" ... Word was that it was going to be three more weeks before they could release water again."

... Amen!!!

Stayed at a house on the river just east of the dam earlier this week and did some fishing. Water was pretty clear and there were lots of fish (paddlefish, carp, bass). Seemed most active early and late with afternoons being pretty quiet. Visited the dam briefly and saw a few fishermen there, but did not see anyone catching fish (was early afternoon on Tuesday). Saw an air boat each night on the river and appeared to be bow fishing but did not get the chance to talk to them and see how the night fishing was going.

Quick update from this morning's run to Denison Dam. Limited out on small stripers. Plan was to fish with the Switch Rod and Clouser Minnows for Striped Bass on the Texas side. Change of plans, fished the Oklahoma side and had fun catching them using a float and fly aka float and jig rig... tipped with shad for bait! Cool thing was the stripers were chasing and striking the Bennet's Lunch pattern after the shad came off, that is the stripers ate it. Do stay tuned; will get a full video out!

Fished Denison Dam on the Oklahoma side - specifically, the Oklahoma Wall for Striped Bass. Fun time catching them on a beefed up version of the Bubble Fly Rig - a heavy casting float and a clouser style minnow. Plan was to fish the Texas side with the Switch Rod. Had to adjust to the fish and the pattern. No fly fishing from the OK Wall. Luckily, had a back up bait casting rod and Dave's Ski Tackle was nearby for picking up a heavy casting float and jigs! Do checkout the video!

Denison Dam Fishing | GoFish Cam at the Oklahoma Wall

Made it back for more Denison Dam fishing for striped bass. Used our surfcasting gear to fish the Oklahoma Wall and worked the area using a Float and Jig/Fly Rig. Fishing buddy limited out; yours truly did not.

Lots of small stripers but did keep enough for dinner. No catch and cook this round but did get lots of underwater footage with the @GoFish Cam ...learned there are lots of small stripers along the Oklahoma Wall which we anticipated given past trips. But, also noticed lots of small catfish, too!

Longer than normal video... decided to minimize the edits and post more raw footage from the GoFish Cam in case viewers see something we missed.

So far, we noticed Striped Bass, Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish, a glimpse of Buffalo, and a Bluegill. Do comment if you see others we may have missed!

I went to the boat ramp at the lake by the dam once while water is off and only caught one small mouth Buffalo (BUT IT WAS HUGE! 22lbs!)

Then got tired of not catching stripers so I went back a week later with an OK day license only to fish the dam in a down pour. Caught 3 small stripers, one 19” striper and a baby cat.
Tons of shad and lots of small fish but I think they need to release more water on the Texas side to bring bigger fish up

I saw someone post on Facebook they released water last night and limited out in an hour! Anyone else get in on that??

yes, it seems the power plant has started to generate, like 5 days non-stop already.

Denison Dam Fishing | Before You Go Fishing Do This? | Re-Broadcast

Updates to our archived blog post that details reading the generation release schedule and data, and then suggestions before you go to Denison Dam. May be of interest to some.

Went yesterday morning and got skunked. did not see 2 others caught anything, either.

I see they are generating every day since the power came back online but I heard the shad all died off in the cold. Anyone had any luck on either side of the river?

I'm thinking of making a trip up there this week either Tuesday or Wednesday, so I'll report back. If anyone can chime in with the current conditions, that'd be awesome lol.

Generators may close on Tuesday and wed . Got limited on Friday and sat . Nothing on sun. Seem like cloudy , no moon days are better. 8-11pm

Thanks for the report Ppooppppeer, flukes? and Texas or OK side?

Thanks for the report. Are they still repairing one generator? How was the water level and temp?