There's always a few mixed in. We never really differentiate on Texoma since they are naturally occuring... We have also been catching some magnum sandbass...

This was our last live bait trip of the year! With the weather and water temperatures getting colder, we are switching to blended trips deadsticking with artificial lures and also mixing in live bait as well. When live bait fishing, we attempt to spotlock and use our thumper to bring fish to our boat. Once the fish start showing on our graph, we will cut shad to get the fish fired up and ready to feed! In our first spot, we brought fish into the boat and had a few fire up, but we were not getting anywhere near the number of bites we should have. We switched to our second spot, spotlocked for a few minutes and then released the spotlock and started drifting. That little extra movement on the baits enticed more bites. We use Reaction Tackle indicator braid to show our exact depth and 2 oz weights to hold the bait at that exact depth. The thumper is critical to getting fish to investigate and come to your boat!

Great informative video, scubaarchery! The latest one above, and all the others posted on this thread and eslewhere! Got me all fired up to finally make the trip up to Texoma the week of the 7th!

Join our Facebook group, Thump’em Up Fishing! You will get the latest reports from the guys I fish with! Or give me a call! 972 689-4245. It’s an amazing fishery!

I'll be there tomorrow for 3 days. Can't wait!

Josh from Southern Wind Guide Service and Brad from Circle B Guide service have been catching them North and Ed from Ed’s Guide service has been catching them West!

Wow! That's a nice bunch of fish! Being new to the Texoma lingo, what is considered the reference point(s) of where "North" and "West" begin. Is there a "mid-lake"?

I launch at Little Mineral so to me, North is Alberta Creek or Further North and West is West of Juniper Point...

Deadsticking is very frustrating to me because the fishing varies in some cases hour by hour not to mention day by day. Ed from Ed’s Guide Service fishes every day and loves deadsticking. He uses a thumper, a two jig combo with flukes and garlic and tries to drift at .7 MPH. Yesterday he found a school, drifted across them and caught nothing even though the fish piled under his boat. He tried a different spot for an hour, came back, repeated his drift and caught these including a 34” fish…. Sometimes it’s all about patience and perseverance!

I had a thumper customer call me looking for a guide on Texoma! I fish with Ed’s Guide Service, Circle B Guide Service and Southern Wind Gide Service every chance I get! Fortunately Brad was available and was able to get them on some fish using his thumper in deep water! On bluebird sky and low wind days the striper seem to move to deeper water…

Josh from Southern Wind Guide Service and Brad from Circle B Guide Service have been catching striper deadsticking and thumping and also catching some nice bonus catfish! Check out our Facebook page to learn more about thumping!

Ed is out for a few weeks and I sat out the wind today but the fishing was pretty good mid lake! Got some reports from other guides that they were catching fish mid lake which is awesome! Ready for the shad spawn to get them fired up!

Fish are moving away from the ends of the lake. JD caught these trolling mid lake today!

I for one appreciate your diligence in keeping the TFF 'ers posted with reference to big T fishing reports. Fat, fat, and real fat Stripes.

Thanks for the update Eric.