NORTH TEXAS PREMIER FISHING GUIDE SERVICE FOR TROPHY CATFISH, BLUE CATFISH, CHANNEL CATFISH, FLATHEAD CATFISH, FRESHWATER REDFISH, SANDBASS, HYBRID STRIPED BASS AND GAR
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Watch for North Texas Catfish Guide Service on The Diva's in The Outdoors Television Show on the Men's Channel for episodes on Trophy Catfishing and Spring Catfishing.
Click The Photo for More Pictures from the Divas in The Outdoors Television Shoots with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Cedar Creek Lake.
Watch for North Texas Catfish Guide Service on The Lady on The Lake Televison Show with Bonita Staples on Comcast Cable for Trophy Catfishing.
Watch For North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Fox Sports Southwest - Toyota Trucks Southwest Outdoors Report with Barry Stokes for episodes on Trophy Catfishing and Cormorant Catfishing in Texas. Watch for future episodes of Barry Stokes Toyota Truck Outdoors report on Fox Sports Southwest for more episodes with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
Listen for Weekly Fishing Reports on the Texas Fishing and Outdoors Show with Brian Hughes on the Texas State Radio Network, or KRLD 1080 AM in the Dallas Ft Worth area.
North Texas Catfish Guide Service featured in Texas Fish and Game Magazine Jug Fishing for Texas Blue Catfish.
North Texas Catfish Guide Service Featured in Texas Fish and Game Magazine article titled "Cash Cats - Catfish Tournaments in Texas".
North Texas Catfish Guide Service Featured in In-Fisherman's Catfish Insider Catfish Guide Magazine 2006 in the Catfishing Hotspots Section for Texas Best Catfishing Locations.
North Texas Catfish Guide service featured in Texas Fish and Game Magazine in the Magazine Article titled "Big Blues - Fishing for Texas Trophy Catfish".
North Texas Catfish Guide Service featured in the 2004 In-Fisherman Catfish Insider - Catfish Guide in the Article titled Beyond Basic Juglines. Building Juglines for Catfish Fishing. Jug Fishing for Catfish.
North Texas Catfish Guide Service does frequent seminars in North Texas on Catfishing for Blue Catfish, Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World is a regular stop for our Texas Catfishing Seminars. Keep a close eye on our website and Bass Pro Shops seminar schedule for more information on Texas Catfishing Seminars from North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
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LAKE LEWISVILLE HYBRID STRIPED BASS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
CEDAR CREEK LAKE HYBRID STRIPED BASS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
While our name is "North Texas Catfish Guide Service" we do a little more than what it implies. North Texas Catfish Guide Service in addition to providing guided fishing trips for Catfish also offers guided fishing trips for White Bass (Sandbass, Sandies), Hybrid Striped Bass (Hybrids, Hybrid Stripers, Wipers), Redfish and Gar.
Hybrid Stripd Bass Fishing is available on Lake Lewisville and Cedar Creek Lake in Norh Texas. Lake Lewisville and Cedar Creek are both known to maintain excellent populations of Hybrid Striped Bass.
So whats a Hybrid Striped Bass or Hybrid you ask? A Hybrid is a cross between a Striped Bass and a White Bass. Of the three, the Hybrid grows the fastest. The hybrid striped bass also does not reproduce so what populations exist in North Texas area lakes are due to agressive stocking programs from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Hybrid Striped Bass Or Hybrids are caught using many of the same methods used for catching white bass, and during certain times of the year we will catch good numbers of huge hybrids while fishing for Blue Catfish as well, but the primary techniques used for catching Hybrid Striped Bass or Hybrids are fishing with slabs (slabbing), live bait fishing, trolling, and drifting (drift fishing). Many time while fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass (hybrids) we will be catching White Bass as well while fishing for Hybrids.
Either way, there is no doubt when one hooks up with a big Hybrid as these fish are known for their fight. Hybrids are well known for their hard hitting line stripping action on North Texas lakes.
LAKE LEWISVILLE HYBRID STRIPED BASS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
CEDAR CREEK LAKE HYBRID STRIPED BASS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
COMMON NAMES: Hybrid striped bass, Wiper, Sunshine bass
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Morone saxatilis x M. chrysops
IDENTIFICATION: Hybrid striped bass are a silver deep-bodied fish, similar to white bass. Stripes along sides and back are distinct, usually broken, with several extending to the tail. Teeth on the base of the tongue are arranged in two parallel patches.
