Legendary Fall Fishing is Here - Lake Texoma Fishing Guides Report




Fall striper fishing on Lake Texoma is "the best of the best": - Ron Shelton.

"We come a lot, but always in October, November and December for the big fish!"  Shelton said.  Ron, from Ewing Irrigation, entertains his clients with striper fishing on Lake Texoma several times a year.

Lake Texoma Fishing Guide Chris Carey (below):  Many serious anglers agree that October, November and December are their favorite Lake Texoma striper fishing months.  While lots of people are deer hunting, this select group is on Texoma, catching big stripers.

Texoma Stripers Bite All Day For my money striped bass are the strongest fighting fish in freshwater.  Originally a coastal ocean species, they are most comfortable in the cool water (around 66 degress) that October, November and December provide.  This time of year Texoma stripers bite from early till late.

They are voracious feeders, thrashing shad and putting on weight straight through the Fall months.

The all-day bite pays benefits for fall anglers in a variety of ways.  We currently run our charters from about 10:30AM till well into the afternoon.

Oklahoma and North Texas anglers can get up at a normal time.  They drive to the Lake and still catch fish till their arms are sore!  An added benefit of the mid-day start is viewing the clear, sunny beauty of this area.

Fall Brings A Secret Weapon

Trad in your sonar.  Fall brings us the best striper finder available!  Thousands of seagulls migrate to Lake Texoma and make it their winter home.  Just like striper, a seagull's favortie meal is shad - a minnow-like baitfish.

Seagulls can spot the silver flash of baitfish deep in the water and will fly circles over the area.  From below, the stripers will herd shad, pushing them to the surface where a striper/seagull feeding frenzy begins.  With a good pair of binoculars you can see the birds flying from quite a distance.  If you see the seagulls circling and diving...well then you've found yourself a hoard of the infamous Lake Texoma stripers.

Lake Texoma Parade

It's the Lake Texoma parade:

-stripers school-up and roam the lake looking for their favorite meal:

-seagulls flock to feed on shad that stripers have corralled at the water's surface;

-Striper Express guides not the seagulls then race to the hot action!

Call us at 903-786-4477 or visit www.striperexpress.com to get in on the action!




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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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