Fishing Troly Lake in Atoka County, Oklahoma

• Overview

  Look for Troly Lake in Atoka County, Oklahoma. Elevation runs to 623 feet. At roughly 8 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Atoka County. Coalgate lies 11 miles from the water. Atoka is 14 miles and McAlester 29 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Troly Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Atoka County names orangebelly darter, bluegill, orangespotted sunfish, Rio Grande longear sunfish and green sunfish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Troly Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 82°F and January near 38°F. There is no frozen season to plan round. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. The season on Troly Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. McEntire Lake sits 2.9 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Troly Lake in what we hold.