Lake Texoma Fishing Report for 12-8-11




Water temps...48-52 & Lake Level 612.46 Bright moon this morning always makes bait tougher to get but it wasn't so bad today. Pulled a dozen or so good fish in the throw net and at least 5 of those were long fish.(over 20 inches) Threw them all back of course. I did keep 250 good size Threads and Gizzards. Headed way South at daylight looking for birds but didn't see any and didn't stop to fish. Back tracked and dropped an anchor on the river ledge in 45ft water. No fish. Pulled that anchor pretty quick and started a drift. Had a fish on at once, long one. Did that drift for about an hour and circled around and started over again. Did that routine 3 times. Each drift had fish under the boat the entire time. We would go a couple minutes without a bite, then we would have 3 on at the same time. The bigger the bait, the better. Had 3 guys, pulled 101 fish, with 32 of those being nice sized Sandies. The rest were Stripers and 34 of those were long fish. We kept some injured long fish and let the bigger ones go. It took a bit to finally catch enough fish under 20 to keep. Very nice. Still no birds working anywhere. Who cares? Big, lively baits were the key today. Fishing 45ft water and the fish were holding right around the 25ft mark. Going to try and do it again tomorrow. I've got more guys, so I might carry smaller baits to pull in more box fish. I know, good problem to have. These fish are healthy and fat. Now is the time to get on the water and take advantage of these fatter, feeding fish. Great fishing right now, if you don't mind the cold temps. I fish mostly live bait, very user friendly and even the novice fisherman can master these fish pretty quick. December should remain great until the water temps fall into the low/mid 40s. Call today and get in on this great action before it gets too cold. [email protected] 580-916-6298 and remember: Fishing isn't a matter of life and death.... It's much more important.




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Lake Texoma Weather Forecast

Tuesday

Breezy

Hi: 77

Tuesday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 64

Wednesday

Chance Rain Showers

Hi: 80

Wednesday Night

Rain Showers

Lo: 60

Thursday

Rain Showers Likely

Hi: 71

Thursday Night

Rain Showers

Lo: 60

Friday

Rain Showers

Hi: 69

Friday Night

Rain Showers

Lo: 59


Lake Texoma Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 4/2: 613.98 (-3.02)



Lake Texoma

Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 26)

FAIR. Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.96 feet below pool. Striped bass are in their spawning mindset and becoming more difficult to locate big fish. Live bait on deep flats and ledges near the big mineral arm and near the bridges. Swimbaits will work shallow in creeks and on points for bigger fish that will not leave the lake to spawn. Catfishing will pick up with the rain and inflow. Look for fish shallow near the rivers and on deep flats near marinas. Large hooks with several small shad or score a big gizzard shad and fish them on the bottom. Suspended bass are in marinas near docks and in the backs of pockets. Crankbaits and chatterbaits are working along with swimbaits near structure and brush. Water temperatures will hit 60 this week. Crappie can be caught near creeks and coves on brush and structure. Fish will be roaming shallow flats in 8-12 feet of water. Jigs and minnows slip cork fish or use electronics to locate more active fish. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass have been a challenge in deep water on Alabama rigs, swimbaits and bait. Warmer days will push fish to shallower water and structure. There are tons of baitfish throughout the lake. Stipers are in the middle of the spawning season, so this can slow the bite but the bite will be aggressive as fish spawn out. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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