FISHING REGULATIONS:
Two-thirds of this lake lies in Oklahoma. Anglers with Texas or Oklahoma licenses
may fish in their portions of the reservoir, or purchase a Lake Texoma license
($12) to fish the entire lake. The following length and bag limits apply to the entire
lake:
Guadalupe and spotted bass have a minimum length of 14". Combined bag limit for
Guadalupe, spotted, largemouth and smallmouth bass is 5 fish/day.
For striped bass and hybrid striped bass, the combined daily bag limit is 10. There
is no minimum length, but only 2 fish 20" or longer can be retained each day.
White bass have no minimum length and a daily bag of 25 fish.
For blue and channel catfish, minimum length is 12" and daily bag is 15 fish.
For flathead catfish, the minimum is 20" with a bag limit of 5/day.
Black and white crappie have a 10" minimum length and a combined daily bag of 37
fish.
FISHING REPORTS
Free-flowing current in the Red River makes Texoma one of the few lakes with a
self-sustaining population of striped bass, and one of only eight inland freshwater
reservoirs worldwide where this species has spawned. A cousin of the white
bass, striped bass were first stocked in Lake Texoma by the Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1965. They began spawning in 1974.
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