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| Water Body |
Report |
| ALAN HENRY |
Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 2.61' low. Black bass are fair on crawfish-colored crankbaits, chartreuse/white spinnerbaits and black/blue soft plastic lures suspended in trees. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| AMISTAD |
Water clear; 68 degrees; 1.95' low. Black bass are good on topwaters, frogs, crankbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on slabs, spoons, and small crankbaits, and fair on topwaters. White bass are good on slabs, spoons, and small crankbaits, and fair on topwaters. Catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers in 12 - 60 feet over baited holes. Yellow catfish are good 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; 61 degrees; 6.77' low. Black bass are good on crankbaits 1-4' depth near rocky structures and submerged vegetation. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows suspended 14-16 feet depth off the derricks. White bass are good off rocky points with limited surface action. Blue Catfish are fair on cheese bait or on juglines baited with shad. |
| ATHENS |
Water fairly clear, 62-67 degrees; 0.47' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, Carolina rigs and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good on prepared baits nightcrawlers. Bream are fair on red wigglers. |
| BASTROP |
Water clear. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on live minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BELTON |
Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 3.25' high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps along banks and in coves. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on doughbait and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BOB SANDLIN |
Water murky; 63-67 degrees; 0.08' high. Black bass are good on Carolina-rigged Baby Brush Hogs and Texas rigged Wooly Hogtails. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on prepared bait under cormorant roosts. |
| BRAUNIG |
Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are good on liver and shad near the pier and at Dead Tree Point, and on silver and gold spoons and marble spinnerbaits near the jetty and dam. Redfish are good on crawfish, shad, shrimp, tilapia, and silver spoons, and down rigging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the intake. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. |
| BRIDGEPORT |
Water fairly clear; 61-66 degrees; 8.42' low. Black bass are good jigs and Texas rigged soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair on chartreuse (use Worm-Glo) nightcrawlers. Bream are fair on crickets and red wigglers. |
| BROWNWOOD |
Water stained; 65 degrees; 7.54' low. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits, Persuader crankbaits, and watermelon red or pumpkinseed soft plastic worms over brush piles in 10 - 20 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on Li'l Fishies and pet spoons off lighted docks at night. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and stinkbait over baited holes in 12 - 20 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BUCHANAN |
Water clear; 67 degrees; 25.98' low. Black bass are good on Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, white buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, and 3" shad Flukes from Paradise Point to Applehead and in larger creeks. Striped bass are good on Spoiler Shad plastic swim baits, Red Fins, and drifting live bait along the river channel in 30 feet. White bass are fair on Tiny Traps and Spoiler Shads. Crappie are good on pink/white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on liver, minnows, and dip bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on live shad. |
| CADDO |
Water murky; 62-66 degrees; 2.58' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, Senkos and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared baits and shrimp. |
| CALAVERAS |
Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds, near the dam, and in Granny's Cove. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are good on live bait and down rigging silver spoons between the crappie wall and the dam in 15 - 20 feet, and on crawfish and tilapia near the dam and Spider Island. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad bridge and 181 Cove. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| CANYON LAKE |
Water clear; 64 degrees; 11.04' low. Black bass are good on 1/8oz. white spinnerbaits, Fat Free Shads, and Texas rigged watermelon green Whacky Sticks and watermelon Flukes in standing timber, stickups, and along brush piles on secondary points in 4 - 12 feet. Striped bass are fair to good on Red Fins and jigging Pirk Minnows over and around the humps in 30 - 60 feet at daylight. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows along the river channel and on lake points. Smallmouth bass are good on green pumpkin tubes, 1/8oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs, and smoke JDC curl tail grubs in 8 - 15 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are good on juglines baited with live perch. |
| CEDAR CREEK |
Water stained; 63-67 degrees; 0.05' high. Black bass are good on drop shot rigs, jigs and Texas rigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and chartreuse nightcrawlers (use Worm-Glo). |
| CHOKE CANYON |
Water clear; 68 degrees; 9.50' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and tequila sunrise soft plastics in 15 - 25 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish. |
| COLEMAN |
Water clear; 67 degrees; 10.11' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are good on live minnows and green striper jigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| COLETO CREEK |
Water stained; 69 degrees (84 degrees at discharge); 1.75' low. Black bass are fair on soft plastics and flukes in 12 - 14 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver and shrimp in 8 - 15 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch in 15 - 20 feet. |
| COLORADO CITY |
Water clear; 63 degrees; 11.81' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow. |
| COLORADO RIVER |
(Above Lake Buchanan) Water fairly clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows near the boat ramp. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on liver, stinkbait, and shrimp in deep holes. |
| CONROE |
Water stained; 0.08' high. Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon green soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits in 10 - 20 feet. Striped bass are good on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp. |
