28 / 52
Fre-flowingcurentintheRedRivermakesTexomaoneof
thefewlakesinTexaswithaself-sustainingpopulationof
stripedbas, andoneofonlyeightinlandfreshwaterreser-
voirsworldwidewherethisspecieshasspawned. Acousin
ofthewhitebas, stripedbaswerefirststockedinLake
TexomabytheOklahomaDepartmentofWildlifeConserva-
tionin1965. Theybeganspawningin1974.
Notabundant, buttherearesomestandsofwaterwilow,
Americanlotus, floatingheart, andbushypondwed.
Blue-grenalgaebloomsocasionalyocurinthisreser-
voir.
WhileTexomahaslitleaquaticvegetation, itdoesofer
coverinstructuressuchasrocks/boulders, standingtimber,
submergedstumpbeds, channels, rockyblufs, sandyflats,
andrip-rapalongDenisonDamandelsewhere. Ofthe580
milesofshoreline, thereareapproximately9milesof
rip-rap, 50milesofstandingtimber, and50milesofsub-
mersedaquaticvegetation. Theremainderiscutbanks,
sandybeaches, rockyshoreline, andblufs. Ashorelinede-
velopmentratioof13.88indicatesaniregularandbranched
shoreline, whichalsoincreaseshabitatforfish.
LAKETEXOMA
DENISON, TX
APRIL30TH, 2017