Submitting record catches




Oklahoma Department of Wildlife announced a new sunfish (any species) record this past week. Glori Johnson, 8 years old, is the proud owner of a Lake Texoma record for sunfish. Her catch weighed 1.6 lbs, 11 inches long, and with a girth of 12 inches...looks like a ball. Glori shared that the fish was caught out of Buncombe Creek while using Zebco rod, Eagle Claw reel and natural bait. A complete list of ODW fish lake records is found at: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishlist.php?lake[]=176 Texas also has a program to recognize record fish catches. On the Texas side of Lake Texoma, Wendy Schriebwogel holds the records for two sunfish: Green Sunfish, 0.75 lbs, 9.38 inches long and Hybrid Green Sunfish, 0.68 lbs, 9.50 inches in length. Kyle Gawrych holds the record for Redear Sunfish, 1.16 lbs., measuring 11.25 inches long. Schriebwogel's records date back to 1994; Gawrych sunfish was caught in 2012. A complete list of TPWD fish lake records is found at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/programs/fishrecords/watersearch.php?travregion=2 If you think you might have an Oklahoma or Texas lake record, weigh the fish on certified scales, measure the fish and take several photos. According to the ODW website, the next step is to email Greg Summers, [email protected] on how to attain entry forms and submission. In Texas, anglers can secure an official application form from TPWD web address listed above. Anglers can fill out the form electronically, print, sign and submit, or it can be filled out by hand and sent in.




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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 7)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Good early morning bass bite around shad spawn areas and with topwater frogs over grass. Midday to mid afternoon work flukes and yum dingers around grass good1-3 feet. New wave of spawners pulling up this week. Carolina rigs fair in 5-10 feet of water on secondary points. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are post spawn and the top water bite is on! Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation. The crappie are moving shallow, small clousers are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet biting clousers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie fishing is settling into the post spawn and summer patterns we should see for the next few months. We are seeing incredible numbers of small black crappie right now loading up on brush piles, lay downs, bridges and docks. The larger black crappie are a little hard to find but you can find some nice groups of them or pick a few out of the smaller fish. The bigger white crappie are beginning to load on the summer pattern trees. We have a tremendous amount of fry covering up a lot of those trees and making it very hard to see those bigger white crappie on forward facing sonar or for them to see your bait. You can find fish in 10-30 feet of water and some may only be 2 feet under the surface or right on the bottom. Minnows and any colored jigs are both producing extremely well. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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