Texoma TROPHY Stripers On the Bite | Lake Texoma Fishing Report




Lubbock Fisherman Strikes First
Fishing buddies David Walker, of Lubbock, and Larry Murphey, from Spearman TX, had two days to remember on a recent “big fish” trip. They landed back-to-back 25+ pound stripers in the same hole on two separate fishing days — unheard of for the most part in wintertime fishing.

“It’s been unreal, it’s just unbelievable. We’d see a 20-pounder every now and then, but nothing like this,” said guide Chris Carey.

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David Walker from Lubbock (left) gets an assist showing-off his "personal best" 28.6lb. Lake Texoma striped bass.

Walker hooked into a large fish in “Daddy’s Hole,” a spot located where Big Mineral Creek joins the Red River. The fish dove deep down into the submerged river channel when Walker hooked into the monster. Walker fought and reeled in the big fish while the boat was being carefully backed-down to ease the heavy pressure the striper was putting on the line. Finally the 28.6-pounder finally tired out and was netted into the boat.

“It’s almost impossible to describe how intense this battle was. Stripers are known to be the strongest fighting fish among fresh water species, and this one was particularly feisty" said Carey. Walker caught the fish on a ½-oz. white RoadRunner Buck-tail jig tipped with a 7-inch white soft plastic worm.

Panhandle Angler Gets His Trophy
Day two of the trip Larrey Murphey, along with Walker and guide Chris Carey, returned to try nailing another trophy fish. On a hunch Captain Carey placed the anglers over the submerged Red River bed near the creek junction. Today it was Murphey who got the lucky strike, hooking a nearly identical 25-pound striper. “These fish pull so hard my arms were sore” said Murphey after the ordeal.

These two will have plenty to talk about as they head west after a memorable trip at Lake Texoma.

Striper Express owner Bill Carey said, "this type of success has been a long-time coming. The Great Recession reduced the number of anglers on Texoma for 3-4 years. This let a 10-lb class of fish grow so they are now 15 to 20-pounders. The lake is staged to have a several-year run of trophy fish,” he said.


We are proud to have been a part of Larrey and David's
Lake Texoma striper fishing experience.
When can we book your trip? - Bill Carey

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Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 27)

GOOD. Water normal stain; 57 degrees; 1.86 feet below pool. Striped bass are good using live shad and cut bait anchored in 45-65 feet of water thumping the boat and running a splasher to get the fish under the boat. Recent rains will have a lot of big female fish up river but look for them on flats and structure with swim baits in 12-25 feet of water. Crappie are good on jigs using electronics to fish brush in the little mineral arm 15-22 feet of water. Also seeing fish in the creeks 2-4 feet of water on brush. Smallmouth or largemouth bass are slow fishing docks and structure with crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Look for SM on gravel beds along the bluffs in 6-12 feet of water. Catfish are slow on cut gizzard shad anchored near the rivers in 5-10 feet of water but starting to see eater size fish coming on ledges and flats in 40-55 feet of water. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Striped bass continue to be caught with Alabama rigs or sassy shad targeting ledges and structures in 5-40 feet of water. Some sporadic schooling activity and bird action. Some fish are moving into creeks. The shad spawn should begin as the water near 68 degrees. This runs around six weeks, bringing predator fish shallow and kicks off topwater season. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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