Big Fish




March has worked its way into the Texoma area.  Bringing in warm weather finally, and some sunny days.   Although the lake is a little low, it has certainly not hurt the fishing.   March is usually always a little windy, not that great for fishing, but if you like to sail, March is your time.    I like March, in that I start my pre-spring, lure action fishing.  I am usually a bait fisherman, but actually like all types, just like to fish!    I have been working the shallows, anywhere from 20 feet to the bank.   You will catch a lot of big fish now, but doubt, depending on the number of people in the boat, will not get a limit (10 fish per person)  If you like catching fish which range from 10-18 pounds, then now is the time you will get more during this time, in my opionion.   As it warms, which has been a little slow coming, the action will be faster, which prevents most big fish from getting the hook sooner.   You will catch big fish most trips, but March is when you end up throwing a bunch back, as you are allowed only two big fish per person, the rest have to be under 20 inches.   Anyway good luck, and see you on the water.  JD   




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Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 17)

GOOD. Water normal stain; 58 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Striped bass fishing is great drifting live shad around the islands or past the bridges near the rivers. Rain should finish off the spawn and look for bait on the banks with feeding fish near them. Top waters are working on sandy flats in 2-8 feet of water. Smallmouth bass are good on live shad along the bluffs on the banks in 2-4 feet of water. Also fair on spooks early and look for largemouth off the banks in 6-12 feet of water on main lake points near rocks. Catfish are fair on cut shad along the rocks in 30-45 feet of water. Drifting cut rough fish or gizzard shad in 5-10 feet of water near the river could produce a big fish after a rain with an inflow of dirty water. Crappie are good on brush piles in 12-18 feet of water on jigs using electronics to locate active fish working in and out of the brush. Look for spawners shallow with warmer temperatures in the forecast. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Threadfin shad are spawning along the banks. Hybrid stripers are good on topwaters in the morning along rocky banks. Some days the egrets are working leading the way to fish. Some schooling activity under gulls. After the morning bite ends switch to swimbaits and Alabama rigs in 10-25 feet of water on the edges and dropoffs. This pattern should hold for the next 4-6 weeks while shad spawn near docks and banks. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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