Fresh Oklahoma Fishing Reports

The weather is cooling the water temps are dropping and the striper are eating! The fall season is my favorite time of year. As the water temps drop back into the 70’s and continue to fall through the season the striper start feeding super agressive. Most days will be fast action with live bait but there is always a chance to find some great topwater action. Come experience the Lake Texoma fall fishing!

Today i was back on Keystone catching Crappie. The buggest ine today was 13 1/2 " long.

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The crappie fishing had been nothing less than phenomenal this summer and I expect it to continue through the fall. Crappie and catfish have been filling the box on every trip. Late mornings and afternoons seem to be the most productive for the crappie and the catfish have been a little better from first light until 9-10ish. Great time to be on the water.

The crappie have been great this summer. The bite has been consistent and catching good numbers as well. I have hundreds of brushpiles at various locations and depths throughout the lake. Now is the time to catch a mess of Crappie before old man Winter gets here.

As I've said all year, this Summer has been mild, at least on Lake Texoma, and the fish in it. Usually the water surface reaches 90+ degrees and stays well in the 80s even at night, but this year it has been much cooler. Just yesterday, the water temp was 83.5 degrees at mid day. On the lake, even though it was in the 100s last week, and already dropping to the lower 90s for the next ten or so days, we stay cool by constantly moving. Obviously we are moving when we are trolling, but after we find a pile of fish, and make a few passes through them, we have to relocate and let them settle before we can hit them again. My favorite spots are fairly close together, but far enough apart that my Mercury 300hp can put us in the wind to cool off as we change locations. As we roll into Sept, the fishing gets even better, the big striper are all fat on the giant shad they've been feeding on, and they love the cooler weather. The trolling bite stays live deep into December, and even then, if you can dress for it, "Dead Sticking" for monster stripers is amazingly fun and productive in the coldest months. September, October, November, into December is prime TROPHY time. This year, they should be bigger than ever. As you can see in these pictures of fish, all caught by us or our clients, between May 2024 and Aug 22, 2024, we've managed to put more than a few trophies in the boat, during these recent months, when it is boiling outside and the struggle is real. I can only imagine what this fall will bring. Just the other day a client's grandson caught a 39lbs Blue Catfish trolling a massive swim bait we use for striper. Only 3 times in my thirteen years guiding here, has a catfish bitten one of those swim baits. Our gear was tested to its limits, but survived. Except for the net, which folded over from the weight of the fish. Three days before that, we pulled in a four-and-a-half-foot-long spotted gar on a catfish jugline. Not to mention the four striped bass over thirty inches, the longest being thirty four (34") we have sent to the taxidermist in just the last three weeks. And did I say the fishing is getting better as the heat dies away? Look at our calendar and find a spot over the next few months and come treat yourself to amazing trophy striper fishing, on an amazing lake that sits just two hours from DFW and OKC and is surrounded by casino resorts like West Bay, Lakecrest, and Caney Creek. And with 5 star Winstar and Choctaw Casino Resorts only a half hour from my dock... Around here, there isn't much better to do. Book a trip and come see us.