Lake Texoma Fishing Reports

Jered Grooms

Gold Ambassador

11/5/22

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish

Hotbait

Zoom Z Craw Jr. Watermelon Red / 3 1/2"

Out of Stock

WOO! Tungsten Flipping Beads 15 Pack - EOL Black

Out of Stock

Owner Offset Shank Worm Hook 4/0

$3.99

WOO! Tungsten Carolina Rig Barrel Weights - Never Chip Series - EOL 3/4 oz

Out of Stock

Sunline New Shooter Fluorocarbon 18lb / 660 Yards

Out of Stock

Lew's Speed Spool LFS Casting Reel - EOL Right / 6.8:1

Out of Stock

St. Croix Victory Casting Rods 7'6" / Heavy / Moderate-Fast - Power Flip'N

$230.00

WOO! Tungsten Stopper Pegs Black

$2.99

rob paxton

Silver Ambassador

10/30/21

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad

Hotbait

Zoom Super Fluke 5 1/4" / Baitfish

$5.79

T-White

Blue Ambassador

10/26/24

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
70°

I fished the lake for 5 days straight from October 23rd to October 27th with my tournament partner Iain for the Team Trail Outdoors TX Championship. Over the course of the 5 days, the lake ranged anywhere from 68-73 degrees and from about half a foot to up to 4 feet of visibility, with the backs of the creeks being cooler and more stained than the main lake was. Over the course of our time there, the weather remained pretty stable, with outside temperatures starting in the low 60's in the mornings and warming up to the mid to high 80's during the daytime, mostly sunny skies (except the final day of the tournament which got very cloudy) and steady southeast winds at 5-15 mph. We spent most of our time targeting fish on flats, secondary points, and under marina dock slips with chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, walking topwaters, crankbaits, jerkbaits, small finesse swimbaits, and drop shots. The fishing was overall pretty tough, but we were able to grind out a 2 day total weight of 15.14 pounds which was good enough for 32nd place in the event out of 121 teams, and helped us lock up a 6th place finish in the Angler of the Year points race out of over 200 of the best teams in Texas. Anchored by our day 1 limit of 10.68 pounds (pictured with the report), we were just a couple bites away from finishing inside the money, but unfortunately trolling motor issues on day 2 took us out of the game. The key was making sure baitfish were present in the areas we were fishing, and then fishing our baits thoroughly and efficiently through the area. Skipping chatterbaits and spinnerbaits into the marina dock slips was our main pattern that did most of our damage. The fishing on Texoma is tough right now, but they still gotta eat, so get out there and wet a line!