Captain
C.D. Stanley

Member since March 2019 Kingston, United States
Background
I have been fishing for Stripers on Lake Texoma for 40 years. My father taught me to drive a boat when I had to stand on a box to see over the console. I know where the fish will be at all times of the year. After I got my marketing degree from Texas Wesleyan i was in management with a Fortune 500 company for 20 years. When i got news that they were moving our operation over seas i decided to follow my dream of being a fishing giide. I have been guiding fishing trips for 15 years, and I look forward to every trip. Providing a service that helps people smile, de-stress, and have fun is very fulfilling. Not having to wear a tie to work is pretty cool too.
Techniques
Most of the year I prefer to fish with live bait for Stripers. When the Stripers and White bass are schooling on top, we catch them on spoons and slabs. When they go deep we drop live shad or troll with down riggers while we wait for them to surface again. I adjust our fishing to the conditions, so we may fish with live bait, cast spoons, and troll all in the same trip. We will do whatever it takes to get you hooked into fish. Seeing peoples eyes light up from excitement when their rod doubles over is whats its all about for me.

Hey, I'm Captain C.D. Stanley

Kingston, United States
Background
I have been fishing for Stripers on Lake Texoma for 40 years. My father taught me to drive a boat when I had to stand on a box to see over the console. I know where the fish will be at all times of the year. After I got my marketing degree from Texas Wesleyan i was in management with a Fortune 500 company for 20 years. When i got news that they were moving our operation over seas i decided to follow my dream of being a fishing giide. I have been guiding fishing trips for 15 years, and I look forward to every trip. Providing a service that helps people smile, de-stress, and have fun is very fulfilling. Not having to wear a tie to work is pretty cool too.
Techniques
Most of the year I prefer to fish with live bait for Stripers. When the Stripers and White bass are schooling on top, we catch them on spoons and slabs. When they go deep we drop live shad or troll with down riggers while we wait for them to surface again. I adjust our fishing to the conditions, so we may fish with live bait, cast spoons, and troll all in the same trip. We will do whatever it takes to get you hooked into fish. Seeing peoples eyes light up from excitement when their rod doubles over is whats its all about for me.
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Texoma Striper Adventures! Voted Best On Lake

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4.8 / 5
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Kingston
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Texoma Fishing In March
Texoma Fishing In March
Mar 23, 2026 Kingston
This month the stripers have been transitioning from spawning in the rivers and then going back to the lake. The stripers have been stacked up in river beds and creek beds close to the mouths of the Red and Washita Rivers. There have been some birds working close to the dam in the early afternoon, but the fish are not staying on top very long. Most of our fish have been caught on the edge of old river beds. We have been using live 3"-4" gizzard shad, and dropping them to 30 feet in 40-45 ft of water.
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Following the birds to find fish during
Following the birds to find fish during
May 10, 2025 Kingston
The lake is at flood levels and will continue to rise before it peaks in two days. With so much more surface area on the water the best way to locate fish is to watch for diving birds. When the stripers begin feeding on shad, some of the dead and wounded shad float to the surface. The sea gulls begin diving down to pick up the wounded shad. Following the diving birds is the best way to stay on top of hungry fish. The most productive lures are white slabs, chrome rattle traps, or any 2" - 4" artificial bait that mimicks a shad.
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Stripers hitting top water early, small
Stripers hitting top water early, small
Oct 4, 2024 Kingston
Stripers are hitting top water plugs behind the islands early morning until about 30 minutes after sunrise. Once the sun is higher in the sky, look for schools of stripers along old river beds and the mouths of creeks in 30 to 50 feet of water. They are hitting small size shad like the one in the photo. Larger size shad don't seem to be on the menu and are being passed by for the smaller shad offerings. We are also picking up a number of small blue cats around 1 - 2 lbs on bottom while targeting stripers using small live shad as bait.
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Top water in the morning.
Top water in the morning.
Jun 3, 2024 Kingston
The water mid lake is clearing up nicely. Right now the stripers under 20" are schooling up and chasing shad on the surface along sandy shorelines in water 10' to 30'. If you want a little larger fish, but a little slower bite, you can find them in deeper water where the depth drops from 40' to 60'. Top water fish are hitting solid color baits the best in either white, chartruese, or chrome. The deeper fish prefer live shad in the 3" - 4" size. Swap bait out as soon as it stops wiggling, because those deeper stripers like lively shad.
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Top Water Action All Morning
Top Water Action All Morning
May 25, 2024 Kingston
The water on Texoma is starting to clear up after the flood a few weeks ago, and the stripers are taking full advantage of it. Right at day break we found some big stripers in 60 feet of water and dropped live shad down on them. No takers After that we ran further down the lake, and saw birds working. The stripers started blowing up the surface about 10 minutes before official sunrise. We chased them nonstop until 10:00am. Today they liked a solid white slab, solid color chartreuse slab, and 1/2 oz chrome Kastmaster spoon. They didn't care for swim baits or jigs. Everything my crew caught was in water 10ft - 20ft deep and fairly close to sandy shorelines.
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Fish are on the move
Fish are on the move
May 7, 2024 Kingston
After the flooding rains Lake Texoma received last week the Red and Washita Rivers have stained the water where they empty into the lake. The stripers have moved to clear water in the middle of the lake, and are stacked up in schools in about 40 feet of water. We are locating the schools with sonar and dropping live shad into the schools of aggressive fish.
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Excellent
4.8 / 5
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Great Fishing Trip

VERIFIED   NEW  4 Hour Striper Fishing on July 30, 2026
Captain Charles was great. He got in touch with us several times in advance of our trip, was on time and super friendly. ...
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Boat Load of Fish

VERIFIED   4 Hr Striper Fishing (Weekend) on June 12, 2026
we caught our limit in less than 2 hours. took 17 people and Charles arranged 3 boats and we hammered the fish. The boat i...
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Ashley K.
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VERIFIED   NEW  4 Hour Striper Fishing on August 8, 2026
Had an amazing time, guide was super easy to talk to & super knowledgeable. We will be recommending to everyone & booking...
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Great Trip!

NEW  4 Hour Striper Fishing on August 10, 2026
We had a greT trip with Charles and caught a bunch of fish.  We had a blast.  We highly recommend going fishing with Charles.
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Good trip

VERIFIED   4 hr Afternoon Striper (Weekday) on April 18, 2026
With the weather as bad as it was(windy, rain), Charles and Zack did great with the situations we faced. They are very knowledgeable...
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