Fishing Report For Lake Murray, OK

By Rick Seaman

February 4, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Murray, OK

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Popular Fish Species Lake Murray, OK

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

Largemouth grow to the biggest size of the three species of black bass in Lake Murray. Bassmaster reports an average of over 5 pounds per fish was required to win a recent Lake Murray event. A wide variety of lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, but many tournament anglers are throwing vibrating jigs as a primary bait. During slow times, when the bass are finicky, a stick worm, rigged wacky style, often teases bass to strike.

Smallmouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Lake Murray is considered a pretty decent smallmouth bass fishery. Many locals report catching nice smallies on topwater lures once the water warms above 55 degrees. One of the most popular is the Rebel Pop-R. Mid-range crankbaits, in crawdad colors, are a good way to catch smallmouth any time they are shallow.

Striped Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

Locals report fishing with live bait is a primary method for catching striped bass at Lake Murray. Carolina rigs with a heavy weight, and a 3 ' to 4' leader, make an ideal setup for live bait. Use fish finders to locating roaming stripers on ledges, humps and along river channels. Often, being successful at fishing for stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and wolf packs of stripers are likely to be nearby. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, bluegill, green sunfish, redear sunfish, white bass and striped bass at Lake Murray in Oklahoma.

Lake Murray is a 6,400-acre lake 95 miles of shoreline, located in the south-central part of the state. The most sought after species include three species of black bass and striped bass. Other options include white bass, black crappie, white crappie, sunfish, catfish and walleye.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".