Public Fishing Areas: Special Regulations

In addition to general fishing regulations, statewide species regulations and Department fishing area rules, this section addresses special regulations that apply to public fishing waters. If a species or body of water is not listed, refer to statewide regulations.

Listed in Alphabetical Order

Adair Park

Adair County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 696-7143

Game Warden: (918) 431-2539, (918) 431-2546

Allowed methods: One rod and reel per person.

American Horse

Blaine County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Game Warden: (580) 623-0206

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: Up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Arbuckle

Murray County

Fishing Contact: (580) 924-4087

Fees & Facilities: (580) 622-7234

Game Warden: (580) 618-0044

Daily/Size Limits: Crappie: 15 combined per day, must be 10 inches or longer.

Arcadia

Oklahoma County

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Education Area: (405) 990-9753

Fees & Facilities: (405) 216-7470

Game Warden: (405) 203-3176, (405) 343-5489, (405) 203-3178

Daily/Size Limits: Striped bass and/or striped bass hybrids: five combined per day, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer.

Additional Restrictions: Walk-in fishing is allowed year-round on the Arcadia Lake shoreline within the conservation area. Fishing is not allowed on the ponds or wetland areas.

Arkansas River

Keystone Dam downstream to the Arkansas state line

Fishing Contact: (918) 299-2334 from Keystone Dam downstream to Muskogee Turnpike bridge. (918) 683-1031 from Muskogee Turnpike bridge downstream to the Arkansas state line.

Game Warden: (918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691, (918) 640-0316, (918) 857-5557, (918) 625-5796, (918) 625-5085

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/16-inch minimum, including all reservoirs and unimpounded tributaries from Keystone Dam downstream to the Oklahoma state line.

Prohibited methods: snagging between April 15-May 15 in the Arkansas River from Zink Dam for 800 feet downstream.

In the tailwaters area immediately below Webbers Falls Lock and Dam; bowfishing, gigs, spears, spearguns and snagging is prohibited in the first 1,000 feet. Trotlines, throwlines, limblines, juglines and yo-yos are prohibited below Webbers Falls Lock and Dam for a distance of one mile.

Barren Fork WMA

Adair County

Fishing Contact: Streams Program Fisheries Office (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 431-2546, (918) 431-2539

Daily Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person.

Black Kettle WMA

Roger Mills County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Fees & Facilities: (580) 497-2143

Game Warden: (580) 497-6897

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Prohibited methods: trotlines, throwlines, limblines, yo-yos, juglines.

Blue River PFHA

Johnston County

Fishing Contact: (580) 920-5773

Game Warden: (580) 320-2948, (580) 320-2950

Daily/Size Limits: Spotted bass: must be 14 inches or longer. Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day. All crappie: six combined per day, no size limit.

Allowed methods: one rod and reel per person during trout season (other times up to two rods and reels per person).

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.

Bluestem Lake

Osage County

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-9243

Game Warden: (918) 440-9880, (918) 331-5798, (918) 381-4099, (580) 761-4097

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.

Burtschi

Grady County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Game Warden: (405) 779-1479

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Caney River

Below Hulah Lake dam

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-9243

Game Warden: (918) 331-5798, (918) 857-5557, (918) 640-0316

Prohibited methods: Bowfishing prohibited from Hulah dam downstream 1,200 feet to the reregulation dam. Gigs, spears, spearguns and snagging prohibited from Hulah dam downstream to the confluence of old and new river channels. (Also see Tailwaters regulations in Public Fishing Areas: Special Regulations)

Carl Albert

Le Flore County

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Fees & Facilities: (918) 567-3434

Game Warden: (918) 429-3910, (918) 431-2559, (918) 513-0814

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.

Carl Blackwell

Payne County

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-9243

Fees & Facilities: (405) 372-5157

Game Warden: (405) 747-0505

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.

Prohibited methods: Noodling

Carl Etling

Cimarron County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Game Warden: (580) 651-9133

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing. Cast nets may be used to take bait for personal use.

