KAW LAKE: NATURE’S PLAYGROUND
FISH KAW LAKE by DAVID MILLER, Ponca City News
A new lake record Striped Bass Hybrid was caught by Cliff Waddell of Kingston, OK near the Kaw Dam on Aug 3, 2012. The fish weighed 10.4 lbs and was 28" long.
The two photos above are recent catches at Kaw Lake that set new size records. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife lists all the records for the state’s fishing lakes. I thought it would be interesting to check out the records listed for Kaw Lake. The largest fish on the list is a spoonbill that weighed 121 pounds. This monster was caught by Shane McCleary of Blackwell on April 1, 2003. Other information includes the length (55.5 inches), the girth (42 inches), and the fact that he snagged the fish below the Kaw Dam. The previous record spoonbill was
A new lake record Blue Cat was caught by James Grace of Kaw City on the north end of the lake on May 9, 2012. The fish weighed 65.5 lbs and was 51.5" long. This fish was caught on a rod and reel!
caught by Joseph Reisch of Arkansas City Dec. 26, 1986. It weighed 83 pounds, was 69.75 inches long and 35 inches around. Reisch caught the fish by snagging it in the lake’s tail water. Catching the largest flathead catfish was Lesley McNeff of Mustang on March 8, 2008. This fish weighed 78 pounds, it was 51 inches long and had a girth of 34.25 inches. The record flathead was caught on a trotline using natural bait in the Arkansas Arm. The blue cat record fish can be seen in one of the photos above. James R. Grace of Kaw City caught it, and it weighed in at
65.5 pounds, was 51.5 inches long and was 31 inches around. Using natural bait on a rod and reel, Grace made his catch in the north end of the lake. A year earlier Darrell Street of Kaw City caught what is now Kaw Lake’s second largest blue cat. Street’s blue cat weighed 65.4 pounds, was 48 inches long and 33 inches around. He caught it on a jugline using natural bait in the Sarge Creek area. The third largest blue cat caught in Kaw Lake was one captured Oct. 15, 2009 by Harold Brannon of Kaw City. Brannon’s fish was 56.5 pounds, 46.5 inches in length and 30.25 inches in girth. It was caught on a
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