LAKE NAME: Fort Cobb (View Lake Map)
SURFACE ACRES: 4,070
AVG DEPTH (ft): 15
LOCATION: 8 Miles N of Ft. Cobb
COUNTY: Caddo
DATE IMPOUNDED: 1959
OPERATOR: Ft. Cobb Conservancy, State Parks & ODWC
PHONE: 405/643-2249
PRIMARY USES: Flood control, water supply, and recreation
PUBLIC USE FACILITIES: State Park, campgrounds, boat ramps, boat and fishing docks, marina, golf course, and ODWC Public Hunting Area
NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKE OR FISHERY: Sandy banks and clear water on the south end; the upper end is sometimes turbid.
| Sport Fish |
Total Abundance |
Quality Size Abundance |
Quality Size |
| Largemouth bass | low | low | >14" |
| Crappie | low | low | >8" |
| Channel catfish | moderate | moderate | >16" |
| White bass | high | low | >12" |
| Hybrid striped bass | low | low | >20" |
| Walleye | low | moderate | >16" |
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: There is a 14" minimum length limit on largemouth bass. Hybyrid striped bass and/or white bass limit is 20 (aggregate) only 5 of which may be >20"
HABITAT TYPES STATUS AND IMPROVEMENTS: Some of the coves contain stickups. Buoyed fish attractors have been constructed extensively by the ODWC. Rip-rap on dam.
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: Walleye adn hybrids were stocked in 1995. Forage abundance may restrict stockings to alternate years. Fish attractors were refurbished with new trees in 1995, and more will be added in 1996.
OTHER COMMENTS: Blue catfish abundance at Ft. Cobb is moderate and increasing. Stockings Have increased the abundance of cannel catfish.