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Broken Bow Lake & Lower Mountain Fork, OK
Reservoir in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. A 14,000-acre clear, deep USACE reservoir in the Ouachita Mountains plus the cold tailwater trout river below the dam. The lake holds largemouth and spotted bass, crappie and catfish; the Lower Mountain Fork River below the dam is Oklahoma's premier year-round rainbow and brown trout fishery. Special trout-area rules (barbless hooks only, 3-trout aggregate) apply on the river.
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What swims here
8 tracked species in Broken Bow Lake & Lower Mountain Fork, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Live USGS gauge 07339000 (Mountain Fork near Eagletown) reports both water temp (00010) and flow (00060) for the trout tailwater. Lower Mountain Fork trout area: barbless hooks only, 3 trout aggregate (only 1 rainbow over 25 in; brown must exceed 30 in), verify current rules on the ODWC trout page. Ramps: Beavers Bend SP, Stevens Gap, Carson Creek.
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