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Tenkiller Lake is a public lake in Cherokee County and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, managed by Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. It is public water managed for fishing by Oklahoma Fish and Game. Public access confirmed via OWRB significant-lake inventory.
One of Oklahoma's big flood-control reservoirs (Eufaula, Grand, Kerr, Oologah, Keystone, Fort Gibson, Kaw, Broken Bow, Sardis, Tenkiller) — largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, white bass, slab crappie, and a huge blue and flathead catfish fishery, with hybrid striped bass and walleye stocked in several. Oklahoma's fishing is overwhelmingly reservoir fishing.
Tenkiller Lake covers about 13,061 acres in the Green Country (Northeast Oklahoma) region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, white bass; black crappie, white crappie, channel catfish, blue catfish are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Tenkiller Ferry Lake and Sallisaw Creek Site 15 Reservoir.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, Oklahoma Fish and Game trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Oklahoma; some city lakes and state parks post their own hours, and the trout areas have specific seasonal and catch-and-release zones — check the current Oklahoma Fishing Guide.
Boats: Oklahoma's big Corps reservoirs (Eufaula, Texoma, Grand, Kerr, Keystone, Oologah, Broken Bow) all have multiple public ramps and take any size boat; city lakes and small ODWC lakes are often electric-only or small-craft.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at the Corps and state-park campgrounds on most of the big lakes (Beavers Bend on Broken Bow, Lake Murray, Lake Texoma, Robbers Cave); ODWC access areas are day-use only.
Tackle: Statewide black bass, crappie and catfish limits apply unless posted; the trout areas and several reservoirs carry length limits, slot limits and special-regulation zones. Check the current Oklahoma Fishing Guide for this water.
Boat ramps: 7 mapped — Boat ramp, Sizemore Landing, Carters Landing, Strayhorn Landing, Elk Creek Marina, Cookson Bend Marina and others nearby.
Camping: 6 sites mapped nearby — Sizemore Landing Public Use Area, Snake Creek, Elk Creek Landing, Pettit Bay, Chicken Creek, Burnt Cabin Christian Camp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16 to 64 needs an Oklahoma fishing licence — the resident annual is about $25, the non-resident annual about $85 (with non-resident 1-day (~$15) and 6-day (~$35) options). A Trout Licence (about $14) is required to fish the designated trout areas (Lower Mountain Fork, Lower Illinois, Blue River and a handful of city lakes in winter). Oklahoma residents 65 and older and anyone under 16 fish free. Lake Texoma needs its own combined OK/TX licence. Buy from ODWC at gooutdoorsoklahoma.com. An Oklahoma fishing licence covers this water (a Trout Licence is also needed in the designated trout areas; Lake Texoma has its own combined OK/TX licence).
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