Hefner

Hit Hefner today, turned out to be a good day, we got on the water about 4pm and fished until dark. Trolled a bit for walleye but quickly switched to bass fishing. I ended up with 2 small bass, the biggest one maybe 2 pounds. Anthony also ended up with 2 bass with his largest about 2 pounds as well. Also caught some super small sandies that were hitting on top as well as a couple bluegill and one channel cat about 2 lbs.

Okemah yesterday

Well, got on Okemah about 4pm and fished until dark. It was a tough day, started out with nothing and then got a drum about 3lbs. We fished until dark with nothing but a few bluegills on topwater then right at dark I was able to pick up 2 small bass and another one about 2lbs. Greg also caught one about 2lbs right before dark. Was a tough day, my bass came on topwater and Greg's came on watermelon lizard.

Anthony's Bday

Happy B-day Anthony. Hefner paid off for Anthony and gave him a nice 3 lb bass along with several smaller ones and several sandies all on top. I ended up with one bass about 2 lb and a bluegill.

Antone now has the Hefner record

For our little group Anthony has now taken the Hefner record bass. His fished weight just barely under 5lbs. He deserved it since he has not been able to go much of the summer. I caught one that was about 2lbs off a boat slip. Fish came on blue/black spinnerbait with gold willowleaf and small silver colorado blade.

More Hefner action

Got on the lake about 11am and stayed until after 3pm today. Started looking for walleye and caught a few small channel cats, was a little windy and rough in that part of the lake so went up to the dam to try for bass. Ended up with 1 bass the weight 3.75lbs. Also caught a drum about the same size.

Hefner

Did an late afternoon/night trip yesterday on Hefner again. Ended up with 2 keeper walleye, 6 keeper sandies, and 1 nice keeper channel cat. Had several smaller fish as well.

Hefner again

Went back to Hefner during the day today and ended up with 2 keeper Walleye, one 19" and one 20". Caught several smaller ones along with some small sandies and channel cats. Water temp was 84.4 and there was little to no wind, lake looked like glass several times during the day. Fished from about noon to 3pm.

Hefner night trip

Did a night trip on Hefner to see if we could turn up some Walleye. Ended up with one keeper 23" that Phil caught a couple small ones that were not legal, several bluegill, and 1 nice sized slime fish (catfish). Caught several small sandies as well. Trolling crankbaits off Will Rogers point.

Hefner at daylight

Went to Hefner at daylight today with a bucket of crawdads we got yesterday. I caught 2 bass, one about 3-3.5 lbs, 1 channel cat, 2 bluegill, 2 drum. Phil caught a drum that weighed about 5 lbs.

Hefner today

Got out on Hefner today, fished from about 6:30 to dark. I didn't catch anything but Anthony picked up a small bass about 2lb and a nice sandbass. Caught bass on white spinnerbait, water temp was 89.

Thunderbird yesterday

It was a scorcher. I think the heat index hit 105, the water temp was in the 90's all day. We got on the water around 11am and stayed until dark. Caught just about everything the lake has to offer. Ended up cleaning 2 nice saugeye, 2 cats, and about 1/2 dozen sandbass. Also caught 2 small crappie, 1 small bass, and several small sandbass. Greg had the big fish with his 22" saugeye.

Okemah on Father's Day

Was little windy, the water temps were 89 in the shallow calm parts of the lake and 86 on the wind blown side of the lake. Picked up 4 small fish 13" to 14". Phil caught one small one about 10" or so. That was it. Caught all the fish but one after the sun went below the horizon. It was a tough day, just couldn't seem to buy a bite until almost dark. Couldn't find a big one either.

Okemah Friday

Had a decent day on Okemah, was a little windy but turned out to be a productive day. Landed 2 nice fish and one small one. Greg wasn't so lucky. Had a couple decent fish get loose as well. One weighed in at 3.5 lbs and the other at 4.0

Okemah Yesterday

Went to Okemah again yesterday, caught several little ones. Only had one of any size, was about 3lbs. Caught fish on Black/Blue jig and watermelon lizards.

