Jacob, John, and Ben joined me on Oologah today. John and Jacob were running late, so Ben and I went to catch bait. The fourth throw was the ticket and we had about 100 large gizzards ready for catching some cats. The air temp was in the low 30's warming up to the high 40's for the day. Wind was gusty to 25mph from the NE-NW and water temp was 41-43.
We picked John and Jacob up at 8:30 and headed to where we had caught them last weekend since the wind was and temps were the same. The graph lit up, but the fish were suspended and not feeding. We tried for a little bit and caught a few eater sized fish. Graphed a few more areas, but decided to go try an area I have been meaning to look at the last few trips. Graphed some good fish and caught a handful of eaters before heading to another area. The next area was a dropoff near the channel and that was the ticket. We stayed there catching good fish until time to leave. Nothing huge today, but some really good fish and lots of fun. I forgot to get pics today.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Oologah 1-2-12
Scott was in town from PNG and wanted to catch a trophy catfish while he was in town. We got to the lake around 8:15 and it took a while to get bait. Air temp was in the lower 30's and got to the high 40's for the day. Water temp was 41-44.
Graphed a few areas and tried an area that drops from 4ft to 22ft, but only caught a few small eaters. Took off to graph the channel and marked a ton of fish, but only caught a couple there, so we headed to a wind blown point and that was the ticket for more and larger feeding fish. Ben with his new personal best.
Graphed a few areas and tried an area that drops from 4ft to 22ft, but only caught a few small eaters. Took off to graph the channel and marked a ton of fish, but only caught a couple there, so we headed to a wind blown point and that was the ticket for more and larger feeding fish. Ben with his new personal best.
And then Scott not to be outdone by his brother broke his personal best and had big fish for the day.
It was a great day on the water with good friends and my father. We had two other good fish on, but they both found their way in a tree and could not be freed.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Oologah 10-20-11
It's been a while since I posted. We moved to Owasso, OK the first week of July and I have not been fishing much and it has not been good when I have gone. The water temp is coming down and the fish are biting now though.
I took Uncle John and Jacob fishing at Oologah for blue cats. Water temp was 60.5 and shad was pretty easy to catch in 22-25ft of water. We started out fishing a deep channel near a point where I marked a few fish, but they were suspended and not wanting breakfast. We moved to a hump in the middle of the lake and caught a few eaters in 16-22ft of water that were chasing huge schools of small shad. I decided to move shallow and see if the fish were taking advantage of the north wind we had for four days. We picked a spot and marked some good fish and shad on the side image in 2-7ft of water. We caught a couple the first 15 minutes and just as we were trying to decide whether to try a different location a front pole went down with Jacob on it. I looked back and a back pole on the other side went down and Uncle John hooked up with that one. I was getting the net and another pole off the back slammed down for a triple. We got all 3 fish in the boat and took a pic of two of them.
It wasn't long after that Jacob tangled with his personal best of 13 pounds!
Another double.
It was consistent with multiple doubles for 3 hours and we ended up with 42 good blues. We had a great time and I look forward to our next adventure.
I took Uncle John and Jacob fishing at Oologah for blue cats. Water temp was 60.5 and shad was pretty easy to catch in 22-25ft of water. We started out fishing a deep channel near a point where I marked a few fish, but they were suspended and not wanting breakfast. We moved to a hump in the middle of the lake and caught a few eaters in 16-22ft of water that were chasing huge schools of small shad. I decided to move shallow and see if the fish were taking advantage of the north wind we had for four days. We picked a spot and marked some good fish and shad on the side image in 2-7ft of water. We caught a couple the first 15 minutes and just as we were trying to decide whether to try a different location a front pole went down with Jacob on it. I looked back and a back pole on the other side went down and Uncle John hooked up with that one. I was getting the net and another pole off the back slammed down for a triple. We got all 3 fish in the boat and took a pic of two of them.
It wasn't long after that Jacob tangled with his personal best of 13 pounds!
It was consistent with multiple doubles for 3 hours and we ended up with 42 good blues. We had a great time and I look forward to our next adventure.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Eagle Mountain 6-22-11
Took repeat customer Dwight and his buddy Tommy out for my farewell trip to Texas. My family and I are moving this weekend back to Oklahoma to be closer to family. I will begin guiding there as soon as I feel comfortable about putting fish in the boat.
I picked them up from West Bay at 6:00am and they asked the itinerary. I laughed and I told them the first stop we would catch small fish and at 9:15 we would pull up and head to a deep hump and at 9:30 the fish would be on top for about 30 minutes and then would head to a hump and we'd slab them from there. After that died off we'd go to Auggie's and have a burger until 12:15 and then head to a flat and the fish would come up there at about 12:30. We'd fish those until it got to hot or they scattered and went down.
