November 1, 2004
Water pool level is 615.37. The normal annual pool level is 617 feet.
Water temperature is 72 degrees. Water clarity is clear to two feet.
The generating schedule is 4:00 pm till 9:00 pm.
Sunrise was 6:46 am and sunset will be 5:33 pm. There are 11 hours and 39 minutes of visible light during the day. The moon will be full on November 26th. The temperature was 60 degrees at 7:00 am. The high for today was 68 degrees. Texoma’s forecast for Tuesday is low around 45 degrees and the high in the 60s with a 20 to 30 mph NNW wind. There is a slight chance of showers. The forecast for Wednesday thru Sunday is partly cloudy with a 10 to 15 mph NNW wind. The lows will be in the upper 40s and the highs in the upper 60s.

The McCoy's Building Materials Annual Fishing Expedition had a spectacular day October 2 on Lake Texoma fishing from seven boats and bringing in loads of fish with Tinker's Striper Guide Service. Scott Michaels, Matt Fitzgerald, Darrell Gammons & Royce Hulsey fished with guide Justin Parker. Clay Carsher and Steve Helm fished with guide Wes Cain. Steve Creecy, Ronnie Morgan, Tom Hill, Casey Morgan and Derek Morgan fished with guide David Escamilla. John Alexander, Soloman Luna, J.C. Harvey and Bud Posey, Jr. fished with guide John Harris. Rio Ingram, Larry Slagle and Bob Rayburn fished with guide Mike Blakely. John Byrom, Frank Bowling and James Lewallen fished with guide Greg Foster. Kevin Kelly, Brian Kizarr, Bruce Kizarr, Danny Avens and Bill Stapp fished with guide Roger Hill. The McCoy's 2004 Annual Fishing Expedition Tournament Winners were: First Place - John Alexander; Second Place - Bill Stapp; Third Place - Royce Hulsey. The group had bar-b-q catered Friday evening by Ken and Larry Riley and a fish fry catered Saturday afternoon by Arlene's Catfish.

October was a good month for catching limits of stripers. Our customers caught several blue and channel catfish. The outlook for November is excellent for fishing shallow water for large stripers. The silversides are schooling and feeding on the plentiful shad in shallow water. The water temperature has dropped eleven degrees in the last two months. The fish are still hitting one and a half ounce slabs in 20 to 35 feet of water and sassy shads are excellent in two to ten feet of water. Fishing live shad on the thirty to forty feet flats is also producing limits of stripers.

Allison Transmission, Terry Laws and Stewart & Stevenson Companies had a great day on Lake Texoma October 15 fishing from three boats and catching many stripers. Thomas Maul from Arlington, TX; Darrell Starnes from Carrollton, TX; Leo Girtz from Sunnyvale, TX and Guy Sutherland from Irving TX fished with guide Greg Foster. John Rath from Plano, TX; Rusty Malone from Weatherford, TX; Donald Stewart from Collinsville, TX and Butch Mask from Weatherford, TX fished with guide Roger Hill. Terry Laws from Cleburne, TX; Steve Townsend from Keller, TX; Richard Higgins from Houston, TX; Todd Bargy from Argyle, TX and Mike Fewell from Duncan, OK fished with guide David Escamilla. Steve Townsend caught the big fish.

Roxy Cashman, fishing with her father Speedy Cashman from Prague Oklahoma, landed a fifteen pound silverside October 17. This was the largest striper Roxy has caught. She says she will be back for a larger one.

On October 22 Highland Homes of Dallas treated ten fishermen to a fishing trip and fish fry. Randy Putman of Dallas caught a 13 pound striper to win the big fish of the day award. He fished with guide Greg Foster.

Daniel Hutchison, Scurry, TX; Brian Evans, Maybank, TX; Jay Evans, Kemp, TX and Richard Hutchison and Jerry and Terry Evans, Kaufman, TX caught a limit of stripers fishing with guide Roger Hill October 23. Terry (T-Bone) Evans and Brian Evans caught the three big stripers weighing over ten pounds each.

The winner of the free fishing trip at the Oklahoma City Hunting Show was Jack Harmon from Blanchard, OK. He and Aric Harmon from Parkville, MO caught their limit of stripers and several catfish on the morning of October 25 with guide Roger Hill. Jack returned to Lake Texoma on October 29 with Jonnie, G. L. and Larry Harmon to catch another limit of stripers fishing with guide David Escamilla on an afternoon trip.

During November and December anglers can get on the lake as late as 3:00 PM and have a great chance to catch a limit of silversides and some ten pound plus fish. The early morning bite is always good. Sometimes in the fall and winter the weather is better suited for midday fishing.

To see pictures of our customers catch during September and October click 
link. http://home.texoma.net/~tinker/fishpics04/fishpics10.html

Go to http://www.tinker.net, to read testimonials sent in by our customers and see pictures of the fish they caught over the last year.  Links to both are on the right side of my home page.