Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

Thumbs UpSaturday evening the wife and I fished off our dock for about 2 hours and had almost no bites despite the the lake being flat as glass. Got up this morning and we battled the wind at Fountainhead Golf Course, then decided to try one more time for the crappie off the dock before heading back to town. Our cove blocked most of the wind, but it was not "calm." We had 2 1/2 hours to fish before heading back to town. After all was said and done I cleaned 23 fish including 14 right about a pound or better. Several were 1 lb-4 and one was a 1 lb-8. For us, this was the first day this spring the bite was this aggressive and steady, and the consistent size of the fish was great for right off the dock in only a couple of hours. We caught them all at about 8' deep in 10' of water. I noticed when cleaning the fish that many were STUFFED with fish they'd recently eaten. These fish were HUNGRY and acted like it. BTW, the gals were full of eggs. Anyway, it was a great day. Just wish we had fished all day...

What part of the lake?

About a mile or two NW of I-40 bridge.

Originally Posted by barkett

About a mile or two NW of I-40 bridge.

Paradise Point?

Fished mid Gaines creek for about 4 hours this afternoon. Caught 28 nice fish. Only one under 10" (thrown back). Most fish in the 10-12" range and one 14 1/2" male that weigh in at 1# 14 oz. All fish shallow spawning fish in <2.5' FOW. All females were empty, and males were losing color for the most part.

Makes me wish I had been there yesterday (story of my life).

Fished the south end today and the water temps at unloading was 64.2 degrees @ 7:20am and got up to 65.4 at loading time 4pm..cleaned a limit of 37 most were really nice fish..had 2 monsters and measured 1 of the twins and was 17 1/4"..no pictures since my wife removed my camera from the boat to take a few pictures of her flowers..got to love her..tore my boat apart looking for my camera..talked to several fisherman today and no one was catching fish..all were fishing 1' to 2' off the bank..long pole and spider riggin..doodle socking jigs along the banks..did see a man and woman with minnows catch a few in the end of a cove in 6' of water around a laydown..blk/chart and blk/pink super tubes were the ticket today..8' of water seemed to produce the best if it was a brushpile..also talked to my Okmulgee friends and they have been fishing the Bugtussel area in the chocolate milk water and catching them pretty good there also over the weekend..early bite was from brushpiles in the 8' to 12' depth and after it warmed up they were gettin em in 1' of water as close as you could float a jig and the water was 68 degrees as Cliff said..ok thats all i know

Originally Posted by barkett

About a mile or two NW of I-40 bridge.

No. Sycamore Bay near I-40 and HW150.

Longtown creek area today, cleaned 33 fish everything over 10" with a few fish hitting the 13" to 14" range..caught several with cork and jig and throwing roadrunners down the bank..but again caught the most from brushpiles in the 7' to 12' range..blk/chart and blk/pink super tubes worked best..was it a windy day..makes you work for everything you get