Oklahoma’s Oct. 16 southeast sheet: Fork trout in 65-degree water, Sardis bass good

Southeast Oklahoma’s Friday warden sheet is a split between a cool tailwater and lakes that are still warm and down. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reports dated Oct. 16, 2026, put the Lower Mountain Fork trout area at a normal, stable level, 65 degrees, and clear. Warden Mark Hannah, in McCurtain County, lists rainbow trout on crickets, grasshoppers, PowerBait, small lures, tube jigs, and worms below the dam, in creek channels, and at the spillway. The note does not attach a good-or-slow rating.

McGee Creek, from warden Shay Loudermilk in Atoka County, is 5 feet below normal and falling, 75 degrees, and clear. Largemouth and spotted bass are good. Channel and flathead catfish are good. Black and white crappie are fair. Broken Bow, also from Hannah, is 9.5 feet below normal and falling, 84 degrees, and clear. Largemouth and spotted bass are good, crappie are good, and channel catfish are good.

Pine Creek is the slow lake on the sheet. Warden Eric Barnes, in Pushmataha County, has it 11 feet below normal and falling, 83 degrees, and stained, with largemouth bass and white crappie both slow. Sardis, from warden Thomas Gillham in the same county, is only 1.5 feet below normal and stable, 82 degrees, and stained. Bass are good, blue, channel, and flathead catfish are good, and black and white crappie are good. These Oct. 16 southeast notes are separate from the northeast warden sheet already on the desk.

This is a The Gillnet news desk summary, not a reprint.

Source: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation — Southeast fishing reports (reports dated Oct. 16, 2026).