Dahlgren

Cleveland County

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Game Warden: (405) 323-7863, (405) 850-9757

Daily/Size Limits: Channel catfish: six per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Doc Hollis

Greer County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Game Warden: (580) 450-7706

Daily/Size Limits: All largemouth bass must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught (no harvest allowed). Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day. Motors (electric or combustion) are prohibited.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Elmer

Kingfisher County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Game Warden: (405) 368-0887

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Elmer Thomas

Comanche County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Fees & Facilities: (580) 442-5854

Game Warden: (580) 695-7535

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.

Eufaula

McIntosh, Okmulgee and Pittsburg Counties

Fishing Contact: (405) 379-5408

Fees & Facilities: (918) 484-5135

Game Warden: (918) 617-0326, (918) 617-0126, (918) 625-5971, (918) 625-6013, (918) 429-3908, (918) 470-5097

Prohibited methods: snagging is closed for one mile below Eufaula Dam.

Lake Eufaula State Park

Pickens Lake: Fishing open only to residents under 16 or 65 and older, or those 60 percent or more disabled, or legally blind and those accompanying. Fishing limited to only two rods and reels per person. No other fishing methods allowed.

Kid's Fish Out Lake: Fishing open only to persons under 16 or 64 and older, or those 60 percent or more disabled, or legally blind or physically impaired and one companion. Fishing limited to only two rods and reels per person. No other method of fishing allowed.

Evans Chambers

Beaver County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Game Warden: (580) 651-9135

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Fort Gibson

Cherokee, Mayes and Wagoner Counties

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 682-4314

Game Warden: (918) 373-0767, (918) 857-4802, (918) 625-5085, (918) 625-5796, (918) 431-2552, (918) 431-2562

Daily/Size Limits: All crappie: 15 combined per day/10-inch minimum.

Grand Lake

Craig, Delaware, Mayes and Ottawa Counties

Fishing Contact: (918) 542-9422

Fees & Facilities: (918) 782-3382

Game Warden: (918) 244-2035, (918) 857-8597, (918) 533-2678, (918) 373-0767, (918) 857-4802, (918) 533-2679

(Applies to all tributaries and upstream to state)

Daily/Size Limits: All crappie: 15 combined per day/10-inch minimum.

Grand (Neosho) River

Below Grand Lake-Pensacola Dam

See Grand Lake for Contact information.

Prohibited methods: (Also see “Tailwaters” regulations; and shad restrictions in Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS))

Bowfishing prohibited below turbine outlets downstream to State Park and below spillway outlet downstream to highline crossing. The next ½ mile below the highline crossing is closed only when the spillway gates are discharging water and for seven days following closure of the gates.

Gigs, spears and spearguns are prohibited below turbine outlets downstream to State Park bridge and below spillway outlets downstream for one mile.

Noodling is prohibited below turbine outlets downstream to State Park bridge and below the spillway outlets downstream to highline crossing, except noodling shall be legal the day of and two days following closure of spillway.

Great Salt Plains

Alfalfa County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Fees & Facilities: (580) 626-4731

Game Warden: (580) 541-0820

(including lake and tailwaters)

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger or saugeye: six combined per day/no size limit.

Greenleaf

Muskogee County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 487-5196

Game Warden: (918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Hall

Harmon County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Game Warden: (580) 450-7701

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Hefner

Oklahoma County

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Fees & Facilities: (405) 297-2211

Game Warden: (405) 343-5489, (405) 203-3176, (405) 203-3178

Allowed methods: up to three rods and reels per person with no more than three hooks per line (treble hooks are considered one hook). Bowfishing during daylight hours only. For all special regulations, visit okc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/lakes-and-fishing/fishing-regulations.

Hudson

Mayes County

Fishing Contact: (918) 542-9422

Fees & Facilities: (918) 479-5249

Game Warden: (918) 373-0767, (918) 857-4802

Daily/Size Limits: All crappie: 15 combined per day/10-inch minimum.

