Fishing at Oknoname 08103 Reservoir, Lincoln County, Oklahoma

• Overview

  Oklahoma holds Oknoname 08103 Reservoir, in Lincoln County. This is pine and hardwood ground. About 11 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Chandler lies 7 miles from the water. Then Meeker, 7.2 miles, and Prague, 13 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water. The shoreline gives more room than the map suggests.

• Where to Fish on Oknoname 08103 Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Survey and observation records for Lincoln County include channel catfish, orangespotted sunfish and green sunfish. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At this water light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 82°F on average, January about 37°F. It fishes twelve months of the year. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. At this water the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Quapaw Creek Site 43 Reservoir sits 0.5 miles off and takes the overflow. Where this water is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.