Sports
September 16, 2021
New Trout limit set for benefit of stocking program, anglers in future
Trout are not native to Oklahoma. Before 1958, anglers did not have the privilege of fishing for trout in the state. But that year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation decided to increase angler opportunity and fishing diversity by stocking trout in the Illinois River below the Lake Tenkiller dam, where the water was cold enough to allow trout to survive.