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Pine Creek Lake Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Southeast Oklahoma's quiet pine-country lake: bass in the standing timber, crappie towns under the bluffs and Little River current below.

1/5
Tough. Pick your battles.Post-front sun and slick water make them sulk.
Water temp
~84 F est.
Air / High
99 / 99 F
Wind
SSE 8 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
4
September 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

1/5Tough. Pick your battles.Post-front sun and slick water make them sulk.

Pine Creek Lake stays in its summer rhythm: early magic, midday siesta, evening reprieve. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 8 mph, rising pressure near 1011 hPa and a high of 99. Water sits around 84 F for the season (estimated). With the last quarter, the solunar majors run 5:39 AM-7:39 AM and 5:39 PM-7:39 PM: plan around them and beat the heat.

The plan, species by species

Catfish (blue, channel)Fair

Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

Largemouth bassSlow

Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

White bassSlow

Early schooling action over humps; slabs and small spinners under the birds.

CrappieSlow

Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

Tomorrow: Similar at 103 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Sep 5, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp99 F
High / Low99 / 72 F
WindSSE 8-10 mph
Pressure1011.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain23% cloud, 1%
Sunrise / Sunset06:56 / 19:42
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~84 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunset

Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Partly cloudy, 99/72 F, wind 9 mph, rain 1%

Fair or better. A 9 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

The species that matter on Pine Creek Lake: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: spring and fall

The headline act on most American reservoirs. Relates to cover: docks, brush, grass edges and points. Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: Nov-Mar

Brush piles, bridge pilings and standing timber. The fish fry favorite. Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Good year-round

The most reliable bite on most southern waters. Blues run big; channels fill the cooler. Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: Mar-May run

River-run spawners and open-water schoolers. Fast limits when you find them. Early schooling action over humps; slabs and small spinners under the birds.

When to come: the Pine Creek Lake calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Crappie
Catfish (blue, channel)
White bass
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 84 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~84 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Sep 3

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Catfish (blue, channel) led the card at good. High of 97 F, wind to 10 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Catfish (blue, channel) led the card at good. High of 100 F, wind to 12 mph.

Tue, Sep 1

2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Catfish (blue, channel) led the card at good. High of 100 F, wind to 10 mph.

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Before you go

License

Oklahoma requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Oklahoma license. Bass 14-inch typical: check ODWC southeast region.

Access

Corps ramps: Pine Creek Cove, Little River Park, Turkey Creek; camping at the parks.

About this water

3,750 acres on the Little River, McCurtain County, OK. The pine-hills sleeper north of Broken Bow.

Fishing Pine Creek Lake: the full guide

Kiamichi country water

Pine Creek pools the Little River in Oklahoma's pine hills: a modest Corps lake that fishes far bigger than its fame. Standing timber lines the creek arms, bluff walls shade the lower lake, and the pressure stays weekday-light: a southeastern Oklahoma secret the Broken Bow crowds drive past.

Timber bass program

The largemouth fishery works the wood: flip the standing timber on channel edges spring and fall, run buzzbaits down the stump flats at dawn, and probe the deeper tree lines with Texas rigs when the sun climbs. Stained-to-clear water by arm: match the forgiveness to the clarity.

Crappie under the bluffs

The lake's crappie stack predictable: spring buck brush in the arms, summer-and-winter schools on the bluff-edge timber at 15-25 ft. Locals maintain brush piles off the ramps: a jig-and-minnow milk run fills coolers without burning gas.

The tailwater bonus

Below the dam, the Little River resumes: smallmouth-adjacent spotted bass in the current seams, channel cats in every hole, and a float-fishing corridor toward the Glover confluence that canoe anglers keep quiet. The dam schedule sets the wading windows: check releases.

Common questions

Is Pine Creek worth choosing over Broken Bow?

For solitude and timber bass, yes: it trades Broken Bow's clarity and crowds for stained forgiveness and empty ramps. Fish both: they are 40 minutes apart.

When do Pine Creek crappie bite?

March-April in the brush and almost any month on the bluff timber at depth: winter's deep schools produce the fastest limits for those who idle and look.

Is fishing good at Pine Creek Lake right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Tough. Pick your battles. Post-front sun and slick water make them sulk.

Nearby waters

Broken Bow Lake24 miBois d'Arc Lake64 miMillwood Lake70 miLake Cypress Springs72 miLake Bob Sandlin73 miWright Patman Lake77 mi
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