Lake Texoma Fishing Report: “PERSONAL BEST” Striper Fishing NOW

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report Question: What is the best time for your “Personal Best” Striper Fishing Trip? Depending on the will of the striper fishing gods, the answer probably is RIGHT NOW.

STINKIN’ WEATHER SAFETY
Mike Stewart, Terry Nuegin and three friends from the Panhandle arrived before dawn to find threatening clouds and the wind blowing like stink. Safety is a major factor with guides and crazy winds can make Lake Texoma very mean. “With the wind this strong before sunrise, we may have to make a safety call. But let’s give it a try anyway” Captain Chris Carey told the five fishermen.

Well out of the harbor at first light, they drifted and cast Chug Bugs onto the shallow banks. The fishing was going well with a dozen stripers hooked and exploding with a vengeance. Great strikes and fights came from 5 to 9-pound stripers who were attracted by 5-inch Big Bugs in chartreuse and chrome.

ORGANIC FISH FINDERS
The boat drifted too shallow and there was no choice but to start the engine and move. Ordinarily you wouldn’t leave such a productive spot but Captain Chris spotted something exciting in the distance. Two blue herons hovered far out on the main lake.

Lake Texoma Fishing Report SPECIAL NOTE: Just to remind those who haven’t read all my columns: herons and gulls are better fish finders than the electronic ones, and they work at a distance. If you know how to read ‘em, that is.

So Carey spotted the birds way out, and then saw something far more remarkable – foot-long gizzard shad flying out of the water!

Now if the shad are a foot long, you know that whatever is chasing them is going to be outrageously large.  So the choice was made to abandon the shallow bank.

MONSTERS!
Hundreds of monster stripers had pushed the big shad to the surface and beyond. Quickly motoring to the middle of Texoma, Mike, Terry and their friends were soon above a school of potential “Personal Best” Stripers. And they were so hungry it was a feeding frenzy. Captain Chris said “the monsters were surfacing all around the boat with splashes that looked like bowling balls were dropping from the sky!”

For over 45 minutes the school of monster fish were chasing and feeding on gizzard shad at the water’s surface. Thirteen fish in the range from 14 to 22 pounds were caught. The largest fought for 15 minutes and thrashed a 20lb. monofilament line before being boated.

Captain Chris said the monsters were continuously surfacing around the boat during the epic battle. Needless to say all the rods will need to be re-spooled with new mono for tomorrow’s anglers.

Captain Chris said “Today rated in the Top FIve Catches of my 20-year career. The sheer amount of BIG stripers in such a short time was crazy!”

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – AWESOME Top Water Striper Fishing!

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – “AWESOME Top Water Striper Fishing”

Texoma Top Water Striper Fishing season is officially OPEN. The arrival of consistently warm weather has stimulated striper appetites to a frenzy. Anglers and Guides agree, “Texoma is experiencing  Awesome Top Water Striper Fishing.”

Texoma was so clear yesterday that anglers could see shad schooling deep in the water. Then the stripers started “attacking” top water lures right off the edge of the boat.  Fish were hitting so hard that they were launching themselves up out of the water!

The shallows are the place to be now. There you will find fish just boiling the surface of the water. The Cordell Pencil Popper will be be your plug of choice – just cast your plug then reel with a jerk of the rod and get ready. The motion of the ‘Popper simulates a crippled bait fish – irresistible action to stripers.

Top Water Striper Fishing
What can you say about top water striper fishing?  It truly is the ultimate technique for catching bass that will bend your rod double and every yard of line off your reel.

Going out at first light and catching a top water fish is one magnificent way to start the day.  The sunrise is beautiful and the air so crisp you can taste it.  Then all heck breaks loose. Shad start surface schooling around your boat – stripers are driving them into a tight knot at the water’s surface and the shad frantically try to escape the hungry predators.

Stripers are ferocious feeders. Today the fish were knocking bait 3 feet out of the water while running a school towards the bank.  Anglers aboard our boats were having multiple hook-ups during the catching frenzy. It happens so fast there is no time to stow the caught fish – they cover the deck of the boat. Later we practice catch and release. Fast and furious would be an understatement.

