Thread: Oologah Archives

I took the Brush Pile data from 03-09 and uploaded all of it into Google earth... You'll need to unzip it before you can import it because the site doesn't allow the KMZ/KML files to be uploaded directly.

So here is a .kmz file that has all 6 years worth of brush pile data. I am pretty sure you can push that to your GPS device of choice or print it out and take it with you if you want. There's more info on the official site for years 07 and prior (depth mostly). This will definitely help me to figure out where to launch my little canoe so that I can get to some more sheltered water that still has cover in it.

Hope someone finds it useful.


Here's a link to the export of all of it to google maps.

There are definitely a few I saw on the bank... You can go to the corps site that Meatdragger posted or if you have google earth (its free) you can use that file I posted and it has everything on it.

Never fails. Off work for a few days and its gonna be raining. Might have to dust off the rain gear to get out there and get a line wet.

Any of you gonna be getting out this week?

hey meatdragger do they have site for brush piles like that for fort gibson lake I have not found could you look please and let us know thank you.

Ft. Gibson puts in brush piles in January but it is just the Corps, not the public. They also don't mark them in any way, either with a fishing bouy or with GPS coordinates although they say that they may begin to do that.

Eufaula puts brush piles as well as habitats in the lake but they don't mark them either. They do, however, work in conjunction with the ODWC and they said that the fisheries biologist for the Eufaula area had some coordinates and said you could call the ODWC, ask for the biologist in the Eufaula area, and they may be able to provide them for you.

We are blessed up here at Oologah to have such a fine team of guys running the lake! You guys that live and fish around the other Corps lakes need to call the local project offices and tell them you would like to volunteer for a brushpile day similar to Oologah's. I think if they knew there was a demand as well as manpower to help, they would do it.

Originally Posted by meatdragger

We are blessed up here at Oologah to have such a fine team of guys running the lake!

I'll say! Man I took all of those coordinates and created the gpx file to input into my GPS App on my iphone and it used up all the waypoint space I have... there are over 400 coordinates for brushpiles.... That's just awesome.

If you have the space available in your gps devices here's the gpx file I created... all points are named for the year they were dropped and the number that they had listed on the website.

Originally Posted by dnchance

I'll say! Man I took all of those coordinates and created the gpx file to input into my GPS App on my iphone and it used up all the waypoint space I have... there are over 400 coordinates for brushpiles.... That's just awesome.

If you have the space available in your gps devices here's the gpx file I created... all points are named for the year they were dropped and the number that they had listed on the website.

What Iphone app are you using?
Thanks for the post!

Originally Posted by dnchance

I'll say! Man I took all of those coordinates and created the gpx file to input into my GPS App on my iphone and it used up all the waypoint space I have... there are over 400 coordinates for brushpiles.... That's just awesome.

If you have the space available in your gps devices here's the gpx file I created... all points are named for the year they were dropped and the number that they had listed on the website.

Hey Chance, thanks for the file. But I'm only getting about 40 coordinates on my Garmin Oregon 200.

It looks like I've got mostly the 2004 and 2008 coords. I have a few 2005, 06 and 07's.

Any idea why I only got a few instead of all of them?

The Oklahoma Water Atlas site has maps that have any fish attractors that the Oklahoma Water Resources board knows about marked (somewhat, no GPS Coords...).

Pretty much every lake is there and they have higher res maps that can be printed out of each lake.

Its definitely not as detailed as what Oologah has by the Corps, but it may give you an idea of where to head.

Here's the Oologah map it does show where a lot of the brush piles were placed but not all of them by any stretch.

When you guys fish these brush piles, do you normally set out an anchor a few feet from them or just hover over them with your trolling motor? It seems it would be tough to hover on a windy day.