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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TROPHY BLUE CATFISH - BLUE CATFISH - CHANNEL CATFISH - REDFISH - SANDBASS - HYBRID STRIPED BASS
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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.
NORTH TEXAS CATFISH GUIDE SERVICE
NORTH TEXAS FISHING GUIDE FOR SANDBASS WHITE BASS
LAKE LEWISVILLE SANDBASS (WHITE BASS) FISHING GUIDE
CEDAR CREEK SANDBASS (WHITE BASS) FISHING GUIDE
EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE SANDBASS (WHITE BASS) FISHING GUIDE
While our name does not reflect it, we don't just fish for catfish! In addition to providing guided fishing trips for catfish, North Texas Catfish Guide Service also provides guided fishing trips for White Bass (Sandies, Sand Bass), Hybrid Striped Bass, Freshwater Redfish and Gar.
White Bass are present in most of the lakes we fish in excellent populations. These fish are known for their abundant populations in North Texas area lakes and well known for their agressive feeding habits, often found in huge topwater schools on the lakes during warmer months in a literal feeding frenzy.
White Bass, or as they are most commonly called in Texas "Sandbass" have excellent populations in Lake Lewisville, Cedar Creek Lake, Eagle Mountain Lake, Grapevine Lake, Richland Chambers, Navarro Mills as well as others that we offer our guided fishing trips on.
For fast action and hard pulling during the warmer months Hybrids and Sandbass (white bass) are excellent for Corporate Fishing Trips, Company Fishing Trips, Family Fishing Trips or Fishing Trips for Kids. White Bass Fishing trips are good for large groups, families and children because there is constant action and little to no waiting to catch fish, if we are not catching fish we are moving to another spot to find fish. White Bass also require little casting or other fishing techniq so they are very easy for the inexperienced fishermen to catch as well.
White Bass (Sandbass) are also excellent to eat, and we clean your catch at the end of your guided fishing trip with North Texas catfish Guide Service if you choose to keep your fish, or if you want to catch and release we can do that also.
When fishing for White Bass and Hybrids we will use a number of different techniques including fishing with slabs (slabbing), lure fishing, live bait fishing, drifting, and trolling. White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass action is usually excellent during the warmer months from March until Late september. The White Bass (sandies, sandbass) and Hybrid Striped Bass (hybrids) do bite in the cooler months, but the bite is less agressive and the cooler months are typically prime time for catching blue catfish so we stay pretty busy chasing catfish on our guided fishing trips in the cooler months.
North Texas Catfish Guide Service is proud to use quality fishing tackle from Humdinger Lures, Holiday Baits and Trolling Nolans Tackle (TNT Slabs) on white bass and hybrid striped bass fishing trips.
Information Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife
Sandbass, Sandie, Sand Bass, Bar Fish, Barfish, Streaker, Silver Bass
Morone is of unknown derivation. The species epithet chrysops is Greek meaning "golden eye." As with other true basses, the dorsal fin is clearly double, separated into spiny and soft-rayed portions. White bass are silvery shading from dark-gray or black on the back to white on the belly. Several incomplete lines or stripes run horizontally on each side of the body. Adults resemble young striped bass, and the two are often confused. However, striped bass have two distinct tooth patches on the back of the tongue, and white bass have one tooth patch. Striped bass have two sharp points on each gill cover, as opposed to white bass which have one, and the second spine on the anal fin is about half the length of the third spine in striped bass, whereas it is about two-thirds the length of the third spine in white bass.
White Bass are active early spring spawners. Schools of males migrate upstream to spawning areas as much as a month before females. There is no nest preperation. Spawning occurs either near the surface, or in midwater. Running water with gravel or rock substrate is preferred. Females rise to the surface and several males crowd around as the eggs and sperm are released. Large females release sometimes nearly a million small eggs during the spawning season. After release eggs sink to the bottom and become attached to rocks, hatching in 2-3, fry grow rapidly feeding on small invertibrates. White bass may grow as many as 8 or 9 inches during the first year. Adults are usually found in schools. Feeding occurs near the surface where fish, crustaceans and emerging insects are found in abundance. Gizzard and Threadfin Shad are the preferred food. White Bass more than 4 years of age are rare.
White bass are the fifth most preferred species among licensed Texas anglers. Schools of white bass feeding on shad generate much excitement in the fishing community. Once a school has been located, successful anglers often fish the surface with spoons or spinners. Bottom fishing at night with live bait may also produce great success. White bass are excellent fighters, and are considered superb table fare.
For information on identifying Striped Bass, White Bass, Hybrid Striped Bass, and Yellow Bass view the information below from Texas Parks and Wildlife.
LAKE LEWISVILLE SANDBASS (WHITE BASS) FISHING GUIDE
CEDAR CREEK SANDBASS (WHITE BASS) FISHING GUIDE
EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE SANDBASS (WHITE BASS) FISHING GUIDE
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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.