Thread: okatibbee spillway

They do catch a flathead from time to time in the spillway. I'm friends with Bill Pennington the old manager of the lake and from time to time they shut off the water to inspect on the inside of the spillway. He said that there are bumpers, like in parking lots, on the bottom of it and they see a lot of flatheads behind those bumpers even with the water shut off. Back in 2002 there were some strippers in the lake. Put and take. If you can get there try in the eddies up at the retaining wall, where I have had the best luck, never had a lot of luck anywhere there. It's about time to fish the dam in the lake for catfish, they spawn on the rocks. I'm way too old to walk the rocks so be careful and not fall young fella. Another thought, I think the biggest fish in the lake are blue cats.