Jap Beaver

Jefferson County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Game Warden: (580) 313-0451

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Kiamichi River

Below Hugo Lake Dam

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (580) 317-5000

Prohibited methods: Trotlines, throwlines, snagging, bowfishing and noodling from Hugo Dam downstream to first railroad bridge. (Also see “Tailwaters” regulations; and shad restrictions in Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS)).

Konawa

Seminole County

Fishing Contact: (405) 379-5408

Fees & Facilities: (580) 925-2071

Game Warden: (405) 380-8995

Allowed methods: rod and reel, bowfishing, and noodling.

Lee Creek

Including Little Lee Creek

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 431-2546, (918) 431-2539, (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550

Daily/Size Limits: Black bass: six combined per day, all of which must be 14 inches or longer, and only one of which may be a smallmouth bass.

Prohibited methods: cast netting.

Little River

McCurtain County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (580) 513-6866, (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651

(Below Pine Creek Lake Dam)

Prohibited methods: Trotlines, throwlines, limblines, yo-yos and juglines from the dam downstream for a distance of 2,000 feet. (Also see “Tailwaters” regulations.)

Lone Chimney

Pawnee and Payne Counties

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-9243

Fees & Facilities: (918) 762-3581

Game Warden: (918) 645-6116, (405) 747-0505

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Lower Canadian River

Downstream from Eufaula Dam for one mile

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 429-3123, (918) 429-3122, (918) 617-0326, (918) 617-0126, (918) 625-5971, (918) 625-5085, (918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691

Prohibited methods: Gigs and spears, spearguns and snagging. (Also see “Tailwaters” regulations.)

Lower Illinois River

Sequoyah County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 431-2550, (918) 431-2544

(From Tenkiller Dam downstream to the confluence of the Arkansas River)

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six per day/16-inch minimum.

Allowed methods: From Tenkiller Dam downstream to the U.S. 64 bridge: fishing limited to one rod and reel per person. Cast nets may be used to take bait for personal use from the south boundary of the lower Illinois River Public Fishing Area – “Simp and Helen Watts Area” downstream to the Highway 64 bridge (Also see “Tailwaters” regulations in Public Fishing Areas: Special Regulations.)

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.

Lower Mountain Fork River Trout Area

Below Broken Bow Dam

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Game Warden: (580) 513-6866, (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651

Allowed methods: one rod and reel per person.

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.

Lower Poteau River

Downstream from Wister Dam to ¼ mile past confluence of old and new channels

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 429-3910, (918) 431-2559, (580) 513-0814

Prohibited methods: trotlines and throwlines. (Also see “Tailwaters” regulations.)

Lower Red River

Below Lake Texoma

Fishing Contact: (580) 924-4087

Game Warden: (580) 320-2956, (580) 320-2957, (580) 317-5000, (580) 613-6866, (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651

Denison Dam downstream to the mouth of the Shawnee Creek: Anglers are advised to meet all fishing license requirements for both Oklahoma and Texas. See map below.

If fishing in Oklahoma waters, an Oklahoma fishing license is required, unless exempt. If fishing in Texas waters, you need a Texas fishing license, unless exempt. A Lake Texoma fishing license is not valid below Denison Dam.

Mouth of Shawnee Creek downstream (east): If fishing in the Red River, anglers must possess an Oklahoma fishing license, unless exempt.

For all of the Lower Red River:

Daily/Size Limits: Alligator gar harvest must be reported within 24 hours via E-Check at wildlifedepartment.com. Transport of shad from the Lower Red River is prohibited. If shad are collected from the Lower Red River for use as bait, they may only be used in the Lower Red River.

Prohibited methods: bowfishing for paddlefish, year-round. (Also see "Tailwaters" regulations; and shad restrictions in Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS)).