Well...normally this would be a fish story and we all know how those go...but this itinerary was dead on and we even had a boat show of buddies around to enjoy it with. Actually had once old man throw a rope and hook on my boat and ask for me to keep his butt on fish...what a guy!
The other guy was confused on whether to chase little catfish or play with the sandies, so he went and fed the catfish and then came over to play.
And Dwight actually managed to snag to channels this size and hooked one in the mouth...skill!!! I didn't get a picture, but Tommy not to be outdone caught a mussel shell.
Except for out Auggie's and 12:30 appointment (they were to scared of the heat).
Thank you to all that have helped me in my venture of guiding and all the good friends I have met here in Texas. It truly has been a fun six years and I hope some of you will look me up if you head north. I will be fishing Oologah and Skiatook lakes mainly.
Dwight, thank you for all the trips and I look forward to showing you how to catch some in Oklahoma.
I picked them up from West Bay at 6:00am and they asked the itinerary. I laughed and I told them the first stop we would catch small fish and at 9:15 we would pull up and head to a deep hump and at 9:30 the fish would be on top for about 30 minutes and then would head to a hump and we'd slab them from there. After that died off we'd go to Auggie's and have a burger until 12:15 and then head to a flat and the fish would come up there at about 12:30. We'd fish those until it got to hot or they scattered and went down.
Well...normally this would be a fish story and we all know how those go...but this itinerary was dead on and we even had a boat show of buddies around to enjoy it with. Actually had once old man throw a rope and hook on my boat and ask for me to keep his butt on fish...what a guy!
The other guy was confused on whether to chase little catfish or play with the sandies, so he went and fed the catfish and then came over to play.
Except for out Auggie's and 12:30 appointment (they were to scared of the heat).
Thank you to all that have helped me in my venture of guiding and all the good friends I have met here in Texas. It truly has been a fun six years and I hope some of you will look me up if you head north. I will be fishing Oologah and Skiatook lakes mainly.
Dwight, thank you for all the trips and I look forward to showing you how to catch some in Oklahoma.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Eagle Mountain 6-21-11
Took repeat customers John and Chad out this morning and the wind was so much nicer today...enough to make the fishing excellent, but didn't beat us up.
We started out the morning fishing a ridge that runs from 5-28ft and I positioned the boat at the 13ft area because the fishing have been chasing bait along the ridge at that depth. The day started out as a bunch of dinks but then I saw a group of larger fish coming on the side scan to the left. They cast over there and bam, big doubles! That school of larger fish played nice for about an hour of nonstop action then we headed to a deep hump and as I was graphing the area about 2 acres of topwater action began! My customers asked what that was and I told them...FUN! Grab a rod and get after them! They stayed up for 22 minutes and then retreated back to the hump I was graphing. John had to be at work by one, so I took him back and Chad and I came back out for some more action. Great time with two great fishermen.
We started out the morning fishing a ridge that runs from 5-28ft and I positioned the boat at the 13ft area because the fishing have been chasing bait along the ridge at that depth. The day started out as a bunch of dinks but then I saw a group of larger fish coming on the side scan to the left. They cast over there and bam, big doubles! That school of larger fish played nice for about an hour of nonstop action then we headed to a deep hump and as I was graphing the area about 2 acres of topwater action began! My customers asked what that was and I told them...FUN! Grab a rod and get after them! They stayed up for 22 minutes and then retreated back to the hump I was graphing. John had to be at work by one, so I took him back and Chad and I came back out for some more action. Great time with two great fishermen.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Eagle Mountain 6-20-11
Had first time guests Jeanette and her husband out for a windy yet beautiful morning on Eagle Mountain Lake. When I got to the lake the gusts were 42mph out of the SE and the lake was rolling. I picked them up at their dock at 6:00 and they were ready to go. We hugged the south shoreline and marked fish on a hump at 22-25ft deep. The fish were just gill slapping and pecking the lures making hook-ups difficult. We managed 17 in the box before moving on to another hump picking up another dozen there. I decided to hit a point in 7ft of water and it was loaded with 6-8 inch fish...not what we were after so we headed back to the humps and found them in the exact spot I left them on Saturday and this group was willing to bite and we finished out our limits there. All fish caught on Ole Ugly Slabs and flies by Flies By Night. Water temp was 82-84 wind 25-35 SE with gusts to mid 40's.
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