Lusk can answer this question better than since he lives "on the bank" of the Red River, the major tributary of Lake Texoma.

The striped bass is an anadromous (sp?) species that lives in salt water and returns up fresh water streams to spawn annually. They require a long flowing stream to keep the eggs in suspension, the reason most fresh water impoundment striped bass eggs don't survive. They all go through the spawning ritual each year.

It is my opinion that the reason for the prolific spawns and survival of hatch is the Red River is salty, being fed by upstream salt springs and flowing across exposed mineral outcrops.
I believe, and may be corrected by fisheries biologists that due the higher dnsity salt water results in floatation of the eggs, because some years the Red dries to atrickly and eggs cound not be carried by the current.

We have a high bag limit on Texoma because we have too many small fish due to prolific natural spawns.
george

ps:excuse the typos - don't know how to edit????