Hello Grand Lakers!

Last Thursday I took Kelly Bostain, the outdoor writer for the Tulsa World newspaper, on a guide trip on Grand. I had been telling Kelly about the great summer white bass fishing here but he had never experienced it. Kelly took over the outdoor section after moving to the area from Alaska.

We invited another local guide, Tony Coatney, to go with us. We caught about 200 whites in about four hours, including some big ones. We then took Kelly fishing for black bass for about thirty minutes. We caught eight 2 to 4 pounders! Kelly was kind enough to publish a nice article about our trip in the Tulsa World Sunday edition.

Ivan Martin, Martin Guide Service

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Hello everyone!

Well folks, the weather is nice and hot, just the way I like it!

Everyone says, "Bet you're not catching any fish." However, that simply is not true. The hotter it gets, the easier it gets. They bunch up more and when you find them, they are loaded up.

Sand bass and large mouth get on the points real good. You just have to fish deeper for them as it gets hot and stays there. The sand bass will school at the top of the water. You can throw a top water lure, which is always fun.

When they stop surfing a lot of people say, "Well they're gone." But that's not always true. Drop that spoon down to the bottom and you should catch the bigger ones. Its a blast for kids, or anyone for that matter, to catch them when they are like that.

Large mouth also start schooling some when it gets hot like this. A lot of people say those are just sand bass, but don't always think that. Many times its large mouth, and you can catch some good ones.

We've been catching some crappie around the bridges.

Until next time, Tony says, “Good Luck Fishing!” See his Photo of the Week selections!

Tony

p.s. Check out some of the photos from our Mexico trips, and here are some pictures from a few recent guide trips. Don't forget, we have Gift Certificates that make an easy choice for your favorite sportsman.

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Special Article: "A Grand Tour" by Kurtis L. Bubier, Freelance Writer

Fishing Report for South Grand Lake, the Grand River, Spavinaw Lake and Lake Eucha.

CAUTION: THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE BRUTAL.

IF YOU FISH, DRINK PLENTY OF WATER!

Grand Lake Elevation 745.96 feet. And slowly falling, temp is in the high eighties, water is stained as of 9:30 A.M. on 06-23-09. The boat ramp between the spillways is closed, but should re-open in the next couple days. Generation full and one spillway gate open one foot. I expect the GRDA to close the gate late today or early in the morning.

The bass fishing is good. Spinner baits, crank baits, plastic baits, are producing fish, early in the morning and at night.

The crappie are back in deeper water. We caught fish around docks and over brush piles in 14-18 feet of water, most of the Crappie are being caught on 1/32 and 1/64 oz. Jigs, and minnows. We caught fish on black, blue and white, and of course purple Bluewater Jigs.

The Sand Bass are in the lake again several good stringers have been reported this week. Rat-l-traps, rooster tails, jigs, and vertical jigging a spoon and trolling a shad-rap has been good. Fish are being caught on windy points.

The catfish are on the spawn. Areas with rip-rap will be good, Sail Boat Bridge is a great place for spawning catfish. Shrimp under a bobber right on the rocks is good. The spawn is just about over.

Fishing in the river is great. The sand bass fishing is very good. Cat fishing is good, drifting with shad has been best, but chicken liver will work too.

Spavinaw: All fishing is fair

Eucha: All fishing is fair

Gene

Hey folks!

Just back from my Canada trip, with some of the best smallmouth and walleye fishing I have seen in the seven years I have been going. My partner said we better not tell the real story because no one would believe it anyhow.

Well, as for Grand, I must have gone the wrong way last week because we couldn't catch the catfish we were looking for. We caught a lot of nice sand bass on grubs in about 9 feet of water one day and nothing there the next day. Go figure.

CATCH AND RELEASE - DO IT FOR THE FUTURE!

Check out some of my past trip pictures. I usually snag from October into May, depending on weather and water levels. This past winter was fantastic in the deep water. Check out more pictures, and get your trip booked for the season now!

Check out the new catfish bait Jeff Williams is promoting. You can find it and pretty much anything else you might need at Littlefield's Bait, at the entrance to Monkey Island.

Remember, keep only what you need and release the rest for another day. If you would like a guide trip call Martin Guide Service or email me.

See you on the water!

Mark

Upper Grand Lake Report:

 Here's the Upper Grand News from my customers to you

Lake Elevation 745, a little above normal. Water temp is 88 and clear.

Still catching largemouth on crank baits, lizards and frogs, plus worms on shaky heads. All greens and red. Lots of small fish, but there are some big ones (6 lbs.) out there too.

They are catching a few smallmouth on spinner baits, 3" grubs, black head/green tail and pearl white, up the Neosho and Spring Rivers.

Whites are doing great all over the lake on white sparkle tails, white grubs, black/green grubs, Texas slabs (vertical jigging). Shiner minnows are showing great results also. Try early morning and between 7 & 9 in the evening. Green and white lights at night are working out for folks too.

All catfish are being caught on live shad, black perch, goldfish, shad strips & guts, night crawlers and shrimp. These guys are hungry!!! They're still found in the rocks and around 25' deep. I've had some reports of folks bringing them up dead from 35' to 40' on jugs and trot lines. Wonder if the lake is getting ready to turn over? Try your jugs and trot lines deeper, see if that helps, and let me know how it works.

The crappie are out there. There are a lot of small fish, although I've had some reports of big ones being caught too.

They're using shiner minnows, Grandpa's Jigs and Bobby Garland.

Perch and bluegill doing well on redworms and nightcrawlers.

I haven't had crickets for the last week because my last shipment of 5,000 were all dead. I'll try to get more this week. Hopefully they'll come in alive and ready to go to work for you.

A few spoonbill are being caught on jugs and trotlines. I have some reports of them being caught below the dam, snagging. Watch for them out on the lake; they're jumping like crazy. Cool to see.

Hello Anglers:

Follow the link to Gabe's Black Angel Jigs site

The white bass continue to bite fantastic -- if you know where to find them. Guides Tony Coatney and Ivan Martin are limiting-out most every day using one ounce jigging spoons. Several folks are trolling for them and doing well.

The size of the whites seem to average a lot bigger than at this time last year.

Good luck out there!

White bass are great, as are black bass.

We're catching catfish with fresh shad in the mid-lake area while drift fishing. The sizes aren't real big but there are some keepers.

Crappie are okay in places. We caught some working ledges using jigs and grubs, especially around docks.

See you on the water!