Texas Inland
Lake Texoma Fishing Forecast
Should you go? A straight answer for Texoma — scored 0–100 from the actual wind, sky and barometer, not just moon tables. Built around striped bass, blue catfish, white bass.
Today on the water
TodayGo — 5 mph NE, gusts 13.
Boating: Great
Today’s bite windows
- 6–8 AMGoodmoon overhead or underfoot + first light
- 6–8 PMPrimemoon overhead or underfoot + last light
What’s driving it
- Wind5 mph NE, gusts 13
- Sky67% rain chance
- Barometer+0.01 inHg over the day
- Moonlast quarter
The week ahead
Best day this week: Friday (89/100, prime) — 7 mph E, waning crescent.
| Day | Fishing | Boating | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 82 Prime | Great | 5 mph, gusts 13 |
| Sun, 10/4 | 75 Good | Great | 11 mph, gusts 20 |
| Mon, 10/5 | 87 Prime | Great | 6 mph, gusts 15 |
| Tue, 10/6 | 87 Prime | Great | 5 mph, gusts 7 |
| Wed, 10/7 | 86 Prime | Great | 4 mph, gusts 6 |
| Thu, 10/8 | 86 Prime | Great | 5 mph, gusts 8 |
| Fri, 10/9★ best | 89 Prime | Great | 7 mph, gusts 11 |
Ratings refresh through the day as the forecast models update. The dashboard shows the same scores with the charts behind them.
Best time to fish Texoma
No tide, just wind and water temperature. Stripers school on top through the warm months and bunch up deep in winter, low light is the summer window, and a stiff plains wind can put the main lake out of reach for a small boat.
On any given day, the windows above are the honest answer: they weight the solunar periods (moon overhead and underfoot), first and last light, and they subtract for wind that makes the water unfishable and for lightning. A slow day still shows its best hour or two, because that’s when you’d go.
How the rating works
Every day gets a 0–100 score from the same data the rest of Salty Forecast runs on: wind carries the most weight (32%), because it decides whether you can even fish, then sky, barometer and moon phase — there’s no tide to score on fresh water, so those weights are redistributed rather than counted as zero. A falling barometer ahead of a front scores high; a hard post-frontal rise scores low. Nothing here is a black box — the factor bars above show exactly what helped and what hurt.
Generic solunar calculators give Texoma the same “activity” times as a lake in Ohio, because they only look at the moon. The moon matters — it’s in here — but a 20 mph wind beats it every time, and that’s why this score reads the whole picture.
Live now on the dashboard
The full Texoma dashboard has this rating beside live radar, hourly wind and the 14-day outlook — free, no account.
Open the live Texoma dashboard →Common questions
- Is today a good day to fish Texoma?
- Today rates 82/100 (prime). Go — 5 mph NE, gusts 13. This updates through the day as the forecast models refresh.
- What time should I fish Texoma today?
- Today's best windows are 6–8 AM (moon overhead or underfoot + first light) and 6–8 PM (moon overhead or underfoot + last light). First and last light plus the solunar periods carry the most weight on fresh water.
- What's the best day to fish Texoma this week?
- Friday looks strongest at 89/100 (prime) — 7 mph E, waning crescent. The week-ahead table above updates as the outlook firms up.
- How is this different from a solunar calendar?
- Solunar tables only track the moon, so every town gets the same "activity" times. This rating starts with what actually cancels trips — wind and lightning — then adds barometric trend and the moon. When a day scores Prime here, it means the whole picture lines up, not just the calendar.
Nearby fishing forecasts
More for Texoma: fishing weather
Scored from the Open-Meteo model blend and the marine models. A planning aid, not a guarantee — fish don’t read forecasts, and neither wind nor lightning cares about your plans. Check conditions before you run.