Lake Texoma Fishing Reports
Doubled up again this morning.
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that is impressive
Fished a group of 6 this morning then as soon as we got fish cleaned I helped Dale with a group of 14. We both got on some fish at about the same time and loaded up 70 fish in each boat quick. Fishing is as good as it gets right now for limits of good solid fish.
Yesterday's catch and ran a double today.
Well almost 100 hours on the new Mercury 200's. All I can say is wow. I have always been happy with 150's on this boat but since the new Mercury Fourstroke V6 200 only weighs 20 lbs more than the 4 cylinder 150 I figured why not. My 200's are faster,smoother,quieter, and get better fuel economy. Very happy I spent the extra money especially when you need to beat a storm back to the dock.
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A Pro and his tools.
Looks great!
Dam the water look like what I fish in. What up a little rain.
Sounds like good personal satisfaction and the quieter ride will help your ears down the road as well as your clients.
Looks good man..
Turned out real nice!
Scott Longenecker
I have been ask the question " What do striper look like on sonar"? Well this is what your sonar will look like when you get on a wide open live bait striper bite.
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Clear your track lines, the chart is eye crossing.
Got it done before the rain this morning.
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Great time definitely will go out again!!!
Memorial weekend has been busy and the fishing was pretty good considering all the boat traffic. Maybe everyone will finally go back to work next week so the fishing will be a little easier for us.
Doubled up today. Its good and prime time dates are booking up fast.
Never would have imagined I would be sanitizing after each fishing trip.
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You’ve ALWAYS practiced good hygiene, you’ve just kicked it up a notch!
As expected mid May to mid June is as good as it gets. Time to get booked. Text me for available dates.
Capt. Steve 940-841-0910
Meat haul this morning. Back at the dock by 8 with 60 fish limit.
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Wayne Heard
J.d. Sowers
and just what took you so long, getting old I guess
Gonna be a good summer on Texoma.
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So cool! Hope to spend a day with you!!
It's on at Lake Texoma. Text me for available dates. Capt. Steve 940-841-0910
Striper fishing is getting good on Lake Texoma. Time to get booked for prime time action. Text me for open dates 940-841-0910
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Scott Longenecker
Capt. Steve Barnes Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Guide is on the nice stripers
Pretty good fishing this afternoon.
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Pretty good, if it gets real good you gonna need a bigger table
Slow and steady this morning but fish really bit good in the afternoon. Good solid boxes of fish.
Monday and Tuesday was a little tough for us but we got even with them today. 50 fish by a little after 10 and left them biting. Hopefully tomorrow is the same.
We stunk it up today. March fishing can be hit and miss.
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Better fishing is coming, but you already knew that, wise Captain......
Tthe difference in you and others is you post the so so days along with the great ones.
We did better today. Fish are really fat and when this fishing really turns on in late April we are gonna catch some of the best boxes of quality fish that we have seen in years. Better get your trip booked now.
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Where at on lake texoma
Tough fishing out there today but we dug a few out.
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For the first time again a great catch by one who has been doing it since Hessie was a pup. Congratulations
When is the best time to come down?
Yer on target with the upgrades to kill em this Spring and Spawn....
Rear helm in action.
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Looks like it would be very handy.
what is the slowest it will go when in forward? 2.2 mph?
Awesome
Finished the rear console today. No time for paint we gotta go fishing this week. I will post video.
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Awesome! Lookin good. We need to come do some fishing with you again.
Installed glass today and it was one of the more challenging jobs on this project , but it turned out perfect.
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A little more comfortable on cold days I’m sure.
Been following along! Looks really Good!
Nice job!! All the way around!
Successful test run. New Mercury V6 200's are pretty impressive.
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Cap Steve, blowin' and goin'...............
Cant wait to fish off that boat
Hell yea
Console finished except for glass, gonna do that in the morning. Tried to keep wiring as clean as I could but it was tough getting everything into this smaller console.
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Looks amazing! Where did u get that door on front of console?
Looks good man. Been a cool process to watch.
Looks Great!
More signs of life. Should have most everything up and running tomorrow. Got to take it to dealer Thursday to calibrate all the software then should be testing on the water Friday.
Steering is ready to go. Wiring is about 50% done. Check out my cool tool for bleeding the hydraulic steering . Need a couple of wiring harnesses to show up tomorrow or the next day and should be ready to run this week.
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You must have prior experience as a marine service technician, no?
MacGyver!
Nice.
Need to be water testing next week. I think I can make it if I don't run into any problems.
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It has been really cool following the progressions. Thank you for sharing.
I need to be out on the gulf this summer catching some amber jack!!!!!
Had some other things to do today but got the console painted and one motor hung.
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You do nice work.
Floor turned out good. Swept excess nonskid up and painted, might could use one more coat but I'm over it and it's just gonna get used and abused anyways. Last coat of primer on console, paint tomorrow. Even snuck in a bike ride this afternoon Check out my activity on Strava: strava.app.link/xThfLayK83
Paint and nonskid on the floor. Coat of primer on console. Dust off the excess nonskid in the morning then final coat of paint on floor and last coat of primer on console. Motors Monday.
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Your doing an awesome job on that Steve.
Lookin good
Second and final coat of primer on floor. Wash primer on console. First coat of paint on floor , epoxy primer on console tomorrow. Final paint on floor Sunday. Gonna hang motors Monday, possible Sunday afternoon then two weeks to get everything rigged and start fishing.
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Looking good
What coating on the deck?
Impressive!
Power washed and first coat of primer on floor today.
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It’s looking really good! I know it’s been a lot of work Steve!
Looking great
Car audio pays off
It’ll look brand new
Told myself not to spend to much time making the floor look pretty. One day of filling and sanding good enough. Pressure wash tomorrow morning then into the shop crank up the heat and paint the floor. Is everyone as sick of floor pics as I am?
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Great job! How many layers of glass on the floor? I have to replace a section myself soon.
The good carpenter hones his tools to razor sharpness. And delivers....like you do.
Looks good. What do you paint with?
Looks really good!
Nah, been fun following the progress and all your hard work.
Lookin good tho!
Probably gonna hang motors next weekend.
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You’re moving right along!
Tanks are foamed in and deck epoxy back together. Gonna put a layer of glass over the seam then body fill, sand , and paint the whole floor.
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Steve, you are a magician! Nice work!
My tanks are 80 gallons. That’s a lot of floor
What do you do when you need to change the fuel sender or change that hose
More gelcoat grinding. Console ready for sandblast and paint.
Tanks in and filled with fuel. Back to work on console till it warms up enough to pour foam and reinstall deck.
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Lookin good! Coming along well.
How much fuel will those hold
Are going to do your own gelcote?
What exactly happened ?
Anybody want to help grind some gelcoat?
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Thought we talked about this
You walking on the moon later?
Been there not really
What time I need to be there
Storm Trooper
So what do you do when your hung up waiting on epoxy to set up? Bust out the skill saw and start hacking out a console.
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Thought you were back to installing and putting in some square 10 subs bro
Your my hero!
Talent besides fishing
Mans gotta do what a mans gotta do!
Really went off the deep end now installing fuel tanks below deck.
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Make sure you put insulators in. Aluminum welds dont like stress lol
Did the same thing. Easy access now