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Lake Texoma Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Called the “Striper Capital of the World” by the Corps of Engineers: one of the few reservoirs where striped bass reproduce naturally.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Flow
40 cfs
Air / High
83 / 83 F
Wind
SSE 7 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 07331600, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

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Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Lake Texoma offers the kind of conditions this water was made for. The release below the dam is running 40 cfs, falling. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 7 mph, steady pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 83. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 10:04 AM-12:04 PM and 10:31 PM-12:31 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Striped bassExcellent

Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Largemouth bassGood

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Smallmouth bassGood

Post-spawn and summer feeding: cover rock, wood and current breaks with crankbaits, jigs and tubes, and use live crayfish, minnows or hellgrammites where bait is the plan.

CrappieFair

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Hybrid striped bassFair

Look for shad on flats with timber near creek channels and on windblown points; cast jigs and swimbaits where fish break the surface.

White bassFair

Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

Tomorrow: Similar at 84 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Before you go

Oklahoma requires a fishing licence from age 18, from $31.00 for residents. What a Oklahoma licence costs and where to buy it →

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with ODWC before you keep anything. The season dates for Oklahoma, read off the agency, are on the Oklahoma seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings from Red Rv at Denison Dam nr Denison, TX (outflow).

Flow, last 30 days

USGS gauge 07331600.

6651,8252,98540 cfs09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp83 F
High / Low83 / 54 F
WindSSE 7-9 mph
Pressure1018.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:38 / 18:43
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Lake Texoma this week

The best day on Lake Texoma this week looks like Sunday Oct 25, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Sunday, Oct 25 — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 — Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
10:04 AM-12:04 PM and 10:31 PM-12:31 AM
Minor period
4:26 AM-5:26 AM
Sun
07:38 to 18:43
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Overcast, 7 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Texoma: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall inland; on the coast, during the seasonal migrations

The largest of the temperate basses, a sea-run fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that now also lives in reservoirs across much of the country after hatchery stocking. Inland, it follows schools of shad and herring through open water. Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Smallmouth bass illustration

Smallmouth bass

Best: spring and fall, when bigger fish come shallow

A bronze-brown black bass of clear, cool streams and rocky lakes, with dark vertical bars instead of a side stripe. Michigan DNR says its southeastern coast, from Port Huron to Lake Erie, is known nationally for both the size and the number of its smallmouth. Post-spawn and summer feeding: cover rock, wood and current breaks with crankbaits, jigs and tubes, and use live crayfish, minnows or hellgrammites where bait is the plan.

Hybrid striped bass illustration

Hybrid striped bass

Best: the spring shad spawn and fall; summer at dawn and dusk

A hatchery cross of striped bass and white bass, also called wiper or palmetto bass, stocked by state agencies into reservoirs and rivers as a sport fish that also eats gizzard shad. Schools roam open water after shad. Look for shad on flats with timber near creek channels and on windblown points; cast jigs and swimbaits where fish break the surface.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: the spring run up the tributaries, then summer surface schools

A silvery temperate bass of rivers and large reservoirs, also called sand bass, that schools in open water after shad and runs up tributaries to spawn in early spring. Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

When to come: the Lake Texoma calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
Smallmouth bass
Hybrid striped bass
White bass
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 83 F, wind to 6 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 80 F, wind to 8 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 78 F, wind to 9 mph.

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Before you go

License

Oklahoma requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Striped and hybrid striped bass: no minimum length, 10 per day and 20 in possession, of which only 2 may be 20 inches or longer; culling is prohibited (TPWD Lake Texoma regulations). A Texas license covers the Texas portion; the $12 Lake Texoma license covers the whole lake. Drain boats, livewells and bait buckets before leaving (zebra mussels).

Access

Corps of Engineers parks around the lake (including Damsite, Juniper Point, Burns Run and Platter Flats), Eisenhower State Park (TX) and Texoma State Park (OK), plus private resorts such as Highport, Grandpappy Point and Alberta Creek.

About this water

A Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Red and Washita rivers at the Texas–Oklahoma line, impounded in 1944 by Denison Dam; 74,686 acres at top of power pool (TPWD), with the Corps citing about 89,000 surface acres.

Fishing Lake Texoma: the full guide

A border lake on the Red River

Lake Texoma backs up the Red and Washita rivers behind Denison Dam, which the Corps of Engineers completed in 1944, northwest of Sherman–Denison on the Texas–Oklahoma line. TPWD lists 74,686 acres at the top of the power pool, and about two-thirds of the lake is in Oklahoma. The Corps calls it the twelfth largest lake in the United States.

Self-sustaining stripers

Striped bass were first stocked in 1965, according to ODWC, and TPWD dates the first documented natural reproduction to 1974. TPWD now describes a self-sustaining, landlocked striper population, which the Corps says makes Texoma one of the few reservoirs in the nation where stripers reproduce naturally. Hybrid striped bass, white bass, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass, crappie and blue, channel and flathead catfish round out the lake.

Smallmouth and big blue catfish

TPWD says smallmouth are mostly limited to the bluffs around Eisenhower State Park and Denison Dam and up the Washita River arm to the Willow Springs area, and previous state-record smallmouth have come from both sides of the lake. The current Texas state record blue catfish, 121.5 pounds, was caught here in 2004.

Common questions

Do stripers really reproduce in Lake Texoma?

Yes. TPWD documented natural reproduction in 1974 and describes a self-sustaining population today; the Corps lists Texoma as one of the few reservoirs in the nation where striped bass reproduce naturally.

Do I need two licenses for Texoma?

No. TPWD says a Texas license covers the Texas portion, and the $12 Lake Texoma license lets you fish the whole lake.

How many stripers can I keep?

Ten per day under TPWD’s Lake Texoma rules, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer, and culling is not allowed.

Is fishing good at Lake Texoma right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Lake Murray25 miBlue River29 miBois d'Arc Lake40 miLake Ray Roberts42 miLake Lavon57 miLake Lewisville58 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

River and reservoir readings
USGS 07331600 — Red Rv at Denison Dam nr Denison, TX (outflow)
Read from the USGS Water Data API (api.waterdata.usgs.gov). Latest value timestamped 2026-10-23 at 19:00 UTC.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 33.8834, -96.6948 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
Pages checked
The facts in the written guide were checked against these pages, from the agencies and operators that manage the water, on October 5, 2026. Anything we could not verify was taken out.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written text was drafted with AI assistance from the official pages listed above, and its facts were checked against those pages by automated verification on October 5, 2026; anything that could not be verified was taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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