Congratulations to Ascender Commerce for winning an Oklahoma Innovator of the Year award this year for their shopping cart software.
Innovator of the Year AscenderCart
There was quite a crowd at the Skirvin Hotel last night in downtown Okahoma City. All the recipients of an Innovator of the Year award were on hand to receive the kudos due them.
Awards ranged from innovative products to aid in cow feeding, to nanotech to e-commerce.
Congrats to AscenderCart!
Make plans to attend 2011 Oklahoma Chapter Recognition & Appreciation Dinner
Event will be held Saturday, January 15, 2011. The Oklahoma State Board of Directors host this popular “turkey party” at the Showplace Theater in the Riverwind Casino, 1544 W. Hwy 9, Norman, OK 73072. Doors will open at 5:30 PM with dinner at 7:00 PM.
The 2011 Package of Products will be unveiled at this event and you might go home with not only a new product but perhaps one of the many guns to be given away!
For those of you needing to spend the night, a room block has been reserved at the Casino Hotel. Your reduced rate of $88 will be given when you call 405-322-6250 for reservations and give them the special code of “CWILDT”. Only 30 rooms at that rate, so first come, first served.
Tickets cost $30 each. To order please send Gary Garman the number of tickets you need and payment at the address below. Payment can be with check, money order, or credit card (if you are using a credit card please include the credit card number, expiration date and security code).
Gary Garmen
Rt. 7, Box 550
McAlester, OK 74501
Or contact Gary at (918) 470-8279 with any questions.
I ‘so’ intended to get over to Lake Thunderbird this past weekend for the tourney. I wasn’t going to enter, but, I wanted to at least see the results…
I missed that one but I sure don’t want to miss the Bassmaster Elite Series. It’s coming back to Oklahoma after skipping us for the last two. The tourney began yesterday on the Arkansas River, with the Muskogee Chamber as host.
Weigh-ins and launches will be at the Three Forks Harbor in Fort Gibson.
Fishermen will be fishing along a hundred mile section of the river from Catoosa to Kerr Lake.
The Sooner Run winner will net a hundred grand.
Oklahoma has great bass fishing all over the state, but some folks say ‘some’ places are better than others.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation does electronic fishing surveys on most of the lakes and they also gain lots of information from the many bass tourneys across the state.
Bass live 10-12 years and Oklahoma’s bass seem to have a steady age range. There’s a little bit of everything. In 08, at Chimney Rock, the ODWC tallied 71 bass per hour with the biggest weighing over five pounds. Grand Lake had a rate of 83 per hour with the biggest weighing over six pounds.
In the middle of the state the five bigger lakes were measured with Eufaula winning the count. They counted 88 bass per hour with the biggest over five pounds. Arcadia pulled in a low 21 and Thunderbird faired worse with just 16 per hour, but the biggest was over nine pounds.
Northeast’s winner was American Horse with 88 per hour. The Southeast’s was lower with 36 per hour at Sardis.
Bass are a given in Oklahoma and sometimes it’s a toss up as to ‘which’ lake to choose to fish. But surveys show there are decent sized fish in most of the lakes and we won’t find them if we don’t ‘go fishin’!
A sweet lady I know volunteers for the Greyhound Rescue here in Oklahoma. She’s several rescued greyhounds of her own. She loves her greyhounds.
I saw her the other day, she was wearing a smart suit with a pink blouse. Sharp! She had a greyhound pin on her lapel, only it was upside down.
“Oh,” I said “Your pin is upside down.”
She replied, “No, it’s supposed to be that way. Greyhounds like to lay upside down, it’s called roaching.”
I had no idea!
I learned something about greyhounds that day, in fact, I learn a little bit more these wonderful dogs every time I see her.
The local organization, the Hounds of the Heartland, is a non-profit, chock full of Racing Dog Lovers and is dedicated to finding homes for both retired racing hounds as well as an occasional young greyhound not yet in the dog racing community.
Interested in catfish tournaments in Oklahoma?
Here’s where you’ll find the upcoming spring tournies…
FEB. 20, 2010 ARCADIA
MARCH 13, 2010 FT. COBB
APRIL 17, 2010 CHICKASHA CITY LAKE
MAY 14 AND 15, 2010 KEYSTONE
The next event, at Lake Arcadia in mid February will be the first event in 2010. Get your poles ready for some great catfish fishin’ fun!
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Did you also know that there is a group devoted to Oklahoma catfish tournaments? Yes! It’s the Oklahoma Cats, the Catfish Anglers Tournament Series. You’ll find membership information on their website at: okcatfish.com
Wherever you are – there are fishing reports for your area lakes. Here in Oklahoma, the Department of Wildlife lists fishing reports by area. It’s quick and easy to look up your lake before you head out for a day of fishing.
Here’s the central area report:
Arcadia: No report submitted this week.
Draper: Lake level is below normal due to pump failure. Boat access to the lake is poor and a longer walk to bank fish. The main fishing docks are still floating. One boat ramp is barely usable.
Hefner: No report submitted this week.
Overholser: October 27. Elevation 3-5 ft. below normal, water clear. Striped bass hybrids fair. Blue catfish fair on stinkbait and cut bait. Crappie fair. All other fishing fair. Report submitted by Ron Comer, game warden stationed in Canadian County.
Thunderbird: No report submitted this week.
Wes Watkins: October 26. Elevation normal, water murky. All fishing slow. Report submitted by Mike France, game warden stationed in Pottawatomie County.
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Partners for Fish & Wildlife is an Outdoor Classroom project created and run by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Outdoor Classrooms teach young people about our wildlife resources. The program provides financial and technical assistance for workshops about wildlife and wetlands for students.
The kids get hands on learning in a structured environment and teaches the importance of our fish and wildlife resources.
Oklahoma has benefitted from 118 of these projects since the programs inception in 1993.
Did you know that Oklahoma has a host of kayakers? They do!
You can not only purchase a kayak and float down the Oklahoma river, you can also go on guided trips. A local place, okckayak.com has hosted trips down the Illinois, a wildlife tour, a sunset tour, kayak ‘dates’, and even trips to Baja & Alaska!
Novice? They also have classes starting at just $35.
Want to try one out first? You can rent kayaks starting at just $15.
You can find them online at http://www.okckayak.com
Oklahoma is not alone in offering fishing clinics. Most states have them. But, if you’re in Oklahoma be sure to check with your local Wildlife Department for locations near you. The Aquatic Resource Education Program classes are offered all across the state.
You can find some throughout the summer at, Arcadia Conservation Education Area (Edmond), the Zebco pond in Tulsa and across the state. Here’s a link to Oklahoma’s summer clinics:
http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/aquated2.htm
Let’s go fishing!
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