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Broken Bow: July 17. Elevation below average, water 89. Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on plastics around brush structure and points. White crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and standing timber. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Eufaula: July 17. Elevation normal, water 87 and clearing. White bass good on slabs around channels and main lake. Blue and flathead catfish good on cut bait, grubs, shad, and worms around main lake, river channel, and rocks. Black crappie slow on jigs and minnows around coves and docks. Report submitted by Cannon Harrison, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.
Hugo: July 17. Elevation normal, water 80 and murky. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, live bait, punch bait, shad, stinkbait, and sunfish below the dam, and around channels, main lake, river channel, and shorelines.
Black and white crappie fair on jigs and minnows below the dam, and around brush structure, channels, creek channels, main lake, river channel, and standing timber. Report submitted by Andrew Potter, game warden stationed in Choctaw County.
Konawa: July 20. Elevation normal, water 90 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and plastics around main lake, points, river channel, and weed beds. Striped hybrid bass and white bass fair on Alabama rig, crankbaits, and live shad around coves, main lake, and river channel. Channel catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, shrimp, and worms around coves, inlet, riprap, and weed beds. Report submitted by Garret Harley, game warden stationed in Seminole County.
Lower Mountain Fork: July 17. Elevation normal, water clear. Rainbow trout good on caddis flies, powerbait, tube jigs, and worms around creek channels, rocks, and spillway. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
McGee Creek: July 17. Elevation normal, water 85. Largemouth and spotted bass fair on Alabama rig, crankbaits, flukes, and plastics around brush structure, coves, main lake, and points.
White and spotted bass fair on Alabama rig, jigs, top water, and look for surfacing schools around coves, dam, flats, and main lake. Report submitted by Jay Harvey, game warden stationed in Atoka County.
Pine Creek: July 17. Elevation normal, water clear. Largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and top water around channels and coves. Black crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structures and standing timber.
Channel catfish good on chicken liver and hot dogs around river channel and spillway. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robert S. Kerr: July 17. Elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth and spotted bass good on buzz baits, minnows, plastics, small lures, and spinnerbaits around brush structure, docks, main lake, shallows, standing timber, and weed beds.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on cut bait, dough bait, goldfish, hot dogs, minnows, and shad below the dam, and around channels, main lake, river mouth, and shorelines.
Black and white crappie good on jigs around rocks, shorelines, standing timber, tailwater, and weed beds. Report submitted by Logan Shimp, game warden stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis: July 18. Elevation normal, water 84. Largemouth and spotted bass fair on buzz baits, crankbaits, jigs, plastics, spinnerbaits, and top water around brush structure, channels, points, riprap, shorelines, standing timber, and weed beds.
Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, minnows, shad, and sunfish around creek channels, main lake, shallows, and shorelines. White crappie fair on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, and tube jigs around brush structure, channels, points, and standing timber.
Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.
Texoma: July 17. Elevation normal, water 84. Striped bass good on Alabama rig, live bait, and top water around flats and main lake. Black crappie slow on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks. Blue catfish fair on shad around the main lake and river channel.
Topwater bite is on! Anglers should get out early in the morning to find surface feeding striper, as the morning progresses anglers should switch to trolling A rigs after surface feeding fish have went into deeper water. Crappie have been very slow the past week.
Catfish are still being caught near cleaning docks on cut bait. Report submitted by Trey Hale, game warden stationed in Marshall County.
Wister: July 17. Elevation below average, water 85 and cloudy. Largemouth and spotted bass good on bill baits, buzz baits, crankbaits, plastics, spinnerbaits, and top water around brush structures, channels, coves, points, and shorelines.
Blue and channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, shad, stinkbait, and worms below the dam, and around channels, main lake, points, and standing timber. White and black crappie good on jigs, minnows, small lures, and spinnerbaits around brush structures, channels, points, shorelines, standing timber, and cedar brush.
Report submitted by Thomas Gillham, game warden stationed in Leflore County.
