Reply With Quoteno what you mean mikie, that's what it's all about.
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Crappie Wall Hanger II
I did not do so good last two trips fished where they were; where they used to be; where they once was; where I thought they might be; where they were supposed to be; where someone said they was oh well that's why its called fishing!
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no what you mean mikie, that's what it's all about.
Guppy
SW Oklahoma hear!! i fish ellsworth moslty. We do a lot of crappie fishin but right now the big cats are bitin way to good to stick a jig in the water! glad to see people from the area on here!
Crappie Wall Hanger II
Went to Tom Steed yesterday it's a little low and murky temp low 50's caught no crappies but sure had fun catching a 38lb flathead on 10# line and a 1/8 jig. I thought I had hung on a rock until it moved, twenty minutes later it was mostly in the net then on the scales. "whew" and yeah me.
Slabmaster II
Way to go! Awesome catch, I've heard of catching flats when going for crappie, but never had it happen. That's an awesome day of fishing.
Minnow
Welcome Mikie! I too live in Altus.
Keeper
Does anyone know anything about the fish kill at Altus-Lugert? I stopped by Hicks Mountain yesterday to check it out and saw that it was mostly shad. However, there were a few other species included. There were also quite a few crappie killed.
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Lake Altus Lugert
I googled the lake and it appears to have an ongoing history of a golden algae problem.
https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&t...w=1280&bih=826
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Crappie Wall Hanger II
Hi guys I fished Altus/Lugert lake yesterday Jan 1 got one bite and missed him. Wind about 20 mph from the north windchill in the teens it was brutal but Jan 1, I just had to try. Now about the fish kill. I saw a lot of dead and dying shad. Now I am not a biologist but I observed most of the shad were the same size indicating a single hatch or year class, I did see 2 dead hybrids and no other species in 150 yds of shoreline. I saw no algae in the gills of any of the dead fish. I spoke to someone who said they saw dead crappies and some other fish in another area of the lake. Shad sometimes die from severe temp changes and the water temps dropped a lot from the last cold spell. Tomorrow I will drive to lake Altus and try to talk to Park officials to see what's happening, I will visit Tom Steed and check on the lake conditions. I was at lake Lawtonka to buy my permits today and a few crappie are being caught at the dam. Don't forget trout are being stocked in Medicine Park Creek you can fish while the wife shops and then you can have a nice meal and tour the Wildlife Refuge.
Crappie Wall Hanger II
Went to Lake Altus and Tom Steed today Altus first. Wind from the north for several days all dead fish blowing to south banks, Little Hicks Mtn boat ramp high and dry hundreds of dead and dying shad, walking shore found one area with forty or fifty dead crappie, they had been dead awhile dried out; eyeballs plucked out but they were really biguns. I stopped by Nature Center and talked with Sue Hokanson she informed me that Larry Cofer with Wildlife Dept told her it was another Golden Algae bloom. I guess there have been several. I don't really know, I have e mailed Ryan Ryswyk Southwest Fisheries Biologist and asked him for an update. Tom Steed very low and very muddy. I sure hope gasoline prices drop it seems I may have to expand my range.
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