SURFACE ACRES: 5600
AVG DEPTH: (ft)15
LOCATION: 10 miles North of Lawton
COUNTY: Comanche
DATE IMPOUNDED:1962
OPERATOR: City of Lawton
PHONE: 405/529-2663
PRIMARY USES: Water supply and recreation
PUBLIC USE FACILITIES: Campsites, RV pads, concession, boat ramps and boat docks
NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKE OR FISHERY: Ellsworth provides the best fishery for large blue and flathead catfish in southwest Oklahoma.
| Sport Fish |
Total Abundance |
Quality Size Abundance |
Quality Size |
| Largemouth Bass | low | low | >14" |
| Crappie | low | low | >8" |
| Blue Catfish | high | moderate | >16" |
| Channel Catfish | moderate | low | >16" |
| Flathead catfish | high | high | >28" |
| White Bass | moderate | low | >20" |
| Saugeye | moderate | high | >12" |
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:City permits are required. Some specific regulations apply to jug and trotline. The minimum lenght limit on largemouth bass is 14"
HABITAT TYPES STATUS AND IMPROVEMENTS:Flooded timber is found throughout the lake. Approximately 11 buoyed fish attractors have benn constructed by the ODWC. There is rip-rap on the dam and railroad bridges.
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY:Continue saugeye stockings and occassional hybrid striped bass stockings. Trapnetting for crappie and night electrofishing for saugeye should be conducted in fall 1995. Additional cedar trees will be added to the existing fish attractors.
OTHER COMMENTS:Saugeye fishing is becoming increasingly popular at Ellsworth Trophy hybrid striped bass are present, but rear.