Seen Catfish Full of Eggs This Fall on Lake Texoma?




So, it was our annual Thanksgiving jug line adventure again this year, and we got a big one. I described it to friends by cell phone this way - " We just caught a catfish the size of a toddler!" Needless to say, I couldn't even lift it, just barely lifted its head off the tailgate of the pickup when we got back to the house. But one of the fisherman is shown in the other photo below, and it's pretty obvious that this female cat is full of eggs. Now, this photo was taken on Thanksgiving, Thursday November 28th. Doesn't it seem strange to find a female cat full of eggs this time of year on Lake Texoma? I really need help here because after much searching online I couldn't find any information about a late fall catfish spawn anywhere in the US. Did I miss some important information? Thanks for posting below because we may not be the only ones with this experience and this question after jug line fishing on Lake Texoma this fall.




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FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 2.98 feet below pool. Target striped bass on structure, ledges and humps in 15-35 feet of water with swimbaits. Fish are roaming deep flats in 40-55 feet of water, with good numbers anchoring up with live bait. Crappie fishing will pick up with the rains and look for fish to move towards creeks. Bigger fish will be roaming 8-12 feet on flats and numbers will be on brush and structure in the mouths of coves and creeks. Jigs and minnows. Bass are near creeks and docks on crankbaits and jerkbaits. Fish will be in small schools, so spend time in a spot you catch one. Spawning fish will be moving up with the inflow and warmer temperature. Catfishing is slow as fish have scattered and they have plenty of bait to eat. Look for numbers in deeper water along ledges on whole shad. Bigger fish will move up with the inflow. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass are active under the birds. Fish on the structure are hitting Alabama rigs or swimbaits, and open water fish can be caught with live bait or swimbaits. The spawn is in full swing. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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