Outdoor Pics With Tess: Grayson's 85-pound paddlefish

If you have a fishing, hunting, or outdoor snapshot you'd like to see featured, send it to Tess Maune on Facebook.

Wednesday, April 30th 2025, 5:27 am

By: Tess Maune


Lake Eufaula isn’t just busy with crappie fishing — many anglers have discovered that paddlefish also call the lake home.

Grayson caught an 85-pound paddlefish, also known as a spoonbill, on the lake Saturday.

Oklahoma’s paddlefish population has grown significantly since the 1990s, when Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation fisheries biologists began efforts to reintroduce the species to state waters, including Lake Eufaula.

If you have a fishing, hunting, or outdoor snapshot you'd like to see featured, send it to Tess Maune on Facebook.

Tess Maune

Tess Maune, born and raised in El Reno, Oklahoma, joined News On 6 in March 2012. She’s an anchor and reporter for 6 in the Morning and is also the News On 6’s outdoor and wildlife reporter.

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