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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 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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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.

Want A Striper Express T-Shirt ?
You’re in luck! Book a weekday Texoma striper fishing charter in October, then follow us on Google+ (StriperExpressFan), and everyone in your party will receive a complimentary StriperExpress T-shirt.

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

 

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report May – Topwater Striper Season Under Way

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MAY signals the start of topwater lure action on Lake Texoma.

Stripers have finished spawning and are now roaming the lake near the surface. Large schools of post-spawn fish are hungry and will strike viciously on artificial lures.

Cast Pencil Poppers and big Chugbugs on the shallow banks early in the mornings.

After the topwater bite fades, switch to 1oz white glo Sassy Shad jigs or live shad if you must. Work the jigs on main lake ledges to 30’ depths. Drift or anchor with live shad on the same ledges.

Full limits of fish are now common. May is an exciting month on Texoma!

Lake Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey provides personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Reports. Click Here to Call Bill Now!

  • Bank Access: Platter Flats , Washita Point
  • Hotspot: The North End, Washita Point
  • GPS: N33.867867 W-96.694533 ; N33.92325 W-96.59
  • Best Baits: Pencil Poppers and Big ChugBugs for topwater action. Sassy Shad jigs for deeper fish. Live shad if you enjoy drowning bait.

 

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – November 2011

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lake texoma striper guide bill careyTexoma Striper Fishing Hotspot: Five Creeks

Hotspot GPS: GPS:  33.913933  ,  -96.706683

Species: Striped bass

Best Striper Baits: Sassy Shad jigs and live shad

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Striper Fishing Tips: The stripers are running in large schools.

Pay close attention to the seagulls, they will locate the stripers ambushing large bait balls.

The favorite artificials are 4-inch Sassy Shad soft plastics on a 1-ounce jig heads. The best colors are white-glow and chartreuse fleck.

Live shad fishing is also a great way to catch stripers. You can anchor or drift with live bait.

Bank Access: Sand Creek

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – October 2011

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lake texoma striper guide bill careyStriper Fishing Hotspot:   North Island and Tabletop

Hotspot GPS:   N 33.867867 , W -96.694533

Species:  Striped bass

Best Striper Baits:   Topwater plugs and Sassy Shad jigs

Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey provides your personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Report at no cost. To hear what Bigfish says Contact Bill Now!

Striper Fishing Tips: The big fish are on the banks early in the mornings in October.

Cast Pencil Poppers and big Chug Bugs for vicious strikes in shallow water.

Mid-morning change your lures to four inch sassy shad on a one ounce jighead. Favorite colors are white-glow and chartreuse fleck.

Always keep your eyes on the seagulls. They can locate schools of stripers roaming in open water.

Live shad fishing is also is also an excellent way to catch stripers. Locate the fish on the ledges, anchor up and place your bait three turns off the bottom. The best depth will average thirty feet deep.

Bank Access:  Washita Point and Platter Flats

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – September 2011

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lake texoma striper guide bill careyStriper Fishing Hotspot: Texas Flats and Mill Creek flats

Hotspot GPS: N32.86415   W-96.812683

Species:  Striped bass

Best Striper Baits:  Slabs and Coho Minnow Jigs

Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey provides your personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Report at no cost. To hear what Bigfish says Contact Bill Now!

Tips:  Stripers are moving out of the deep water and roaming the flats in September.

The lures of choice are slabs and jigs. Vertically jig one-ounce chrome, white and chartreuse slabs along the bottom in ten to thirty foot depths. Coho minnow jigs in white glow color with a ¾ ounce jighead and a four-inch tail are perfect for these hungry stripers.

Cast the jigs and use a medium retrieve. If you find surfacing or swirling fish, cast the jig, hold your rod high and keep the jig subsurface.

Bank Access:  Mill Creek Campsites

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – August 2011

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lake texoma striper guide bill careyStriper Fishing Hotspot:  Juniper Point East and The Islands

Hotspot GPS:  N33.864867  W-96.831383 —  N33.8372  W-96.742533

Species:  Striped bass

Best Striper Baits:  Topwaters and Sassy Shad jigs

Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey provides your personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Report at no cost. To hear what Bigfish says Contact Bill Now!

Tips:  The big stripers  move onto the flats in August.

Early mornings cast Pencil Poppers and Chug Bugs on the shallow banks.

Mid morning, change your lures to Sassy Shad soft plastics.

Concentrate on the flats that run about twenty feet in depth. Locate the creek channel and drop offs, these are the routes the fish use to move up from deep water. Later in the month the seagulls arrive, pay close attention to the birds as they are the best fish finder.

Bank Access:  West Juniper Point and Mill Creek Flats

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – June July 2010

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lake texoma striper guide bill careyHotspot:  The North End

GPS Hotspot Location:  N33 52.072’ , W96 41.672’

Species:  Striped bass

Best Baits: Topwater plugs, slabs and jigs

 Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey will provide your personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Report at no cost – Contact Bill Now!

Striper Fishing Tips:

The striped bass have finished their annual spawn. The fish are grouping up in large schools and roaming the lake in a feeding frenzy.

Early mornings, cast topwater plugs on shallow banks with deep-water near-by. There is nothing more exciting than having a big striper explode on your plug.

Mid mornings, tie on your 1.5-ounce chartreuse, chrome or white slabs. Locate your large schools in the river channels and main lake areas. Drop your slab and let it free-fall to the bottom and reel it up quickly. Stay in contact with your slab, they will hit it on the fall.

By mid month, look for the traditional surfacing top water action in the same areas.

Bank Access: Washita point and Texas Flats

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report • July 2010

Location:  Lake Texoma

Hotspot:  Alberta Creek

GPS:  N33  57.542’ , W96  36.012’

Species:  Striped bass

Best Baits:  Topwaters and Slabs

Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey will provide your personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Report at no cost – Contact Bill Now!

Striper Fishing Tips:  Top water fishing at its best!

Early morning, several large schools of stripers will surface around the lake. These schools of striped bass can be a mile long and a half-mile wide. Cast Pencil Popper Topwater plugs for great striper fishing action.

After the surface action ends, locate the schools of stripers with your electronics. Then, vertically drop slabs and use a fast retrieve. The fish will try to pull the rod out of your hands!

Bank Access:  Washita Point and Platter Flats

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Lake Texoma Fishing Report – February 2010

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lake texoma striper guide bill careyHotspot:  Slickem Slough

GPS Hotspot Location:   N33.8559 , W-96.878167

Species:  Striped bass

Best Baits:  Road Runner Jigs

Texoma Striper Guide Bill Carey provides your personal, up-to-the-minute Lake Texoma Fishing Report at no cost. To hear what Bigfish says Contact Bill Now!

 

Tips:  Winter fishing on Lake Texoma is legendary. Chances of landing trophy stripers in February are in your favor.

Road Runner 1-ounce white Bucktail jigs with a 7-inch soft plastic worm are deadly on the big fish holding on structure.

Always keep your eyes on the seagulls. Cast your 1-ounce white-glo Sassy Shad jigs under the birds where large schools of stripers can be feeding. Multiple hook-ups are common with lots of action in the open water.

Bank Access:  Sand Point  N33.859083 , W-96.863717

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