| Lake Texoma is located on the border of Texas | | | | effective for this kind of fish. But it's the best to |
| and Oklahoma. It is considered to be one of the | | | | use minnows when you are fishing for crappie. |
| most popular vacation destinations in the | | | | Crappie can be found in concentrations near boat |
| Southwest. Though poor in aquatic vegatation, it's | | | | houses, water trees and brush piles. Striped bass |
| rich in fish and attractive destination for fishers | | | | recognized by its 7-8 continuous stripes along |
| from across the US. With 10-12 million visitors a | | | | sides like to eat gizzard and threadfin shad. |
| year, it's considered second most attractive lake | | | | Stripers here can be as big as 35 pounds. There |
| in US. | | | | was a 121.5 pounds blue catfish caught in the lake |
| What can you catch in Lake Texoma? Mostly blue | | | | in 2004 setting the World Record at the time. |
| and channel catfish, white and striped, largemouth, | | | | Bluegills, identifiable but its blue gill flap, weight up |
| smallmouth and spotted bass, black and white | | | | to 5lbs but still a worthy catch in Lake Texoma. |
| crappie and bluegill. Each of those require different | | | | The fishing method for this fish is from the |
| approach to find and catch, like white bass is best | | | | shoreline, they concentrate in sheltered waters. |
| to be found when they migrate upstream on Red | | | | Worms, flies and crickets can make a great bait |
| and Washita rivers or other streams around the | | | | for this fish. |
| Lake. Rest of the year it's concentrated on the | | | | Fishing regulations for Lake Texoma allow you to |
| lake's surface, to catch it you should use silver | | | | catch 5 to 25 fishes of different types. You can |
| spoons, minnows or small surface baits. | | | | use your Texas or Oklahoma fishing license, but |
| Channel catfish are more shy and usually hide in | | | | only on the correct side of the lake, or you can |
| the mouths or creeks and shallow waters where | | | | buy inexpensive license to fish in all the lake. |
| they can be found after the rain, to catch it, you | | | | Plenty of guide services are available for fishing in |
| would need shrimp, cut bait or blood bait - other | | | | in Lake Texoma, to make your vacation an |
| fish could do the tirck - don't even think about | | | | unforgettable day on the wonderful place for |
| artificial baits. They typically don't exceed 10 | | | | fishing for your kids and whole family. |
| pounds. Large minnows are also pretty much | | | | |