Archive | April, 2001

Water normal level, very good small bass 6 AM to 10 AM and 6:30 PM to l0PM in good numbers to 2 l/2 lbs on Redbug Wacky Worm and pumpkin seed lizard with chartreuse tail and clear with red “FAT FREE FRY” crank bait in 4 and 8 ft water dam area, slow crappie on […]

Fishing Report Lake Texoma. Friday, April 27, 2001. Lake level: 616.05. Water Temperature: 62 degrees. Water clarity: Clear. Generating both generators 7am until 10 am and 3pm until 10pm. Floodgates: Closed. Weather: low 56 / high 80, clear/light wind. Fishing time: Friday, 6:30 a.m. till 11:30 a.m. When is the best time to striper fish? […]

LARGEMOUTH are most active very early and late. Work 1/8 oz. Terminator buzzbaits, 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, 2″ Lit’l Fishie Shad along chunk rock bank lines with timer on them. As the sun gets up move to deep water bluffs using watermelon or Ice Tea Devil’s Tongues, Scoundrel worms and plastic jerkbaits. STRIPERS: Drifting live […]

Black Bass are moving into deeper water. Early, work a top water plug, buzz bait or spinner bait over grass. As the sun gets up, work 14 to 16 ft creek channel points and bends with Texas or Carolina rigged soft plastics and crank baits. Watch for schooling bass chasing shad. Traps and shallow diving […]

A number of Blacks were caught each day using the tube jig. Of these, one was a really nice fish that went about five pounds. These fish were caught in Clinton Lake in groups of trees. One Black fell to a Black Slug-O worked over grass in the same manner that you work a Zara […]

Richland Chambers Guide Steve Schmidt Lake Report: Mon 28,2001 (date fished Wed 23, 2001) Water Color: Clear to 1 ft Depth: Normal Water Temp: Top 78 Bottom 73o (5/23/ 01) Forecast: Sunny with a High of 82 winds out of the South/West 5 to 25 Boat Ramp: Oak Cove Marina Equipment: Rod – Hookhider Rods […]

Water cloudy with clear edges at banks, very good black bass to 10 lbs 4 oz on water dog and purple worms best near island in 6′ water, small bass to 3 lbs in 3′ water at the pump station on bream colored Chug Bug best afternoons to 6 PM, also a 7 lb l0 […]

Fishing Report Lake Texoma. Saturday, April 21, 2001. Lake level: 616.35. Water Temperature: 61 degrees. Water clarity: Clear. Not generating. Floodgates: Closed. Weather: low 65 / high 78, overcast/very windy / gusting to 28mph. Fishing time: Friday, 7:00 a.m. till 10:30 a.m. The question I am always asked, “when is the best time to striper […]

LARGEMOUTH are spawned out and roaming 6′-8′ breaklines near secondary channels gravel flats and 6′-12′ along bluffs. Very early work the stump flats inside of secondary creeks using 2″ Lit’l fishie Shads, 1/8 oz. Terminator “Tiny-T” buzzbaits and white/char. 1/8 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits. As the sun comes up move to breaklines on gravel flats using […]

Lake level: 172.04 and falling Black Bass are moving into deeper water and the bite is slow. Early, work a buzz bait or spinner bait over grass. As the sun gets up, work 14 to 16 ft creek channel points and bends with Texas or Carolina rigged soft plastics and crank baits. Eight inch June […]