Lake Texoma, uniquely located between two states, often has confusion surrounding its lake records.
The reason being, both the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation keep records of fish caught in the lake.
Therefore we have the luxury of having two records of fish caught from Lake Texoma.
Technically, you cross from Texas water into Oklahoma water as soon as you reach the Red River channel of the lake.
So all record fish caught in the old Red River and on the Oklahoma side of the waterway, belong in the Oklahoma record books.
During the J.
C.
Outdoors tournament out of Alberta Creek October 10th, there were two Lake Texoma records caught.
Joe Copeland caught and released an 11.
2 pound largemouth to obtain the new Oklahoma Lake Texoma record.
He landed the fish on a Texas rigged soft plastic bait in the Alberta Creek area.
This beat the previous Oklahoma largemouth record of 9.
9 pounds caught in April of this year by angler Andrew Blalock.
Josh Williams also caught a new Oklahoma Lake Texoma spotted bass record with a fish weighing 3.
4 pounds.
The fish was taken on a crankbait in the Washita Arm of the lake.
After reading about these fish, I wanted to compare some of the Texas records to have a better understanding of the bass that Lake Texoma has produced.
Largemouth: Oklahoma record 11.
2 caught by Joe Copland on October 10, 2009.
Texas record 11.
82 caught by Kenneth Stone on January 13, 2000.
Smallmouth: Oklahoma record 7.
8 caught by Aaron Fridrich on a crankbait March 22, 2003.
Texas record 7.
06 caught by BASS pro angler Jay Fuller on a jig January 29, 2006.
Spotted Bass: Oklahoma record 3.
4 caught by Josh Williams on October 10, 2009.
Texas record 4.
38 caught by Chuck Bishop on November 25, 1988.
All of these are impressive catches.
It also proves that Lake Texoma, though being 65 years old, continues to be an excellent fishery.
Upcoming tournaments on Texoma include the Tackle Box Wednesday Night Tournament "fish off".
This is a three hour big bass event for those that qualified by winning one of the weekly contests throughout the year.
J.
C.
Outdoors will be holding the last three of their fall/winter circuit out of Alberta Creek Marina.
The dates are November 7th, December 13th and January 9th.
Twenty teams fished the first tournament on October 10th 17.
23 took first place.
Chris Tolar, owner of The Tackle Box Store in Pottsboro, informed me of plans to host three or four daytime bass tournaments this winter on Lake Texoma.
These would be formatted as five-fish team events that awarded prizes for overall stringer as well as big bass of the day.
Dates will be posted as soon as they are finalized.
Recent rains have sent Lake Ray Roberts over its normal pool of 632.
5 feet above sea level.
As of press time the lake was three feet high and rising.
Due to the influx of water the following ramps have been closed: Buck Creek, Pond Creek and Pecan Creek.
All other ramps were open as of Tuesday morning, but further drainage or rainfall could jeopardize their availability.