Birch: July 28. Elevation 6 ft. above normal, water 80s and clearing. Channel catfish fair on cut bait, minnows, and worms around coves, docks, and shorelines. Crappie fair on jigs, minnows, and worms around coves, docks, and shorelines. Twin coves and Birch Cove are all open. The docks are still underwater but people were fishing at the dock in Birch Cove campground. Report submitted by Ryan Walker, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Carl Blackwell: July 28. Elevation below normal, water 81 and cloudy. Channel and blue catfish slow on chicken liver, hot dogs, minnows, stinkbait, and worms below the dam, and around brush structure, channels, riprap, and weed beds. Crappie slow on minnows, tube jigs, and worms around the crappie dock. Fishing is slow. Report submitted by Emily Long, game warden stationed in Payne County.
Kaw: July 31. Elevation dropping, water 80s and muddy. Striped bass hybrids, striped bass and white bass good on jigs, live bait, live shad, sassy shad, shad and topwater lures below the dam. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish fair on crawfish, cut bait, goldfish, grasshoppers, live bait, live shad, punch bait, sunfish, and worms below the dam, in the main lake and river channel. Crappie, white bass, and walleye slow on minnows and jigs below the dam, around brush structure, riprap, rocks and bridges. Report submitted by Spencer Grace, game warden stationed in Kay County.
Keystone: July 25. Elevation above normal, water 86. Largemouth bass slow on crankbaits around shorelines. Blue catfish good on cut bait below the dam. Report submitted by Karlin Bailey, game warden stationed in Creek County.
Skiatook: July 28. Elevation above normal, water clear and in the 80s. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good on live shad
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