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| Water Body |
Report |
| ALAN HENRY |
Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 1.31' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/blue jigs and soft plastics suspended in trees. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| AMISTAD |
Water clear; 53 degrees; 1.96' low. Black bass are good on football jigs, crankbaits, jigging spoons, and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| ARROWHEAD |
Water lightly stained; 46 degrees; 6.32' low. Black bass to 10 pounds are slow on crankbaits or black/blue jigs off rocky points. Crappie are fair on black and green tube jigs off the derricks in 25–30 feet. White bass to 15 inches are fair in shallows – watch for birds. Blue catfish are fair on cheese bait while drift fishing or anchored in 8–10 feet. |
| ATHENS |
Water fairly clear, 44–50 degrees; 0.43' high. Black bass are slow to fair on jigs and Texas rigs worked slowly. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs fished over brush piles. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| BASTROP |
Water stained. Black bass are good on watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BELTON |
Water murky; 50 degrees; 9.39' high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and trolling Rat–L–Traps. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows under lights at night. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, summer sausage, and hot dogs. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BOB SANDLIN |
Water stained; 43–49 degrees; 0.05' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and wacky rigs. Crappie are fair under the bridges. No reports on white bass or catfish. |
| BRAUNIG |
Water clear; 55 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are excellent on liver and shad at Dead Tree Point and near the pier, and down rigging silver and gold spoons and marble spinners near the dam. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and cut bait near the spillway and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. |
| BRIDGEPORT |
Water fairly clear; 43–49 degrees; 8.71' low. No report available. |
| BROWNWOOD |
Water stained; 52 degrees; 7.34' low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse Bass Hogg spinnerbaits, Brownwood craws, black/blue Bass Hogg jigs, Brownwood Special Persuader crankbaits, and chrome/blue Rat–L–Traps along shorelines in 1 – 5 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are excellent on Li'l Fishies and crawdad crankbaits. Crappie are fair on Li'l Fishies and tube jigs over brush piles in 15 – 22 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BUCHANAN |
Water murky; 52 degrees; 19.57' low. Black bass are fair on Rattlin' Rogues, Carolina rigged black/blue lizards, 1/8oz. black/chartreuse Curb's hair jigs with smoke/gold flake JDC RocKraw trailers, and blue flake Whacky Sticks on jig heads along ledges in 12 – 20 feet. Striped bass are fair drifting live bait in 28 feet, and trolling white/chartreuse Curbs striper jigs and Rattlin' Rogues. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on crappie minnows over brush piles in 12 – 15 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| CADDO |
Water murky; 44–51 degrees; 1.82' high. Black bass are slow on flukes, jigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cut shad. |
| CALAVERAS |
Water clear; 55 degrees. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds and near the dam. Striped bass are good on spoons and jigs near the crappie wall and the dam in 15 – 20 feet, and on chicken livers, shad, and minnows along the shoreline. Redfish are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, and cheesebait near the railroad trestle and 181 Cove. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| CANYON LAKE |
Water murky; 51 degrees; 6.57' low. Black bass are fair on Carolina rigged lizards in 15 – 25 feet, 1/8oz. pumpkin/chartreuse hair jigs with JDC Pebble Craw trailers, and Texas rigged blue flake Scoundrel worms on shaky jig heads along break lines and ledges. Striped bass are fair to good trolling ¼oz. white Curbs striper jigs and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows and Spoiler Shads. White bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and ¼oz. Blade Baits along the main river channel at mid lake in 40 feet. Smallmouth bass are fair to good on JDC smoke/red flake tubes, tomato red curl tail grubs, and matching drop shot worms along ledges and over rock piles in 10 – 25 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| CEDAR CREEK |
Water stained; 43–49 degrees; 0.08' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad and large slabs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows. Catfish are fair drifting cut shad. |
| CHOKE CANYON |
Water clear; 54 degrees; 9.12' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are fair on soft plastic worms and lizards, and flipping jigs in the grass. White bass are good on small spinnerbaits and Rapalas off the bank in the river 5 miles south of the dam. Crappie are slow. Drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on punch bait in 5 – 8 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch. |
| COLEMAN |
Water murky; 51 degrees; 9.34' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on minnows and white striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and frozen shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| COLETO CREEK |
