Oknoname 063026 Reservoir Fishing in Hughes County, Oklahoma

• Overview

  Hughes County, Oklahoma, is where Oknoname 063026 Reservoir sits. The country round it is dry hill from end to end. Surface area runs to about 12 acres — small enough to read in one session. Holdenville sits 11 miles from the bank. The big place round here is Norman, 70 miles distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about. One side gets the morning sun and the other the evening.

• Where to Fish on Oknoname 063026 Reservoir

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Open biodiversity records for Hughes County list channel catfish, largemouth bass, orangespotted sunfish and green sunfish. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On this water a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 81°F at the top of summer and 38°F at the bottom of winter. The hard part of the year is the heat, not the cold. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Plan around that when you fish this water.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Oknoname 063025 Reservoir, 0.4 miles away. Check the current arrangement for this water.