Captain
Steve Ford

Member since March 2023 Mead, United States
Background
I grew up fishing on Lake Texoma and and surrounding areas. At some point decided to share my passion and experience so I opened my guide service. I love helping my clients create lifelong memories on the water.
Techniques
The most productive method is using live shad dropped down using a carolina rig. When the situations call for it I like to throw artificial baits such as swimbaits, topwaters, and slabs.

Hey, I'm Captain Steve Ford

Mead, United States
Background
I grew up fishing on Lake Texoma and and surrounding areas. At some point decided to share my passion and experience so I opened my guide service. I love helping my clients create lifelong memories on the water.
Techniques
The most productive method is using live shad dropped down using a carolina rig. When the situations call for it I like to throw artificial baits such as swimbaits, topwaters, and slabs.
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Ford's Guide Service

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(32 reviews)
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Mead
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COLD weather trolling!
COLD weather trolling!
Jan 21, 2024 Mead
Yesterday we had highs temps that never got over freezing but that didnโ€™t matter! It was a sunny day with light winds and we elected for a noon start time and went trolling. We located two great schools and hooked up doubles on every pass. The only negative of the day was we could only keep 11 fish because they were all big fish. On Lake Texoma we are allowed 10 fish per day per person and 2 of those can be over 20 inches. On this day we released 20 fish between 27-32 inches! If the worst problem we have is that we are catching to many fish then we are having a pretty good day!
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Big winter fish on Texoma!
Big winter fish on Texoma!
Jan 3, 2024 Mead
This is the time of year to get on big fish! We werenout this morning geared up for both live bait and dead sticking but with no wind we decided to stick with live bait. We had 3 limits in a couple hours with a lot of fat 18-19 inch fish and several over 20 inches. Big fish of the day was a 29 inch followed by a 26! We also caught several bonus white bass to add to the box.
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Winter fishing is on fire!
Winter fishing is on fire!
Dec 26, 2023 Mead
The cold temps maybe here but the striper bite is on fire. We are catching fish on live bait and deadsticking soft plastic baits in 40 ft to 65 ft of water. We are starting to see more big fish active and that should only improve throughout the winter. As the water temps drop I will transition more toward drifting and deadsticking instead of live bait. If you want to use live bait on a winter trip just let me know and I will have it ready to go.
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Great day on Lake Texoma
Great day on Lake Texoma
May 19, 2023 Mead
We caught a 4 man limit of striper with several sandbass mixed in. Great morning trip!
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Excellent
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Great birthday trip!
Excellent fishing guide!!!
Captain Steve and the deck hand was great
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Aaron H.
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Great experience

VERIFIED   Morning Half Day Trip on March 22, 2024
I took my 7 year old son and my parents. The Captain put us on top of the fish. Unfortunately on this day, the fish were slow...
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Taran G.
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Made a Great Father's Day

VERIFIED   Morning Half Day Trip on June 15, 2024
Steve worked super hard in putting us on fish on slow days of fishing. We limited out both mornings. My sons and I enjoyed...
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Dawn K.
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Highly recommend!

VERIFIED   Morning Half Day Trip on June 1, 2024
We have fished with Steve and Matt , both of them got us on the fish! We had a great time both times and will definitely be...
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Steven Ford

VERIFIED   Morning Half Day Trip on July 6, 2024
Steven Ford is a great guy and would reccomend to go out fishing you will for sure find some fish
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Corey C.
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Half Day with Fords Guide Service on Texoma

Morning Half Day Trip on May 28, 2022
Steve was at the ramp with bait ready to go before sunup and we got on fish really quick.ย  Caught a good cooler full of striper...
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