I am sure glad you're back myself cooler weather makimg me want to go fishing.
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I am sure glad you're back myself cooler weather makimg me want to go fishing.
I was able to get out for a couple of hours yesterday before dark, I fished from 6:00-8:00 had 10 really nice fish over brush in 9-11ft. I caught several little ones on a pump/chart minnow mindr, when I switched to a beavertail I started catching bigger fish! Had 4 that were 1.25lbs. The big plus was it was beautiful out on the water! I don't miss that 108 degrees at all. The water temps were in the mid 80's so the fish were still in the brush, when it continues to cool down they will go to spredding out and relating more to the bottom, they do it evry fall! EB
I'm going to be at a B&B this Friday down off hwy 9, a few miles north of Gains Creek boat ramp. I have never been to this part of the lake at all, and I've never had my boat on any part of Eufaula (live in South OKC). I would really appreciate a little direction. If you only had 1 day of the year to hit Eufaula, where would you go? Not asking for your secret spots, just a general idea of where to launch/what to try would be nice. I've heard the hwy 9 bridge is pretty good year-round, and people always talk about Gains Creek, but I don't see a creek on my map, just a boat ramp called Gains Creek. Any help would be appreciated.
If I need to trade tips about Thunderbird (my home lake), I'd be happy to...though I'm not sure why anyone from Eufaula would ever go to Thunderbird (maybe saugeye fishing?!?)!
DC,
As you probably already know the lake is over 3' low and dangerous to say the least unless you have knowledge of it. As far a Gaines Creek its almost impossible to get access from the lake right now without knowing the channel. Even with a fishing hotspots map showing the contours and channels on that part of the lake right now you can and will run up on mud flats with little or no warning. If you was going to fish Gaines Creek I would advise to put in at Hickory Point on Anderson Rd off Hwy 31 East of Krebs Oklahoma. Even doing that without knowing the channels in the creek its a dangerous place to run your boat and very stumpy right now. Oh you can catch fish there now flipping around stumps and under willow trees thats forsure in 2' to 5' DOW. Again right now on the lake its been pretty slow with all the hot weather and falling lake levels and no new water entering the lake. The oxygen levels has to be low with the non activity of the crappie and even the sandbass are not schooling like they should this time of year. Myself I would concentrate on main lake points and rap and fish brush piles along the points and rap in 8' to 12' DOW...Blocker Bridge area has several piles along the rap that produces fish thru out the year along with I-40 Rap as well. If I was going not knowing the lake thats the areas I would fish. Now #9 bridge area. I have never caught many fish around the bridge area of #9 not saying it can't be done. If your going to fish that area I would suggest going up the creek and fish the standing timber. Fish as far back into the creek as you can get and hit the trees and stumps you can see in 8' to 10' DOW but remember the fish are awfully scattered right now so to catch alot you will have to fish many trees and stumps. Now baits of choice if I was going to fish the rap I would use baby shads in blue thunder and pearl and beavertails in lime/chart. and pumkin/chart. if it was me. The bigger the bait the bigger the fish, but you will certainly get more strikes on the smaller baby shad baits. Hope this helps and maybe EB will chime in and give you other thoughts on your trip.....Ranger
Thanks so much Ranger! That's very helpful information! I'm starting to rethink taking the boat though. Good old Gary England is telling me 15-30 MPH winds, and I don't think I should be out on a lake I'm not familiar with, while it's low, and with high winds. So if anyone knows of good bank access I would greatly appreciate a PM. Again, not looking for anybody's favorite spot, just a place I can physically get the truck to the water where there's enough depth for my wife and me to fish. Thanks!
-Daniel
Daniel again if your not afraid to have your wife walk on the rap you could fish the Blocker Bridge area east of Crowder. It has access right to the water where you can drive and about 4 or 5 marked brushpiles with bouys that can be fished from the bank. It would be protected from the south wind also. I can't say if you would catch fish there or not but I have seen many fisherman and women fishing from the banks there with corks and minnows. Just a thought unless you want to fish 1 of the fishing docks around the lake. Wish I could help alittle more but I hadn't fished from the bank in years on Eufaula. If the water was up and had alittle current I would suggest that you fish at one of the many culverts on the lake. When the water is flowing thru the culverts its a pretty good bet you can catch a few there. Anyway GOOD LUCK and have a blast....Ranger
I have been getting o go out and fish for a couple of hours after football practice each day here close. I caught some nice fish yesterday in 9 fow with beaver tails over brush. I had ten nice fish. The biggest was 1.30! The water tems were 84 degrees and the clarity was great! Around 8 inches! EB
Thanks again Ranger. I hadn't heard of Blocker Bridge before. I know where Crowder is, and I know which direction is East, so I guess I could find it! Slip corks are kind of a hobby of mine, so that sounds like fun.
Good to see Ranger at the lake this morning! Thanks for checking up on us. We fished mostly 2-8 feet deep around brush. Caught several bass using Garland baby shad, but didn't get a bite on minnows. Guessing we didn't quite get deep enough for crappie but we had a good time. Thanks again!
