Texas Fish & Game

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March 10, 2020

5 Things You Never Knew About Circle Hooks

As anglers have become more and more conservation-minded, the use of circle hooks has become more and more common for those tossing bait. No doubt this is a good thing, since circle hooks can be used […]
July 25, 2019

Stripers On Top

Sure, you’ll catch tons of stripers with live baits. Yes, jigs can be highly effective for this species. But most anglers will agree that nothing can quite match the adrenaline rush of stripers on topwater. There’s […]
December 15, 2016

Hybrid stripped bass in Cottonwood Shores, Texas

I caught a 9lb hybrid stripped bass in Cottonwood Shores in my canoe with my husband. He caught a 7lb stripped bass at the same time! Mine was caught on an orange top water lure!
December 7, 2016

Remember December – Lake Texoma Striper Fishing “ON FIRE!”

Lake Texoma striper fishing is on fire! The word is out about our striper fishing shrine. Devout fishermen are now making pilgrimage to Lake Texoma for some World Class Fishing. On Lake Texoma we catch fish […]
November 22, 2016

Barrett sets Junior Angler Lake Whitney Record

Young Barrett caught this 12.46 striper while fishing with me on Lake Whitney, Texas, breaking and setting the Lake Whitney junior angler lake record for Striped Bass.
July 1, 2016

Striper Superiority

Texoma Leads a pack of World Class Lone Star Striper Fisheries Chris Carey has one of those contagious personalities that breeds confidence and bleeds with positive energy. I don’t know how he is off the water, […]
July 21, 2015

3 Striper Fishing Tips All Anglers Should Know

When it comes to fishing for striped bass, I’m something of a nut. In fact, the third book I wrote, Rudow’s Guide to Rockfish, is about nothing but striper fishing from cover to cover. So now […]
July 7, 2015

Fishing Stupidity

Yesterday was a day off, so naturally, I took the kids fishing. We were casting jigs to bridge pilings, and absolutely slamming striped bass. Within an hour there was a 31-incher and several 20-somethings in the […]
September 16, 2014

Bait vs. Lures Take II – Which is Best for Striped Bass?

Which is better when you’re trying to catch striped bass: live baits, or soft plastic lures? The bait-versus-lures debate is an old one, which we first addressed with regards to flounder fishing, in the pilot for a new […]
June 4, 2012

Can you distinguish white bass from stripers?

White bass are biting on the main body of many Texas reservoirs right now. And to a lesser extent, so are the striped bass. Can you tell the difference between a white bass and a young […]