Mockingbird Lake Fishing Guide, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

• Overview

  In Oklahoma, Mockingbird Lake belongs to Tulsa County. The bank is 722 feet above sea level. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is a small entry by Tulsa County standards. Tulsa is the closest place, 4.8 miles off. The nearest city of size is Tulsa, 5 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Mockingbird Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Tulsa County: largemouth bass, bluegill, green sunfish and gizzard shad. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The shape of Mockingbird Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 83°F and January reads 36°F. The awkward stretch is midsummer, not midwinter. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. At Mockingbird Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. You can park half a mile away and walk in from there. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Swan Lake is 3 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Mockingbird Lake.