Texas anglers are fortunate to have a host of striper fishing lakes across the state. The major lakes in Texas with healthy populations of stripers include Belton Lake, Canyon Lake, Lake Bridgeport, Lake Buchanan, Lake Conroe, Lake Granbury, Lake Lewisville, Lake Livingston, Lake Palestine, Lake Ray Hubbard, Lake Tawakoni, Lake Texoma, Lake Travis, Lake Whitney, Lavon Lake, Medina Lake, Possom Kingdom Lake, Richland Chambers Reservoir, Sam Rayburn Lake, and Toledo Bend. The Brazos River yielded the Texas state record striped bass.

Texas Striped Bass generally spend their time in the middle sections of the lake, in deeper water than most fish. Their primary diet is shad. They prefer the larger shad which are too big to be eaten by the vast majority of other fish in the lake. Texas Stripers will eat just about any fish they can get in their mouth. As a schooling fish which can grow to enormous size they can deplete a school of baitfish in very short order. When you catch a striper you can rest assured that there are probably more close by.

When fishing for stripers in Texas concentrate on the deeper waters in the lake. If you can locate schools of shad, stripers are often close by. When the baitfish are shallow over the deep water, you can catch stripers on crankbaits or by swimming spoons at appropriate depths. And for the ultimate thrill try large topwater baits if you see any surface feeding action. When the stripers are deep, jigs and jigging spoons work well. Live and cut bait will also take striped bass when they are in medium to deeper water. Fish nearby or in the river channel if it is a defined depth change. Trolling is also an excellent way to fish for Texas stripers. Use flashy lures in bigger sizes.