I am planning on doing some fishing at the Red River. I have read that if you fish from the bank on the Texas side you need a Texas license and if you're in the water you need an Oklahoma license. I am assuming that includes getting off on the sand bars also. Anyone fish the Red River snd have the answer? I might get out on the sand bars so i wanna be sure before i go

Where the Red runs through Texas & Arkansas, Arkansas owns the fishing rights up to the grassy bank,so check the Regs.

well if your going on the top side of texoma and going up river and you launch from Texoma lake i believe yourm standard 12 dollar Texoma license is good but you cant get off on the bank is my understanding....below the dam is different i would call Dept of game & fish commision

Texas-Oklahoma and Texas-Arkansas
In Oklahoma or Arkansas waters of the Red River, the requirements of those states apply, including fishing regulations.
A person must have a valid Texas fishing license to fish from the Texas bank from Denison Damdenison_dam.gif to Shawnee Creek (see illustration). An Oklahoma fishing license is required to wade-fish or fish from a boat in these waters.
An Oklahoma resident 65 years of age or older is exempt from fishing license requirements in Texas, including on Lake Texoma.
A person may fish in Texas or Oklahoma waters on Lake Texoma only with the appropriate license from the respective state, unless the person possesses a Lake Texoma fishing license, which is valid anywhere on Lake Texoma.
On the Red River below Denison Dam, a person with a Texas fishing license may fish south of the line between border markers 1 and 2 on the referenced map.
GPS coordinates are as follows: Marker 1- (Lat 33.81892, Long -96.56806), Marker 2- (Lat 33.81986, Long -96.5556)
Texas-Louisiana
Residents of either state, who are properly licensed in their state (or are exempt because of age), or persons who hold valid non-resident fishing licenses issued by either state may fish in any portion of the lakes and rivers forming a common boundary between Louisiana and Texas inland from a line across Sabine Pass between Texas Point and Louisiana Point. Fish landed in Texas must adhere to the Texas bag and length limits.

That's clear as the Red River water . . . .

That's why it's written the way it is. It is a lawyers law.