RANGE AND HABITAT: The hybrid striped bass is created by crossing a female striped bass with a male white bass. They have been stocked into reservoirs and rivers throughout the Midwest and southeastern United States. Hybrid stripers often use open water habitat, and are more tolerant of warmer water than striped bass.
LIFE HISTORY: Hybrid striped bass generally cannot reproduce. They usually occupy open water and prey on gizzard shad. They can often be found by watching gulls circling and feeding on the water. This happens when schools of hybrid striped bass herd gizzard shad to the water’s surface where the shad are easier to catch. Hybrids are fast growing fish that are hard fighters when hooked.
ADULT SIZE: Hybrids often weigh between 1 and 5 pounds, and range from 12 to 22 inches. They may grow to 16 pounds in Ohio.
FISHING METHODS: Hybrid striped bass will bite live baits, including shad, nightcrawlers, and soft crawfish. Live baits should be fished near the bottom. Jigs, jigging spoons, and crankbaits are good lures for casting. Trolling with large deep-diving crankbaits can also be productive.
Client from Temple Texas and a 35 Lb Trophy Blue Catfish caught on rod and reel while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a Trophy Catfishing Trip.
Fresh Shad is the Bait of Choice for Blue Catfish Fishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on our guided catfishing trips. We catch fresh shad for catfish bait each morning before our clients arrive for their catfishing trip.
The Bishops from Bowie Texas Cauught this nice Trophy Blue Catfish while Catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service. While this is not a huge blue catfish, it's a great photograph!
Jackie Kennedy of North Texas catfish Guide Service and a Trophy Blue Catfish from Cedar Creek Lake.
Steve Kitchens from Idalou Texas (Lubbock area) and a Cedar Creek Lake Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a guided fishing trip for Trophy Blue Catfish. Steve regularly drives in from West Texas for some great catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
Robert Varnell from Lancaster Texas and a couple of Trophy Blue Catfish caught with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a guided catfish fishing trip. It's not uncommon during the peak of our Trophy Catfishing to have two or three big texas blue catfish on the lines at one time.
Robert Varnell and another huge Texas Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
Joe Moore of Corsicana Texas and some Trophy Blue catfish caught while Trophy catfishing for BIG MONSTER Texas Catfish with North Texas Catfish Guide Service! Trophy Catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service is great at Cedar Creek and Lewisville Lakes.
Releasing a Trophy Catfish after taking photographs. At North Texas Catfish Guide Service we release ALL CATFISH OVER 10 LBS so they can be caught another day and so they can stay in our lakes to spawn and maintain catfish populations.
Scott Horton of Fort Worth Texas with his wife and dad from Midland Texas and a big Texas Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a catfishing trip.
More clients from West Texas (Midland Texas) and a Lake Lewisville Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service. North Texas Catfish Guide Service Trophy Catfishing Trips are popular with clients from Midland, Lubbock, Abilene, Amarillo and all of West Texas.
Chad Ferguson and Jackie Kennedy of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and a Trophy Flathead Catfish caught on Rod and Reel. This big Flathead Catfish bottomed out the 50 Lb Scales. It's weight was estimated at about 57 Lbs. We release all Flathead Catfish over 10 Lbs after taking Photographs.
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Rick, Scooter and Kenny from Arlington Texas and a Big Texas Trophy Blue Catfish caught with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a Guided Catfish Fishing Trip.
Rick, Scooter and Kenny again with 47 Lb Flathead Catfish caught just a few minutes after the Blue Catfish picture above on their guided catfish fishing trip.
Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and HUGE Blue Catfish caught on Rod and Reel. You cannot go wrong when catfishing for Trophy Catfish with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Lake Lewisville or Cedar Creek Lake.
Jackie Kennedy of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and a 40 Lb Lake Lewisville Trophy Blue Catfish caught in October on Lake Lewisville.
The Hamners from Waxahachie Texas and Tyler The Aggie Son with Three Limits of North Texas Blue Catfish caught on a catfishing trip with North Texas Blue Catfish in April. Spring Catfishing Is GREAT!
Lance Halfmann from Keller Texas and a limit of nice Lake Lewisville Blue Catfish caught on rod and reel in May and the biggest fish he had ever caught weighing in at 10 Lbs while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Lake Lewisville. Lance limited out in about 2 hours.
Chad Jones and Father from Fort Worth Texas and 2 Limits of Lake Lewisville Blue Catfish Caught on Rod and Reel. Lake Lewisville Catfish were Red Hot today and we caught some nice gar, gaspergoo and even a black bass on our Lake Lewisville Fishing Guide Trip.