Birch: August 1. Elevation below normal, water 80s and stained. For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/BIRC.lakepage.html. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure. Report submitted by Jeremy Bersche, game warden stationed in Osage County.
Grand: July 31. Elevation above normal, water high 80s. For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/PENS.lakepage.html. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits and topwater lures around docks, shallows and shorelines. White bass good on small lures and spoons along channels and points. Blue catfish good on cut bait and live bait below the dam, along channels, main lake and river channel. Report submitted by Riley Willman, game warden stationed in Delaware County.
Kaw: July 31. Elevation 4 1/2 ft. above normal and dropping, water upper 80s and muddy. For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swtwc.usace.army.mil/KAWL.lakepage.html. Striped bass hybrids, striped and white bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, cut bait, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, lipless baits, sassy shad, shad, slabs, spoons and topwater lures below the dam, main lake, around points, riprap, humps and bridges. Crappie fair on grubs, hair jigs, jigs, live bait, minnows and shad below the dam, around brush structure, coves, creek channels, riprap and standing timber. Blue, channel and flathead catfish good on crawfish, cut bait, grasshoppers, live bait, live shad, punch bait, stinkbait, sunfish and worms along creek channels, main lake, river channel and river mouth. Thermocline is set around 15 ft. or less. If your juglines and trotlines are set deeper than that and you are not tending your lines within a couple of hours your fish will be dead when you run them. Please set your lines shallow or stay within eyesight of your jugs. Report submitted by Spencer Grace, game warden stationed in Kay County.
Keystone: August 2. Elevation above normal, water clear. For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/KEYS.lakepage.html. Blue catfish good on cut bait along channels. Report submitted by Karlin Bailey, game warden stationed in Creek County.
Tenkiller: August 1. Elevation above normal, water 80s and 3 ft. of visibility. For current elevation conditions go to the US Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www. swt-wc.usace.army.mil/TENK.lakepage.html. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, jigs, plastic baits and spinnerbaits around brush structure, flats, points, rocks and ...