Medicine Creek Trout Area

Comanche County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Game Warden: (580) 695-7535

(Gondola Lake dam south to State Highway 49 bridge)

Allowed methods: only one rod and reel per person during trout season, bowfishing.

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations. For Close to Home regulations, see "Close to Home" Fishing.

Nanih Waiya

Pushmataha County

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Game Warden: (580) 271-0808, (580) 513-5014

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Oklahoma River

Oklahoma County

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Fees & Facilities: (405) 297-1426

Game Warden: (405) 343-5489, (405) 203-3176, (405) 203-3178

Allowed methods: up to three rods and reels per person, with no more than three hooks per line (treble hooks count as one hook; restriction does not apply to artificial lures with more than three hooks). Noodling is only allowed from the NW 10th Street bridge to the MacArthur Street bridge.

Oklahoma State Park Ponds

Statewide

Fishing Contact: (800) 652-6552

Game Warden: (405) 522-0871

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Ouachita WMA

Le Flore and McCurtain Counties

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Fees & Facilities: (580) 494-6402, ext. 107

Game Warden: (918) 429-3910, (918) 431-2559, (580) 413-0814, (580) 513-6866, (580) 513-4963, (580) 513-4651

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.

Overholser

Oklahoma County

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Fees & Facilities: (405) 297-1426

Game Warden: (405) 343-5489, (405) 203-3176, (405) 203-3178

Allowed methods: up to three rods and reels per person, with no more than three hooks per line (treble hooks are considered one hook). Bowfishing during daylight hours only. For all special regulations visit okc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/lakes-and-fishing/fishing-regulations.

Ozzie Cobb

Pushmataha County

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Game Warden: (580) 271-0808, (580) 513-5014

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Ponca

Kay County

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-9243

Fees & Facilities: (580) 767-0400

Game Warden: (580) 761-6565

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.

Ponds (WMAs)

Statewide

Fishing Contact: (405) 521-3721

Game Warden: (405) 522-0871

(Within Wildlife Department Management Areas)

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing

Note: Ponds and creeks within Honobia Creek and Three Rivers Wildlife Management Areas require special permits. All resident anglers, except those under 18 years of age on the first day of the current calendar year or are 64 years old or older, and all non-resident anglers regardless of age must possess a Land Access Permit to fish and/or hunt on either the Honobia Creek or Three Rivers Wildlife Management Areas.

Raymond Gary

Choctaw County

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Game Warden: (580) 317-5000

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Rivers & Streams

Statewide

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (405) 522-0871

Statewide: It is unlawful to take or possess more than 25 nongame fish harvested from a river or stream, (see Statewide Daily & Size Limits for daily limits on shad or species of special concern).

Private Properties: Landowner consent must be obtained to utilize lands with rivers and/or creeks flowing through them.

Daily/Size Limits: Black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted): six combined per day, only one of which may be a smallmouth bass. Largemouth and smallmouth bass must be 14 inches or longer. No size limit on spotted bass.

Scenic Rivers: Use or possession of a cast net is illegal on Baron Fork Creek, Flint Creek, Illinois River, Lee Creek, Little Lee Creek and Upper Mountain Fork River.

Robbers Cave

Latimer County

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Fees & Facilities: (918) 465-2565

Game Warden: (918) 471-9447

(Carlton, Coon Creek and Wayne Wallace Lakes)

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

(From Carlton Lake Dam downstream 1.5 miles to the State Park boundary)

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: only one rod and reel per person during trout season (other times up to two rods and reels per person).

Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.

Robert S. Kerr

Haskell, Muskogee and Sequoyah Counties

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 775-4475

Game Warden: (918) 429-3123, (918) 429-3122, (918) 625-4873, (918) 625- 4691, (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550

(Includes oxbows and cutoffs)

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: 16-inch minimum.

Schooler

Choctaw County

Fishing Contact: (918) 297-0153

Game Warden: (580) 317-5000

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Shell Lake

Osage County

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-6700

Game Warden: (918) 331-5798, (918) 381-4099, (918) 440-9880, (918) 761-4097

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.

