Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Blog

After about 3 months or so of fishing every day, my wife, Megan, and I decided to take a much needed vacation to California to escape this Texas heat. We couldn’t make up our mind about where to go so we split our trip with 4 days in the Sierra Nevada’s at Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, and 4 days in Monterey Bay. Both locations are amazing in their own right and it was a wonderful experience. The giant sequoia trees are breath taking; the pictures just do not do them justice. Of course I had to do some fishing as that is a requirement on our vacations. We fished the upper Kings River for brown and rainbow trout which turned out to be pretty productive and the scenery is indescribable. There is nothing like wading through a mountain stream with the jagged cliffs high over head with nothing but the sounds of the river and nature to break the silence, except your wife complaining about the bugs or the hole in her waders of course. But I would never complain about her complaining because I’m lucky to have found a woman who likes nature as much, if not more, than I do and who will come along with me when I want to go fishing.

The city of Monterey gets its charm form the art of man blended seamlessly with the sea life. It never got over 70 degrees while we were there and many of the restaurants and shops are located on a pier over the water where pelicans, seagulls, harbor seals, sea lions, otters, and raccoons are commonly seen. But keep in mind these are still wild animals so when you try to pet the baby raccoons they might snatch hold of your finger like a hot dog, Megan can attest that it will give you quite a fright but it makes for a great laugh. Monterey is also home to the Monterey Bay Aquarium which has some amazing exhibits. The scuba diving through the kelp forest was an experience indeed; although the visibility was poor there is still plenty to see along the bottom. Megan is certainly a sight to see trudging across the parking lot in a full wetsuit with hood and 75 pounds of gear. We also went on a whale watching trip and we were lucky enough to see a blue whale, 2 hump back whales, and lots of dolphins on our 3 hour tour. I opted out of an off shore fishing trip since they were only catching 1-5 pound rock cod, Texoma stripers are a whole lot more fun to catch than rock cod so I decided to hold off until my return home.

Monday August 29 was my first day back out on Texoma, fishing a group of 2. The lake had certainly dropped since I had last been out but it didn’t seem to affect the fishing. Since I was off the water for a week it took me a little while to find the fish but after waiting out a storm I finally found them. It wasn’t anything fast but it was good steady action fishing live bait on anchor in 35-40 ft. The fish were not as big as what I had been catching but they were plenty big enough for the cleaning table and I’m not going to complain about bringing home a 20 fish limit of stripers, 2 catfish and a sandbass on my first day back on the water.

Fall is just around the corner, hopefully, which means some of the best topwater fishing of the year. Fall is my favorite time to fish, after Labor Day hunting season begins and a lot of the lake traffic clears out leaving the lake to the serious fishermen. Often, many week days during the fall, you have the whole lake all to yourself. Fishing should be fair to excellent from now through the end of December. My September and October weekends are starting to fill up so if you need a weekend, now is the time to book, keep in mind if I’m already booked, I can still accommodate you with one of my other guides. You can book your trip online at www.stripersinc.com or just give me a call at (903)815-1609 and I’ll get you set up.
 

Your Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Guide,
Brian Prichard
Stripers Inc.
www.stripersinc.com
(903)815-1609