Thread: 2015 SW Okla Lake reports

I like this thread and wanted to add some information on Texoma but, guess it's not considered SW so I'lll add it to the Texoma thread I started last year.

I've been following this thread also, used to fish Chickasha, Ft. Cobb, and Lawtonka alot. They are all great lakes.

Thousands of cormorants have negatively affected the fishing at Ft. Cobb, not only the crappie, but the cats. It's still pretty good, but nothing like it was before the cormorants descended. Thomas, over at Cobb, says that the shad now stay below 35 feet, trying to avoid those fish-eaters.

I don't understand why the comorants are still an endangered species. When I lived on Cedar Creek Lake they could come in by the thousands...no exaggeration...and God only knows how many tons of shad they'd eat. Heard about a little town in Wisconsin that became a ghost town due to the comorants depleting the shad population which wiped out the walleye population and that was the only thing the little town depended on. That is just not right!

Cormorants have never been endangered, Bob, but Peta gets whatever they want from Congress, etc. I have researched cormorants, and the "experts" say they eat from 1 to 5 pounds of fish per day. Five pounds is a little hard to believe, but even one pound is a killer when when it comes to fish populations. Several years after the ban on killing them was implemented, the Oklahoman headline read: "9,000 CORMORANTS TAKE UP RESIDENCE ON LAKE HEFNER". They were there for seven weeks. Do the math: 9,000 x 1 lb. x 49 days = 441,000 pounds = 220.5 tons.
They have totally cleaned out the fish farms in Mississippi and Louisiana.

I know a couple of guys, whom shall remain anonymous, that if not having a good fishing day do their part to ease the cormorant population one one NEO lake with a 12 gauge. Keeps their eyes sharp for duck season

ATTA BOY!!!!!! Gotta keep them sharp

Originally Posted by crappiepappa

I know a couple of guys, whom shall remain anonymous, that if not having a good fishing day do their part to ease the cormorant population one one NEO lake with a 12 gauge. Keeps their eyes sharp for duck season

While I applaud their effort, I'd sure hate their fines if they got caught!