Marking fish and finding bait has not been a problem. In fact there is so much bait up and down lake I'm fairly convinced fish bite is in a lull because of it also maybe lack of visibility has slowed things down along with the 34 degree water temp. Most guides are spoonbill fishing. 

Fish On! Was finally warm enough to get out on the lake, I was able to launch out of Mannford, Large shad was readily available. There's no lack of shad this winter there is walls of it in fact about 8 miles of it solid I can't help but think that has to affect the fishing one way or another. We didn't catch much fishing under shad but did get a nice 12lb blue up by applachia bay, I did a lot of big leaps tons of fish on sonar everywhere. Keystone ramp also looked good for launching. I finally found a group of catfish on the last stop pulled one 14lb and several eaters to go with it so got er turned around I was starting to think the muddy water or something had them off. Fishing was best in 50ft of water or more. Water temps was 38 give or take a little on both numbers. Yep found them CPR today boxed 8 fish rather quickly and headed home I'm confident I could get clients hooked up with plenty on a full outing. I've got plenty of openings between now and the first of February. Let's go!

Fish On! Mark and Marlin come back today to check out sooner lake before the cold hits. We focused on blue cat and as usual we caught some on every stop. Earlier in the trip we had several slip the hook for some reason. I finally found a good group of them and we pulled a 20lb and a 26lb overall we got 13 of them. 4 hybrid a couple of white bass and maybe 15 white perch which were difficult today. None of it's been exactly easy but willing to work you're gonna get some nice fish. Live shad and fresh cut perch is the ticket. There has been a ton of people this last month that have caught their personal best on catfish including today. We caught fish from 82 feet to 55 feet with the 55 being the best. Water temperature on the west side of the lake was 39° compared to about 41° on the main lake. They started generating today so there could be a thermal change. I missed out on the big hybrid blowup on the way out seen it from parking lot. Sometimes that happens late in the day this time of year. Fish are roving around in pretty tight wadded schools right now. Don't be afraid to call and book one let's wait about a week to let the cold front pass.

Fish On! 1-7-24 Sooner Lake, Headed out for catfish again and we boated 15 of them said and done up to 14lbs, along with about 40 perch. Fishing wind blown banks 75 to 35ft of water. Everyone happy including me . We had to work for them but had a good time doing it. Thanks everyone for your support. Water temps varied on location 41.5 to 43degrees. I've got openings. If ya don't want to drive to Sooner we can go to Oologah.