Swan Lake near Tulsa: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Tulsa County, Oklahoma, is where Swan Lake sits. The water sits 728 feet up. Surface area runs to about 3 acres — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Tulsa County are larger. Some 1.8 miles away sits Tulsa, the nearest settlement. Tulsa sits 1.9 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Swan Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Tulsa County cover largemouth bass, bluegill, green sunfish, gizzard shad and Rio Grande longear sunfish. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Swan Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 83°F, while January sits near 36°F. Winter here means light layers, not lost months. 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. Anyone fishing Swan Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Robert W. Davis Lot is the nearest mapped car park, half a mile out. A picnic area is mapped about half a mile away. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Spot 5 is 1.2 miles off. Confirm before you fish Swan Lake.