Lake Texoma, Reservoir at Texas-Oklahoma border, United States
Lake Texoma is a reservoir on the border between Texas and Oklahoma, covering roughly 36,000 hectares with around 930 kilometers of shoreline. The water surface sits behind Denison Dam and reaches depths of about 30 meters (100 feet) in some places.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers built Denison Dam in 1944 to control flooding and generate electricity. The reservoir filled over the following years and fundamentally changed the area along the Red River.
The name comes from a settlement located south of here, where residents once lived along the banks of the Red River. Today families and anglers from both states use the public ramps and mooring spots along the entire water surface.
Anglers can fish throughout the entire reservoir with a special license for about 12 dollars, regardless of the state border between Texas and Oklahoma. Several public access points make it easier to launch private boats onto the water surface.
The Red River carries enough salt so that a natural population of striped bass has developed in the reservoir, which rarely survive in freshwater otherwise. This phenomenon attracts sport fishers who specifically target this species.
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