Another Awesome Striper Fishing Day
Today’s charter trips had another perfect catching day. “We couldn’t get the fish out of the water fast enough; they were one right after another. We lost count there was so many striped bass!!” says Thomas Jones from California. ”Once we got the hang of it THE RACE WAS ON!  I caught a 15-pound fish and let it go!” The excitement in the voice of these anglers just gets your blood pumping. You can only imagine the angler’s campfire stories tonight. “Top water fishing is something else. Now I know why they call Lake Texoma the striped bass capital of the world.”

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Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Report – BIG Texoma Striper Fishing!

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January is the best time for BIG Lake Texoma Striper Fishing. HOLY MOLY they are large!

The winter season has crept into the North Texas area a bit. Fortunately, the cooler temperatures in January have turned on the big fish bite.

The Lake Texoma Striper Fishing is year round and has been so good that the StriperExpress boats are catching some limits along with the bruisers. When I say bruisers I mean the knock-your-socks-of, hang-on-for-dear-life bruisers. Nothing better than finally exhaling after getting that dude into the boat… whew!

january best for big striped bass fishing

What a catch! Just one guided group this week!

 

How can this be?

Lake Texoma is a world class fishery for Striped Bass.  These Stripers are a cold water fish and they feed on shad even when the water temps are in the low 50 degrees. Adjustments are necessary and change occurs often so fishing daily keeps StriperExpress guide staff in touch and up to date.

Fishing Techniques Change in Winter – Catch HUGE Stripers at Texoma

Lake Texoma striper fishing is a little different in winter time. You have to present the lures to them slower now but they bite it just as well as they did in November. We have a saying if you’re reeling too slow, then slow down some more.

More large fish are caught in January – February – March than any other months of the year. Last Thursday one of our customers fishing in just 15’ of water near a windy point boated a 27.49 pounder and a 21.11 pounder Striper on lures. Both were caught in the same afternoon.

The limit at Lake Texoma is 10 fish per day per angler. Remember eight (8) of these Stripers have to be under 20” long (3-4lb striper) and that is the challenge – most all our stripers we catch now, and the next 30 days, will be over that 20” length by a lot!

We like this problem!

Beautiful winter day and beautiful big fish!

Wes McAllester from Dallas TX pictured with his 13 pound, 30” long monster.

Wes McAllester from Dallas TX pictured with his 13 pound, 30” long monster.

Stripers seem to want a lure presented with less motion in cooler water so the “fluke” minnow style baits work very well now. Drifting with the wind quietly over large schools of Stripers with these flukes is HOT this winter.

Wonderful Lake Texoma striper fishing is calling your name. Come experience the fantastic winter fishing. This is perfect for company trips, family and friends.

Come and get in on your HOLY MOLY BIG FISH adventure. We promise to send you home with a memory that will last a lifetime.

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – December Striper Fishing “ON FIRE!”

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – Lake Texoma striper fishing is on fire! The word is out about our striper fishing shrine. Devout fishermen are now making pilgrimage to Lake Texoma .

On Lake Texoma we catch fish year ‘round. This December the striper fishing is awesome. My son Chris Carey, Pro-Guide and guide team leader with StriperExpress, worded it perfectly, “The fishing has been getting better every day, and now it’s as good as it gets.”  Chris and his team of striper fishing guides have been catching up to a hundred fish per day.

Twin 11 pounder striped bass caught in Lake Texoma

Twin 11-pound stripers.

“Best Fishing Trip Ever”
That’s what Terry Neugin from Amarillo, Texas had to say. Terry is one of our customers that has caught the Lake Texoma striper fishing bug. He and a group came in for some December striper fishing this week.  They have been on several fishing trips to Lake Texoma just this year. “Now I have fished every season on the Big T and have never had a bad day. I love it!”

Let’s Try An Experiment
For two days Terry’s group had been catching fish in the river channel, chasing deep-water schooling fish under the seagulls. For their third and final day of their striper fishing adventure Chris said “Let’s try something new today”.