| COOPER |
Water murky; 61-66 degrees; 0.84' high. Black bass are good on Texas rigs and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush piles. White bass are good on Humdingers and slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait. |
| FAIRFIELD |
Water fairly clear; 79-89 degrees. No report available. |
| FALCON |
Water clear; 69 degrees. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits and Brush Hogs in 5 - 12 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and stinkbait up the river. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| FAYETTE |
Water clear; 67 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon gold, plum, and redbug Carolina rigged Finesse worms, and on topwaters and shallow running crankbaits over grass. Channel and blue catfish are slow. |
| FORK |
Water murky; 62-67 degrees; 0.31' high. Black bass are fair to good on Carolina rigs, heavy jigs and Lake Fork Tackle Flutter Spoons in the Bar Fish pattern. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs around bridge columns. Catfish are good on prepared bait. |
| FT. PHANTOM HILL |
Water clear; 62 degrees; 5.83' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| GIBBONS CREEK |
Water clear. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and liver. |
| GRANBURY |
Water stained; 0.45' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon green soft plastic worms and lizards. Striped bass are good on live minnows and green striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows, hellbenders, and pet spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and live minnows. |
| GRANGER |
Water clear; 65 degrees; 2.39' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps along main lake points. Crappie are fair on jigs tipped with Crappie Nibbles over brush in 12 - 18 feet. Blue catfish are fair on juglines baited with cut bait and Zote soap. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| GRAPEVINE |
Water stained; 62-67 degrees; 2.04' high. Black bass are fair to good Texas rigs, drop shot rigs and medium diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait. |
| GREENBELT |
Water stained; 48 degrees; 32.37' low. Black bass are fair on white crankbaits, black/blue soft plastics around timber, and live bait worked along trees. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait and white crankbaits. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live and cut bait. |
| HOUSTON COUNTY |
Water clear; 67 degrees; 0.41' high. Black bass to 3 pounds are fair on silver and blue topwaters and Rat-L-Traps in 15 - 17 feet, and on chuggers near the island and marina. Crappie are good on live minnows near the subdivisions and on the southwest side of the lake in 20 feet. Bream are good on live worms over grass beds. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait near the marina in 32 feet. |
| HUBBARD CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 7.83' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored spinnerbaits and soft jerkbaits worked along grass lines, and green pumpkin soft plastics worms worked along timber. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on live and cut bait. |
| JOE POOL |
Water off color; 62-67 degrees; 0.74' high. Black bass are fair to good on drop shot rigged finesse baits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and Humdingers. Catfish are fair to good on cut and prepared baits. |
| LAKE O' THE PINES |
Water stained; 63-66 degrees; 13.98' high. No report available due to high water conditions. |
| LAVON |
Water stained; 62-67 degrees; 1' high. Black bass are fair to good on jigs, Texas rigs and medium diving crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared bait. |
| LBJ |
Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.40' low. Black bass are very good on Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps and plastic swimbaits along seawalls among schooling shad, and on Curb's buzzbaits and weightless watermelon red Whacky Sticks along lay downs and stumps on creek points. Striped bass are good on Creme 2" Spoiler Shads and Li'l Fishies at night. White bass are very good on Li'l Fishies at night. Crappie are good on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in clear water. Channel catfish are fair to good on minnows and worms. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait. |
| LEWISVILLE |
Water stained; 63-67 degrees; 2.06' high. Black bass are good on jigs, drop shot rigs and Bandit 200 crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers. |
| LIVINGSTON |
Water murky; 67 degrees; 0.15' high. Black bass to 4.5 pounds are good on buzzbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad, shrimp, and prepared baits. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| MACKENZIE |
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 78.99' low. Black bass are fair on live bait, and slow rolled white spinnerbaits along timber. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are good on live bait and shad-colored jerkbaits. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on cut liver. |
| MARTIN CREEK |
0.16' low. No report available. |
| MEREDITH |
Water stained; 48 degrees; 77.23' low. Black bass are fair on black/blue jigs, shad-colored crankbaits and live bait worked along rocky outcrops. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait and shad-colored crankbaits along rocky points. Walleye are good on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live bait. |
| MONTICELLO |
Water fairly clear; 85-93 degrees; 0.59' high. No report available. |
| NASWORTHY |
Water lightly stained; 60 degrees. Black bass are fair on green pumpkin soft plastic lures suspended in timber and live baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are fair on live bait. White bass and striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| NAVARRO MILLS |
Water murky; 64 degrees; 0.82' high. The boat ramp near the swim beach is open. The boat ramp near the marina is closed. The marina fishing dock is open. Crappie Point is open. Black bass are good on soft plastic worms below the dam. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs at the fishing docks. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait. Blue catfish are good on shad and perch. Yellow catfish are good on slabs below the dam. |
| O.H. IVIE |
Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 21.12' low. Black bass are good on shad-colored crankbaits, large black/blue soft plastics lures, and live bait worked around timber. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and white crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live and prepared bait. |
