riprap, and shorelines. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure, coves, creek channels, and shorelines. Paddlefish fair on snagging below the dam and around river mouth. Comments: Crappie are moving to the shorelines in the main lake. This is welcoming news since the Crappie creek fishing has slowed down. Hybrids and White Bass are still being caught below the dam during generation. White Bass in the upper end of the lake still isn’t concentrated until you get to low water in Mayes County. Blue Catfish are slow below the dam. You can still catch them in wind-blown shorelines in the coves. Black Bass fishing is white hot with chatter baits and spinnerbaits doing well. Report submitted by Cody Morris, game warden stationed in Wagoner County.
FT. GIBSON: April 16. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal (stable). Water temperature 61°F and stained. Largemouth bass excellent on crankbaits, plastic baits, and spinnerbaits around coves, creek channels, points, riprap, and shorelines. Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure, coves, creek channels, and shorelines. Paddlefish fair on snagging below the dam and around river mouth. Comments: Crappie are moving to the shorelines in the main lake. This is welcoming news since the Crappie creek fishing has slowed down. Hybrids and White Bass are still being caught below the dam during generation. White Bass in the upper end of the lake still isn’t concentrated until you get to low water in Mayes County. Blue Catfish are slow below the dam. You can still catch them in wind-blown shorelines in the coves. Black Bass fishing is white hot with chatter baits and spinnerbaits doing well. Report submitted by Cody Morris, game warden stationed in Wagoner County.
GRAND: April 16. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal (stable). Water temperature 62°F and stained. Largemouth bass good on Alabama rig and plastic baits around brush structure, docks, riprap, and shorelines. Crappie excellent on hair jigs, minnows, and plastic baits around brush structure, docks, and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish good on live bait and shad around river channel. Comments: Crappie spawn is in full swing, and the bite is red hot in the shallows, near docks, and shallow brush. They are hitting about anything you throw at them if you can avoid snagging the structure!! Paddlefish snagging slowed down on Grand with warming weather. Report submitted by Hank Jenks, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
GREENLEAF: April 18. Elevation is normal (stable). Water temperature 61°F and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around coves, docks, main lake, shallows, and shorelines. Blue and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, live bait, shad, and worms around coves, shallows, and shorelines. Crappie good on jigs, minnows, and small lures around brush structure, docks, shallows, and shorelines. Report submitted by Dylan Langford, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
KEYSTONE: April 16. Elevation is normal (stable). Water temperature 57°F and stained. Largemouth and smallmouth bass good on crankbaits, jerk baits, jigs, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, docks, and weed beds. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait, dough bait, and punch bait around channels, dam, main lake, and river channel. Crappie good on hair jigs, minnows, and worms around docks. Report submitted by Bailey Johnson, game warden stationed in Creek County.
LOWER ILLINOIS: April 14. Elevation is normal (stable). Water temperature 55°F and clear. Rainbow trout good on caddis flies, in-line spinnerbaits, midges, nymphs, PowerBait, and worms below the dam and other. Comments: Best times are during periods of low flow from the dam. Usually early morning or late evening below the dam or at the Watts area. Report submitted by Brek Henry, game warden stationed in Sequoyah County.
TENKILLER: April 16. Elevation is 1 ft. below normal (stable). Water temperature 63°F and stained. Black crappie excellent on minnows and tube jigs around brush structure, docks, and shorelines. White bass good on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, jigs, and spinnerbaits around creek channels, points, and river channel. Largemouth and spotted bass good on crankbaits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, channels, points, and shorelines. Report submitted by Cody Youngblood, game warden stationed in Cherokee County.
WEBBERS FALLS: April 18. Elevation is normal (stable). Water temperature 61°F and stained. Crappie good on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, and slabs around brush structure, coves, creek channels, riprap, and below the dam. Blue and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, live bait, shad, and sunfish around river channel, tailwater, and below the dam. Striped and white bass good on flukes, plastic baits, and sassy shad around river channel, tailwater, and below the dam. Report submitted by Dylan Langford, game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
EUFAULA: April 14. Elevation is normal (stable). Water temperature 60°F and stained. Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass good on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, plastic baits, and topwater lures around brush structure, channels, main lake, points, riprap, and rocks. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, hair jigs, live bait, live shad, and shad around river channel, river mouth, and below the dam. Crappie good on crankbaits, grubs, hair jigs, small lures, and spoons around brush structure, creek channels, riprap, and rocks. Report submitted by Jake Rowland, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
ROBERT S. KERR: April 14. Elevation is normal (stable). Water temperature 60°F and murky. Largemouth and spotted bass good on buzz baits, minnows, plastic baits, small lures, spoons, and topwater lures around brush structure, channels, coves, docks, points, rocks, tailwater, and weed beds. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, hot dogs, minnows, shad, shrimp, stinkbait, sunfish, and worms around channels, creek channels, main lake, points, river channel, river mouth, spillway, tailwater, and below the dam. Crappie good on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, and small lures around brush structure, coves, creek channels, points, rocks, tailwater, and weed beds. Report submitted by Logan Shimp, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
WISTER: April 14. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal (falling). Water temperature 71°F and stained. Largemouth bass good on buzz baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits, and worms around brush structure, channels, coves, creek channels, main lake, and river channel. White crappie excellent on jigs and minnows around shallows. Blue catfish good on cut bait and hot dogs around flats and main lake. Report submitted by James Williams, game warden stationed in Le Flore County.
