lectricbassman Posted May 3, 2016 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Went to grand lake this weekend for a kayak tournament. Ive never fished grand before and i had high expectations due to its reputation of being a good fishery. Fishing was tough due to the storms that blew through friday night. The water was muddy and the wind was up. I managed to land 2 bass and a bunch of bluegill. All in all it was a good learning experience. Quote
flyingmonkie Posted May 4, 2016 Posted May 4, 2016 On 5/1/2016 at 9:59 AM, BassThumbAddict said: Purcell has been my big project this winter/spring. I live in slaughterville so it is close to home. There are good size bass in Purcell, but sometimes they can be a little tricky to figure out. I have caught up to 6#ers out of Purcell. I have noticed I don't catch that many dinks. I don't catch them often, but when you do they are good size fish. Howdy (another) neighbor! Silly me, I drove down to Dahlgreen about a month ago to find it bone dry. That was always a nice place to go - looking forward to seeing what improvements they make. 1 Quote
Okiefisher29 Posted May 5, 2016 Posted May 5, 2016 Looking for smaller lakes around McClain county I can put my 2 man on. I will definitely hit up Purcell. What about Wiley Post Memorial in Maysville? I see it has a boat ramp and fishing pier. Anyone fished it? Quote
Okiefisher29 Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 Kinda slow at Purcell lake today. Just one crappie Just now, Okiefisher29 said: Kinda slow at Purcell lake today. Just one crappie This kid had fun though... 1 Quote
wnspain Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 Went to Doc Hollis this evening. Got there about 6:30 and fished until shortly after 9. Managed 2 dinks, 2 two pounders, and a couple of good ones. One was 4lb 5oz and the other was 4lb 14oz. Both the bigger ones came of a jig with craw trailer. Left phone in truck so no pics Quote
wnspain Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Earlier this year I said I was going to learn how to jig fish. It has quickly become one of my favorite techniques, caught about 15 - 20 in the last 3 times out. All different types of jigs but almost always with a craw trailer (Rage Tail). I always carried jigs in the box, just never had enough confidence in them to fish them for very long, all that has changed 1 Quote
lectricbassman Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 I wish i could make the same commitment! Ive caught fish on jigs but i dont have much confidence in them so i dont fish them much. Rage craws though, those have become my 2016 staple. Ive caught more fish on them than anything else this year! I fish them trigged and can cover the entire water column with one bait. Buzzed aross the tip, swam like a swim bait, or bounced off the bottom. I cant believe i waited this long to try them! 1 Quote
wnspain Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Tried Elmer Thomas yesterday morning but rained out. Opened up on me shortly after getting on water and then a downpour with associated lightning so I decided to get off the water. Lake is full water temp 80 degrees with 5-6' clarity (normal) Quote
Buckhunter2323 Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 Anyone been on Grand Lake here lately? I have a tournament there next month but haven't been on it all year. Any info would be great Thanks! Quote
Okiefisher29 Posted July 3, 2016 Posted July 3, 2016 On 5/25/2016 at 10:43 PM, wnspain said: Went to Doc Hollis this evening. Got there about 6:30 and fished until shortly after 9. Managed 2 dinks, 2 two pounders, and a couple of good ones. One was 4lb 5oz and the other was 4lb 14oz. Both the bigger ones came of a jig with craw trailer. Left phone in truck so no pics Where is Doc Hollis? Quote
wnspain Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 On the southern edge of Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area. Extreme western OK SW of Sayre. Quote
Patrick Fleming Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Fished Wes Wakins last Sunday evening 7 pm until dark or so... Caught 3 and miss 2.... All where crank-bait bites, except for 1 that I missed on a chader bait... The 3 I caught where typically size Wes Wakins fish ranging from 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 lbs.... Quote
Patrick Fleming Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Seen Purcell City lake mention a few times.... I haven't fished it in years, but at one time, it was a great big bass lake that not a lot of people ever fished.... That was back when it used have massive grass beds that in the summer time cover 2/3 of the lake.... A "Weedwacker" weedless topwater spoon was deadly. Not even sure if its still made. Also the City of Purcell use to put on a 2 man tournament once a year on it.. Its was in April each year and limited to 50 2 man boats.Which is a lot for that small of a lake... I finished 2nd the only time i fished it, weighting 17 -19 lbs on five fish all caught on Slug-O's.. A year or 2 after that tournament, either the city or the state spayed, or used pellets to kill off the grass..... Not sure which and never heard if that's what really happen to the grass, but I know you couldn't find any grass in a lake that normally in late summer had about 2/3 of its surface covered with matted grass beds.. They killed the grass and killed the fishing IMO... Quote
