I went back to the Texas side yesterday with my clouser minnow around 1pm. My surf casting rod broke again (I no longer recommend the fiblink discussed on this thread) so I rigged up the clouser with a small 1/4 oz weighted bobber to cast and caught 9 in about 2 hours. Nothing huge, all of them were about 3-8’ feet out from the bank, biggest was probably only 3 pounds but that’s a good day of fishing for me. I highly recommend it.

Hm. good to see they're still around.

Has the water cleaned up at all, or still smelly and brown?

They were releasing water and it is a lot better than it was even a week ago. You can see the fish again!

went today and fished between 2 to 4 pm. ~15 fishermen at Texas and Oklahoma sides. Did not see anyone catching.

Made it to Denison Dam for some fun fishing for Striped Bass. Will get a video posted; for now here is the update while onsite at the Dam!

Denison Dam Fishing | Lots of Stripers on the Fly!

Lotta fun fishing Denison Dam Saturday for Striped Bass! Brought the Cabelas TLR 6wt Switch Rod with the Echo Ion 6/7 Wt Fly Reel and the OPST Skagit Head. Bite was good on small stripers hitting on the Denison Dam Dawber, Bennet's Lunch, Bucktail and Craft Fur Clouser Minnows.

Fast retrieves using short pulls and fast pulls worked, then they wanted a 10 count delay, later a 5 count delay, and then later no delay in the start of the retrieve. Also, did get better hook up rates by dipping the rod tip in the water while retrieving. And then... later had a high stick, sweep the rod style retrieve that seemed to work well.

All of this before the started generating power. After they started generating, then it was cast upriver, let the fly drift downriver and swing the fly, and then twitch the fly as you retrieved in back upriver at an angle.

Learned lots while there... bottomline: vary your retrieve, change fishing flies, and adjust to the fish as the pattern changes!

Working on a catch and cook video of another trip fly fishing Denison Dam. Here is a quick update noting "free stuff" found at the dam (with waders of course).

Denison Dam Fishing | Catch and Cook Striped Bass

Finished the video... for ease of reference, here are key places to skip to in the video:
Catch Section - 2:41
Cook Section - 9:17
- Cleaning - 9:17
- Seasoning - 12:52
- Cooking - 15:37

Simple Recipe:
- Clean, scale, and remove head and fins
- Season liberally with Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, and Paprika
- Pan fry on high heat for 5-10 minutes each side

Do give it a try!

just so you know - the Texas side no longer generates power or releases water.

No more generation for good? THE DAM IS DEAD??

temporarily or permanently

Looking good and tasty-Thanks

just temporarily, according to schedule, it will restart tomorrow to the rest of the week.

Can someone reply with the generation schedule link? I'm looking to head out there this week.

Link below is referenced by fshng84, he has a video for it, but I cannot find it. Click on the day listed at the left and then the second item "DEN" for schedule.

https://www.swpa.gov/generationschedules.aspx

Schedule says no water release planned for the week.