Gulls Working Striper All Over the Lake

November 11, 2019

Well looks like winter is here early. Gulls working on schooling striper all over the lake. Looks like we are in for some great striper fishing this winter on Lake Texoma. Winter is my favorite time of year for striper fishing. I prefer to fish artificial baits and more often than not artificial will outread more…


Striper Bite is On!

June 20, 2019

Fishing on Lake Texoma has been an absolute slaughter this spring for big fish. Daily bag limit for striper on Texoma is 10 but only two can be 20 inches or longer and most of the fish we are catching this year are over 20 inches. I guess it’s a good problem to have butread more…


The Striper Capital of the World!

May 31, 2019

Lake Texoma fishing is a fisherman’s dream come true! Why is it the Striper Capital of the World? Texoma has the best documented natural spawn of striped bass of any lake in the country. This 89,000-acre lake attracts a couple million fisherman a year. Our great lake offers most of the Sothern species of gameread more…


Striper Fishing is Going Strong!

April 24, 2019

Lake Texoma striper fishing is really going strong, with the water temperature rising the fish get more active. I made the switch from artificial bait to live bait last week, as I do every year about this time and the success rate has been 100% on getting limits every trip. The down side is thatread more…


Spring Stripers Abound

March 25, 2019

Lake Texoma striper fishing has really come alive this week with the arrival of spring. Big striper are on a feed frenzy getting ready to make their annual spring spawning run up the Washita and Red rivers. As the shallow waters warm fish move up out of the river channel to feed on shad. Theread more…


March Means “Big” Striper on Lake Texoma

February 20, 2019

You know it’s about spring when the red birds start singing their song. March is big fish month on Texoma — Big fat pre-spawn fish will move up out of the deep water to feed before making their annual run up the river. February fishing is ok but I love the springtime so I spendread more…


Lake Texoma BIG FISH Season is right now!

January 14, 2019

The most common question I get is “when is the best time to come to Lake Texoma?” Well, you asked and I’ll tell you…RIGHT NOW! If you are looking to get a Lake Texoma Trophy on your wall, then now is the time. Take a day off and get here! Now of course, there areread more…


Winter Means Big Fish

December 13, 2018

Winter Means Big Fish on Lake Texoma! by Captain Steve Barnes Winter is here on Lake Texoma. Fishing has been good with the recent warm spell but larger fish have been a little scarce. The colder winter temperatures with chances of rain (or even snow) turn the big fish on so fish the winter seasonread more…


Fall Fishing is Great!

November 1, 2018

Fall fishing is in full swing at Lake Texoma and the fishing is great! Lake levels continue to fall and should be back to normal in a few weeks. A couple of weeks ago we were 11 feet high but with the flood gate releases we are currently only 8 feet above normal and fallingread more…


October Fishing Report

October 15, 2018

Lake Texoma fishing has been very good this year, limits on every trip! But believe it or not it’s about to get better. Fall is here and with lows dipping down into the 50’s at night the water temp is dropping and the fish are getting more active. With each passing cold front we willread more…


Lake Texoma Spring 2018 Update

March 27, 2018

Well old man Winter is behind us and Spring is here! Winter was a good on Lake Texoma. Numerous good box fish (under 20 inches) and some really nice overs (fish over 20 inches) were caught. Many days we caught limits of fish and threw some back as well to grow up and fight anotherread more…


Lake Texoma 2017, What a Year!

January 16, 2018

Well the 2017 season and year is behind us and it is time to gear up for 2018! 2017 was a great year starting off with the Winter bite in January, February and March…lots of good box fish (fish under 20 inches) and a few good big ones! All the Winter Stripers were caught onread more…


Lake Texoma Is On Fishing Fire!

December 5, 2017

The fishing for striped bass on Lake Texoma is the best it has been in years! The birds have shown up in force to help us locate these large schools of feeding fish. I’m using primarily swimbaits but also using slabs and dead sticking as well. The numbers of fish we are catching has beenread more…


Fall is on the way!

August 29, 2017

The summer fishing on Lake Texoma has really been amazing. We have had some days where our fish were a little on the small side, but still keepers. We have also had some days where we’ve caught some really nice big fish and some really nice big fat box fish as well. We’re very fortunateread more…


June Fishing Report

June 22, 2017

The June fishing on Lake Texoma has been great, and I expect July fishing will be hot as well! Big fish and good box fish are roaming around and a ton of fun to catch on slabs. Big slabs have been working best to keep the “dinks” off the hook. As the water temperatures continueread more…


Striper Express Fishing Report

May 19, 2017

June fishing is awesome on Lake Texoma. The stripers have finished their annual spawn. They have migrated back into the main lake. The fish are beginning to group up into large schools. You can locate these schools of fish almost anywhere on the lake. Our favorite spots are from the North Island up to Washitaread more…


May Fishing Report

May 16, 2017

The fishing on Lake Texoma has been wonderful this Spring and the Summer bite should be great as well!! I’ve been catching them from 3 to 35 feet of water either on swimbaits or slabs. Recently the swimbait bite has been best for me for the 15-19 inch Striper as well as the bigger 10-13read more…


Fishing Report – Spring 2017 Has Sprung!

March 30, 2017

Above normal weather, above normal water temperatures, and the number of Striper and Sandbass in Lake Texoma has made this early Spring a blast!! The 2017 gill net survey numbers are in and they are way above what we had last year for Striper and the Sandbass numbers are record breaking along with larger thanread more…


LAKE TEXOMA MID-WINTER FISHING REPORT!!

February 16, 2017

Mid-winter fishing on Lake Texoma has been great! Nice catches of Striper and Sandbass. All are being caught on artificial swimbaits on points and ledges in 8 to 25 feet of water. Casting out, letting it sink to or near the bottom, slow retrieve and waiting for that tap to set the hook! Artificial lureread more…


Fishing Report/Year in Review 12/15/16

December 15, 2016

Lake Texoma 2016;  a year of recovery for Lake Texoma after the devastating flood of 2015. The beginning of the year was a struggle due to muddy water resulting in fish that were very reluctant to eat and catch.  As the water began to clear up a bit in April and the water warmed, we were suddenlyread more…