Pine Creek: 6-27-2026

Members of the Pushmataha County Sportsman Club held a bass tournament at Pine Creek Lake on Saturday, June 27.  The day started off with cloudy skies, a light sprinkle and a moderate breeze and a temp of about 74 degrees. The breeze gave way to a strong wind later in the day and the sun warmed things up into the low nineties. .  The lake was about 2.80 feet above normal.  Seventeen of the twenty anglers that were entered in the tournament caught their limit of five bass.

Johnny Ivey won the event with a five fish limit that weighed 13.87 pounds.  Ellis Silvey finished in second place with a stringer weight of 12.95 pounds.   Ellis also caught the big bass of the tournament.  It weighed 3.73 pounds. Eric Baskin came in third with a stringer weight of 12.69 pounds.

In other club news, many of you know that for over fifty years, members of the Pushmataha County Sportsman Club have volunteered to help out at the Saturday evening cookout at Homecoming.  Members volunteered as servers for bar-b-que at the football field many years ago.  This eventually was turned into a fish fry and members brought their fish cookers and propane tanks to cook the catfish for the meal.  This year was no exception.  Members, once again, showed up ready to cook the fish. However, when Chamber of Commerce president Jeffrey Lucas showed up at 3:45 with the cooking oil and fish, he told members that the group that had volunteered to help out was not going to be able to show up. Club members that were present, along with spouses and adult daughters, immediately volunteered to help out.  Fish fillets needed to be cut into smaller pieces, those pieces needed to be breaded, fish and hush puppies needed to be cooked.  Others began getting things ready to serve the beans and coleslaw.  Cups needed to be filled with ice to serve tea and water.  The meal was supposed to start at 5:00.  We were a little late getting things ready, but without the help of all those that volunteered, the meal would not have happened at all. I am honored to be part of a group that is always willing to help out our community, at a moment’s notice.  I appreciate the members, spouses and adult daughters that helped out, even though they didn’t have to.

The club’s next bass tournament will be held on Saturday, July 11, at Hugo Lake.  Fishing times will be voted on at the club’s monthly meeting that will be held on Thursday, July 9.  Meetings are held at the Wildlife Heritage Center and begin at 7:30 p.m.