Fishing Johnson Number 1 Reservoir in Woodward County, Oklahoma

• Overview

  Johnson Number 1 Reservoir belongs to Woodward County, Oklahoma. It sits at 1,601 feet above sea level. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. Most waters listed here for Woodward County are larger. Mooreland is the closest town at 12 miles. Woodward follows at 23 miles, then Alva at 30 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Johnson Number 1 Reservoir

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Woodward County include largemouth bass, channel catfish and common carp. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Take this water a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 34°F in January to roughly 82°F in July. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Plan around that when you fish this water. Conditions on the day matter more than the month on the calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Debock Number 3 Reservoir, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at this water may have changed since it was mapped.