Nice week pulling crankbaits at Okatibbee

I just returned from a week camping at Okatibbee. I had a good week fishing around the thunderstorms and the vast majority of my fish were caught pushing and pulling crankbaits around the creek channels and channel bends down around the dam. The channel banks were in around 17 feet of water. I caught 109 crappie (did not keep nearly that many because my freezer was already full and I had to leave a few for Scott & Steve) and 7 channel cats mostly on Bandit 300 lures. I did catch my longest crappie out of Okatibbee at 16 inches and caught 6 at least 15 inches. I tried jigging and spider rigging jigs and even caught a few pushing jigs while pulling crankbaits, but the majority were caught pushing & pulling crankbaits. Colors included the normal, pinks, blacks, oranges & chartreuse and the best was Grizzly Jigs Pink;Silver Glow. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures but we had a good time.

PS - If anyone catches a black gar with a Mad Cow colored Bandit stuck in its' side, please return the lure, it was my wife's favorite. -- (You can keep the gar)

Cool, sounds like yall had fun!!

What is this Mad Cow you speak of??

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Cool, sounds like yall had fun!!

What is this Mad Cow you speak of??

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It's a Bandit 300 color which is a white background with black back and black spots (like a Holstein I guess) on the side. You can see the color on the Grizzly Jig site for their Bandit lures.

Caught several on mad cow at Sardis but their tastes were pretty universal. Buddy threw a mad cow over the side and said what was that tied to? Nothing. By the time I circled back he spotted it a hundred yards away. When we got to it it had changed into a piece of white floating trash like a box of some sort. Never saw the lure again. Last I saw it was heading for teckville. Doesn't matter. Since I caught some on it I'll have to buy a dozen new ones anyway.lol

I have a couple of em, just thought they were speckled, didnt know they was MAD bout nuttin!!!

Fun trip!

Here's a Mad Cow

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And it's cousin Splatter Back
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Sounds like a good time.. Seems to me the lake is getting better with all the short fish ScottV and the gang have kept out of it the last few yrs... 15-16" crappie down there were very rare 3 yrs ago

Way to go bud. We've been noticing for the past couple of years that the quality of the fish has been improving. Lots more fish are being taken out of Okatibbee and that's what's making it better.

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Originally Posted by BigBlue

Sounds like a good time.. Seems to me the lake is getting better with all the short fish ScottV and the gang have kept out of it the last few yrs... 15-16" crappie down there were very rare 3 yrs ago

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I bet their wasn't 5 in the whole lake 8-9 years ago.

That's a fine trip right there. It's been a couple years since I've caught a 16" crappie out of Enid. I used to catch them pretty regular. I can say that this year was a little better still I didn't get one that long.

Awesome

Nice box of fish!