o.b.f.n.

Conservation

Wildlife Department

Oklahoma's State of Bass Fishing

 

2005 Tournament Reports

 

Report Tournament Results

 

Keeping Bass Alive

 

LMBV Fact Sheet

 

Contacts:

 

Gene Gilliland

OBFN Conservation Director

 

Chris Horton

B.A.S.S.

Conservation Director

 

Conservation News - The Oklahoma BASS Federation Nation has applied for grants from BASS, the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the Fish America Foundation to purchase materials to build 7,000 “spider block” habitat modules to place in Oklahoma reservoirs in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Habitat Enhancement Program.  In 2005 the Oklahoma City Junior Bassmasters Club place 75 of these spider blocks in Eagle Lake in Del City to test their effectiveness in attracting bass.  Junior Bassmasters report catching numerous bass off of the attractors during the year.

The Oklahoma BASS Federation Nation and the North Oklahoma City Bassmasters have applied for a Conservation Grant form the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation to purchase materials to continue an aquatic plant introduction project on Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma City.  The club will be continuing work started by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation two years ago.  To date 21 sites have been planted with native shoreline and emergent species to control erosion and create stable shorelines.  Plants are placed in protective fencing to reduce damage from turtles and carp.  The Bassmaster project will introduce submersed species that should provide much needed nursery cover for young bass, improving the overall bass population in Draper Lake.