Lake Texoma
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10-Apr-24
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Conditions
: Lake Texoma: Elevation is normal (stable), water temperature 62°F and clear. Bass, Striped good on live shad around channels, main lake, points, river channel. Catfish, Blue, Catfish, Channel, Catfish, Flathead fair on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, live bait around channels, coves, docks, points, river mouth. Crappie, Black, Crappie, White fair on caddis flies, grubs, hair jigs, jigs, minnows, nymphs around brush structure, coves, docks, points. Comments: Fishing this week has been good. Striper are biting very well on live shad. They are biting between the Roosevelt bridge and washita point. Catfish are good on live shad and cut bait. Crappie are biting in open water around brush piles. Reported by: Oklahoma Wildlife Dept. |
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About: -
Free-flowing current in the Red River makes Lake Texoma one of the
few lakes in Texas with a self-sustaining population of striped bass, and one of
only eight inland freshwater reservoirs worldwide where this species has spawned.. More on Lake Texoma
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- Blue and channel catfish
- white and striped bass
- largemouth
- spotted and smallmouth bass
- black and white crappie
- bluegill
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Two-thirds of this lake lies in Oklahoma. Anglers with Texas licenses may fish in the Texas portions of the reservoir, or purchase a Lake Texoma license ($7.50) to fish the entire lake. The following length and bag limits apply to the entire lake:
Guadalupe and spotted bass have a minimum length of 14". Combined bag limit for Guadalupe, spotted, largemouth and smallmouth bass is 5 fish/day.
For striped bass and hybrid striped bass, the combined daily bag limit is 10. There is no minimum length, but only 2 fish 20" or longer can be retained each day.
White bass have no minimum length and a daily bag of 25 fish.
For blue and channel catfish, minimum length is 12" and daily bag is 15 fish.
For flathead catfish, the minimum is 20" with a bag limit of 5/day.
Black and white crappie have a 10" minimum length and a combined daily bag of 37 fish.
For walleye, minimum length is 18" and daily bag is 5 fish.
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