Thread: Lake Wister

stink just because it is located between mountains the wind still blows sometimes harder

I have some friends that live down there that fish it all the time and they were showing pictures of 17 inch fish, yeah I couldnt believe it. In the last year I have been able to go to several good crappie lakes in eastern Oklahoma. Lake Wister is my kind of lake though, when I seen the layout, structure then the water color I got excited. Its worth your trip, I just wish I would have had time to stay a couple of days. This summer I will be fishing it more, my mom lives about 20 minutes from the lake. So I will have a chance to take mom crappie fishing! She's a pretty savoy crappie fisherman as well! EB

Originally Posted by swollencrappie

uh oh, now your gonna make me plan a trip to Lake Wister in the next couple of weeks to try my luck at Spider Rigging. Is there any good noodling down that way? May make a weekend of crappie fishing and Noodling.

Well, if memory serves me right, either the current or former State record flathead came from Wister. I don't remember the exact weight, but it was over 100lbs. The Poteau river has (or did the last time I was there 15+ years ago) log jams and beaver huts. There are some rock bluffs on the North side as well, but I think they may be in deeper water.

Does anyone know where a good place to crappie/cat fish on wister would be? I duck hunt it, but have never fished it. I would like to have a good area i can throw a few cat lines out and crappie fish in between. Off the bank or a bridge would be the only way i could do it as i have no boat. I live in good ol' Wilburville so its a close lake.

Wilburville, Ain't heard it called that in a while. I'm from Gowen just down the "6 mile lane" from ya. Ain't been down there in years though.

lol yeah, was pretty much raised here. Good town for the most part! Caught several LARGE channels from Carlton lake tonight tho =-)

I used to have pretty good luck from fishing the backside of the amphitheater on Carlton and below the bridge on Lake Wayne Wallace(sp?) when I was a teen.

Bovin, I also live in wilburton, but originally from heavener. So wister lake was where we did most of our crappie fishing. Talked to dad and he said they arte catching them in the main lake. if you put in at ward landing and head towards the camping site there is some decent brush piles to fish. Also if you go to potts mnt landing and fish the river, there is some good fishing all in the river.