How much is it for an Oklahoma fishing license to go up and catch these?

$35 for a 6 day non-resident
$55 for a full year expiring December 31st

Turn your damn phone on.

My phone is on! I have no missed calls from u Mike? I have a text, but I answered you!

Lost Creek it stocked full of fish right now. Almost all the pockets have 20 or so monsters in it.... Probably about 3-400 fish in it right now.



Kids kept me busy with all the tree bass and rock grouper. So, I was re rigging and tying most of the time. Not a lot of pics due to that. Kids had fun and now are fly fisherman. After the trip they went to buy some fly rods and get back on the action.



Upper portion of Spillway Creek was great in the AM. The kids caught lot of fish caught up there. On the first cast as we got to the river, one of the little guys got a nice 22 inch Rainbow! After that it was a fish every five or ten mins if they stayed out of the trees. Hit lost creek to see if we could get a bigger one, but the biggest was 19 inches.



They also got three small browns, one was in the Cold Hole, that is now in Lost Creek! Saved it's life for a day. With the cloud cover, some of it, the fish were biting most of the day. We were fishing only in areas that had shade on the water. The trout would stack up in shaded pools and move with the shade.

Left the river at noon to eat lunch and went to spent a couple hours on the water and got a little over 30 trout or so from Spillway to EH. Lots of sunfish and some Largemouth in the stag water next to the EH. One Bass is about 3 lbs near the narley tree. As soon sat it saw me it bolted. Lots of babies in there.














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i was up there on saturday as well, i caught quite a few trout, and my dad did very well

Fish are biting.



Well, due to the coldt, we decided not to fish for crappie and just go fly fishing again. Howard went last year and had a ball, so off we went. Left Plano, TX at 5 am and got to the river at 730am. Fish were deep in the morning and Near Deers were landing a lot of fish in the deeper pockets. At about 9am, a really great hatch started.



The Blue Wingged Olives were everywhere. At any given moment, you could grab one out of the air. My dry fly BWO was one size to big and they, the trout, ignored it, except for 2 curious little guys.



After a lot of lookers and no takers, I went to the truck and tied up some BWO dry flies in the right size, as well as some grey RS2's size #22.




After tying up some flies for 15-20 mins, we hit the river again. A lot of times we would lose site of our dry flys, due to all the hatching ones. The hatch stopped at about 2 pm, so we used the RS2's and finished the day at 4 pm. Home by 645pm.



Caught more Browns on drys than Rainbows.



There are some gigantic fish in there right now. Biggest I have seen in a long time there..... Hooked one over 25 inches easy. One of the old timers walking by said he thinks its at least 27-28, in the rapids at the EH. He shook the barbless hook right out. The next day I found the exact fish, big white spot on tail, in the rapid at the end of LC. He was chasing all the fish around and not to fond of eating anything.



From the upper end of the EH all the way to the rd at Cold Hole, are huge fish swimming around. We found holding fish in the craziest spots. Places people almost step over cutting thrugh the creek. A lot of the monsters have thier nose in a bush or they have to much structure around them to drift a fly to them. Bait fishers wont be able to get to them if they dont move out of the spots. I think a couple of them might be on beds, cant see the whole fish to be able to tell. But they all stayed in the same spot all day and never moved.



I go back up there tonight again.... Friday thru Saturday.

New report up on Sundayish. Remember, this is only 2.5 hours from Dallas. The heck with the little stocker they put in the creek. Drive a little bit and ur in the Mountains!

Fly rods or spinning gear will land you a limit (6) no problem. Do the same thing you do here in the ponds, and you will get them there too.... plus they are way bigger than the fish sticks they stock in our metro ponds here in Dallas......

I got a naive question here as I never fished trout before: why do people all use fly fishing rod instead of spinning rod in the pictures? Is fly fishing more effective for trout?

If you had salmon eggs, you would catch your fair share. If the fish are not shut down due to a front or somthing, Ill outfish bait and spinning tackle 10-1. If they are shut down, only bait will work, mainly, but Ill still throw the fly till my arm falls off..... Problem with bait, is all you do is snag. Spining gear and my fly I tie (designed for this river (a re-make of Dans) are the way to go. I dont care who you are, anyone can catch these. Guys I had out today and yesterday knew basicly nothing. The all caught fish and went out on thier own and caught fish after. The fish are like the sandbass run, they are everywhere. And no one will invade your space there ( thats reason enough to go )

So to answer the question, thats what most people perfer to do when catch trout. Just like your Large Mouth Bass, 95% people use lures for them and not bait. Fish however you want. And I also will guide with spinning tackle/bait if ness.

Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.

Thats some nice trout Tarponfly.You are so right about the little fingerlings they stock around here. Not sure why they even bother.The drive up there is so easy.If you get up early and leave out you are just about finished with your second cup of coffee and your sausage and egg biscuit when you get there.

Hey Carey, I dont know if you remember me and my son Jaydon. You took us Lake Levon in the Spring on a trip for Sandbass. Trip of a life time! But me and Jaydon hit up the ponds in Dallas area for trout all the time. But I wanted to take him to Broken Bow for my Birthday. Is it a good time to go next weekend, think they will be easy to catch. I dont have a fly rod, what spinners and bait should I use and where is best place to go. Any help would be appreciated. I cant wait to book a trip with you in the Spring for the Sandies and Hybrids-Thanks Chris

1/8 white, silver, chart colors work best. Pay attention to what Zone you are in. Red Zone is catch and release and barbless hooks only, no bait. Please don't go into red zones with treble hooks, you will severely injure the fish and will end up dying. , Blue Zone is 6 rainbows of any size, release the browns, they have to be over 20 inches.

Today:

I left at 530 am, got to the river 745am, Dan lands a pretty Brown Trout before 8 am. (Over 100 fish landed today to 18 inches. Out of around 100 fish, Dan landed 67 of them). Off the water at 545pm. Stopped at Mexican food restaurant at 630 pm. Leave Downtown Broken Bow @ 715pm, home at 930pm.

Saw four other anglers the whole day while the fish jumped on our hooks..... While in the mountains.....