Thread: Fort Gibbson archives

Originally Posted by minnowtime

Lake Hudson DUMPED on Ft Gibson again yesterday and messed up the fishing for hundreds of fishermen. We need a way to get advance warning when GRDA is going to generate electricity. And for them to not put false information on their web site!!!

Southwest Power Pool is who sets the schedule for Kerr Dam which is the dam between Hudson and Ft. Gibson. I found an article this morning which gave their website but said it's about as reliable as the weather forecast. It is frustrating to go planning on crappie fishing to get washed out.

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Originally Posted by Okiefisher

Southwest Power Pool is who sets the schedule for Kerr Dam which is the dam between Hudson and Ft. Gibson. I found an article this morning which gave their website but said it's about as reliable as the weather forecast. It is frustrating to go planning on crappie fishing to get washed out.

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I work at kerr dam in the dam itself. The generation is scheduled but they will generate if the price go up on electric power. We in the dam don't even know when they will start them.

Couple of weeks ago I put in around 3 pm at Mazie and trolled for a couple of hours. Put seven nice sandies in the live well and lost 3 or 4. While I was there I noticed 5 or 6 Amish or Mennonite party barges that were packed to the hilt with people and everyone was fishing. I asked one guy how things were going and he said they caught "over 500 yesterday, just trolling crank baits". He and his family were back again for more and while I know there are no limits on sand bass, I think that catching that many fish on a one day trip is nothing short of ridiculous. From the looks of the various groups it appeared that no one had recently missed any meals and I have a tendency to despise "game hogs".

Anyway, so I goes back out on Saturday and the water is rolling and it was high. Despite that I saw at least 40 boats and during the 2 hours that I spent on the water I saw one guy catch one small fish, north of the 421 bridge. The water of course was a mess with a lot of debris and my depth finder was very hard to read due to the muck and phuck that the river was carrying. It has been my experience that I cannot find reputable real time information on the Hudson to Gibson conditions but it's still a nice area to fish.

One other thing that surprised me, and it probably shouldn't have since I don't get out all that often is that the Chouteau Bend rec area is up and running and they're slowly cleaning out all of the mobile homes that were there. A few thousand dollars in dozer and track hoe work around the ramps would really help the place. You have to be very careful when trying to beach your boat around those landings due to the large rocks, rebar and all of the crap that is hidden beneath the water around the landings.

Caught 14 on Monday, they were everywhere from 18" off the bank to 12' feet in the brush. FleFly Go-Go's and Kickers black chartreuse and firecracker.

Fished Thursday 3/6/17 started off slow with fish deep in the middle of brush catching on the 2" Fle-Fly firecracker. Change to the larger size 3" in Buster Brown and business picked up, that pulled the bigger fish 11" and 12" out of the brush. So bigger bait resulted in less hang-ups and bigger fish!

Bigger bait

If you can hit it when it's going up the bite is on, if you catch it going down not so much. Like Will Rogers almost said; "If you don't like the lake level on Fort Gibson Lake, wait a minute and it'll change.

FGIB Elevation

Well, I've been fishing Gibson and the river between Hudson and Gibson for at least 15 years and I've come to the conclusion that, to my way of thinking, while the fishing can be good there are too many inconsistencies for me to keep it up and it is so hard to catch it right. The water flow or lack of flow, inconsistent river and lake levels and conflicting reports along with this devilish Oklahoma wind has finally won and I'll proclaim that I've had enough. I'm selling my boat and I'll either stick to fishing the bank at Blue Bill or Flat Rock or I'll use my kayak but I'm not going to fight these weird conditions every time I want to fish.

It occurred to me that my catch rate per trip is marginal and with all the money that I spend on gas for my truck, stuff for my boat, rods and reels, lures, insurance and tagging, etc., that I would rather get my money out of my boat and call a guide when I want to fish the sand bass and crappie peaks.

My boat is a 2013 or 14 War Eagle 1542 FLD (elevated forward deck) that has a live well and rod box, two Lowrance units, single and pedestal seats, rod holders for trolling, fully skinned, hand controlled 45 lb trolling motor with a 25 HP Mercury 4 Stoke with T/T with less than 30 hours on it. It's got a 6 gallon tank and an onboard charger. Trailer has neck joint for easy storage and I had the dealer install wedges under the transom that completely halted porpoising so, with me and no wind (when I can find that), it will easily turn 25 mph. It has been garage kept, with a cover and you can eat off the floor if you want. I asked my dealer, Barling Boat Sales in Fort Smith to handle the sale for me. Contact them if you're interested.

Great boat but I typically fish alone and like any other boat, even my kayak, when I'm fighting the wind or the current I lose my enthusiasm. Guess I'm going to need the names and numbers of a couple of good crappie guides.

I'll still be on the board from time to time. Hopefully I can post photos of some fish.