Chris tied on Moe’s Nanna Shad soft plastics on a three-quarter-ounce jig head for each angler.  He had figured out that the sand bass and stripers were stacked in coves and creek channels.

The group motored to the back of a marina and caught 28 sand bass and 17 stripers in an hour. This is a wonderful lake!

Fishfinders
While moving to another sheltered cove Chris spotted a hundred seagulls wheeling and feeding on shad. They were just a bit out from the south shore in the open lake. Abandoning the cove and creek strategy, he positioned the boat upwind of the airborne flock. Then he set up a drift above a HUGE school of fish.

The digital fishfinder showed a perfect picture – stripers forty-foot thick within the submerged river channel boundaries. Everyone grabbed a rod rigged with a two-ounce slab while the stripers continued their voracious feeding. Cast lures couldn’t hit the bottom without a strike. All heck broke loose with rod-bending and line-stripping action!

The State Of Striper Fishing
Catching and releasing fish after fish, they drifted and drifted with multiple hookups most of the time. The striper feeding frenzy ended only when the drifting boat reached the far shore.

One of the fishermen noticed and said “We never even started the motor! How far did we drift?”
“Over three miles” came the answer.

They had found their schooling stripers at the Texas shore and fished them all the way to Oklahoma.

“I love this lake” said  Mr. Nuegin.

Bill’s Striper Fishing Tip: Analog Beats Digital.  Fishfinders that is. Digital fishfinders are great for confirming fish in the space below your boat. Analog fishfinders – seagulls, herons, etc. -  show a guide from miles away exactly where the boat needs to be to use that digital finder.

 

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Texoma Topwater Lure Striper Guides

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Texoma Topwater Lure Striper Guides

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Topwater Texoma Striper Fishing – “INSANE!”

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The Topwater Bite Is On At Lake Texoma!
Bill Carey – Topwater Texoma striper fishing was prime today. A cool front was on the way this morning. The barometer was on the fall and the big stripers moved into the shallow water to feed. Perfect striper fishing weather with good cloud cover and a nice chop on the water.

Randy Wadell, Amarillo TX, October 25 wi Lake Texoma Striper Guides StriperExpressRandy Waddell from Amarillo, Texas got lucky.
He made a long cast with his Pencil Popper plug and when he made the second pop of the plug, Kaboom! A big striper inhaled the plug, ran straight at us and went under the boat.

Randy ran to the stern, cleared the motor with his rod as the monster fish reached the end of the slack line. The 7’ Castaway Mag Medium bent and the reel’s drag started screaming peeling off the 20-pound Trilene mono. Randy was ready and as soon as the fish slowed down he began reeling the fish. Give and take, the fight was on.

This fish was mean.
Randy had his hands full. Several tense minutes seemed to last an eternity.  We all gasped when the huge fish was at the side of the boat and we hauled him up with a dip net. This magnificent fish was a warrior.

I asked Randy how he liked Texoma top water striper fishing. He replied, “My Dad brought me striper fishing twice before. We caught a bunch of fish on live bait and I thought the 10-pounders we caught were huge.”

“I didn’t know we were going to fish this way today (with lures).”

“THIS is INSANE! I can’t wait to come back”

 

 

 

Vicious Bites and Extreme Fights! – Texoma Striper Fishing

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Texoma Striper Fishing Guide Bill Carey

Texoma Striper Fishing Guide Bill Carey

No, it’s not “Desperate Housewives of Whatever”, it’s fat and sassy Texoma Striper Fishing!

The fall striper fishing on Lake Texoma is in full swing.  When I last reported, I said the top-water striper fishing was maybe the best in years. I wasn’t kidding! And it continues to be above our expectations.

Go Early or Go Late
, But GO
Early mornings and late evenings, just as in hunting, big striped bass are exploding on top-water plugs.  Every day we have been casting large top-water lures on the shallow banks.  The big ones are in shallow water for only one reason and that is to feed.  Whether you are an experienced fisher person or a novice, this is fishing at its best!