-daniel
Pleasure meeting you Daniel and your beautiful wife as well, just wish it had been with a huge stringer of crappie. Well guess everyone has guessed we were fishing down around the Crowder area and it was pretty bad to say the least. I caught several smaller crappie around the bridge at Blocker and along the rap in woodpiles but nothing to be proud about. Left there and went to Mulhuldy and fished the standing timber and stumps. Caught alot of crappie from 5" to 10" in the deeper stuff so I figured the bigger fish were much closer to the bank and in shallower water. "WRONG" atleast not there. Fished several woodpiles and rock piles along and around Arrowhead and again caught many smaller fish. Loaded up and headed north and ended up with 7 keeper crappie the biggest being 13.6" long and enough for supper fishing beavertails in 7' to 10' DOW in pumkin/chart and pearl/chart in the rocks and wood. Tried to fish I-40 rap but the wind was just to strong to fish without working way to hard.....Ranger
Fished the North end today since I had limited time to fish. Water Temp was 80.3 at 9am and got up to 82.2 at 2:45pm. Method was long poling beavertails and wollybees in pearl/chart and pumkin/chart. Cleaned a good mess of 17 and all good crappie without having to measure a single 1. DOW was anything between 5' and 10' that you could find just alittle wood and it didn't have to be alot of it either but the thicker the pile the more fish it held and the longer they stayed around without spooking. Even had a big black species too.....RangerAttachment 100000
Ranger, what is a good place to launch on the north end? I would like to fish the Interstate 40 rip-rap but cannot find a ramp nearby on the map.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger09
Fishers you have two choices, 1. Holiday cove boat ramp, its straight S.W. of the bridge. Take Lake Eufaula road towards the golf course, there will be a dirt road right before 150 boat sales, in fact there is a huge sign right by the dirt road, follow it about a mile till you see a cattle gaurd on your right, go right and it runs into the boat ramp. 2. Gentry creek camping area, it has two ramps but its farther away from the bridge about 2 miles by water. It is off 266 on your way to Dewar. Take 266 out of Checotah till you see Doc's store on the right, take a left there till you see Gentry creek recreation area, take a left and follow signs to ramp! Be careful the lake is very low! EB
Google Map it Fishers and you can find the ramps...like EB stated the lake is very low so becareful. I was running at 50mph yesterday in the middle of the lake between 150hwy bridge and I-40 and ran up on some 4' water..The bad thing is I knew it was there but had forgotten about it and I fish down that way alot too...so even us fellers that are on the water more than others runs into those tight spots also..just becareful buddy......Ranger
Thanks EB, Ranger. I see it on google now. I will use the nav map my first time thru, make sure I am following the channel.
Fishers when you come out of holiday cove boat ramp stay to the west bank until you get closer to the bidge then cut over to it you should be fine. If you follow you nav maps the channel makes a 180 degree bend around an under water island that Ranger hit the other day. Its a foot uner the water right now. Its only dangerous when the lake is low. EB
Got it, Thanks EB!
I was able to get out and go today. We had 34 keepers today on the south end of the lake. The hot bait today was pearl baby shade with a white 1/16th ounce crappie pro head. The fish were on transition drop offs close to stumps and brush piles in 4-10 fow. We had 3 fish over 1.50 and the rest were around a pound. They were still hot on a
Summer pattern today but the water was a bit cooler than its been at 80-85 degrees. EB
Good report,fish are coming up shallow with the water temps in the upper 70's here in Mo.
Thanks for the report.
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I was able to get out around 2:00 after football practice and fish awhile. We ended up cathing 12 keepers over brush in 7-12 fow flippin baby shads and beaver tails. Lots of short fish today and boy was it hot. I guess summer is trying to stay as long as it can this year. I ready for those 60-75 daytime temps. EB
Fished the North end today fished from 7:30 til 1 and cleaned 21 nice fish. Had 20 whites and 1 really nice black. Fish came off of wood in 6' to 10' DOW with the temp being in the 80's. Baits of choice were beavers and woolybees in pearl/chart. and pumkin/chart. today longpoling and blue thunder baby shad when cast and draggin the wood and banks. Had to leave early today cause the Gr'Kids are showing chickens this afternoon and I can't miss that. Even if they weren't it was so hot I ran out of gator aid and water at 12 so it was time to go anyways....Ranger
Hey Ranger, is water temp. still in the upper 80's? It's been several weeks since I fished E, and the water temp was 89 when I got there, and 89 when I left that evening. Caught 17 in 2-8 ft. on wood. Not a drop of wind .....miserable.
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in the mid 80's now....Ranger
Yeah Boy!