Patrick Fleming Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 Went back out to Wes Watkins Saturday evening. Got on the water about 7ish to do some Full Moon bass fishing... I can tell you this for sure.. It was one of the most miserable. humid,muggy, evening and night that I can remember.... But other then being soaking wet with sweat by the time I got the boat on the water, it was a wonderful evening.... Was worry about the water getting turned and stain by the big storms we had Thursday Night.. Really didn't see much difference in the water color from last weekend, but the water level had came up at least a foot. And was looking real good up in the grass beds and shoreline... Within 10 mins of making first cast, we had 2 fish (Channel Cat and Hybid on crankbaits) in the boat..trash fish, but it seem that the bait was going to be good. About 20-30 mins later I pick up a nice little chuck about 2-1/2 - 3lbs. on a Norman DD14 crankbait. We thinking this is really going to be a good night on the water. Then it all went to crap. We caught 2 more about the same size right before dark. Then ran back to boat ramp to get the OFF that I left in truck. Freakin Mosquito's was the worst I've every seen... It literately look like we where up in Alaska/Canada in summer they where that bad.. The OFF did the trick. It was dark and the moon was up. Tired on a black buzz bait, a black Chatter Bait, and a Black Jittter Bug, and had a 12 inch June bug worm on. had one blow up on the Jitter Bug but he missed it about 10pm.... And nothing for the next hour a 1/2. Then my buddy had a huge fish try to kill his buss bait, but again the fish the bait completely and we never got to it hit again. It was about 20 ft from the boat when it exploded on that buzz bait and but the sound and the of water flying that fish was in the 6-10 lbs range..After that we didn't get another bite until about 1:45 am or so right by the ramp as we where headed in... Would post pictures but it won't let me for some reason even after resizing them.... 2 Quote
Tre379 Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Hello everyone! I am mainly a catfish guy and fish on keystone but I am trying to get into the largemouth bass game. Anyone have suggestions on good ponds or lakes somewhat close to Tulsa? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 1 Quote
wnspain Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Welcome! Don't have any experience fishing the opposite corner of the state. There a a few on here from your neck of the woods, I'm sure they'll chime in sooner or later. Quote
Buckhunter2323 Posted July 29, 2016 Posted July 29, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 11:35 PM, Tre379 said: bass game. Anyone have suggestions on good ponds or lakes somewhat close to Tulsa? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Welcome Tre, I personally like to fish Fort Gibson lake... Had some success a lot of success there. Also Pump Back lake in between locust grove and salina but that is a electric motor only lake. But it has both smally and large in the lake produces some big fish. Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck bro. On 6/21/2016 at 10:50 AM, Buckhunter2323 said: Anyone been on Grand Lake here lately? I have a tournament there next month but haven't been on it all year. Any info would be great Thanks! Went to Grand last Friday night for a tourney. Caught a lot of fish all night long nothing real huge 2.72 was the largest we caught but over all we caught about 10-12 bass. Water temp didn't go below 90 all night long. Water was a little murky but wasn't bad for grand. Caught a few on crank baits and brush hogs. Ended the tournament in 6 place... winning weight was 11.72 on 3 fish 1 Quote
Tre379 Posted July 29, 2016 Posted July 29, 2016 Thanks for the advice Buckhunter! Also, do you know of any ponds in this area that produce fish? I will try to get out on pump back lake and let you know how it goes as well. 1 Quote
Patrick Fleming Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Tre379 there is plenty of good lakes in the Tulsa area, from big water lakes like Grand, Ft Gibson, Skytook, to smaller and often over looked city lakes. Dripping Springs is a smaller Dept lake. As for ponds can't help you much there, seeing how I'm from the OKC area. But there are a few that are on state land, but you need a tube to fish.. You can find them on google maps. most are old strip pits that where dug when state was building the interstates and turnpikes... The ones I've always want to fish every time I went thur Tulsa are at the I-44 -Hwy 412 junction on the east side of I-44 where it turns NE and 412 continues East. Googlemaps is a fishermen dream that is new to a area... 1 Quote