| OAK CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 7.89' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut liver and live bait. |
| PALESTINE |
Water lightly stained; 61-65 degrees; 0.16' high. Black bass are fair to good on Rat-L-Traps, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in the marinas and over brush piles. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are fair to good on Humdingers. Catfish are fair to good on chartreuse nightcrawlers (use Worm-Glo) and cheese bait. |
| PALO DURO |
Water lightly stained; 44 degrees; 58.99' low. Black bass are slow on live bait. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on prepared bait. |
| POSSUM KINGDOM |
Water stained; 60 degrees; 4.72' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored spinnerbaits and live baits. Crappie are fair on live bait and jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons and chrome jerkbaits. Stripers are good on topwater lures, silver spoons and Rat-L-Traps. Catfish are fair on live and cut bait. |
| PROCTOR |
Water stained; 67 degrees; 7.40' low. Black bass are good on purple, black/yellow, and black/chartreuse soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps. White bass are good but small on jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows in 12 - 15 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| RAY HUBBARD |
Water fairly clear; 62-66 degrees; 0.02' high. Black bass are good jigs, Texas rigs, drop shot rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on 2 oz. slabs and live shad. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. |
| RAY ROBERTS |
Water lightly stained; 61-64 degrees; 1.91' high. Black bass are fair on Bomber crankbaits and Carolina rigged Lake Fork ring fries. No report on crappie. White bass are good but difficult to locate on C.C. jigging spoons. Catfish are good on prepared baits. |
| RICHLAND CHAMBERS |
Water off color; 63-65 degrees; 0.25' high. Black bass are fair to good on jigs, medium running crankbaits, Carolina rigs and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on large slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are good on prepared baits, cut shad and nightcrawlers. |
| SAM RAYBURN |
Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.56' low. Black bass are good on topwaters and pumpkinseed soft plastic worms in 20 - 30 feet. White bass are good on silver spoons. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on stinkbait and minnows. |
| SOMERVILLE |
Water murky; 65 degrees; 0.41' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows and green/black jigs. Channel and blue catfish are very good on stinkbait, liver, and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SPENCE |
Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 64.92' 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; 56 degrees; 3.47' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White and striped bass are good on live bait and chrome/black jerkbaits. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| STEINHAGEN |
0.34' high. No report available. |
| STILLHOUSE |
Water murky; 65 degrees; 0.68' high. Black bass to 10.5 pounds are good on minnows, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows, hot dogs, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish to 51 pounds are good on live bait. |
| SWEETWATER |
Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 6.97' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/chartreuse soft plastic lizards. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| TAWAKONI |
Water fairly clear; 63-66 degrees; 0.7' high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits, jigs and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cheese bait. White bass are fair on Humdingers and slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs. |
| TEXOMA |
Water off color; 62-65 degrees; 1.99' high. Black bass are fair to good on jigs, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs and medium to deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs around bridges and over brush piles. Striped bass are fair to good on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad. |
| TOLEDO BEND |
Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.68' high. Black bass are good on pumpkin green, watermelon, and redbug soft plastic worms in 20 feet. Striped bass are good on spoons. White bass are good on spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| TRAVIS |
Water stained; 66 degrees; 33.07' low. Black bass to 3 pounds are good on bone topwaters and green pumpkin worms in 5 - 25 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on chrome spoons and minnows in 35 - 42 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs in 12 - 20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and bloodbait in 28 - 45 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WALTER E. LONG |
Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are good on minnows and dark soft plastic worms near the dam at night. Hybrid striper are good on minnows at night. White bass are good on cut shad and minnows near the power plant. Crappie are good on red wigglers. Channel and blue catfish are very good on shad and cut bait at the gravel pit. Yellow catfish are fair on goldfish. |
| WEATHERFORD |
Water lightly stained; 62-66 degrees; 2.62' low. Black bass are fair to good on medium diving crankbaits, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in the crappie house and over brush piles. Channel catfish are fair to good on worms, liver and cheese bait. White bass are slow to fair on slabs. Bream are fair on worms. |
| WHITE RIVER |
Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 25.19' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and slow-rolled spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait and chrome jerkbaits. Channel catfish are fair on prepared or live bait. |
| WHITNEY |
Water stained; 1.86' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red spinnerbaits and crankbaits, and on watermelon red topwaters early and late. Striped bass are fair on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows, pet spoons, and hellbenders. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp, stinkbait, and nightcrawlers. |
| WRIGHT PATMAN |
Water stained; 63-66 degrees; 26.71' high. Black bass are good on medium diving crankbaits, Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are good on prepared baits and chartreuse (use Worm-Glo) nightcrawlers. |