Roy Stokes Reservoir Fishing Guide, Canadian County, Oklahoma

• Overview

  Roy Stokes Reservoir is one of the Canadian County waters in Oklahoma. It sits in rolling hill country. It covers about 7 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For supplies, Geary is 6.9 miles out. Further out sit Hinton (12 miles) and El Reno (15 miles). Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Roy Stokes Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Open biodiversity records for Canadian County list bluegill, channel catfish and green sunfish. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Roy Stokes Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 82°F at the top of summer and 36°F at the bottom of winter. The season stretches long at both ends here. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. That is the shape of the year on Roy Stokes Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Headrick 1 Reservoir is 1 mile off. Check the position on Roy Stokes Reservoir before loading the car.