Lake Texoma

Lake Texoma, an 88,000-acre water playground provides some of the best fishing in the nation. The most popular species is the striped bass. Lake Texoma is also known for an abundance of crappie, white bass, black bass, various catfish, and sunfish.

Lake Texoma project lands are open to the public for hunting, offering whitetail deer, bobwhite quail, mourning dove, ducks, geese, cottontail rabbits and squirrel. The Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge located at Tishomingo and Hagerman Wildlife Refuge located at Pottsboro, TX provide feeding and resting areas for ducks and geese using the Continental Central Flyway.

Lake Texoma, an 88,000-acre water playground provides some of the best fishing in the nation. The most popular species is the striped bass. Lake Texoma is also known for an abundance of crappie, white bass, black bass, various catfish, and sunfish.

Lake Texoma project lands are open to the public for hunting, offering whitetail deer, bobwhite quail, mourning dove, ducks, geese, cottontail rabbits and squirrel. The Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge located at Tishomingo and Hagerman Wildlife Refuge located at Pottsboro, TX provide feeding and resting areas for ducks and geese using the Continental Central Flyway.

Lake Texoma offers a multitude of amenities for most anyone who enjoys the great outdoors. The Corps of Engineers offers 10 different campgrounds with a total of over 600 individual campsites. There are resorts and marinas, full hook up RV sites and tent campsites, fishing guides, riding stables, equestrian trails, hiking trails, restrooms and showers, group shelters, picnic areas, playgrounds, boat rentals and many other facilities to accommodate all visitors. Scuba diving opportunities also found at the lake. Over 22 commercial concessions are also located adjacent to the lake. Reservations accepted through www.recreation.gov.

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***NOTICE***  (5/15/2013):  Due to elevated blue green algae cell counts, contact with the water in the general vicinity of the Hwy 377/99 Bridge and Sheppard Annex is discouraged until toxicity tests can be completed.  Visitors should not drink untreated water or let themselves or pets come in contact with areas of discolored water.  If you or your pet swim in water that may have blue green algae present, rinse off with soap and fresh water.  Although swimming in these areas is discouraged, visitors can still enjoy many land activities and boating at other locations around the lake.

Recent water quality tests were performed at the Lakeside PUA (Rock Creek) and Treasure Island areas at this lake and have shown that blue green algae did not pose a concern for recreational use at the time the test was performed.

Testing was performed on May 2, 2013 and while blue green algae cell counts were elevated in the Burns Run East Beach, Johnson Creek and Little Glasses Creek areas of Lake Texoma, toxicity levels reported on May 2, 2013 are below the World Health Organization threshold. 

Due to elevated blue green algae cell counts reported on April 19, 2013, contact with the water in the general vicinity of Little Mineral Arm is discouraged until toxicity tests can be completed.