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will be going Friday, any suggestions on wade fishing for the first time? really looking forward to it.

Gentry creek is a good area and Mill creek area. a place over looked alot is the Carr creek area also. Around the Gaines creek wildlife area is good too. I have caught several just there in town just south of the Lake Eufaula buiding on the west sid eof the railroad bridge. There is a little cove there that nobody fishes. You can also access the Bunny Creek bridge area. This is First Eufaula exit hang a right towards DHS office. then a immediate left. Turn at the Masonic lodge and a 1/4 mile you come to the bridge all that is good stuff. Friday won't be to many in there mostly on weekends.

Thanks for the reply, will be sure and check them out.

Originally Posted by ba3darcher

will be going Friday, any suggestions on wade fishing for the first time? really looking forward to it.

Anyplace that’s not over the top of your waders. Upper Gentry Creek north of the bridge on the east side should work. Go west, past the Gentry Creek State Park turn off, take the second dirt road, turn left. There will be an orange painted gate. You should be able to enter and drive through the gate south towards the lake. The gate is within walking distance to the lake – Corps land. You can probably go to Google and select Checotah - maps – satellite and view the area.

Bad day for catching good day for fishing. The cold front that came through really moved the fish out. Seeing small ones caught around culverts, but no larger fish. And the fishing was slower than the in recent past days. I caught one male in deeper water away from the beds. North wind ripping this pm. Water temp. measured this am @ 66˚ F. But, will probably drop a little. Thinking the bite may start again about 10:00 am tomorrow (hopefully), with the wind stabilizing and the cold front getting further away. Predicting Fri & Sat to be hot. May have to hide behind a rock to put your minners or jiggers on. By the way, I am now tagged as minnow. I don’t use minners because they are too expensive. I use jiggers for cheap scotch. All I do is drive side roads around Eufaula and wait to see an old rooster crossing the road and then run him over. That way I have lots of chicken feathers for crappie flies.

My brother and his buddy fished out of my boat Tuesday and Wednesday and thy had 56 keepers on Tuesday and 68 keepers on Wednesday. They were spider-rigging Yum Beaver-tails and vibra king tubes in 4-8ft of water, fishing 3-4ft deep. Out of 124 keepers they had 26 fish over 14 inches, 90% were females. They had to really search for places out of the wind, they fished secondary creek channels where you had to be looking for them to find them, I told them the key to getting bites when the wind is blowing you around that hard is keeping the baits still as possible. good fishing! EB

Guess these things will eat chicken feathers also. Mistakes like this will drive me to drink cheap scotch. Thought I had a big crappie. Measured some water temp. @ 68 ˚F. Not finding the herds of crappies like I did when the water was 60˚ F about a week ago. They are scattered around close to shore with the catfish. I have only been fishing about 2 hrs. each day but will go longer hours the next two days. Caught some males 4 ≤ 12”. Recardo Paredes

Originally Posted by Rick Wall

Looks like I have learned to attach photos. Thanks. You can see the indicator and fly. This catch was from this am. Good rod and reel. Have caught 12 lb trout using it from of Wind River

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Rick,


The last few post have been awesome... Thanks for the good information and picture of the fly. This is what this website was made for. Congrats on the crappie you caught. I hope you have many more to come.