Porum Lake Fishing near Texanna, Oklahoma

• Overview

  Porum Lake lies in Muskogee County, in Oklahoma. The country round it is dry hill from end to end. This is a pocket water of some 9 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Oklahoma listings. For supplies, Texanna is 9.9 miles out. Then Warner, 10 miles, and Stigler, 10 miles. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Porum Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Public occurrence data for Muskogee County names largemouth bass, bluegill and green sunfish. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Take Porum Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 82°F on average, January about 37°F. Winter is a mild inconvenience here, nothing more. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. At Porum Lake the season follows that pattern closely. The first warm week of the year changes everything here.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Fenton Lake, 8.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Porum Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.