Sooner Lake

Contacts

Fees & Facilities:

(405) 553-2919

Fishing: (580) 304-9243

Game Warden (County):

(918) 645-6116(Pawnee)

(580) 370-0700(Noble)

LOCATION/DESCRIPTION

Sooner Lake (Google Map) is located 25 miles north of Stillwater and 20 miles south of Ponca City on US 177.

Lake Details

Shoreline Length: 51.80 mi.
Volume: 149000.00 ac. ft.
Max. Depth: 73.50 ft.
Surface Area: 5400.00 ac.

Located

Noble, Pawnee Counties

Recreational Facilities

OG+E manages two boat ramps.

Campgrounds Nearby

Bait & Tackle Nearby

Academy (Stillwater)(2409 N Perkins Rd, Stillwater, OK 74075)- (405) 742-6010
Lake McMurtry West Bait Shop(30285 Bronco Curve, Stillwater, OK 74075)- (405) 747-8085
Walmart Supercenter (Stillwater)(4545 W 6th Ave, Stillwater, OK 74074)- (405) 707-0744
Lakeview Campground, Boat Storage, Bait Shop & Store(8865 Lake Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604)- (580) 765-2219
Cowboy Corner at Lake Carl Blackwell(11000 Oklahoma 51 West, Stillwater, OK 74074)- (405) 743-1977
Walmart Supercenter (Ponca City)(1101 E Prospect Ave, Ponca City, OK 74601)- (580) 762-0395
R.C. Bait and Tackle(11608 Fairgrounds Rd, Perkins, OK 74059)- (405) 880-5522
Bubba's Outdoor Sports(515 W Doolin Ave, Blackwell, OK 74631)- (580) 262-2275
Grit & Grace Outdoors(712 E 7th St, Newkirk, OK 74647)- (580) 362-1016
Keystone Lake Bait & Store(998 W Oak Grove Rd, Cleveland, OK 74020)- (918) 899-2649

Management Practices

Florida strain largemouth bass, hybrid striped bass and saugeye are stocked. Brush piles are put into the lake for fish habitat.

ADA Info

West Boat Ramp is ADA compliant.

Area Specific Fishing Regulations

Daily/Size Limits:

Striped bass: 5 per day, minimum length of 20 inches; walleye, sauger, saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum; others must be returned to the water immediately.

Methods:

Allowed methods: rod and reel, bowfishing, and noodling. Fishing is prohibited from dam, fenced area below dam, and north bank of intake channel. Fishing in the buoy-marked intake channel, discharge channel and spillway embankment is bank fishing only (no float tubes or wading).

Area Specific Hunting Regulations

Closed to all seasons except waterfowl.

Seasons w/ Special Restrictions

Waterfowl

Hunting by permit only in designated areas; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. Maps of Sooner Lake are available at east boat ramp or online.

Sooner Lake Report

Apr 7. Elevation is Normal (stable), water temperature 54°F and stained.

Catfish, Blue, Catfish, Channel Fair on cut bait, punch bait, sunfish around coves, discharge.

Bass, Largemouth Fair on plastic baits around rocks.

Saugeye Fair on crankbaits, jigs, live shad around points, riprap.

Report submitted by Stephen Paul (Game Warden Noble County)

Additional Resources

MAP OF LAKE DEPTH LINES OKLAHOMA FISHING TRAIL Operator: OG+E

Fish Species of Interest

Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Hybrid Saugeye Catfish, Blue Crappie, Black Crappie, White

Upload Your Catch

Luke Wood

Caught 08/03/2024 at: Sooner Lake

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