Over the weekend the Little Dixie Bass Club from Durant and the Texoma Bass Club out of Sherman held their annual Challenge. Eleven teams fished the event and the Red River Trophy was awarded to the club that caught the heaviest weight of fish per team. Each boat was allowed a five fish limit of bass that included largemouth, smallmouth or spotted bass.
The Oklahoma club prevailed for the third consecutive year and to our dismay, is getting used to the trophy sitting on their mantle. With an average of 7.29 pounds per boat, the Little Dixie Bass Club won another year of bragging rights over the 5.97 pounds per boat brought in by Texoma Bass Club.
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The Texas team of Rick White and Dave Youngblood however, had the best stringer of the day with a limit of 10.46 pounds of bass. Finishing second was David Kenney and Garry Wells of the Little Dixie bass club who weighed in 9.26 pounds. The third best stringer went to Shane Allison and Buck Buchanan of Texoma Bass Club who caught 9.06 pounds. Big bass of the tournament also went to Buck Buchanan with a 3.70 pound largemouth.
The morning water temperature was right at 59 degrees but warmed to 62 by the three o'clock weigh-in. Most of our fish were caught in 2 to 5 feet of water on, pearl white Zoom super flukes and Bomber crank-baits. During the weigh-in at the East Burns Run Camp Grounds on the Oklahoma side of the lake, most of the anglers agreed on catching their fish on rocky banks. While some caught bass in marinas, many stayed on the main lake casting shad mimicking lures around chunk rocks to fill their limits.
Overall the bass fishing has been uncharacteristically tough this fall on Lake Texoma. All tournament weights have been lower than in the past couple of years. For example, Mike Pharr won the Bassmaster Central Open last month with a three day total of nine fish for 27 pounds. The last time BASS was on Texoma in the fall of 2008, Terry Butcher won the event with a three day total of fifteen bass for 46 pounds.
Many local anglers attribute the low output of bass this fall due the weather over the past 12 months. Last winter was one of the coldest on record and dropped water temperatures into the thirties, killing a large population of threadfin shad. The extreme heat last summer also killed some game fish on the lake due to poor dissolved oxygen levels.
The weather man is predicting a cold Thanksgiving Day for later in the week. Hopefully this will have a positive effect on the bass fishing. Be safe on the lake, for those of you that will enjoy the holiday weekend on the water. For those of you waking up early for Black Friday, make sure to dress warm in your efforts to catch the deal of the year.
Lake Texoma Fall Challenge
Shane Allison is true Bass Fisherman. He is a member of the Texoma Bass Club and has been for many year. Shane lives in Sherman, Texas. When you need more information from Shane, go to http://mylgn123.com.
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