The best bass fishing takes place around underwater structures and throughout the creeks that feed into the lake. Broken Bow is one of Oklahomas bigger reservoirs, covering 14,000 acres. Texas is third with 18.18 pounds, Mississippi at 18.15 pounds and Florida at 17.27 pounds. That included a state record caught a year earlier, March 23, 2012, by Benny Williams Jr. of Poteau that weighed 14 pounds, 12.3 ounces. The lake is just under 2,400 acres in size, so it's not a large lake by Oklahoma standards, but it offers plenty of fishing opportunities. If all the right components come together, you could get a freak of nature that is considerably bigger than everybody else. Visiting during non-summer months is best for fishing, or waking up early and beating the crowd to the water is another option. On warmer days, the bass might be shallow but near ledges or drop offs so they can quickly get back to open water. Fish the creeks and main lake points for the best opportunities of catching bass. The state record largemouth bass was caught in Cedar Lake.. Sallisaw angler Gary Cox was less than an ounce from beating the Oklahoma state record largemouth bass with his catch weighing 14 pounds, 13 ounces. The fishing is excellent at Lake Eucha, with Florida-strain largemouth bass being stocked since 2016. Minimum weight to be considered is listed for each species: Sunfish, Rockbass 1 lbs. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. McGee Creek, however, is currently over-populated with largemouth and spotted bass and the growth rates are lower than they could be because of the competition, Gilliland said. I wasnt set up for all that, so he loaned me his, Miller said. Lakes are stocked every other year with Florida fingerlings grown at the Durant Fish Hatchery. Some Oklahoma lakes have size limits on bass to protect them from overharvesting. Joe Cermele. ]]>*/