Thread: Lake Eufaula Report!

I fished thursday and friday and could not believe the water temp....started right off the bat with 56 degrees and watched it go up to 60. I have been fishing thunderbird and it is 47....what a big difference. I fished coal creek all the way back to 113. Found most of the fish to be sitting in 8 feet of water. There were quite a few folks fishing the 69 bridge on the south side with baskets about half full as I went past. There were lots of guys slip corking off the 113 bridge and catching quite of few smaller fish with a few nice ones being brought in on minnows. Fish were not hitting jigs well towards 113 but jigs were the ticket for the first two miles past the 69 bridge.

P.S.....I have no idea if my report will make a difference....I left this morning and had 6 inches of snow around my trailer.....so fish at your own risk...lol

Thanks, LLD for the report. The only problem was you didn't say how many you caught. Did the color of the jig make any difference?

Odie

OK, now I get it. I will have to try trolling like that when I learn how to use the trolling motor. :D My husband took the boat out with the guy we bought it from. He tried to use the trolling motor, but kept going around in circles! I am sure it will be much funnier when I try to use it. I should put a flag on my boat so you guys will see me coming and get out of the way!

Thanks for your help.
Patti

I'm planning on going to Eufaula Wed 3/24, Any advise would be helpful. I know the lake is rising but what about the current, water temp. and clarity? Thanks

hey odie...caught quite a few fish both days....cleaned 25 for the two day catch...I usually let anything 10 inches and less go...so I had a pretty good basket of nice fish...nothing over 13 inches, but close....used blk/chart, pink blk white, blue flake with chart tail, cricket, and a few on electric chicken

Lake is rising. Water temps last Friday were 55-61. I fished today and they were 45-53. I went into a creek down south and it had current and the fish just were not in the biting mood. We fished in 10-14 fow around Rock creek and brought home 21 over 10 inches. Lots of boats and hardly anyone catching more than 8-10 keepers. I hope the water temps get back up in the high 50's and low 60's by the weekend. We also beter hope for not a lot of rain Wed. evening. We need the lake to stabilize as much as we need it to warm.

Odie

Fished Graves creek yesterday. Got there about 9:30 or 10 ish and left at 1:30 with 4 keepers around 10 to 11 inches. Probably caught a dozen fish overall but most were in the 6 to 8 inch range.

Saw lots of people tied up catching a lot of dinks.

Had the pleasure of meeting Flexplate there as well. Switched over to minnows after he said they were preferring minnows over jigs. We did better the further toward the lake we went.

One thing I did notice though, that all buy two of our fish came off of Rosie's. We were fishing 6 to 8 feet deep in 10'+ water and the fish seemed to be on the channel drop offs.

Water temp was in the high 40's when we left.

OkieDon,

I saw the Grave Creek ramp parking lot yesterday, mid-day. Looked like you had a lot of company in the creek.

Yeah, there was quite a few people there, but not as many as the week before. Last Friday I thought I would put in there but they were parked all the out on the road...so I went to Gentry Creek.

I too have been fishing the Gains Creek area lately, and was there Tuesday. I have a white bass boat. Anyhow, I caught a solid 20-25 fish. I ended up going down Hollywood Blvd, into Bodark creek. I was fishing in 6-12 fow alonge the creek channel. Most of the fish I caught were nice fem's and did have one 1lb 11 oz. My thought is when the creek is running get OUT of the current. Although the water temp was around 50 the sun and the lack of current, in my opinion pushes these fish up toward the shallower water. The females seem to be roaming the 6ft area in the evenings.

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