Thread: Oologah Archives

Well, I made it out for a father/daughter fishing trip yesterday morning. I took a buddy of mine and his daughter as well. The lake is getting high now and all of my usual brush piles are getting pretty deep and the dinks are moving in. We still did pretty good though, even after wading through the dinks. We fished from 9:30 to 12:30 and stopped to swim for about an hour. We hit brush piles in 15 fow with minnows and came home with 46 over 10 inches. No real pigs though. The girls had a blast.

Thanks Froggie

Meatdragger your have had some very good fishing trips even with the high water. I hope to fish Oologah early Thursday or Fridy morning. Where would you recommend I launch the Boat and what area of the lake should I start my fishing? Due to the lake about 7 1/2' above normal I don't know where to start.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by dnchance

I'll say! Man I took all of those coordinates and created the gpx file to input into my GPS App on my iphone and it used up all the waypoint space I have... there are over 400 coordinates for brushpiles.... That's just awesome.

If you have the space available in your gps devices here's the gpx file I created... all points are named for the year they were dropped and the number that they had listed on the website.

Hey Chance, thanks for the file. But I'm only getting about 40 coordinates on my Garmin Oregon 200.

It looks like I've got mostly the 2004 and 2008 coords. I have a few 2005, 06 and 07's.

Any idea why I only got a few instead of all of them?

I think I am going to fish the spencer creek area Friday evening, any objections to some better locations?

Great report, meatdragger. Good to see the girls are interested in fishing. I like to see the young people take an interest in the outdoors, they are the fishermen, fisherwomen of the future!!

Originally Posted by minnowtime

Meatdragger your have had some very good fishing trips even with the high water. I hope to fish Oologah early Thursday or Fridy morning. Where would you recommend I launch the Boat and what area of the lake should I start my fishing? Due to the lake about 7 1/2' above normal I don't know where to start.
Thanks.

I would start with brush piles that are in 14 to 18 foot of water. Since the water is high, I would stay away from areas that have stumps. All those stumps that normally stick out of the water will be under water so avoid those areas. Try the south end of the lake, launch out of Hawthorn or Redbud and fish the piles in those areas. There are tons of piles in that area. The Spencer Creek area would be good as well. If you can find brush piles around 15 foot of water you will find crappie. Don't forget the minnows.

Good luck and let us know how you do!

Originally Posted by rigrunner(236)

Great report, meatdragger. Good to see the girls are interested in fishing. I like to see the young people take an interest in the outdoors, they are the fishermen, fisherwomen of the future!!

I agree Rigrunner! You gotta get your kids involved, we're making memories that they won't forget long after I'm gone. I also feel like I'm banking points for when I'm too old to go out by myself, I'm gonna need them to take me!

My daughter loves to fish and hunt. The boys at school all drop their jaws when she takes in pictures of the fish she catches and the deer she shoots.

I'll be beating them off with sticks soon! Oh brother!