SURFACE ACRES: 46,500
AVG DEPTH: (ft)36
LOCATION: Dam located between Langley and Disney
COUNTY: Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa
DATE IMPOUNDED:1940
OPERATOR: FRDA
PHONE: 918/256-5545
PRIMARY USES: Hydropower, flood control, water supply and recreation
PUBLIC USE FACILITIES:five state parks: several GRDA boat ramps and many resort boat ramps
NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKE OR FISHERY: paddlefish: excellent bass tournament lake: numerous resorts: four-state tourist area
| Sport Fish |
Total Abundance |
Quality Size Abundance |
Quality Size |
| Largemouth Bass | high | high | >14" |
| Crappie | moderate | high | >8" |
| White Bass (1995) | high | moderate | >11.8" |
| Hybrid striped bass (1995) | low | low | >19.7" |
| Channel Catfish (1995) | moderate | high | >15.7" |
| * Paddlefish | * Excellent fishery, based on angler reports | ||
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:14" minimum on black bass' 10" minimum and creel of 15 on crappie; white bass and hybrids 20 creel with more tha 5 over 20"; 18" minium on walleye; 20" minimum on flathead; seasonal paddlefish regulations
HABITAT TYPES STATUS AND IMPROVEMENTS:upper lake mudflats; lower lake with steeper, gravel shorelines; dense willow stands around islands, along shallow shorelines; no aquatic vegetation; 23 fis attractor sites refurbished in 1996
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY:hybrid striped bass stocked periodically; crappie and bass regulations designed to improve overall and quality-size abundance (to overcome inconsistent recuitment and erratic lake level fluctuatuions);paddlefish regulations strengthened to sustain excellent fishery; improve nursery habitat when possible
OTHER COMMENTS: strong forage base; blue catfish reproducing; new state record hybrid striped bass caught upper Grand(Neosho R.) in spring 1995 (22 lbs. 3 oz.); tied for 1st. in Oklahoma bass tournament success in 1996; major improvements in crappie population