Water stained; 56 degrees (73 degrees at discharge); 0.07' low. Black bass to 8 pounds are fair on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 3 – 12 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 6 pounds are good on shrimp, liver, and nightcrawlers in 4 – 8 feet. Yellow catfish to 10 pounds are good on trotlines baited with perch in 6 – 15 feet. |
| COLORADO CITY |
Water clear; 55 degrees; 11.92' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow. |
| COLORADO RIVER |
No report available. |
| CONROE |
Water fairly clear; 0.43' high. Black bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps in 15 – 30 feet. Striped bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, liver, and frozen shrimp. |
| COOPER |
Water off color; 42–48 degrees; 0.04' high. No report available. |
| FAIRFIELD |
Water fairly clear; 58–86 degrees. Black bass are fair on Senkos, spinnerbaits and split shot rigged Ring Frys. Redfish are fair to good on live bait. |
| FALCON |
Water clear; 59 degrees. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and soft plastics in 1 – 6 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are very good on small crappie rigs. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on frozen shrimp and cut bait. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| FAYETTE |
Water stained; 52 degrees. Black bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. |
| FORK |
Water stained; 43–49 degrees; 0.15' high. Black bass are fair on jigs, Rat–L–Traps and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared bait. |
| FT. PHANTOM HILL |
Water clear; 53 degrees; 5.30' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and shad–colored crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| GIBBONS CREEK |
Water clear. Black bass are fair on watermelon red and watermelon/white soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. |
| GRANBURY |
Water clear; 0.36' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. |
| GRANGER |
Water murky; 48 degrees; 1.32' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on slabs upriver near Comanche Bluff. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| GRAPEVINE |
Water stained; 44–51 degrees; 0.4' high. Black bass are slow to fair on crankbaits, Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait. |
| GREENBELT |
Water stained; 33 degrees; 33.02' low. Black bass are slow on Carolina rigged watermelon soft plastics and live bait. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows. White bass are slow on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow on live bait. Walleye are slow on live bait. Catfish are slow on live bait. |
| HOUSTON COUNTY |
Water fairly clear; 53 degrees; 0.78' high. Black bass to 9 pounds are good on watermelon soft plastic centipedes near the dam in 18 feet. Crappie are good on live minnows near the dam. Bream are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good using chum baits. |
| HUBBARD CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 7.50' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/blue jigs worked suspended along grass lines and timber. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| JOE POOL |
Water off color; 43–49 degrees; 0.41' high. Black bass are fair on crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers. |
| LAKE O' THE PINES |
Water stained; 43–49 degrees; 4.6' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, jigs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in 15–25 feet. Catfish are fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers. |
| LAVON |
Water stained; 44–51 degrees; 0.25' high. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, crankbaits and drop shot rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. |
| LBJ |
Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.32' low. Black bass are good on pumpkin JDC drop shot worms, PBJ colored Snag Proof jigs, and green pumpkin tubes on docks and seawalls. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair to good on silver Pirk Minnows and Spoiler Shads in the channel around the power plant. Crappie are fair on minnows in brush piles under heated docks. Channel catfish are fair on minnows and worms. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| LEWISVILLE |
Water stained; 43–50 degrees; conservation pool. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, Carolina rigs, drop shot rigs and shad pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut shad. |
| LIVINGSTON |
Water fairly clear; 54 degrees; 0.41' high. Black bass are good on buzzbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and soft plastics in the north end of the lake. Crappie are very good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| MACKENZIE |
Water lightly stained; 33 degrees; 79.38' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are slow on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are slow on live bait. Catfish are slow on live bait. |
| MARTIN CREEK |
0.02' low. No report available. |
| MEREDITH |
Water stained; 36 degrees; 77.86' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are fair on live bait. |
| MONTICELLO |
Water fairly clear; 52–84 degrees; 0.62' high. Black bass are fair to good on drop shot rigs, Rat–L–Traps and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| NASWORTHY |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are slow. White bass and striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| NAVARRO MILLS |
