Thread: Lake Draper

Used to fish the docks with my grandmother. She loved it...until bodies started showing up out there. I live in Moore now, and having fished both lakes, I am convinced that Thunderbird is worth the extra drive. I'm not scared of dead people, I just haven't caught as many fish there as I have at T-bird.

I now live in Michigan but when I was stationed in Oklahoma we used to Fish T-Bird in Calipso Cove marina and just HAMMER em' all day. I used to fish the Dam at T-Brd also for Cats and used to throw out a minnow or a jig for crappie while waiting on the big cats to start.

Never fished Draper

The Marina at overholser between the boats and the shore can be Amazing. I have two that I caught in one night at overholser (17.5 and 18.2 inches) hanging on my wall in my basement here in Michigan.

I mostly used 1/64 oz jig heads with small twister tails. Chartreuse or pink/chartreuse worked everywhere in Oklahoma.

Originally Posted by TwoBits

What magazine were you reading about Draper ? I'd like to know more about the lake.

Oklahoma Game And Fish March Issue. ODWC did shock tests on different waters in Oklahoma. The magazine just dicussed BASS counts.

Slabhammer where you at in Michigan, I'm from there and make a yearly trip back up to see the family and do some fishing for walleyes, salmon or whatever bites.

I am moving to Moore in a couple of weeks around 38th and Sunnylane so I will be close to draper and one of the fishing docks. I have been looking at information for fishing there too. Where are people being robbed? Are there docks or good shore fishing spots on T-bird?

Originally Posted by dmbutler47

Are there docks or good shore fishing spots on T-bird?

No public access docks. But there are plenty of good bank access places where they'll come up in the Spring/Fall. In the Summer/Winter I've never been able to catch them from the bank.

I would sure like to see Draper a better fishin lake. I fish the lake some and I never see anything on my electronics. Is there any baitfish in the lake ? I caught more fish during the drought a couple years ago than ever. The lake got really clear cause of no rain. Down by the dam you could see bottom in 6 to 8 foot of water and I could catch a few fish. But when we got the rains last year it got a lot tougher.

At t-Bird there is a public fishing pier at Fishermans point by the ranger station. It gets pretty crowed when the crappie spawn is on. Like DC stated there are a lot of bank fishing areas. I have fished and seen a lot of peope catch fish off the bank to the west of the fishermans point boat ramp. Also at Sailboat marina cove and the dam.