Went exploring today on the south end and to my surprise I found lots of crappie on the transition breaks along the drop offs. Caught many short fish and ended up with 26 nice crappie that I cleaned. One thing I did do was down size my jig to 1/8oz instead of the 1/4oz I had been using and it worked much better making the fall slower and caught many watching the line fall and either it would stop or I would see a slight flick of the line..JERK..Baits were only the YUM pumkin/chart Beavertail or the Wolly Bee. DOW was on the break at 8' to 12' and if you could fisd some stickups it was a plus. WT today was up to 87.6 degrees when I started fishing and stayed there all day. Never got below Elm Point and didn't get above Rock Creek.......Ranger
Hmmm. Fish Creek? Gaines?
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I can't hardly wait for cooler weather so I can rejoin the fun.
It was smokin after 1pm Jim....and as far as Gaines or Fish Creek it was neither..Main Lake.......Ranger
Hello everyone, I haven't posted much in the past but I do read on the site about every day or so. Usually working too much to get to go often enough to keep up with the fish. Well I've been off work for the past few weeks recovering from what the doctor said was "minor" surgery. From my side it didn't seem minor but all is well. So anyways I've been recovering well and the last week or so getting really tired of sitting in the house. I fished the south end as it's called on the west side of hwy 69, which narrows down the location for most folks, three days in a row from about 8 to 2 or so. The water is so low there are a lot of stumps showing that aren't normally out of the water, some are in the middle of the channel so if you go drive slow and be on the look out. Also be careful not to run aground just east of the bridge, the channel makes a weird bend there. The count for the week was Mon-10, Tues-24, Wed-12. Did not check the corps website but from mon to wed the level dropped 4 or 5 inches and wednesday there was eddies behind the stumps so they must of let some water out. Used black/pink beavertails and white/blue tailed tube jigs with 1/8th crappie pro jig heads, 5-7 ft depth ranges close tothe drop offs. Will try again tomorrow if it doesn't rain.
Thanks for the reports. Ranger, you might wanna try around the island in the mouth of Fish Creek.
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....the east side of it. The west side is shallow.
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I was able to get out yesterday 9:00-3:00 and we had 18 keepers. the fish were shallow 2-4 fow. we couldnt get bit in water deeper than 5 ft. We were fishing pearl baby shads and lime/cahrt vibra's. The biggest fish cam out of knee deep water! It wasnt as good as last weekend but we had to knock off early. I think the bite would have gotten better later in the day
Well I went by myself on the south end of Eufaula yesterday and had 12 keepers. I strated at Coal creek and ended up at Elm Point. The fish semed to be on the brush still, if I was close to the creek the fish were in brush in 1-3ft, if I was on main lake they were in brush in 7-10ft. It was nice to be out again having to wear a sweat shirt because I was chilly. Im ready to put out some rods and cover some water, tired of hunting brushpiles. EB
Was able to get out this morning by myself on the north end and had 17 keepers. Also caught 9 short fish as well. The bite was off somewhat from what it had been last week and the water has gotten stained with about 3" to 4" vis.. All fish came on Pumkin/Chart beavers with flame orange on the tails and Pumkin/Chart Slab Slayers in 3" which I split the tail to give it alittle more action. If you wasn't on wood you didn't get bit. Water Temp was 76.6 degrees and with no sunshine it remained there all day. DOW today was 6' to 11' and again on wood....Ranger
Can tell you where not to go and fish. Fished the Crowder and Rock Creek areas today and ended up with 8 keepers. Had 5 or so in the 10 to 10 1/2" length that I didn't keep. The little fish were certainly on today catching 24 short fish though. WT was 75.4 in that area of the lake today and it was wood that I fished. Also long lined the rap and didn't get a single bump. DOW was 4' to 8' and you had to be on wood and deep into it as well. Bobby Garlands Slab Slayers in pumkin/chart and Yum Baby Shads in black/chart worked today. The fish are still on main lake areas and still in the summer time pattern. Talked to several fisherman coming back from Blocker Bridge Area and they didn't have anything good to say about the rap there either. Today was an exploring trip to look at different water and to my surprise its most certainly cleaner on that end of the lake. Visibilty was 6" to 10" depending on how far up the creek you went.....Ranger
Thanks for the report Ranger, glad to see you out there after them!!
There seems to be someone catching them on the lake somewhere really good. You just dont always hear about it. I know the last three falls the porum area has been really good. Starting in October and going to the winter, but I havent got to expeirence it yet! EB
Fished this afternoon after eating lunch with my Gr'Daughters at school for Gr'parents day. We had a blast and got our picture taken with me sittin in a big ole rockin chair..it fit my backside very well too..Fished the north end and had 13 really nice keepers and lost 4 on top of the water. Baits were blk/pink beavers, pumkin/chart woolybees and lime/chart wollybees...You would get bit really fast 1 time and it was over..A tip of all here..I put on some crappie candy after fishing several woodpiles and to my surprise after catching 1 without it and not another bite for 10 minutes..crappie candy on let it down in the wood and "BAM"...another niblet of candy and "BAM"..your gettin the point...even used juiced up bait also on my beavers and it worked as well...only regret AI have is I tried the candy very late on the day just before having to leave..DOW today was 6' to 10' and WT was 74 and the water clariety was about 3"....Ranger
Anyone know if the lake has came up?