Regular "Guided" Striped Bass fishing and "Trophy" Striped Bass fishing are two completely different kinds of fishing and produce vastly different outcomes. Regular striped bass guides use live shad or jigs/spoons, and fish straight down over schools of fish ranging from 8 to 20 inches long. Occasionally, they catch a striper over 30 inches long, but they almost allways catch eight or ten fish per person, and usually you are done fishing, and off the lake in two hours or less because you can only keep ten fish per person. Of the ten fish per person you can keep, 2 of them can be over twenty (20) inches long. Those two fish per person are the ones we are after, but due to the size of our baits, usually 24 or 25 inches is the smallest striper we catch. A thirty (30) inch striped bass is considered "Trophy Class," and those are what we are really after. In the fall and winter, we catch one or two stripers over 30 inches a week. In the Spring its sometimes three or four a week. The point is, we dont catch a trophy every single day. If we did, they wouldn't really be trophies. If you want to come catch a bunch of fish and have a small chance at catching a trophy striper, book a different guide. If you want to catch a wallhanger or a couple of fish over two feet long, we are your guide service. If you notice my reviews, you'll see a few negative ones. These are people who did NOT read the trip description and came out expecting to catch a ten fish limit of little fish, or who did not consider weather, or seasonal timing, or that if you go BIG sometimes you gotta take the miss. And try again another day. It's like hunting deer. Some hunts ate about harvesting does for meat. Those are the limit trips other guides offer. Some hunts are about that prize, and how glorious that buck's rack will look on the wall. On those hunts, you might sight down a few spikes,a 6 pointer, and even pass on that 8. But if you keep trying, you get your shot at that 14-point atypical... Like I said, we catch one or two "Trophy Class" striper a week from October thru January, and then Feb thru July, we catch three or four a week. August and September, the water temp is so warm that the bigs stay deeper and are far harder to catch. It's not easy to catch the bigger fish, to begin with. The baits are huge and expensive, and the terrain we fish over is rocky and hard on gear. When we troll, the motor is always running, burning fuel. So when you want to catch a couple big ass fish, book us. If you want to catch a bunch of fish in a few hours, book someone else. Fishingbooker has plenty of top-notch options. Just dont come fishing with us, and be mad that we didn't catch a bunch of fish. Our company is Big Fish Texoma Our motto is We Don't Fish for Smalls! Hope to see you soon, Captain Mike

Summer 2024 continues to AMAZE with another 3 trophy class striper caught over the last five evening trips. Two thirty-one inchers and a thirty-three incher. The two trips, which didn't get one over thirty inches in the boat, both loaded up on two footers, and each had the biggest fish of those evenings of 27 and 28 inches, respectively. Not to shabby for any time of the year! This summer, the water temp has been unusually low, and the big stripers just love feeding at dusk. If you are wondering why the evening trip is the cheapest of the selection, it is simply because the evening "hot spots" are very near the marina, and we don't have to run halfway across the lake, burning fuel to find the fish we are after. The World Famous Lake Texoma sunset is included in these trips. We can take a bathroom break if necessary. I clean and bag all the fish. AND I will protect and freeze that prized trophy and help you get it to my favorite Taxedermist or yours. NOW is the time to come get on one of these two and a half to three foot long behemoths, and there are plenty of evening openings still available. Just two hours from DFW and OKC, with major casino hotels, air bnbs, condos, motels, and campgrounds, all within minutes of the marina. Dont jack around and miss the Summer of Trophies... Captain Mike.

Lots of people come to this massive lake, not knowing what to expect. Most guides here can put you on a ten fish limit in a couple hours, but that is NOT what we do. Of the ten fish you can keep each day, only two of them can be over twenty inches long. Those are the fish we are after, at least where they start. I want a thirty incher or two even a thirty six incher, in the boat. Thirty inches is a Trophy Class fish, and if we could catch one that size every single day, they wouldn't be trophies, thay'd be daily average size fish. Im a serious trophy fisherman, our motto is: "We dont fish for smalls." When you go trophy fishing with huge baits, you either catch or you dont. There isn't much middle ground. Hunters get it. You sit in your stand, pass on does, and six pointers because you are after that TROPHY. Hunting huge striped bass isn't much different, other than you dont get to choose which ones to harvest. The fish either eat the bait or they don't. It may take two or three trips, to get your thirty plus inch trophy on the line, but we put two or three a week in the boat, and in the Summer, successful timing boils down to sheer luck. And the angler paying attention to our reports. In July and August, the evening trip is better for bigger striper. The mornings trips are fun, but the big ones are less likely to bite. And since we dont fish for smalls, Summer mornings are sometimes unproductive. We have been consistent for over a decade, and we can back it up with our own trophy mounts and tournament wins. If you are serious about catching a trophy, plan a trip that gives you the most opportunity for success. Holiday weekends, Saturdays and Sundays in the warmer months, the lake is crowded. It is harder to find big fish. That doesn't mean we don't catch them every now and then, but it means we don't have to troll around SeaDoos, Tubers, wake boarders, and speed boaters, etc... to do it. We troll 4 lines at a time. It doesn't matter if there are 2 people in the boat or 7 people. The 4 lines will catch the same amount of fish, no matter how many people are in the boat. There are 300+ other striper guides on Lake Texoma, most of them will put you on a ten fish limit in a few hours. If you are not interested in catching quality over quantity, call them. If you look at the few negative reviews we have gotten, they are all because the angler didn't read that we wull go after bigs, the full duration of the trip, mainly because the latter part of the trip is when the big fish are MOST LIKELY to bite! Seriously, We are called Big Fish Texoma And our motto is: We dont fish for smalls. Thanks, Captain Mike