Oklahoma Trout Fishing

Made the run to Oklahoma to the Lower Ilinois River for Rainbow Trout and Striped Bass. Fished the spillway area initially but then moved downriver when they started generating power. While at the spillay, caught small striped bass, gaspergou, and our fishing buddy caught a nice size Buffalo but did not get video. Put up… [read more]

Another update from the Blue River and the trout fishing action from a fisherman we follow on YouTube. Really liking the 3 pounder caught at the end of the video!

Here is a collection of fishing videos starting with our first fishing trip to the Lower Mountain Fork River in Oklahoma in 2014 and ending with our last one on August of 2017. Mainly fished the Beavers Bend State Park – specifically, the Evening Hole, Cold Hole, and Spillway Creek. Of note were the changes… [read more]

Had a great time fishing for trout at Turner Falls Park near Davis, Oklahoma. Water was crystal clear and the trout were readily striking lures and fishing flies… at least on Friday and Saturday. Sunday they were easily spooked and were harder to catch. No worries though… able to limit out each day once we… [read more]

Made the run across the border to Oklahoma’s Turner Falls Park for some fly fishing. Recently stocked with rainbow trout, was able to get a limit Friday. Hope to try again Saturday for more fun fishing the river! Will post a video of the trip later. For now, here is a video snippet of the… [read more]

Headed back to Texas from Oklahoma City, decided to make one more stop at the Blue River Catch and Release area. Caught one, lost a number of others… still had a great time! Plus: Learned the parking area furthest west is best for accessing the C&R.

Made the run north across the border to the Lower Illinois River. Had a great time! One of us limited out (not yours truly) with six Rainbow Trout; the other one caught only two! Still working on the video; not sure if we got enough footage but will piece something together and get it posted!  For… [read more]

Finally made it to the Lower Illinois River for some Rainbow Trout Fishing. Had a great time scouting the river and seeing new places! Although it was tough fishing, we did manage to catch a fish or  two. First Rainbow Trout was in the Special Regulation Zone (also referred to the “Watts” area); it went… [read more]

Below is a video that recaps our trout fishing trips to Oklahoma starting with the trip in August to Beavers Bend State Park and ending with the trip to Turner Falls Park this past Saturday. Hope it is of interest to some of our Readers!

Made it to the Blue River Tuesday afternoon! Had a great time; limited out with six Rainbow Trout. Caught and released a lot more! Used a Five Weight Fly Rod and fished a Tandem Rigged Near Deere and trailed either a GRHEN or a Rainbow Warrior. Started fishing the area by the Island. Caught four… [read more]