Stripers Like it Cold




Striper fishing guide, Steve Barnes told Lone Star News that the colder air temperatures and subsequent colder water temperatures turn the fish on. In the winter he likes to used artificial over live shad.

His favorite striper fishing technique is dead-sticking a soft plastic fluke-type lure on a 1-ounce jig head, holding it still and allowing the slow drift of the boat to move the lure.

White, silver and chartreuse work best for him and his clients because the fish see contrast in color better than baits that are one color. If he uses a chartreuse jig head he will use a light-colored fluke. If he has a white jig head, then he uses chartreuse fluke.

He drifts areas where fish have been feeding. He gets their attention by using s  guide fishing trick of splashing the water or beating on the side of the boat.

Eddie Parks of Sparky’s Guide Service explains that any time the water is cooling down, you'll catch a lot more, bigger fish. He says the fish will be in deeper water feeding and fattening up on shad.

At Possum Kingdom Lake, Guide Randy Wood said dead-sticking is working for stripers, with some good blue catfish mixed in.

If the birds are working, and there are plenty of fish but they are moving fast.chasIng the bait up to the top he switches to swimbaits. 

All the guides say the striper action will continue to February on both Texoma and Possum Kingdom.


Photo courtesy of Steve Barnes




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Fishing Report from TPWD (Jul. 9)

FAIR. Water stained; 84 degrees; 1.87 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is hit and miss but fish are starting to surface on shallow sand flats and in cuts. Top waters and swimbaits are working as well as live bait drifting shallow 10-15 feet of water or anchoring on main lake ledges in 15-25 feet of water. Catfishing remains excellent on punch bait in 25-30 feet of water on humps and main lake points. Bigger blues will be cruising the deeper water drift while gizzard shad or rough fish off of the river channels on flats in 40-55 feet of water. Bass fishing is good on hard baits and reaction baits near docks and the backs of coves early in the mornings and late evenings. Fish main lake points and rock bluffs mid day off the banks. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass are good on topwaters in shallow water, switching to slabs as fish move out to 15 feet of water. Water clarity is improved. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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