SURFACE ACRES: 5,400
AVG DEPTH: (ft)28
LOCATION: 15 miles south of Ponca City
COUNTY: Pawnee, and Noble
DATE IMPOUNDED:1976
OPERATOR: OG & E
PHONE: 918/762-7441
PRIMARY USES: Cooling reservoir for coal fired electric generating plant and recreation
PUBLIC USE FACILITIES: Boat ramps, picnic tables, restrooms and swimming beach. No over night camping. Public access provided to heated water discharge area east on county road off Highway 177.
NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKE OR FISHERY: Newly developed Saugeye fishery and well established hybrid striper fishery.
| Sport Fish |
Total Abundance |
Quality Size Abundance |
Quality Size |
| White/striper hybrid bass | Moderate | Moderate | >20" |
| Blue catfish | Below average | Moderate | 16" |
| White Bass | Moderate | Below average | 12" |
| Largemouth bass | High | Moderate | >14" |
| Striped bass | Below average | Below average | 20" |
| Channel Catfish | Below average | Below average | 16" |
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:14 inch minimum length limit on Largemouth bass:buoy marked warm-water discharge area has a daily creel limit of 5 hybrids, striped bass, white bass or aggregate with no size limits.
HABITAT TYPES STATUS AND IMPROVEMENTS:Small amounts of standing timber in the south west portion of lake. Approximately 80 brush rows and 3 tire reefs were constructed prior to impoundment and are marked on OG & E public use maps. Extensive ares of concreted rip-rap on channel embankments and road fills; rock rip-rap on dam.
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY:Continue stocking hybrid stripers and Saugeye fingerlings to maintain the fisheries at an acceptable level; stock striped bass fingerlings periodically to create a trophy fishery in the lake; and conduct a survey in 1996 to evaluate stocking success and to monitor other game fish populations
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