Low Water

[Okieflyfisher53]

They shut the water down Friday night and it was off all weekend. They have lowered the gate at Zinc Dam to flush the silt out, and the water was off color. I fished Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning and afternoon with not much luck. One of my friends did manage to catch one nice striper today. All I was able to catch was 1 drum, 1 buffalo, and 1 carp. I also foul hooked a huge paddlefish that took me into my backing before I broke it off. This is the fly that the striper and my drum hit

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a248/stevec53/IMG_0037.jpg

Steve

[Fishhand]

Hey Steve, That was a good striper! R.E. and I came in right in front of you guys down at the PSO. We kind of pounded that hole thinking there would be fish... hooked one nice hybrid but had "technical difficulties" and couldn't get him in...We wound up catching a few whites above the bottleneck and then some small stripers (15"), a half dozen whites, one decent sized hybrid, and 3-4 drum down at the soccer field. We also caught two catfish on fly and foul hooked 15-20 spoonbill and an additional 6 +/- drum. We couldn't get away from the spoonbills. Never did find a decent striper. I finally down sized my bait to a small clouser just to get a bite. Only had two grey / whites which were producing well on small fish, but, lost both of them on spoonbills. A couple of guys came down from the parking lot at the soccer field and caught three small fish between the two of them. I sure had high hopes going into the day...Hope you get into 'em next time. Good fishin', Jim

[Okieflyfisher53]

Here is a pic of Randy's striper

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a248/ste...8fishing010.jpg

[Slabhunter]

What part of oklahoma are you guys fishing the arkansas river where you have ran into the abundance of paddlefish ?

[Fishhand]

We're fishing in Tulsa above the I-44 bridge. It's illegal to snag spoonbill from Keystone Dam down to the I-44 bridge, so, I guess you're out of luck on snagging where we're fishing. I haven't a clue what the snagging possbilities would be below the I-44 bridge. They're probably in there somewhere, just got to find 'em. Good Snaggin', Jim

[Slabhunter]

Thanks for the info. I know where you talkin about now.

[Zach Bearden]

Jim, you mind explaining the "Soccer Field" ? Thanks

[Fishhand]

Hey Zach, The soccer field is on the opposite side of the river...The soccer field accesses the river below the Power Supply of Oklahoma discharge. It's nice to come in from that side 'cause if the water begins to rise, you can immediately high tail it out and not have to worry about crossing 100 yards of rising river. You get to it by crossing over the I-44 bridge and taking the first right. You'll come to a T, take a right, and then take the next left and follow it 'til you see the soccer field on the right hand side of the road (about a half mile+/-). I don't know the road names...sorry... Just follow the shortest path to the river after you cross the bridge and head up towards Zink Dam. There's a parking area by the soccer fields and the access to the river is right there, or, you can walk along the trail up toward Zink Dam and check out the joggers... good fishin', Jim

[Hopper]

Hey Zach, The soccer field is on the opposite side of the river...The soccer field accesses the river below the Power Supply of Oklahoma discharge. It's nice to come in from that side 'cause if the water begins to rise, you can immediately high tail it out and not have to worry about crossing 100 yards of rising river. You get to it by crossing over the I-44 bridge and taking the first right. You'll come to a T, take a right, and then take the next left and follow it 'til you see the soccer field on the right hand side of the road (about a half mile+/-). I don't know the road names...sorry... Just follow the shortest path to the river after you cross the bridge and head up towards Zink Dam. There's a parking area by the soccer fields and the access to the river is right there, or, you can walk along the trail up toward Zink Dam and check out the joggers... good fishin', Jim

The road is south elwood and the soccer fields are the west bank soccer fields you can look it up on any of the internet maps.

[Cunningham]

I talked to the City of Tulsa crew yesterday working at the dam. They are building a new kayak wave, truckin in loads of boulders...I'm assuming they are also making some repairs to the wall too. They are hoping a new wave will add interest in the Tulsa Wave Park. The guy added the work is to be complete by Friday (maybe).

They are also doing some silt removal up river, as the migratory Terns are not nesting right now.

All should be good once the water allows the fish to run.