Fishing near Norman, OK

Set in Cleveland County, Norman sits within easy reach of central Oklahoma's reservoir country. The marquee water is Lake Thunderbird, a 5,377-acre impoundment on the Little River 12 miles east of town via SH-9, with 59.6 miles of shoreline and depths to 58 feet. The Canadian River forms the city's southern boundary, while OKC reservoirs like Hefner and Stanley Draper lie a short drive north.

Top waters to fish near Norman

Species & education

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Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Bluegill Sunfish

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Gizzard Shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Longear Sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

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