Fishing Pine Creek Lake

AKA: Pine Creek Reservoir

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Pine Creek Lake, OK

Popular Fish Species Pine Creek Lake, OK

Pine Creek Lake Popular Fish - Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish Fishing

To fish for catfish on Pine Creek Lake, most any rod and reel will work, as long as the line is strong enough. Flathead catfish also reside in the lake and fishing for them is often good as well. Night fishing for catfish often delivers better results than daytime fishing. For serious catfish enthusiasts, using the right equipment improves success. A medium action, to medium-heavy action rod is ideal, in the 6' to 7' range. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig with popular catfish baits on at least 10-pound line. Use sharp hooks with bait holders on the shank, or circle hooks for live bait. Pine Creek Lake has a decent population of channel catfish, and they are eager to bite. The typical fish are about 2 pounds, with larger ones caught frequently. Fishing for channel catfish is often most productive around any kind of structure in the area. In Spring channel catfish migrate toward incoming water, so stay up river away from the main lake. In early summer look for rocky banks, the bigger the rocks the better. In summer and winter deeper structure is where to look. The river end of the lake is often the area where the bigger catfish are caught. Road beds, creek channels and rocky points are all good places to begin.

Pine Creek Lake Popular Fish - Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass Fishing

Pine Creek Lake is a popular bass tournament lake. Weekend and tournament anglers find the fishing to be slow at times, yet pretty good at other times. Fishing for bass can be quite rewarding, with an occasional bass over 4 pounds being caught. Anglers can also catch spotted bass, which reside here in decent numbers. Bass often move shallow and become aggressive when they are in a feeding mood. Use shallow crankbaits around rip rap. Around grass, use worms, jigs, topwater and spinnerbaits. In deeper water, drop shot rigs, big worms, jigs and spoons are good options. In winter, spend your time fishing deeper structure where the bass spend much of their time.

Pine Creek Lake Popular Fish - White Crappie

White Crappie Fishing

Healthy schools of white crappie reside in Pine Creek Lake, as they are making a nice comeback this year. The fish population is healthy and crappie fishing is excellent. The best time to catch crappie tends to be at dawn and dusk. Crappie always like cover and structure, so locate shallow brush and vegetation in Spring and Fall focusing on the 8 to 12 foot range. As the crappie move deep in summer and winter, follow points out to as deep as 30 to 35 feet, as well as ledges near channels at these depths. Live bait and small jigs are the most common method for crappie here.

Pine Creek Lake Fishing Video

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, white crappie, saugeye, bluegill, green sunfish, redear sunfish and white bass at Pine Creek Lake in Oklahoma.

A very popular fishing and boating destination in the southeast corner of Oklahoma, Pine Creek Lake is a 3,750-acre lake with a nice variety of fish species. Fish from shore, from a canoe, kayak or power boat along the 74 miles of shoreline in search of bass, crappie, catfish, sunfish and saugeye. Ringold Cabins offers kayak rentals, just east of the lake. No rental boats are available at the lake. Good bass fishing draws a number of fishing tournaments annually.

Primary fish species residing in Pine Creek Lake

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Pine Creek Lake Amenities

Marina: NO
Boat Rental: YES
Boat Launch Ramp: YES
Campgrounds: YES
RV Hookups: YES
Lodging: YES
Convenience Store: YES
Bait & Tackle: YES
Restaurant: YES

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Public Boat Launch Ramps & Landings

Little River Park Boat Ramp
Located mid lake, west side, off Blue Heron Road, this is a one-lane, concrete ramp with a dock and paved parking.

Lost Rapids Park Boat Launch Ramp
Located mid lake, east side, at the east end of the Highway 3 Bridge, this is a two-lane, concrete ramp with a dock and paved parking.

Turkey Creek Landing
Located in the northwest corner of the lake, off Pine Creek Park Road, this is a one-lane, concrete ramp with gravel parking.