Tenkiller Fishing Report June 18, 2025: Bass, Crappie, and Cats Biting Despite Stormy Weather

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma fishing report for Wednesday, June 18, 2025. We rolled into a classic muggy June morning with a sunrise at 6:04 AM and sunset at 8:34 PM, giving you a long window to get lines wet. Weather’s sitting warm—expect those highs creeping into the mid-80s by afternoon, light southeast winds around 8 to 12 mph, and a chance you’ll dodge storms most of the day. The water’s a bit above normal levels, still holding a stain in the coves but clearing out toward the main lake points. Fish activity has been solid all week. Early morning is the ticket, especially from 6:00 to 9:00 AM, where main lake rocky points are turning up steady numbers of both largemouth and smallmouth bass. The bass are holding tight to brush, creek channels, and points. Local anglers and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation report the bite’s been strongest with medium-diving crankbaits and Ned rigs in green pumpkin or a shad pattern, plus spinnerbaits run right along flooded vegetation. If you’re after smallmouth, don’t hesitate to tie on a bladed jig or blade bait and work it along those deeper points—Omnia Fishing and local guides have both pointed to these as top producers lately. Crappie action is fair—most slabs are suspending around brush structure and docks, with hair jigs, tube jigs, and small minnows doing the trick at 15-20 feet down. Dock shooters are still picking off a few nice fish between 15’ and 18’ using pearl white plastics, especially as the water warms up mid-morning. Catfish anglers are getting a fair shake on blue, channel, and the occasional flathead. Best bets are chicken liver, cut shad, or good old stink bait worked around deeper creek channels and the main lake flats. Recent catches have included quality bags of bass (both largemouth in the 2-4 pound range and smallmouth pushing 3 pounds), plus a smattering of white bass chasing shad in frenzy schools. Crappie numbers are down from the May peak, but folks working brush are still bringing in fish for the fryer. My top hotspot picks: - Snake Creek Marina area: Excellent for crappie around docks and deeper brush. - Lower end rocky points near Carter’s Landing: Smallmouth and largemouth are both active at sunrise with crankbaits and spinnerbaits. - Upper end creek mouths, especially in the mouth of Sizemore or Standing Rock Creek: Target channel cats and the odd flathead on cut bait. That’s the bite for today on Lake Tenkiller—remember, watch for floating debris if you’re out after any rain, and give the deep structure a shot if the sun gets high. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe for more up-to-date reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.