Tre379 Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Thanks so much for the advice Patrick! I know exactly where that old strip pit is but I never thought about fishing it. Hopefully it isn't too overgrown and it shapes up to be a good spot. Thanks again! Quote
Okiefisher29 Posted August 17, 2016 Posted August 17, 2016 On 7/14/2016 at 0:18 AM, Patrick Fleming said: Seen Purcell City lake mention a few times.... I haven't fished it in years, but at one time, it was a great big bass lake that not a lot of people ever fished.... That was back when it used have massive grass beds that in the summer time cover 2/3 of the lake.... A "Weedwacker" weedless topwater spoon was deadly. Not even sure if its still made. Also the City of Purcell use to put on a 2 man tournament once a year on it.. Its was in April each year and limited to 50 2 man boats.Which is a lot for that small of a lake... I finished 2nd the only time i fished it, weighting 17 -19 lbs on five fish all caught on Slug-O's.. A year or 2 after that tournament, either the city or the state spayed, or used pellets to kill off the grass..... Not sure which and never heard if that's what really happen to the grass, but I know you couldn't find any grass in a lake that normally in late summer had about 2/3 of its surface covered with matted grass beds.. They killed the grass and killed the fishing IMO... Caught this at Purcell in June at about 1230 in the afternoon. my personal best thus far. 1 Quote
BassnChris Posted August 18, 2016 Posted August 18, 2016 4 hours ago, Okiefisher29 said: Caught this at Purcell in June at about 1230 in the afternoon. my personal best thus far. That's a nice fishy! Congratulations. 3 Quote
Patrick Fleming Posted September 13, 2016 Posted September 13, 2016 (This is a post / story I posted back in Aug of this year in a Facebook fishing forum.... Thought some of you might get a kick out of it..The events are true and I just let my creaive mind add some spice to make it easier for people to want to finish reading... And by no means am I blaming anybody but myself for losing these fish...) Public Service Announcement... All this product safety BS, to protect the idiots that walk among us has to stop... This crap costed me 3 nice fish Friday evening at Draper Lake. All where in 5-6 lbs range. And those 3 fish are the only fish I have caught... ooops, I hooked, wait can't really even claim to have hooked them, so lets say got bitten by, this year at Draper, that where over the 2 pound mark... So here's the story... I stop by Wally-World and picked up a couple new Strike-King Buzz baits and a few other things on my way out to Draper... Get there about 7 pm and start fishing... Working my way up a bank heading out to a main lake point. Haven't gotten a single bite all evening. I get out on the point about 30 mins os before dark. I picked up one of the new Strike-King Buzz Baits. Started beating the edges of this point and on the 4-5 cast, a big headed bass with a bad attude blow up on it trying kill it while ripping my arm off. I set the hook and the fight is on... He jumps and spit the buzz bait out... I'm thinking ok, no just didnt get a good hookset... About 8-10 cast later, I have another fish (which most have been in a good mood) roll up on it and gently suck it in. I set the hook, again fight on.. I'm trying to keep him out of the bushes,and from jumping, but to no avail, on his 3rd atemp of being a high flying circus act, guess what happens, yep, buzz bait came flying at me with no fish lips attacked....So now I'm thinking, man I suck. Check my line and 2 cast later, 3rd fish blows up, hook set, fight is on, then I perform my quick release trick I seem to have perfected ... Seen all 3 fish so I know all where very nice fish... So as I'm wondering what heck is going on.... I find a brain cell and checked the hook.... And what did I find...??? Surgical tubing over both the main and stringer hooks.... Freaking Surgical tubing.... Really...??? Guess Strike-King or Wally-World don't think that idiots are smart enough to now that fishing lures have hooks on them and that hooks will poke you. So the surgical tubing is to protect the idiots from hurting themselves.... So remember to check any new buzz-baits, spinner baits or any bait that don't come in a seal box for some type of hook protector crap before tiring them on... Cause it cost my old blind ass 3 good fish within 30 mins... Quote
j bab Posted September 13, 2016 Posted September 13, 2016 @Patrick Fleming LOL what a frustrating experience... I bet you'll remember to check your hooks from now on... Quote
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