http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.The Oklahoma boys came up empty Saturday at The Battle of the Big Cats: Route 66's Richest Noodling Showdown in Claremore – but one of the women took home a big prize. Hundreds turned out for ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/764_pound_catfish_wins_Claremores_Big_Cats_battle/20804?subj=37Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:32:00 CDTThe Walmart FLW Tour on Grand Lake brought with it 147 professional and 147 co-angler competitors after a 14-year hiatus from the Sooner state, but it left Grove and northeast Oklahoma with a promise to ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/A_look_back_at_the_FLW_Tour_on_Grand_Lake/20731?subj=37Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:24:02 CDTOklahoma angler Jason Christie has won his third major bass tournament of the year. The Park Hill fisherman collected another $125,000 check today after dominating the field on his home lake ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Christie_nets_third_major_bass_tourney_win_for_2013/20702?subj=37Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:28:00 CDTKids having fun, people catchin’ fish, and competition, the FLW Tour at Grand Lake, presented by Castrol has all those things. Coming into the finale Sunday the event features the top 10 pros, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Anglers_fans_ready_for_FLW_finale_on_Grand_Lake/20700?subj=37Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:18:00 CDTFLW Anglers looked for a few more clouds from the weatherman than they got this morning at the FLW Tour on Grand Lake but fishing should be better today than it was Friday. The water level in ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Larger_catches_expected_in_FLW_Tournament_on_Grand/20694?subj=37Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:10:48 CDTLaunching 148 boats before sunrise is no small task but Grove Rotary Club member Charles Gillespie announced to me upon my arrival for the FLW Tour launch at Wolf Creek at 6 a.m. that things went well ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/FLW_Launch_on_Grand_Lake_a_smooth_operation/20660?subj=37Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:56:54 CDTDoctors are trying to figure out if they need to operate on Eddie Drake’s infected leg today, but Eddie is just trying to figure out if he will be healed up in time to compete at the big noodling contest ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Champion_noodler_still_in_hospital_today/20635?subj=37Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:46:09 CDTTulsa Gun Club announced to members this morning that some equipment had to be moved to high ground and advised people to call before heading to the club this weekend if they plan to shoot. The ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Saturday_shooting_events_canceled_due_to_weather/20590?subj=37Fri, 31 May 2013 15:38:00 CDTBluebird chicks are just so homely they're cute but with just 17 days to grow wings and fly away from the box they waste no time asking their parents for protein. A second chick hatched just ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Second_chick_arrives_hungry/20574?subj=37Thu, 30 May 2013 15:18:10 CDTA first bluebird chick hatched about 8:10 a.m. this morning, according to the time-lapse camera footage of our bluebird nest. There isn’t a lot to see in the photos, unfortunately. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Thunder_rolls_and_a_chick_is_hatched/20565?subj=37Wed, 29 May 2013 22:19:47 CDTSitting in the sun, sitting in the rain, sitting through the thunder and lightning, wind, calm, night, dawn and … sitting. Incubating eggs isn’t the most exciting pastime in the world; at least ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_The_next_hatch_is_near_meanwhile/20511?subj=37Sat, 25 May 2013 13:58:51 CDTWhen I imagine what I might do if I were caught outdoors during a bad storm my mind tends to jump to ideas to shelter myself from large hail, or figuring what I would do to survive a pop-up tornado. But ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/No_place_outdoors_is_safe_during_a_storm/20419?subj=37Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:00 CDTOur bluebirds marked Mothers Day with the beginning of a new clutch of eggs. Nest building began May 6 and egg number one appeared shortly after 6:30 a.m. Sunday. I’m monitoring the birds ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Mothers_Day_marks_the_start_of_a_new/20309?subj=37Sun, 12 May 2013 22:39:34 CDTThe nesting attempt summary is this: First egg, March 24; total eggs, three; first hatched April 11; total hatched, two; two chicks fledged April 29. Eighteen days after they hatched the two ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Two_are_in_the_wind/20100?subj=37Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:23:00 CDTThree Oklahoma lakes again made the Bassmaster 100 Best Bass Lakes list for 2013. Northeast Oklahoma’s Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees and Southwest’s Lake of the Arbuckles gained a few places on ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Grand_Lake_is_15th_on_BASS_Top_100_list/20078?subj=37Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:10:00 CDTAny day now, maybe today, the pair of bluebird chicks should leave the nest. They’ve had a cool brooding period. The eggs hatched on one of the coldest days of the month, April 11, when it dropped ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Duo_due_to_fledge/20069?subj=37Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:47:59 CDTA bird watching team from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology set a new record 294 species spotted in one day during Thursday’s 24-hour North American Big Day fundraiser in Texas. According to reports ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Cornell_birding_team_sees_record_294_species_in_one/20050?subj=37Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:07:00 CDTWith a few weeks left in the legislative session wildlife bills are on the cusp of failing, stalling in committee or, in the case of at least two measures, moving ahead for the governor’s signature....