Amazing Top Water Fishing 

Most of our Texoma striper fishing clients have been coming in with reports of phenomenal catches.  Somedays, the fish will bang on Pencil Popper plugs almost like they see it coming.  Then, you will have a day when the fish slap the plug with their tail and knock it two to three feet out of the water.

TIP: When Texoma Stripers tail-smack your lure, slightly twitch the plug and make it rattle.
“BOOM!”, the fish finds it, and the fight is ON!

Catch Giant Stripers In The Fall

Just this morning, we sent two boats out and you would have had to be there to believe it.  Eight fishermen using top-water lures caught and released twenty four big striped bass weighing up to eighteen pounds.

The top-water lure striper fishing lasts for about two hours, and then around nine o’clock we change our fishing technique – it’s time to follow the seagulls.

Seagull Fish Finder
Every fall, thousands of seagulls arrive to spend the winter.  They are your best fish finder.  The hungry bass will push shad (the food forage) to the surface.  Then seagulls fly in and dip up the shad.

We position our boats with the birds and the fish coming towards us.  Then we cast soft plastic jigs.  Multiple hook-ups are common with everyone on board fighting a fish at the same time.

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It’s our pleasure and our way of giving back. Join us and experience the fantastic fall bass fishing at Lake Texoma.

 

Lake Texoma – Best Summer Striper Fishing in Years

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Lake Texoma – Best Summer Striper Fishing in Years

Bigfish by Striper ExpressWhat a summer it has been up here on Lake Texoma or the big pond as we locals like to call it. The summer striper fishing has been way above our expectations. This wonderful lake never ceases to amaze me time and time again. Many of the guides and locals agree that the Big T (Lake Texoma) is poised to have another big run.

We have been fishing a lot and wanted to take time and thank all the customers that fished with StriperExpress this summer. We can’t do it without you!

June and July fishing blew us away.  Good top water most days and even better slab-fest catching.  Rippin Lips in deep water for quality and quantity.

How about this August fishing? The isolated summer thunder boomers have triggered a lake wide top water bite. About every 2 weeks, just about the time you’re ready to “crow” the stripers will show you who the boss is.  We will have that tricky, bluebird dink catching day, but not this month!  The fishing has been awesome.  Lots of double digit fish with the largest this week weighing over 20 lbs. Top water at first light then off to the slab-fest.  Yesterday we caught and released 65 stripers and tossed back 12 overs up to 10 pounds.  The fish caught on slabs are running up to 1-4 pounds.

We are past the hottest weather of the summer.  The big stripers are roaming the shallows early in the mornings ready to crush bait.  Fall fishing is about to begin and we are ready.  I wonder, if the striper fishing can be this good right now how good will it be come December?

Now is the time to book your fishing adventure. Check out our Cast & Blast offer. Legendary striper fishing and hunt the premier flyway for Dove and Waterfowl at Lake Texoma.

 

Lake Texoma – Everyone’s Playground

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Lake Texoma – Everyone’s Playground

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Lake Texoma was born into history when Denison Dam was completed in 1944. Damming up the confluence of the Red and Washita rivers, created this 90,000-acre lake. The Red River Valley is full of history from the great cattle drives on the Preston Trail to stories of Davy Crockett, Jesse James, immigrant settlers, cowboys and Indians.

Lake Texoma Fishing Unrivaled
One of the biggest attractions to Lake Texoma is the exceptional fishing. Texas Parks and Wildlife regional biologist Bruce Highsmith summed it all up when he said; “Texoma is today probably the finest fishery in the nation. It has everything, both large and small mouth bass, world record blue catfish and the best striper fishing in the world”.

The striped bass is the fish that the majority of fishermen opt for. Stripers were first stocked in Lake Texoma in 1965. Texoma naturally sustains an incredible striped bass population. Along with the best-documented natural spawn in the nation, Lake Texoma boasts a liberal limit of fish at 10 per angler. There are several ways to catch stripers. You can troll, use live bait and cast artificial lures for the fish.

