Bank Fishing at Ft Gibson: Looking for an easy access place to bank fish.... and actually catch some fish! Fort Gibson Lake, Oklahoma...

poddude Loc: Coweta, Oklahoma

Looking for an easy access place to bank fish.... and actually catch some fish!

Fort Gibson Lake, Oklahoma

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Poddude: Well, you will have to be more specific, I have no idea where Coweta is. Or Ftr. Gibson. Just Sayin...RJS

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

What state is that in ??

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Well, I Googled it and believe it is in Oklahoma near Tulsa. However, there could be more than one, but it appears that is what he was referring to. Just Sayin...RJS

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Welcome poddude...I thought you were QUITE SPECIFIC in your query....lol.
Unfortunately, I have no help for you, but thought you should know that you posed your question perfectly.........some folks are maybe just a little slow on the absorption of what they are reading.

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

poddude wrote:

Looking for an easy access place to bank fish.... and actually catch some fish!

Fort Gibson Lake, Oklahoma

Welcome poddude. You should take 51 highway through Wagoner to Sequoyah State Park. There is miles of shoreline plus good access. The State lodge sits on a point quite a ways out in the lake. Park near the lodge & walk out on that point & the fishing can be quite good. The east side of the lodge is on the old river channel & there is a good large fishing dock just down from the rear of the lodge. Water is deep & you're looking at the main lake body & dam. You can go through Okay to Sequoyah Bay state park & there is great shoreline fishing there plus an indoor heated marina that produces lots of winter crappie. Catfishing is good below ft Gibson dam if you have the right equipment. Just go fish.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Wow! I have never seen such a great supply of specific information on where to fish, the facilities and such. Good job, Bottomcoon! I would certainly appreciate such data for around Houston when my grand Nephew comes o visit. Just Sayin...RJS

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

Robert J Samples wrote:

Wow! I have never seen such a great supply of specific information on where to fish, the facilities and such. Good job, Bottomcoon! I would certainly appreciate such data for around Houston when my grand Nephew comes o visit. Just Sayin...RJS

It's like this RJS. Tahlequah is between 2 lakes. Ft Gibson about 15 miles to the west & lake Tenkiller bout the same distance southeast. Ft gibson probably has the biggest LM but Tenkiller has the SM. I've fished both lakes for 30 plus years. My all time favorite pocket knife lies in 16 ft of water in ft Gibson. Anyway, poddude has no excuse. Some lakes are hard to access but ft gibson has miles of open shoreline with plenty of creeks & bays to offer good fishing. Tenkiller, one of the top 2 or 3 most beautiful lakes in the state has limited shoreline access. The shoreline along the fishing dock I spoke of on ft Gibson has some fantastic goggle eye fishing. Well, it's all good. Tight lines.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Well Bottomcoon: What's keeping you from launching your rig with a strong magnet on a rope and trolling around the area until you find your favorite pocket knife? Just Sayin...RJS

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

Robert J Samples wrote:

Well Bottomcoon: What's keeping you from launching your rig with a strong magnet on a rope and trolling around the area until you find your favorite pocket knife? Just Sayin...RJS

I do have a magnet that's up to the job but that old bottomline locator that showed 16 ft of water didn't have way point capability. We were chasing shad in the main lake body. I had to chalk that knife up as lost In combat.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Well, Here in Texas we would have marked the side of the boat to keep track of where it was! I also lost my favorite filet knife in a bay in Louisiana but didn't have any way of marking the location because it was before
I had any such instruments. Just Sayin...RJS

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

Robert J Samples wrote:

Well, Here in Texas we would have marked the side of the boat to keep track of where it was! I also lost my favorite filet knife in a bay in Louisiana but didn't have any way of marking the location because it was before
I had any such instruments. Just Sayin...RJS

We had a few people in Oklahoma that were smart enough to mark the side of the boat but they crossed the Red River into Texas & never came back. You know I could never have thought of doing that. I barely had test scores good enough to land a job with Halliburton. I hadn't been retired long when that knife went into the water. Take care RJS

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Remember, Bottomcoon: That those folks in Indian Territority who were Anglo, many came originally from Texas. I believe my grandfather on my father's side actually homesteaded in OK. He sold out and returned to Texas after proving up his claim. The reason the next oldest child, my aunt, was born there. Just Sayin...RJS

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

Robert J Samples wrote:

Remember, Bottomcoon: That those folks in Indian Territority who were Anglo, many came originally from Texas. I believe my grandfather on my father's side actually homesteaded in OK. He sold out and returned to Texas after proving up his claim. The reason the next oldest child, my aunt, was born there. Just Sayin...RJS

I have read many books on the settling of the west from the early fur trappers to the homesteaders. A lot of bad things happened to some of those people. One of the saddest books I've read is about the Commanche Indian raids into Texas from Oklahoma. The Commanche's lived around the area of Fort Sill & the Wichita Mountains in southwest Oklahoma. Their raids were mainly conducted to kidnap children & hold them for ransom. They would kill an entire family just to get 1 or 2 children. After so long the army would pay the Commanche a reward to surrender the child. It got so bad the rewards were stopped as that was actually enticement. Some of those kids suffered terrible abuse & were forced to watch as their parents were tortured & killed. A lot of the kids were never mentally stable after their release. Both Texas & Oklahoma saw some terrible times in their history. I know being a pioneer in all the other states & territories was no picnic.

NoCal Steve Loc: Dunnigan, CA

bottomcoon wrote:

Welcome poddude. You should take 51 highway throug... (show quote)

Indoor heated marina??? Well, I never.....there's my learning for the day Spirit.