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Fishing regulations at Sportsman Lake, OK
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Fishing regulations in Oklahoma can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Largemouth bass as of May 1st, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
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In rivers and streams: black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted): six combined per day, only one of which may be a smallmouth bass. Largemouth and smallmouth bass must be 14 inches or longer. No size limit on spotted bass.
Doc Hollis Lake: harvest of largemouth bass is prohibited.
Lake Texoma: largemouth bass and smallmouth bass minimum size = 14-inches; bag limit = 5 largemouth bass and/or smallmouth bass in aggregate.
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- Largemouth bass - 34 members reported to have caught this fish
- Spotted bass - 6 members reported to have caught this fish
- Channel catfish - 4 members reported to have caught this fish
- @scotth reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @scotth reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @brady-thornton reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @thunder.wolf reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @thunder.wolf reported a nice Largemouth bass.
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