New state record white bass




A new lake record white bass was caught at Lake Texoma on March 15, 2017. This whopper white bass was landed by Dustin Plott of Blanchard, OK and weighed 3.7 pounds.

Also it’s reported the striped bass fishery on Lake Texoma appears to be rebounding. The fishing has been down following several years of drought in the region (2011-14) and the flood of 2015.

Fisheries staff from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and Texas Parks and Wildlife completed annual sampling in February, and the results show the population is on the rise.

Striped bass catch rates more than doubled from the 2106 survey, Oklahoma wildlife officials said.

State wildlife officials say the 2015 striped bass spawn was excellent and that the age class now makes up a significant portion of the striped bass population. Those fish showed up in the survey ranging in size from 7 to 13 inches.

The 2016 spawn also is believed to be well above average, which should mean excellent fishing in the near future, barring another catastrophic flooding event.

This spring and summer on Lake Texoma, anglers should expect to catch good numbers of stripers between 15 to 19 inches long, state wildlife officials said.




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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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