Lake Texoma Wildflowers




It's that time of year, when Texas Wildflowers abound across the state.

Lake Texoma has its share of them, too.

This video is under 3 minutes, and it has close-up photos with the names of some of the wildflowers of Central Texas, making them easy to identify:

And there are Facebook groups and webpages littered with the beauty of Spring in north Texas, which is such a joy for people who are stuck at work most days, and don't have time to get out and drive around while the wildflowers are in bloom briefly.

We don't get to see wildflowers too well when we're out on the lake, so driving and hiking are the best ways to get your immersion into real-life wildflowers at this time of year.

Texas Parks and Wildlife posted some beautiful photos of Bluebonnets, the Texas State Flower, that were taken at the Eisenhower Dam on Lake Texoma.

TxDOT provides a very handy webpage with Texas wildflower photos, with each type shown as both a seedling and a mature plant. This page is super handy!

We should all be grateful to TxDot because it plants more than 60,000 pounds of wildflower seeds along Texas highways every Fall, for our enjoyment come Spring.

TxDPS provides a few tips for enjoying Texas wildflowers all over the state, including the Texoma area, and it includes the following advice:

"So even though picking a few flowers may be okay, individuals should not dig up clumps of flowers or drive their vehicle into a field of flowers."

Be thoughtful and leave the native beauty to grow and spread for all of us again next year!

 

 




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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 1)

GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Striped bass fishing is great on top waters early along rocky shorelines and sandy flats around coves. Watch for birds on the banks and fish the direction the birds are moving up and down the rocks. Live bait is still very effective fishing ledges and humps near the river channels in 35-45 feet of water. The shad spawn is on and catching will only get better. Crappie fishing is good near boat docks and on structure also using electronics to locate roaming fish in 12-15 feet of water. Glo and milk are colors of choice with a crappie nibble tip. Seeing females in the creeks 2-5 feet of water as well. Catfishing is getting better on cut shad and prepared baits anchored on ledges in 40-50 feet of water a few reels off the bottom near rocky banks. Slip cork with a cut shad down the bluffs are producing channel cats preparing to spawn as well. Bass fishing is good using top waters early, spooks or closed face glide baits and fish crawl baits later. Fish are roaming near the beds and hitting white chatter baits as well. Live shad down the bluffs are producing numbers with the occasional big fish off the rocks in 5-8 feet of water. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Hybrid stripers are excellent with limits coming on topwaters along the bank early in the morning watching for Egrets. Then switch to swimbaits on flats and points in 10-20 feet of water. Shad are spawning along the banks. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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