Water murky; 48 degrees; 4.94' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| O.H. IVIE |
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 21.76' low. Black bass are fair on slow–rolled chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, Carolina–rigged soft plastics, and live bait worked along channels. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live bait. |
| OAK CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 7.57' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| PALESTINE |
Water lightly stained; 43–50 degrees; 0.52' high. Black bass are fair on crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps, Carolina rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs, Sassy Shad and live shad. White bass are fair to good on slabs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad. |
| PALO DURO |
Water lightly stained; 30 degrees; 58.72' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are slow on live bait. Channel catfish are fair on live bait. |
| POSSUM KINGDOM |
Water stained; 52 degrees; 5.34' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon pepper soft plastics and shad–colored crankbaits off points in the Long Hollow and Caddo areas. Crappie are slow on live bait and jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. Stripers are good on silver spoons and shad–colored crankbaits along southern lake points. Catfish are good on live shad and cut liver on points. |
| PROCTOR |
Water murky; 53 degrees; 4.88' low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on juglines baited with cut shad. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| RAY HUBBARD |
Water fairly clear; 45–50 degrees; 0.01' high. Black bass are fair on white or chrome crankbaits, Carolina rigs and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs and dead–sticking Sassy Shad. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared bait. |
| RAY ROBERTS |
Water stained; 42–46 degrees; 1.19' high. Black bass are slow on crankbaits. No report on crappie. White bass are good on C.C. jigging spoons and slabs. No report on catfish. |
| RICHLAND CHAMBERS |
Water off color; 44–51 degrees; 0.02' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, crankbaits and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and live minnows. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers. |
| SAM RAYBURN |
Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.05' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. White bass are fair on live minnows and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. |
| SOMERVILLE |
Water murky; 52 degrees; 1.21' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SPENCE |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 64.63' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Striped bass and hybrid striper are slow. Catfish are slow. |
| STAMFORD |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 3.65' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White and striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait. |
| STEINHAGEN |
0.48' high. No report available. |
| STILLHOUSE |
Water murky; 53 degrees; 8.57' high. Black bass are fair on minnows. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SWEETWATER |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 7.55' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| TAWAKONI |
Water fairly clear; 44–50 degrees; 0.21' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| TEXOMA |
Water off color; 44–49 degrees; 0.02' low. Black bass are slow to fair on crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are fair to good on slabs worked slowly. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared bait. |
| TOLEDO BEND |
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 3.49' low. Black bass are fair on dark red soft plastics, and on white spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait, frozen shrimp, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| TRAVIS |
Water murky; 54 degrees; 17.43' low. Black bass are good on black worms, chrome spoons, and firetiger crankbaits in 15 – 35 feet. Striped bass are fair on shad crankbaits and chrome spoons in 32 – 50 feet. White bass are good on minnows, white grubs, and chrome spoons in 35 – 55 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink and white tube jigs in 18 – 40 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and blood bait in 35 – 48 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WALTER E. LONG |
Water stained; 53 degrees. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are fair on minnows and green soft plastic worms at the gravel pit and the hot water outlet. White bass are fair on minnows and green soft plastic worms at the gravel pit and the hot water outlet. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on crickets and shrimp at the gravel pit. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WEATHERFORD |
Water lightly stained; 45–51 degrees; 2.93' low. No report available. |
| WHITE RIVER |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 24.66' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live bait. |
| WHITNEY |
Water murky; 0.70' low. Black bass are good on watermelon soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and white striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, liver and stinkbait. |
| WRIGHT PATMAN |
Water stained; 44–49 degrees; 17.01' high. Black bass are slow on Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on cut shad and prepared bait. |