March Means "BiG" Striper on Lake Texoma




Capt. Steve txfishingguide.com

You know its about spring when the red birds start singing their song.

March is big fish month on Texoma — Big fat prespawn fish will move up out of the deep water to feed before making their annual run up the river. February fishing is ok but I love the springtime so I spend some of my time in February for boat maintenance and preparation for the upcoming season. I can’t believe its Valentine’s day already.

Spring dates are booking up fast and before you know it I will be out on Texoma chasing big striper every day. My bait of choice in the spring time is a 5″ swim bait on a 1oz jighead. I will fish with any color as long as it is glow or chartreuse. On days when I have experienced anglers we will cast them but when my crew is lacking casting skills we troll them on spreader rigs.

Most days you need to concentrate on shallow structure in 10 – 25 foot of water. I describe structure as any difference in water depth like points and humps or a difference in bottom composition from the normal like gravel,rock,timber, and man made structures. While fishing structure always keep your eye open for working birds as that can happen anywhere at anytime in the spring. It’s about to get serious up here on Texoma and I’m ready.




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Lake Texoma

Fishing Report from TPWD (Jan. 22)

FAIR. Water stained; 48 degrees; 1.02 feet below pool. Striper fishing is good on flukes in deep water around 60-80 feet, look for bait and fish near them. Swimbaits are working on structure and humps in 15-35 feet of water slow rolled across the bottom. Crappie are in 18-25 feet of water near drop-offs and rocky points. Jigs tipped with a minnow using electronics to locate active fish. Bass fishing can be caught with soft plastics off main lake points and creek points off the banks. Look for structures and flats with stumps in 8-12 feet of water. Catfishing is slow, look for bigger fish to be near the rivers and on shallow flats in 10-25 feet of water. Drift whole gizzard shad and anchored up casting off ledges and drop offs. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Guaranteed Guide Service. Prefrontal patterns should resume as the weather warms after the cold front. Striped bass can be caught on Alabama rigs or shad on structure in 15-25 feet of water. When this bite ends, the bigger fish are being caught in deeper water deadsticking or with Alabama rigs. There are fewer birds working. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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