Parthenia Number 3 Reservoir in Tulsa County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Parthenia Number 3 Reservoir is listed under Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Around the bank it is farm and woodlot. The town to know is Oakhurst, 0.9 miles out. For a city, Tulsa is 6.8 miles off. Also worth knowing: Parthenia Lake Number 2 at about 0.4 miles, Parthenia Lake 0.6 miles away, Oknoname 143006 Reservoir at about 2.1 miles, Oknoname 143005 Reservoir 3.1 miles away and Gish Lake at about 4.2 miles. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Parthenia Number 3 Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Reported across Tulsa County: largemouth bass, bluegill, green sunfish and gizzard shad. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of this water is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 82°F in July and bottoms out near 36°F in January. Some winters cap it and some do not. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. This water runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Parthenia Lake Number 2, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at this water may have changed since it was mapped.