Bass Are Plentiful
Striped bass are plentiful and considered some of the best table fare of all freshwater species. Because of the popularity of striper fishing, there is an abundance of professional Lake Texoma fishing guides to choose from. StriperExpress is one of the oldest and most reputable Lake Texoma fishing guide services.  The fish bite year-round’ and have seasonal patterns that make for a great experience anytime you can go.

In addition to the excellent fishing, camping and boating there is a bonus awaiting you at Texoma. BALD EAGLES! Every year as many as 250 bald eagles pick Texoma as their winter home. These majestic birds can be spotted all over the lake and below the dam. Some of the hens have wingspans up to 10 feet across. Bring your camera and zoom lens for some great photos.

Year in and year out, Lake Texoma is one of the favorite recreational destinations. For over 65 years people have been enjoying this huge border lake. We invite you to come and enjoy Lake Texoma. You can contact any of the local marinas or the many Chamber of Commerce offices for more information.

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CAST AND BLAST DUCK HUNTING & STRIPER FISHING at Lake Texoma

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CAST AND BLAST DUCK HUNTING & STRIPER FISHING at Lake Texoma

CAST AND BLAST
The Ultimate Adventure Combination

Imagine…
landing a limit of huge striped bass,
and, bagging your limit of waterfowl …

Now imagine doing both on THE SAME DAY!

It can happen right here at Lake Texoma.
You can experience legendary striper fishing AND hunt Texas’ premier duck and dove flyway with our Cast and Blast Special.

Striper Express and premier outfitter Kent Outdoors have teamed up to offer CAST AND BLAST – two great outdoor experiences rolled into one unbelievable day. Only an hour and a half drive from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and two and a half hours away from Oklahoma City, this trip is the avid sportsman’s dream comes true. This is the perfect outdoor adventure for families, or for groups of adult sportsmen.

IMPRESSIVE MEMORIES
Father – Son Bonding
Peak Experience for an All-Adult Group

Few of life’s milestones are more memorable than that first hunting or fishing trip with your father – who can ever forget the feel of reeling in your first fish or bagging your first dove. Even more mature sportsmen return from Texoma with reports of phenomenal hunting and fishing action. No where can you find a more perfect setting to build a strong relationship with your clients and prospective clients. THE CALL of the WILD lives in their minds and their souls. CAST AND BLAST is truly an outdoor dream come true.

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The Striper Fishing
Our striper fishing is superb with line-stripping and rod-bending action the norm. Striper Express specializes in the thrill of the hunt with artificial lures. Top-water lure fishing guarantees excitement – Vicious Bites and Extreme Fights!

Your group will board and depart from Mill Creek Marina for a morning of great Texoma striper fishing. Every guided fishing charter includes all tackle, lures, and cleaning/filleting of your catch. Your experienced Texoma striper guide will take your group only to the most productive areas. When your group is finished fishing around noon you’ll enjoy a couple of hour’s free time and then head to the fields.

The Duck and Dove Hunting
The duck and dove hunting at Lake Texoma is outstanding. Bird hunting is a way of life for JJ Kent, owner of Kent Outdoors. Being located in the central flyway, JJ and his crew of experienced duck dove hunting guides are dedicated to making your hunt both personal and memorable. Your CAST AND BLAST hunting begins early in the afternoon and includes professional calling, decoys and transportation to and from the blind.

The Lodging
Let Striper Express custom build your group’s Lake Texoma CAST AND BLAST. Whether a “daycation” or an overnight stay, we have a wide variety of cabin lodging, four star resort accommodations, and executive housing to suit you. Our job is to make yours easier. All you have to do is show up.

That Sounds Great!

Cast and Blast – 1-Day Trip with Lodging for 1 Night

  • 4 person group with hunting and fishing on the same day + one night lodging included = $337.50 per person

Cast and Blast – 2-Day Trip with Lodging for 2 Nights

  • 4 person group 2 days fishing and 2 days hunting + 2 nights lodging = $575 per person

*4 person minimum     *additional days available on request    * We specialize in large groups

Hurry, trips are available for a limited time only with our highly competitive rates.

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