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Conditions : Lower Illinois: Elevation is normal (stable), water temperature 54°F and clear.

Elevation is normal (stable), water temperature 54°F and clear.

Reported by: Oklahoma Wildlife Dept.


About: - The lower Illinois River are tailwaters from Tenkiller Lake Dam. The stream winds out of the edge of the Cookson Hills from the dam site for approximately 10 miles to it's confluence with the Arkansas River. Nearly 8 miles of the stream is designated trout water by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department. The stream is a year-around fishery with stockings of rainbows every other week during the winter months and weekly stocking occurring Labor day through Memorial Day. During the Spring of the year, stripers from the Arkansas River move in searching for trout. Many striper fisherman are aware of this favored food of the stripers and will often use live Rainbows as bait on the lower part of the stream. Stripers in excess of thirty pounds are caught by this method toward the lower end of the river. (more on the upper Illinois River)

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