Ellsworth: Sept. 4. Elevation is 2 ft. below normal (stable); water temperature 86°F and murky.
Black and white crappie slow on jigs, nymphs around brush structure, docks, and standing timber; blue, channel, and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, shad around channels, main lake, and points.
Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed in Comanche County
Lawtonka: Sept. 4. Elevation is 1.5 ft. below normal (stable); water temperature 87°F and clear.
White crappie and alligator gar fair on jigs, minnows around dam, docks; saugeye slow on crankbaits, sassy shad, small lures around dam, main lake, rocks.
Report submitted by Mike Carroll, game warden stationed in Comanche County
Waurika: Sept. 4. Elevation is 1.5 ft. below normal (falling), water temperature 84°F and murky.
Blue and channel catfish, fair on cut bait, shad around main lake and shorelines; striped hybrid and white bass, fair on sassy shad and shad around dam and points; Black and white crappie slow on minnows and tube jigs around docks and rocks.
Report submitted by Matt Farris, Game Warden Jefferson County
A note from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation: This year, the Wildlife Department’s Fisheries Division has made a rule change allowing anglers to keep smaller, more abundant largemouth and smallmouth bass while limiting the harvest of larger bass. The rule removes the 14-inch minimum length limit from lakes and reservoirs and allows anglers to keep only one bass greater than 16 inches daily. Biologists anticipate a positive impact on the overall quality of Oklahoma’s black bass populations. The rule is effective Sept. 11, 2022.