My fishing buddy and I took a multiday trip over to Tenkiller Lake. We fished hard Sunday thru Thursday. I live right inbetween Bull Shoals and Norfork, but I like to see and fish new places too. 10K fishes a lot like Bull Shoals, but every place has its nuances. The lake itself and the surrounding areas are just beautiful. We hit it at a great time with everything being fresh and green and the lake a few feet high. They were pulling it down the whole time we were there which I cant imagine helping us, but it did not hurt us too badly.The lake has a lot of Smallies, a ton of Spotted Bass, and it is supposed to have a majority of LMB. We mainly stayed main lake and tried to catch a 5 pound smallie. We came close (4 lb 12 oz) and caught a bunch of other quality Smallies. We also caught a large pile of Spots. We had good size on our LMB, but not that many of them. Oklahoma has no minimum length on Spots and No Creel limit on them. Locals claim they are keeping every one they catch, but like coyotes they are hanging in there. The lake has a 13-16 inch protected slot for Smallies and LMB. The lake has plenty of good boat launches. I prefer to trailer close and minimize my boat gas use, but the lower 2/3s of the lake can be quickly covered with todays boats. We used 5 different launches on the five days we fished there, lol. It is a COE lake so my COE pass covered that. There are also non COE launches, but I did not try any of those. Bass Cat Boats was well represented there. We saw a handfulof BassCats on the lake. They sure are pretty boats on the water. We fished out of my buddys Legend 191. My Cat stayed home. He had the shorter haul to the lake.This was my first trip to 10K, but likely not my last. We stayed at Cookson Store and cabins. They have cabins and rooms. Nothing overly posh, but had everything we needed at half the cost of the places on the water. I would recommend them and I would use them again without hesitation. You can reach by phone at (918) 457-5171We did hear that the lake gets really busy with pleasure boaters as soon as school gets out and stays that way until school is back in so keep that in mind.
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