Would not recommend guides associated with FishingBooker.

The captain was unmotivated, dirty boat, fish not cleaned well.

If there was a zero star this would be more accurate
This is my 4th year coming to Lake Texoma and I have never had an experience like this before. This is the worst EXPERIENCE I have ever had. For $400 dollars this is not the experience you should have.

We were never asked if we had our fishing licenses (Lake Texoma endorsement needed), the captain had real bad body odor and was hungover. The boat was not in the best shape and there were things thrown everywhere from cast nets, batteries, poles, etc. We were practically his mates! Throwing the anchor out to bringing it back up. We had to bait our own hooks. And eho goes top water fishes in the morning for striper bass?! And don’t get me started on not using his fish finder to help find them. We were told we are running through our bait too quick and had to constantly move to “another” location
While going to another location the captain (Tim Hall) was asleep while driving the boat. As we were fishing, myself and my children on the trip started having problems with our rods.  I looked to the captain to see if he was going to change out poles or fix them and to my amazement was asleep in his chair. Not once but, multiple times!!
To his amazement, he caught himself falling asleep and pulled to a dock to get out and get some caffeine…... He left us unattended on the boat for a good 30 to 40 minutes while he disappeared. I feel this guide was unsafe not only for myself but, for my children!
    I would not recommend this guide to go fish on Lake Texoma. And I do not want to ever experience this situation ever again.

It has taken me 2 days to process my thoughts on the “fishing trip” due to the experience. First off I must say that people have bad days and not everything is going to be perfect. Secondly, I spent over 40 years on the coast with lots of friends and family being fishing guides so I do know what should be expected when someone spends $500.
    We were told to meet at the dock at 6:30am. At 6:30am, we see a boat coming into the harbor with no running lights. The captain has a light attached to his ball cap and a spot light on the front with a car battery attached. When he got close to the dock, he started throwing a cast net catching bait. As he got close enough I asked if he was our fishing guide and responded “yes”. He continued to cast net for bait until approximately 7:00am at with point he docked and picked us up. Now when I booked this charter, it stated that everything including bait would be on the boat before we arrived. So we are now starting at 7am, not 6:30.
      So we take off out the harbor. Mind you it is still fairly dark and the boat has no lights. We were never asked if we had our fishing licenses (Lake Texoma endorsement needed) or took the time to show us where the life jackets were in case of emergency. The boat was not in the best shape and there were things thrown everywhere from cast nets, batteries, poles, etc.
      We started fishing at the first spot and did not spend a lot of time. Went to the next spot and started to get some action. We put some fish in the box as we drifted. As we were fishing, myself and one of the ladies on the trip started having problems with our rods. Hers was backlashing badly and my lure continued to tangle in ever cast. I looked to the captain to see if he was going to change out poles or fix them and to my amazement was asleep in his chair. After we finished the drift, he decided to try another spot. I’m not sure how fishing is on Texoma but I know on the coast that if you are catching fish and have plenty of action, the captain will loop out and drift the same area until the fish stop biting.
      We tried one more spot with lures but there were no fish. So the captain decided to start using live bait. We went through what little he had castnetted in a short amount of time. So he headed to a “marina” to cast for more bait. We spent at least 30 minutes waiting while bait was caught. Mind you again, there was supposed to be bait on board before we were picked up. So, 30 minutes late getting bait and 30 additional minutes to get more.
      And now for the best and most unprofessional part of the trip. We were drifting with myself, my wife and my friends wife fishing on the port side of the boat. My friend was at the back on the starboard side fishing. He grabs a bucket and goes to the back and tells my friend that “I’m going to use this bucket” in a very soft voice and proceeds to pull out his penis and urinates in the bucket right in front on him! Thank goodness that neither of the ladies turned around because there would have been a problem! We have all been on boats before and had nature call. He should have said “everyone, I’m sorry but I need to use the restroom. Could everyone please go to the back or front of the boat”. Or just pulled up to an island and got off the boat for a minute. Everyone would more than understand. Neither myself or the ladies knew this happened until we were told after the trip.
    We drifted 2 more places and he headed in. We were dropped off at the dock at 11:15. Now math is my thing so 7am to 11:15 is only 4.25 hours and if you factor in the 30 minutes we sat while he got more bait, that is only 3.75 or 3 hours and 45 minutes total time. We did catch 7 fish which he cleaned and did a very good job. I must also note that this has nothing to do with not catching a lot of fish. We actually only wanted between 10 to 20 due to a space issue so 7 was perfect. It is called “fishing” not “catching for a reason. Bad day..maybe