Lake Texoma Guide
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Blue Catfishing Lake Texoma
Blue Catfishing Lake Texoma is great from November to March! When surface temperatures fall to 36°F to 38°F—it’s prime conditions for giant blue cats. I focus on outside river-channel bends with submerged cover in the form of stumps, laydown logs, big rocks—and mud bottom, which is critical. Mud holds heat better than rocks, so a mud-bottom area often is a couple of degrees warmer than elsewhere, making it more attractive to the prevailing baitfish species (in my area, shad) and catfish. But mud erodes quickly in swift current, so if the river’s really steamrolling following heavy rains and I have trouble locating areas with mud bottom, I fish clay-bottom spots instead.
I catch most of my big blues now on banks with a rapid slope into deep water, with the majority of fish coming from 30 to 45 feet deep. This is the perfect time for classic heavy-duty bottom-fishing. I set out several lines throughout this depth range, each with a Carolina rig sporting a 3- to 5-ounce sliding sinker, a barrel swivel, and a 2- to 3-foot leader, with cut skipjack herring on the business end.
During the first half of the month, the river temperature is usually in the upper 30°F range, and blues typically use the same areas and depths they did in January. There’s often a warm-up during the last two weeks of February, which can trigger blues to move shallower (15 to 25 feet) and bite more aggressively. This winter warm snap, when the air temperature suddenly may hop into the 60s or even 70s, usually only lasts for a couple of days, but it’s definitely a time when I want to be on the water, especially in the afternoon after the sun has had a chance to warm things up a bit.
Target banks with a rapid slope into deep water. Massive pieces of woodcover, such as laydown trees and stumps the size of the hood of my Suburban, are important blue-cat magnets now, so don’t be too surprised if a big fish busts you off in the snags when you’re bottom-fishing. For more local reports visit our friends at the Texas Fishing Forum!
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