That's way too good of a freebe for the likes of you Hack.

Welcome Rob. About as close as I get to you is an occasional trip to Poteau to fish a couple farm ponds. Follow OkC John's
advise & check out the wildlife department. One of the books I like is put out by the Oklahoma Water resources board. Also you might spend some time on google earth exploring your part of the state. I do know there is outstanding fishing below the Kerr dam on the Arkansas River. Good luck & I hope you find some fish soon.

That's a mighty nice setup Fred. I've never been that good.

Hello Saw. I believe I was a freshman or sophomore in high school when I bought a .22 rifle from another student. He brought the gun to school the next day on the school bus. I put the rifle in my locker & took it home after school. No one ever said a word about it. Every pickup in the school parking lot had a gun rack in the rear window or guns under the trunk & I doubt if any vehicle was locked. I would have stayed home sick before I would go to school without a knife. That's just the way we lived back then. I graduated in 1965 & things have gone downhill fast & hard ever since.

Hello Tom. I may be sitting here in NE Oklahoma but I have fished Dogtooth lake many times. I'm hoping to go there again this year but my chances are slim. My fishing buddy's cancer is winning. We stay at Dogtooth resort & usually go the 1st week of September. There are no Musky in Dogtooth. It's not a monster size lake but there's plenty of fish. We fish for smalley's all day then late in the evening switch over & catch walleye for our supper. The lake has some huge lake trout.
We've hooked some that we could never land. Our favorite lures are topwater & anything green Frog colored. Just like most Canadian lakes use caution & stay out of the rocks. The town of Kenora is fairly close if you need supplies. Just grab your gear & go, plenty of fish. Good luckh

Greetings Hack. Did all that great stuff as a kid. The one thing missing here is the red Ryder bb gun. I didn't leave the house without it. Nothing was safe. If it had fur, scales or feathers it was fair game. I had every contagious disease, mumps, measles & chicken pox. I had a broken arm 2 or 3 times, ruptured appendix & had to be stitched up way too many times. I was even run over by a farmall tractor (my right leg) but I grew up & wouldn't trade my childhood with anyone. I actually feel sorry for kids today. What kind of life is staring at an electronic game screen? Keep those memories going Hack.

T Boy, you need to go back & thank someone again for that Copilot gift. I have always had plain trolling motors but a couple years ago I bought the minn Kota 36 volt Ultrex with & all the bells & whistles. It has spoiled me & you'll feel the same way.
I had the pleasure of spending Christmas in Southern Alabama with my son, my only grandson & his sister. What a great Christmas. Tight lines.

Tomorrow is supposed to be 73 with an 80 % chance of thunderstorms. In our neck of the country that means lightening & I am highly allergic to high voltage. I can wait. My boat came with a spare key but the hogs must have ate it. Tomorrow I'm going to have 2 spare keys made. Getting old is not for sissies but the forgetting thing has always been my trademark.. my father always said I could hide my own Easter eggs. Take care Fred.

Howdy Fred. the term knucklehead fits me today. I told you I was taking my boat out yesterday to pester the fish. Couldn't find the boat keys which I always leave in the ignition as the boat is locked in my barn. I searched high & low then restarted my search today. Yesterday it was 64 & sunny, today was 68 & sunny so you can imagine my frustration. About 4 this afternoon I found the keys, too late for an outing to the lake. After my last trip out I had opened a storage compartment in the floor of the boat & laid the door back against a seat. The keys were in the door lock. What a dummy. Last good weather for a while. It couldn't be that it's part of getting older. What a way to start a new a year. Take care Fred.

Hope this upcoming year is good to you & your family Fred. I'm getting my boat out tomorrow & hopefully end

the year by catching some fish. Actually, I'm hoping all our fellow staggers have a good year. Take care.

I really thought you were going to brag on the pfd that saved your life. Nice boat too!

Mighty fine Hack. You can tell me some good news anytime.

Go for it Fred. You owe it to yourself. What did you work all those years for? I had never spent what that Chronarch cost but I'm so pleased I'm thinking on buying another one. This summer a fishing buddy wanted me to try his Revo winch while
we were fishing heavy grass & moss. The reel worked great with all the heavy pulling. I will probably wind up with one of them. Good luck, Fred.

Hello Old Guy. This fall I treated myself to a new Shimano Chronarch & a St Chroix rod. I have been a devout old school reel person with a large assortment of Abu, Shimano & Diawa reels. To date this new Chronarch is the best money I've spent on a baitcsting reel. Within the last year I have updated my reels with low profile high speed reels from Abu Garcia, Lews & Diawa plus one 13 Fishing Concept reel. All have been a pleasure to use with the 13 fishing reel coming in right behind the Shimano Chronarch. I've also mated the reels to new rods with St Chroix being my favorite. I'll be driving your way Wednesday on my way to visit my son in Dotham, Al. I'm taking him a new 6 ft G Loomis for fishing from his canoe. Good luck with your purchase. Lots of good equipment out there & I hope you catch the fish of a lifetime. Tight lines.

Welcome to the forum. You'll find good help here. Lots of good catfish holes around OKC. If you've been but haven't connected you may need to find a new spot & or change bait. Worms will catch anything. Make sure you have good hooks.
If you don't have an improvement go online to wildlifedepartment.com. that's oklahoma's wildlife website. You can get fishing reports on local fishing holes, tips on catching fish & even sign up for fishing lessons. Give them a try. Tightlines.