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Wildlife_bills_awaiting_action_by_House_Senate/20023?subj=37Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:27:25 CDTTwo weeks, $200,000, a berth in the 2014 Bassmaster Classic, a record-setting comeback, back-to-back major tour wins in FLW and BASS, the lead in the Bassmaster Rookie of the Year race and on track to ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Jason_Christie_makes_history_wins_again/19979?subj=37Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:02:00 CDTOklahoma anglers Jason Christie of Park Hill and Fred Roumbanis of Bixby appear to be one and two in the Bassmaster Elite Series Ramada Quest on Bull Shoals Lake in Arkansas today. That’s according ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Christie_on_Trak_to_win_second_major_in_two_weeks/19974?subj=37Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:48:00 CDTOklahoma anglers, I want to see pictures of some big bags. I’m sharing a couple of mine today -- real trophy shots -- trash trophies. One unfortunate and consistent aspect of fishing ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_anglers_send_pictures_of_your_trash_trophies/19956?subj=37Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:32:00 CDTBlue skies this morning didn’t bring out the bluebirds any more than gray ones yesterday. Bluebirds like to stay warm as anyone else. Today I sipped my coffee with a newspaper in ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Some_like_it_in_the_box/19938?subj=37Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:44:39 CDTOklahoma bass pro Jason Christie pounded Beaver Lake this week to land an eye-popping bag over 20 pounds on the third day to pull into the lead in the FLW Tour event at Beaver Lake and he never looked ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Jason_Christie_wins_Beaver_Lake_FLW_Tour_event/19861?subj=37Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:33:27 CDTThe male usually is the clue that something new or different has happened around the bluebird box. Tuesday at dawn he was all over it, in and out, sitting on top. While the nest building and ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Two_chicks_and_a_dud/19860?subj=37Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:07:23 CDTThe Bass Federation National Championship held on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees this week wrapped up Saturday in Rogers, Ark. with a Californian victor while Oklahoma’s Jason Christie grabbed the lead in ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Grand_Lake_yields_national_champ_Christie_leads_FLW/19859?subj=37Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:45:26 CDTThree little blue eggs. That, apparently, is going to be it for the first nesting attempt at our bluebird house this spring. It makes me wonder what’s going on. My girls ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Just_three_little_blue_eggs/19681?subj=37Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:12:53 CDTThe finale of the National Archery in the Schools Program state shoot in Oklahoma City Wednesday brought out a lot of excitement. As charged as the atmosphere was, Pryor coach Kelli Mills said ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Photos_from_the_Archery_in_the_Schools_state_shoot/19640?subj=37Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:20:00 CDTOklahoma State University anglers Chase Edmiston and Trevor Parks know how to spend a Spring Break. Edmiston texted from Okmulgee Lake this afternoon that it was one of those days they wished they ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/OSU_anglers_show_off_Okmulgee_11_pounder/19582?subj=37Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:25:39 CDTKeep an eye on Falcon Lake this weekend as Oklahoma Bassmaster Elite pros Edwin Evers of Talala and Jason Christie of Park Hill are in the running. Texan Keith Combs, a guide at Falcon, holds ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Evers_Christie_2nd_and_3rd_at_Falcon_tourney/19578?subj=37Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:22:24 CDT slideshowembed('1319', 420, 269); By this time last year we were looking at bluebird eggs in our backyard nest box. The birds started ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Nest_building_is_complete/19546?subj=37Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:53:00 CDTOklahoma’s new state record largemouth is at the taxidermy shop. It didn’t survive the catch and the trip back to the lake, despite best efforts to keep it alive by those involved. The 14-pound, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_state_record_largemouth_bass_died_and_thats/19493?subj=37Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:54:00 CDTCedar Lake gave up another Oklahoma state-record breaking largemouth bass Wednesday, just 10 days short of a year since Poteau angler Benny Williams Jr. caught a 14-pound 12.3-ounce monster from the 78-acre ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_has_new_state_record_largemouth_bass/19462?subj=37Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:40:14 CDTAngler Billy Lemon of Sand Springs hauled in Grand Lake’s biggest bass ever Sunday during the Nichols Marine Team Series Event. The fish was not just heavy, it was round, at 12.3 pounds, with a length ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/New_Grand_Lake_record_largemouth_is_123_pounds/19314?subj=37Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:09:46 CDTOne last note on muddied waters before bedtime. I think I’ll need at least 4 hours in the sack before I head to Grand and enjoy the 20-degree Day One takeoff of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic. Mesonet ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Dirty_water_and_clear_cold_skies_for_Day_One_of_the/19178?subj=37Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:00:00 CDTIt looks like Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees dodged the majority of the precipitation we’ve had the past 24 hours. When I woke to the sound of thunder and hail pelting my house at 4 a.m. I thought ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Storm_skirts_Bassmaster_Classic_venue_Grand_Lake_O/19158?subj=37Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:03:55 CDTSeveral Bassmaster Classic anglers posted photos this morning of the skiff of snow that greeted them for the second day of practice Saturday morning at Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees. It’s a chilly ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Snow_stained_water_color_first_Classic_practice_days/19087?subj=37Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:08:00 CDT slideshowembed('1215', 443, 269); The groundhog may have said winter has 6 weeks left, but the bluebirds behind my house today are, as Walt ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bluebird_Watch_Twitterpation_begins_with_a_slideshow/18846?subj=37Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:51:00 CDTFour fish and they totaled over 20 pounds. If I consider all five keepers I saw it was probably close to 25. I don’t care whom you are fishing with, it’s just not every day you go out and see ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Day_with_Evers_and_Christie_ended_up_big/18667?subj=37Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:29:00 CDTIt was a remarkable day Saturday at Backyard Bassin's no-entry-fee tournament on Oklahoma's Arbuckle Lake. In a tournament punctuated with so many big fish it's almost hard to believe, anglers ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tournament_anglers_post_42_pound_bag_at_Arbuckle/18628?subj=37Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:24:00 CDTAt the end of deer season always there are some reader-submitted photos that just didn't make it into the paper over the course of the season. Here are a few of those, a few favorites and even one ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Deer_elk_caribou_A_2012_season_wrap/18626?subj=37Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:37:00 CDTReader Chad Nightingale shared the following. I couldn't put it better myself, so, here's his e-mail. 'I thought I'd share a neat observation from yesterday morning on Hulah Lake. While ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/View_bald_eagles_at_Hulah_Lake/18318?subj=37Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:44:02 CDTPat’s Archery owner Dean Anderson issued an e-mail notice Thursday night announcing the sale of the longtime Okmulgee archery shop. New owners of the shop are Bruce, Matt and Mark Mabrey....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Pats_Archery_under_new_ownership/18257?subj=37Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:55:00 CDTIt’s now the 2013 Bassmaster Classic Presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Represenatives of the casino, BASS, the Cherokee Nation, Tulsa Sports Commission, VisitTulsa and the Tulsa Regional ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Hard_Rock_Casino_is_Bassmaster_Classic_presenting_sponsor/18219?subj=37Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:48:00 CDTIt’s not often that a hunter shoots a duck with a band more than a couple years old on its leg, but it certainly does happen. Local guide Gordie Montgomery reported that hunter Michael Phillips ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Local_hunter_bags_8_year_old_banded_mallard/18146?subj=37Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:59:00 CDTThe launch area for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic is now on the map. A couple weeks back I noted that it was a little hard for people to find Wolf Creek Park and Boat Ramp because the old 16th ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bassmaster_Classic_launch_area_now_on_the_map/18100?subj=37Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:45:08 CDTBeginning Monday Oklahoma hunters and anglers will be able to register their opinions online on a list of proposed new hunting and fishing rule changes. Most notable among the list of hunting ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Wildlife_regulations_comment_period_opens_Monday/17987?subj=37Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:28:10 CDTA reader sent e-mail today asking about deer antlers. I admit at first I thought he wanted to discuss nutrition and antler size. Not so, he just wanted an explanation of the basics. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Antlers_off_the_top_of_my_head/17911?subj=37Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:46:00 CDTWilliam Dworsky, 12, of Missoula Montana bagged an unusual prize while hunting some Osage County ponds Tuesday with his father and with guide and World Outdoors pro tips contributor Jack Morris. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Youth_bags_a_black_duck_in_Osage_County/17863?subj=37Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:06:00 CDTI just got of the phone with Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation game warden Tracy Daniel, who has a long-awaited waterfowl report. The District 8 Captain from Ponca City said he has ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Report_10000_mallards_on_Kaw/17856?subj=37Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:10:00 CDTSam McCord of Commerce hooked a 3.2-pound crappie in the waters of Grand Lake O' The Cherokees on Sunday. That's a slab and then some. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Lake Records Program ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/New_Grand_Lake_record_crappie_is_32_pounds/17834?subj=37Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:15:49 CDT