Skiatook

Osage County

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-6700

Fees & Facilities: (580) 396-3170

Game Warden: (918) 331-5798, (918) 381-4099, (918) 440-9880, (918) 761-4097

Daily/Size Limits: Striped bass and striped bass hybrids (does not include white bass): five per day, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer.

Sooner

Noble and Pawnee Counties

Fishing Contact: (580) 304-9243

Fees & Facilities: (405) 553-2919

Game Warden: (580) 370-0700, (918) 645-6116

Daily/Size Limits: Striped bass: 5 per day, minimum length of 20 inches; walleye, sauger, saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum; others must be returned to the water immediately.

Allowed methods: rod and reel, bowfishing, and noodling. Fishing is prohibited from dam, fenced area below dam, and north bank of intake channel. Fishing in the buoy-marked intake channel, discharge channel and spillway embankment is bank fishing only (no float tubes or wading).

Stanley Draper

Cleveland and Oklahoma Counties

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Fees & Facilities: (405) 297-1426

Game Warden: (405) 850-9757, (405) 323-7863, (405) 343-5489, (405) 203-3176, (405) 203-3178

Allowed methods: up to three rods and reels per person, with no more than three hooks per line (treble hooks are considered one hook). Bowfishing during daylight hours only.

Taft

Muskogee County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person.

Tailwaters

Statewide

Fishing Contact: (405) 521-3721

Game Warden: (405) 522-0871

First 1,000 feet below any federal or Grand River Dam Authority dam

At Wister, the tailwater designation extends downstream to the second set of powerlines at the confluence of the old and new river channels.

Fishing limited to only two rods and reels per person. Unlawful to keep a foul-hooked fish (any fish hooked other than inside the mouth) unless taken in a tailwater open to snagging (non-game fish only). Bowfishing prohibited except at Eufaula, Fort Gibson, Heyburn, Hudson, Keystone and Wister. Bowfishing is open on Thunderbird past the first 75 feet from the dam. Gigs, spears and spearguns prohibited, except at Hudson. Snagging prohibited, except at Fort Gibson tailwaters (see additional snagging regulations in Method of Take and Paddlefish Regulations). Each angler must keep their fish separate, marked with their name and customer ID number or lifetime license number when fishing in tailwaters. Wister tailwater is closed to noodling. Dam/Spillway regulations are different for the Lower Mountain Fork River. See Trout Area Information and Public Fishing Areas: Special Regulations for more information.

Bureau of Reclamation tailwaters

Fishing closed year-round at Arbuckle, Fort Cobb and Foss. Fishing closed for the first 75 feet from dam at Altus-Lugert, McGee Creek, Thunderbird and Tom Steed.

Bowfishing, noodling, trotlines, throwlines, limblines, juglines and yo-yos are prohibited on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River from the spillway of Great Salt Plains Lake downstream to State Highway 38 Bridge.

Tenkiller

Cherokee and Sequoyah Counties

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 487-5252

Game Warden: (918) 431-2552, (918) 431-2562, (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550

(Downstream from Horseshoe Bend boat ramp to dam)

Daily/Size Limits: All crappie: 15 combined per day/10-inch minimum.

Prohibited methods: gigs and spears downstream of Horseshoe Bend boat ramp. Speargunning is legal when used with scuba, except taking flathead catfish from June 15 through July 15 is prohibited.

Texoma

Bryan, Johnston, Love and Marshall Counties

Fishing Contact: (580) 924-4087

Fees & Facilities: (903) 465-4990

Game Warden: (580) 320-2956, (580) 320-2957, (580) 320-2948, (580) 320-2950, (580) 276-7193, (580) 320-2951, (580) 320-2959

Note: Fishing regulations may differ between Oklahoma and Texas portions of Lake Texoma. Check the Texas Fishing Guide for details.

