Sandy Creek Site 20 Reservoir, Oklahoma: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, you have Sandy Creek Site 20 Reservoir. Everything around it is oak and grass. About 12 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. You are 5 miles from Stratford. Ada is 11 miles and Byng 12 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near. It rewards a look round before the first cast.

• Where to Fish on Sandy Creek Site 20 Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Across Pontotoc County, recorded fish include orangebelly darter, bluegill and green sunfish. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish this water to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 38°F in January up to 82°F in July. There is no frozen season to plan round. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. It holds true on this water more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Sandy Creek Site 19 Reservoir, 0.7 miles away. Treat access at this water as something to verify.