Thread: Species of fish in Okatibbee?

All 3 species of cats, pickerel, gar and I guess most of the sunfish family plus carp. I'm sure a few more that doesn't come to me now.

Originally Posted by SteveJ

All 3 species of cats, pickerel, gar and I guess most of the sunfish family plus carp. I'm sure a few more that doesn't come to me now.

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Originally Posted by SteveJ

All 3 species of cats, pickerel, gar and I guess most of the sunfish family plus carp. I'm sure a few more that doesn't come to me now.

Isn't there a hybrid stripe bass in there also? They can get big. Seems like I remember catching a few years ago when I fished the lake more often. I know it is a sleeper lake for big cats. Not a whole lot of people fish for them and the lake holds some monster blues and flatheads.


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Don’t forget the Grinnell (bowfin)!


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Originally Posted by SteveJ

All 3 species of cats, pickerel, gar and I guess most of the sunfish family plus carp. I'm sure a few more that doesn't come to me now.

iv never seen a pickerel before they must be super rare with all those flats and big bass

Originally Posted by JigRigPreacher

Don’t forget the Grinnell (bowfin)!


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yes god i hate those slimey suckers not only do they ruin lures hooks but they eat alot of fish i usually kill them and use as cut bait or crawfish bait for traps same with any gar i catch

Originally Posted by feeshrman

Isn't there a hybrid stripe bass in there also? They can get big. Seems like I remember catching a few years ago when I fished the lake more often. I know it is a sleeper lake for big cats. Not a whole lot of people fish for them and the lake holds some monster blues and flatheads.


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Yep, caught a few from time to time. Wife went with me one of the very few times and we were crappie fishing and she hooked one and started crying for me to take her pole but of course I won't and she finally landed it. Haven't heard of one being caught in a while but that doesn't mean anything but I also haven't heard of them putting any in for a while either. While telling tales while crappie fishing with my BIL I hooked a fish and it was big. In my boat. after about an hour I finally got a big blue cat up to the boat hooked in the tail and we finally got it in the boat because my BIL wanted to keep it not me. We took it over to the game wardens shack and weighted it on their deer scales and it weighted 60 lbs. My BIL took it with him.

Heres a pic of the blue cat SteveJ caught with a jig pole.