Thread: Oologah Archives

Check out what I whispered up on Oologah. I've only caught 4 or 5 black crappie on Oologah and none have been over 8 or 9 inches. Thought for sure when it hit it was a sand bass. It body slammed the jig and my rod was shaking and dipping into the water just like a nice sand bass. I was hoping it would come off until I saw it... I couldn't believe it when I saw those specks on it's side. I flung that sucker in the boat as quick as I could. After catching it I can definitely say, a black crappie fights harder than a white crappie. If our fish and game department is responsible for stocking them, thank you! If not, I sure wish they would stock more of them in Oologah. Oologah is obviously a premier crappie lake and I'm sure they would thrive in the lake.

Saturday started slow for me, moved to 3 different spots before I got into a decent spot with a good concentration of fish. Caught some good fish and they were more aggressive than they had been the last few weeks. Didn't weigh any of them, but thought several were around 1 1/2lbs. Caught em on brush in 12 to 17ft, double dipping at 12ft. Tried several different jig colors, black and chartreuse hair jigs, electric chicken Bobby Garland baby shad on a pink head, orange 1/16oz Timmy Tom weedless jig with a pumpkin and chartreuse Bobby Garland slab slayer and they all caught fish. I think they would've hit anything, just needed to get it in front of them. Toughest part was trying to figure out what depth to fish. Fish were scattered on the locator from 8 to 15ft. Had to get off the water around 3, thought I could've had a really nice mess of fish if I would've stayed all evening. Sure made my day catching that big black crappie. I wish I would've released it, but at the time it was like catching a Bigfoot. I had to have proof or nobody would believe me.