Tenkiller

[MarkG52]

Fished Tenkiller Lake for the first time Saturday.  Caught enough to keep it interesting. Got smallies, spots and largemouth, but the fish of the day was a crappie on a RK. Water temp was around 60 for the most part. Stayed windy all day. Fishing buddy and I caught fish on RK's, Jerk's, PopR, jig(brown/purple w/ mostly purple trailer), jointed Shad Rap, can't remember what else. RK was probably the lure of the day.  Had a real nice  brown bass and a real nice green one come unpinned. Pictured is the crappie that hit my RK.

[Quillback]

That is a big crappie.  Never have fished Tenkiller, but everyone I know that fishes it says it is a great lake.

 

[rps]

As a young man, Tenkiller was my lake of choice. Not many brown bass in those days, unless you were well up river. However, young green bass, white bass, and good crappie were everywhere.

[MarkG52]

It was my first time on the lake. I've fly fished below the dam for trout a gazillion times. Good lake. Potential to catch a bag of really nice brown fish. Not as easy to get to as Beaver or TR for us, but I'm sure we'll go back. Got a lot to learn about fishing it yet. Lots of flats, docks, good points, some bluff walls, and we didn't run too awful far from the ramp. I was going on about an hour and a half of sleep too. Officiated a High School playoff game in Central Arkansas Friday night. Never sleep good after games and that alarm going off at 3:45, yikes!  Reading the regs I was shocked they have no limits on Spots, length or creel. I put one in the livewell with that crappie and turned em both loose. We would've kept a mess of spots if we had caught more than just one.