Thread: Oklahoma City Waters 2017

My self and my kids have been to a handful of lakes and ponds in the area and are not even getting bites. I'm sure it's something we are doing wrong since I have coworkers that are catching nice fish.

I hit Draper for 3 hours Saturday morning due to fishing Big E all day Friday and over sleeping Saturday morning and not making it back. Lets just say it's 3 hours of my life I won't get back. Lake was up 6' or so since last time I'd been on it and North end looked like red clay water. Main lake was 55 and warmest I saw was 60 degrees way back in a cove. I tried shallow - 21 FOW and even tried the slips. Nothing. Lake is going to have to settle some and warm up before I get back on it.

I went to Draper Friday, April 14, in the evening. It was WINDY; so, I tried to get out of the wind by fishing the area around the inlet. I was fishing with my two oldest kids (5 & 3 years old), and we lost a lot minnows, but we never could managed to set the hook in time. There was lots of fish activity with fish jumping out of the water, and minnows being pulled off our hooks.

Fished my usual spot on Hefner yesterday afternoon. Thought for sure they'd be up on the bank by now. I guess all the water has them slowed down a bit. Caught a couple males up on the bank. Nice fish but not many of them. A couple of bonus walleyes made for a good day though. They should be moving up en masse any time now.

Nice to see Hefner full again huh? I have never figured out where to catch any from the bank. I tried fighting the wind Saturday slip corking on the Dam, but it was a battle. Have caught some off the docks in years passed, but have not tried there recently.

I've heard the rocks over by the restaurants have been good in the past but I've never tried there myself, I am always drawn to the dam and rarely do any good. Over the years I've pulled in some decent walleye when the moon is right but that's been pretty few and far between.


~J. Babcock

I too have heard about over by the restaurants, and have tried that pier north of the mexican food place, but have not had any luck there. Do get funny looks walking thru that area with armloads of tackle :-)

Originally Posted by JimBobCooter

Fished my usual spot on Hefner yesterday afternoon. Thought for sure they'd be up on the bank by now. I guess all the water has them slowed down a bit. Caught a couple males up on the bank. Nice fish but not many of them. A couple of bonus walleyes made for a good day though. They should be moving up en masse any time now.

FYI, in years past when I fished OKC area more I caught them on the bank and rip rap last week of April - 1st week of May.