Fishing

[dennishoddy]

If you are going to fish Sooner remember to power wash your boat bunks, boat and rinse your engine exhaust with water afterwards to rid any zebra mussels that might have attached themselves or are occupying any wet areas on the boat. Rinse the live wells maybe with a little Chlorox. WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD ZEBRA MUSSELS TO ANY OTHER WATER IN OKLA. Sooner has a zebra mussel issue. It would be a good idea to put your garden hose attached to your engine water bra and run the engine for a few minutes to flush those possible mussels out of the engine. Rant over! Just being my anal self. Carry on.

Kaw, Ponca, Keystone and the Arkansas river system has the zebra mussels. Recently found in the Colorado river which effects every lake in that system.
When I worked at the power plant at Sooner Lake, OSU was doing a study to see if there was any way to remove them and preserve the fish. Have no idea what has happened in that project. Probably still ongoing as there has been no announcement of a success story.
If you tow a boat of any kind including a canoe or kayak into some of the rocky mountain states, your required to pull over at an inspection station to check for the mussels. Same with the boat ramps on Lake Superior. There is a person stationed at every boat ramp every day to make sure your boat is cleaned before and after launching.

 

[crrcboatz]

Kaw, Ponca, Keystone and the Arkansas river system has the zebra mussels. Recently found in the Colorado river which effects every lake in that system.
When I worked at the power plant at Sooner Lake, OSU was doing a study to see if there was any way to remove them and preserve the fish. Have no idea what has happened in that project. Probably still ongoing as there has been no announcement of a success story.
If you tow a boat of any kind including a canoe or kayak into some of the rocky mountain states, your required to pull over at an inspection station to check for the mussels. Same with the boat ramps on Lake Superior. There is a person stationed at every boat ramp every day to make sure your boat is cleaned before and after launching.

Oologah Lake is flush with them and has been for years

 

[Steelers Fan]

Kaw, Ponca, Keystone and the Arkansas river system has the zebra mussels. Recently found in the Colorado river which effects every lake in that system.
When I worked at the power plant at Sooner Lake, OSU was doing a study to see if there was any way to remove them and preserve the fish. Have no idea what has happened in that project. Probably still ongoing as there has been no announcement of a success story.
If you tow a boat of any kind including a canoe or kayak into some of the rocky mountain states, your required to pull over at an inspection station to check for the mussels. Same with the boat ramps on Lake Superior. There is a person stationed at every boat ramp every day to make sure your boat is cleaned before and after launching.

My son worked the boat ramps about 6-7 yrs ago in in Utah and Wyoming. Anyone entering and leaving the water was inspected and witnessed washing their boats.

 

[securitysix]

Caught these two dinks at the ODOT pond at 36th St. N and US 169 in Tulsa this evening.

Got them on a green road runner (after I lost the spinner to the weeds in the pond).

 

[securitysix]

Pulled this one out of one of the ponds at Centennial Park in Owasso this evening.

 

[securitysix]

I'm not entirely sure that the two really small ones aren't the same fish. Those two and the other one with the similar weeds in the background were all caught at Kelly Lane Park on a white Beetle Spin.

I moved on to Veteran's Park in Jenks for the biggest one. Same Beetle Spin jig head and spinner, but I changed the white twin-tail grub out for a curly tail grub (blue with a yellow tail) because the bigger of the three fish from Kelly Lane had torn up the white Beetle Spin grub.

And I took my GSD pup with me. He still gets car sick, but he was really well behaved the whole time. Not a bad day.

 

[dennishoddy]

I'm not entirely sure that the two really small ones aren't the same fish. Those two and the other one with the similar weeds in the background were all caught at Kelly Lane Park on a white Beetle Spin.

I moved on to Veteran's Park in Jenks for the biggest one. Same Beetle Spin jig head and spinner, but I changed the white twin-tail grub out for a curly tail grub (blue with a yellow tail) because the bigger of the three fish from Kelly Lane had torn up the white Beetle Spin grub.

And I took my GSD pup with me. He still gets car sick, but he was really well behaved the whole time. Not a bad day.

Nice catch!
I could never take my Brittany with me fishing. As soon as I would cast, he would leap from the boat or the bank to chase the lure.
Once and done with my buddy that has sadly passed.

 

[dancer4life]

Went out for a bit this afternoon and caught a couple of largemouth and a few white bass. I found a bunch of bait fish and started casting around them and did pretty good.

 

[dennishoddy]

Went out for a bit this afternoon and caught a couple of largemouth and a few white bass. I found a bunch of bait fish and started casting around them and did pretty good.

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Those bandits are my go to lure for the sand bass and hybrids. Good day on the lake!

 

[dancer4life]

Those bandits are my go to lure for the sand bass and hybrids. Good day on the lake!

Yes sir, I have them on three of my rods.