Daily/Size Limits: Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass: five combined per day/14-inch minimum for largemouth and smallmouth bass. Striped bass and/or striped bass hybrids: 10 combined per day, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer. White bass: 25 per day/no size limit. All crappie: 37 combined per day/10-inch minimum. Flathead catfish: five per day/20-inch minimum. The attempt to take or harvest alligator gar is prohibited May 1-31. Alligator gar harvest must be reported within 24 hours via E-Check at wildlifedepartment.com. Texas Side: During May, no person shall take alligator gar from, or possess alligator gar while on, the Red River (including Lake Texoma) and all tributaries that drain directly or indirectly to the Red River on the Texas/Oklahoma border in Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, and Bowie counties.

Thomas A. Bamberger Sr. WMA (Barren Fork Creek)

Adair County

Fishing Contact: Streams Program Fisheries Office (918) 683-1031.

Game Warden: (918) 431-2546, (918) 431-2539.

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person.

Thunderbird

Cleveland County

Fishing Contact: (405) 325-7288

Fees & Facilities: (405) 360-3572

Game Warden: (405) 850-9757, (405) 323-7863

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.

Prohibited methods: bowfishing, gigging, spearing, spearguns, snagging, and noodling within the Little River upstream of Franklin Road in Cleveland County.

Upper Illinois River and Tributaries

Includes Barren Fork Creek and Flint Creek

Use of Jet Skis, jet boats and other similar nonpropeller-driven watercraft in the upper Illinois River above the confluence with Barren Fork Creek is prohibited.

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 431-2552, (918) 431-2562

Daily/Size Limits: Illinois River upstream from Horseshoe Bend boat ramp, Barren Fork Creek and Flint Creek; black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted): six combined per day, only one of which may be a smallmouth bass. Largemouth and smallmouth bass must be 14 inches or longer. No size limit on spotted bass.

Prohibited methods: snagging and noodling. Bowfishing, speargunning, and gigging are prohibited, except for the following methods/seasons:

Upstream from the Horseshoe Bend boat ramp to State Highway 51/U.S. 62 bridge: Gigging is permitted from Dec. 1 to March 1. Speargunning is permitted from Dec. 1 to March 31. Bowfishing is permitted from June 1 to March 31 in the Upper Illinois River only.

Upstream from State Highway 51/U.S. 62 bridge: Gigging, bowfishing and speargunning are permitted from Dec. 1 to March 31.

Possession or use of cast nets prohibited.

Upper Poteau River and Fourche Maline River and Tributaries

Le Flore County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Game Warden: (918) 429-3910, (918) 431-2559, (580) 513-0814

Prohibited methods: gigs, spears, and spearguns.

Vanderwork

Washita County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Game Warden: (580) 515-4484

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Vincent

Ellis County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Game Warden: (580) 860-4967

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.

Watonga

Blaine County

Fishing Contact: (580) 327-7029

Game Warden: (580) 623-0206

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: only one rod and reel per person during trout season (other times up to two rods and reels per person), bowfishing.

Note: For additional trout regulations, see Trout Regulations. The dam at Watonga will be under repair until further notice. For more information visit www.wildlifedepartment.com

Webbers Falls

Muskogee County

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 487-5252

Game Warden: (918) 625-4873, (918) 625-4691

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/16-inch minimum.

W.D. Mayo

Le Flore and Sequoyah Counties

Fishing Contact: (918) 683-1031

Fees & Facilities: (918) 775-4475

Game Warden: (918) 429-3910, (918) 431-2559, (580) 513-0814, (918) 431-2544, (918) 431-2550

(Includes oxbows, cutoffs, and below dam to state line)

Daily/Size Limits: Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/16-inch minimum.

Wichita Mountains WR

Comanche County

Fishing Contact: (580) 529-2795

Fees & Facilities: (580) 429-3222

Game Warden: (580) 695-7535

Daily/Size Limits: Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.

Allowed methods: rod and reel only.