I spent the last week in northeastern OK visiting relatives and, well, mostly fishing, shooting, and dodging tornados. I have NEVER experienced weather like what went down last Tuesday. Over five inches of rain in a 12 hour period, thunder that sounded like guns going off, and tornado sirens going off in town. Over a dozen small tornados touched down in the county, fortunately none of the really big ones and no one died as far as I know.
Before and after the storm chaos we fished like crazy. Great bass fishing in multiple ponds and small lakes. My best was a 5-7 on a topwater lure called the Whopper Plopper. The Rat was also a very productive topwater bait. In between bass outings we caught and shot stuff for a wild game fish fry that included catfish, crappie, gar, frog legs and squirrel. It isn’t squirrel hunting season there, but this one was raiding my aunt’s backyard apple tree so it was a legal kill with the air rifle.
Saw lots of deer, Turkey, bobwhite quail, armadillos and coyotes while there. On other trips I’ve also seen beaver and musk rats. Lots of snakes, including one cottonmouth viper. If I ever retire and leave so cal, this might be the place, although the storms are gnarly!
Cottonmouth roadkill.
Before and after the storm chaos we fished like crazy. Great bass fishing in multiple ponds and small lakes. My best was a 5-7 on a topwater lure called the Whopper Plopper. The Rat was also a very productive topwater bait. In between bass outings we caught and shot stuff for a wild game fish fry that included catfish, crappie, gar, frog legs and squirrel. It isn’t squirrel hunting season there, but this one was raiding my aunt’s backyard apple tree so it was a legal kill with the air rifle.
Saw lots of deer, Turkey, bobwhite quail, armadillos and coyotes while there. On other trips I’ve also seen beaver and musk rats. Lots of snakes, including one cottonmouth viper. If I ever retire and leave so cal, this might be the place, although the storms are gnarly!
Cottonmouth roadkill.
