Texoma gets top ranking among Texas striper fisheries, a look other other temperate bass

  • The striped bass is a rough customer that ranks as the fourth most popular fish among Texas' freshwater fishing crowds behind largemouth bass, catfish and crappie. Lake Texoma is North Texas has for years ranked as the state's top striper fishery, mainly because it is one of the few freshwater reservoirs in nation where populations are self sustaining. COURTESY PHOTO / STRIPER EXPRESS
    The striped bass is a rough customer that ranks as the fourth most popular fish among Texas' freshwater fishing crowds behind largemouth bass, catfish and crappie. Lake Texoma is North Texas has for years ranked as the state's top striper fishery, mainly because it is one of the few freshwater reservoirs in nation where populations are self sustaining. COURTESY PHOTO / STRIPER EXPRESS
  • Hybrid stripers are brawny fish known for delivering hard hits and fierce battles. The fish are a genetic cross between striped bass and white bass. TPWD stocks close to 3 million hybrids in about 20 lakes each year. COURTESY PHOTO / MATT WILLIAMS
    Hybrid stripers are brawny fish known for delivering hard hits and fierce battles. The fish are a genetic cross between striped bass and white bass. TPWD stocks close to 3 million hybrids in about 20 lakes each year. COURTESY PHOTO / MATT WILLIAMS

    Outdoors Writer

    Ask anyone who as spent much time tangling with striped bass and they are sure to agree: The brawny sport fish are rough customers and truly a blast to catch, especially on bait casting gear.

    Known for its nasty attitude, voracious appetite, a striped bass might be described as a silvery stick of dynamite with fins and a really short fuse. The powerhouse fish rank as the fourth most …