Guide, Mike Haddock, with first fish of the day. Note how fat and healthy they were.
My wife even fried up a mess of the filets for supper that night and they tasted a lot like crappie filets, which means they were delicious
OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
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OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
This Wednesday, Joe, Brandon, Troupe and I had our first guided striper fishing trip on Lake Texhoma. We were on the lake by 6 AM and used several different fishing techniques as the day progressed and when we quit the lake at 11:30, we had 25 nice fish in the cooler as seen below at the guides boat dock, before he fileted and bagged them for us.
Guide, Mike Haddock, with first fish of the day. Note how fat and healthy they were.
My wife even fried up a mess of the filets for supper that night and they tasted a lot like crappie filets, which means they were delicious
Guide, Mike Haddock, with first fish of the day. Note how fat and healthy they were.
My wife even fried up a mess of the filets for supper that night and they tasted a lot like crappie filets, which means they were delicious
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
You all slayed em! Great day!
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
Nice going! CRS what did you catch em on?
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
Octagon,
We used only two lure types. When they were feeding on or near the surface, we cast a white rubbery sinking lure whose tail wiggled when retrieved. When retrieved fast it was never far below the surface, but when allowed to sink a few feet and retrieved more slowly, it ran a few feet below the surface.
The other lure was a flourescent green slab sided lure that was weighted and sank very rapidly. This was very effective when used two ways:
1. Let it sink straight down to 25-35 feet and the crank up as fast as possible(made it wiggle wildly) through the level where the stripers were. We did this early before the sun rose very high.
2. After 9 am and it began to really heat up, we moved to some underwater flats where we would locate fish at 20 -to 35 feet and then drift over them. All fishermen faced into the breeze and lowered the slabs to the bottom, cranked up a foot or two, and jigged the slabs by raising the rod tip from the water to above head high and then letting the slab drop down again. Using this method, we often had 2 or three fish on at the same time and the guide was busy netting fish untill we drifted off the school of fish. He would then start the moter and move upwind of another school of fish and repeat the drift.
By 11 am it was really hot, 100 degrees, and the fish cooler was almost full so we made a couple more drifts and called it a day.
We used only two lure types. When they were feeding on or near the surface, we cast a white rubbery sinking lure whose tail wiggled when retrieved. When retrieved fast it was never far below the surface, but when allowed to sink a few feet and retrieved more slowly, it ran a few feet below the surface.
The other lure was a flourescent green slab sided lure that was weighted and sank very rapidly. This was very effective when used two ways:
1. Let it sink straight down to 25-35 feet and the crank up as fast as possible(made it wiggle wildly) through the level where the stripers were. We did this early before the sun rose very high.
2. After 9 am and it began to really heat up, we moved to some underwater flats where we would locate fish at 20 -to 35 feet and then drift over them. All fishermen faced into the breeze and lowered the slabs to the bottom, cranked up a foot or two, and jigged the slabs by raising the rod tip from the water to above head high and then letting the slab drop down again. Using this method, we often had 2 or three fish on at the same time and the guide was busy netting fish untill we drifted off the school of fish. He would then start the moter and move upwind of another school of fish and repeat the drift.
By 11 am it was really hot, 100 degrees, and the fish cooler was almost full so we made a couple more drifts and called it a day.
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
Congrats !
In Virginia you can go after land locked Stripers like you guys have or you can go on the Bay for Rock Fish which are stripers in salt water !
I have always wanted a 40+ pound Striper/Rock Fish from the Chesapeake Bay !
But about the only logical way to do it there is troll in December and January . And those are hunting months and generally to cold to be out on the water !
So hence I have never gotten into a 40 pound or better Striper/Rock Fish !
In Virginia you can go after land locked Stripers like you guys have or you can go on the Bay for Rock Fish which are stripers in salt water !
I have always wanted a 40+ pound Striper/Rock Fish from the Chesapeake Bay !
But about the only logical way to do it there is troll in December and January . And those are hunting months and generally to cold to be out on the water !
So hence I have never gotten into a 40 pound or better Striper/Rock Fish !
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
WOW,, looks like everyone had a good time with lots of fish. Congratulations to all.
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Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
That first kind of lure you used sounds about like the kind that massacres white bass and smallmouths.
Re: OT - Striper catch on Lake Texhoma
Thanks for the info CRS. I have thought about going for some stripers at Canyon Lake, but I am mostly a river guy, fishing from a Kayak with my Boy (9). We killed em (bass) on Wednesday and caught 12 fish in 100 min. including a nice 2.5 pounder on ultra light tackle - we were in the truck headed out for breakfast by 9 am.