Lake Hefner fishing: Walleye, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Target species: Walleye, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Sunshine Bass
The lake
Lake Hefner covers 2,465 acres in Oklahoma, across Oklahoma County. It is a lake. Our records hold 6 species for this water.
4 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Sunshine Bass — Feeding water: 70–80°F. Nonnative.
Also recorded here: Common Carp, Inland Silverside.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 65°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 40°F and the warmest is 99°F; the warmest monthly average is 86°F. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2017–2023.
Stocking: 2,036,952 fish, 2017–2022
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Fisheries Division records list 2,036,952 fish released into this water from 2017 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.
- Walleye: 1,578,882 in 2017–2022
- Channel Catfish: 8,070 in 2017
One more species on the stocking list.
What is hard here
Winter water drops to 40°F, and the warm-water species stop feeding well before you do. Summer water sits at 86°F: heat and afternoon lightning are the real risks, not the fishing.
