Fishing

[jstanthrnme]

At zoo lake, the limit on catfish is 6. Its nice there. Don't be suprised when you hear a lot of loud gangsta rap though.

I tried out the Oklahoma River yesterday. After spending most of the day at Dolese and Hefner, and not catching a thing, I decided to give the river a shot. I caught a half-dozen sandies in about 30 minutes. I'll definately be going back there.

[nik4411]

See I have wondered about the oklahoma river as well. Might have to check that out...do you really have to have that city permit to fish hefner, the river and the likes?

[FFLady]

This link might provide some information - City of Oklahoma City | Fishing Regulations

[nik4411]

anybody been doing any fishing? havent been able to much the lat few weeks.

jstanthrnme what about you?

[newokie]

I'm curious I live right on the OK river near downtown, what can be caught in it, and what baits should I use ? jstanthrnme, what did you use,and where ?

[jstanthrnme]

I've been fishing a lot recently. Mostly at Lake Hefner. Though today I spent about 5 hours at Overholser along the west shore near the covered pier, and then went to the spillway. Nothing except for a couple of bites. After that I went to Dolese Youth Park for a couple of hours. No fish, but I did catch two giant crawdads. I'm gonna go out tommorow too, either to Roman Nose State Park, or American Horse Lake in Blaine County. Hopefully I'll have better luck.

For the river, if your going for sand bass, try minnows. You can fish pretty much anywhere along it. The guy at the bait shop has told me that around Eastern is a popular spot. Though I've only been to the park near Robinson on the south side. If you're looking for live bait, the shop on MacArthur near Wilshire on the west side of Lake Hefner has it all. Goldfish, Crickets, Crawdads, Minnows, Nightcrawlers...They're extremely nice too.

[jstanthrnme]

I was also going to mention a 21 inch walleye that I caught in early September at Lake Hefner. That was definately exciting. I caught him on a minnow on an overcast late afternoon on the covered pier by the golf course. I have seen a few others pulled out of there too. That is my trophy fish at the moment. The previous trophy was a brook trout that I caught in the headwaters of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park off of a Rooster Tail in late July.

Speaking of trout, the wildlife department will begin stocking trout this weekend in certain lakes. A trout liscence is required in addition to required fishing permits.

Here is the trout stocking schedule:
Trout Stocking

[jstanthrnme]

I'd like to point out that the Wildlife Department has started stocking rainbow trout in the pond at Dolese Youth Park at 50th & Meridian.

Here is a link:
OKC trout season coming soon

[nik4411]

ha, so several months later...thats funny i once caught a 21 inch walleye out of lake eufaula many years ago when i was a kid. caught it off a rocky point with a swim bait.

but, its that time of year again. the weather is warming up, and slowly, the water temps will be too. time to start fishing.

friday i hit a local residential pond here in norman i love to fish. i catch a lot of really quality sized bass out of there. i hooked and landed a decent fish, prob a pound and a half, and hooked another but let him get in the air and he shook the lure out. i only fished for about 30 minutes.

[jstanthrnme]

I've been fishing quite a bit over the winter months.. No luck at all.

This past weekend, I went to Roman Nose State Park for their annual Trout Derby. There were a lot of people who were pulling rainbow trout out of the lake left and right. I haven't quite mastered the technique to catching trout. It was fun though. The one trout I did catch, somehow, was able to get out of my fish basket.

Springtime is on its way though, they'll be spawning soon, and with that comes some great fishing.

[old okie]

Fishing is a great sport; learned it as a kid.

However, just a reminder: always get permission from the land owner if you are going to fish on "private property." We live in a residential neighborhood w/ponds, which are limited ONLY to the lake residents; otherwise, it is "trespassing." Further, the fish in those ponds are "catch and release" because of all the yard/street pollution that goes into the ponds. I would never want to eat any fish from them.

And get yourself a fishing license and carry it! Just saw a game warden checking licenses at the pond at SW 104 & S Penn the other day.

Enjoy the fishing!

[CMSturgeon]

A great place to fish that turns out some HUGE striper and catfish would be the Oklahoma River... Down by Eastern there is a great dam to fish off of and it's really quiet down there. The people that go out there are there to fish usually so you don't have to worry about any problems (usually). Unless you run into an angry bum... Which hasn't happened to me but I try to stay alert!