Okemah yesterday

Was a tough one on Okemah, only tunred up 3 small bass. Nothing over 2 lbs. Just couldn't get them to bite anything.

Thunderbird

Went to Thunderbird today. Was a nice change from the long drive to Okemah. When we got to the lake it had started raining on us so we went ahead and unloaded the boat and headed out. We trolled around our normal path and by the time we got to the other side of the point the rain had stopped. Greg picked up a small sandbass and I picked up a small crappie while we were trolling. We decided to come back to the bank and do some bass fishing. No sooner than we go back to the bank and the sandbass started busting the top in front of the boat. I was able to get one cast into them before they stopped and picked up one small one. We then went to the southwest end of the lake and started bass fishing again. I picked up a small saugeye on a crankbait and then I switched to a watermelon lizard to fish the upcoming sticks. My lizard netted me one nice 22" saugeye. We were able to pick up several small bass throughout the day and later in the day the bass started busting on top in the sticks, unfortunately all the ones we saw were small. Overall it turned out to be a nice day and I got a meal out of it.

Okemah Saturday

Was a tough day Saturday, fished from about 4pm to 8:30pm and only turned up 2 small fish. I have declared Okemah a weekday only lake. The traffic on the lake was horrible. This isn't fishing related but to top off the trip I had a near death experience with a semi on I-44 in the middle of town. Locking up the brakes swerving and taking out the traffic cones to keep from plowing into the back of the semi. So needless to say I'm going to be taking a break from Okemah.

Okemah again

Yesterday,
Greg and I made another trip to Okemah. Turned out to be a really good day. Weather was clear and warm with a variable wind 5-10. Water temp was 75.


Greg had the big fish of the day at 4.5 lbs and he had another at 3 lbs. There were a couple small ones after that.


My big fish of the day was 4lbs and my next one was 3.5 lbs. I also had several small ones to go with those.

We tried to keep track of our total weight for the day and came up with 21.5 lbs for the day.

Tecumseh Lake

Went to Tecumseh lake yesterday to check out Greg's boat and make sure everything was working as should be. It turned out to be a good trip in that there were no events with the boat and everything worked as expected. The water temp was 80 and very very muddy. Tecumseh lake is very shallow and we didn't expect to really catch anything. I ended up catching 2 small crappie and that was it.

Okemah Yesterday

Went to Okemah again. Caught several small fish in the 1-3 lb range. Water temp was 75, clear and sunny air temp in the mid to high 80's. Had about 6 fish total. Pic is Greg with biggest fish of the day. Most of the fish were on a white/char spinnerbait. One on the black/silver shad rap. Just on the outside edges of the grass on the point across from the boat ramp. Fished the cove where the "big'uns" came from but no luck in there yesterday.

Okemah yesterday

Second trip to Okemah this year. First one was around the 1st week of January and was cold windy and didn't produce a single fish. Luckily yesterday was different. We were on the lake about noon and stayed until dark. I ended up catching 5 small bass and one channel catfish. Greg hung a nice fish that jumped and threw his lure, I would guess he was in the 6-7# range. Overall it was a good day, clear skies, mid 80's, water temp was 70.1.

Been negleting the blog

I've been neglecting my blog lately and not updating with recent fishing trips. So here is the scoop. Last week I went with a friend on Thunderbird and was able to table 20 crappies. Had 6 that were in the 1 to 1.5 lb range. Yesterday we went back and were only able to table 4. They were a lot smaller this last trip but they were still in the same spot. They were in 8ft and could not figure out why they were in that spot, there was no structure or any reason we could see for them to be there but they were. We also caught a couple small sand bass but that was about it. Did a little Bass fishing but didn't turn up anything.

Today, this morning, went to Hefner to see if we could catch something and ended up with one small sand bass and one small walleye before the wind changed to the north at about 20-30 mph.

Thunderbird on 3/8/09

Got on the lake about 4pm and decided we were going to try for the largemouths. Went down to the 1st or second cove from the dam on the south side of the lake. Anthony hung one that was a pretty good one and then I caught one that was between 4.5 and 4.75lbs. Anthony did hang another nice one but had equipment failure and it ended up getting away. Wind was low and the water temp was 57.6.