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November 27, 2020
LoneOStar Outdoor News
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 60 degrees; 3.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs in timber. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 43.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits and Carolina-rigged worms. Catfish are fair on shrimp, chicken livers and stink bait dough balls. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 4.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, skirted jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair near boat docks and timber on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.23’ high. Largemouth bass are good on perch crankbaits, spinner baits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait. AUSTIN: Water clear; 62 degrees; 0.72’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on skirted jigs and jerk baits. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, crankbaits, brown or orange craws and jerk baits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait, live bait and earthworms. BELTON: Water clear; 65 degrees; 0.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, jigs and top-water plugs. White bass are excellent slabs, jerk baits and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on punch bait. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 4.27’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, skirted jigs and jerk baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on white or chartreuse slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on punch bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 0.82’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shad crankbaits and top-water poppers. Crappie are good on small minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, plastic worms and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on live bait. Redfish are slow. Catfish are good on live bait, cut bait and cheese bait. BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 67 degrees; 2.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on skirted jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait.
BUCHANAN: Water slightly stained; 62-66 degrees; 5.87’ low. Largemouth bass are good on skirted jigs, pumpkin craws, and crankbaits. Striped bass are good along the river channel with live bait. White bass are excellent on slabs near. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait. CADDO: Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.35’ high. Largemouth bass are good in shallow water on jerk baits, spinner baits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait, cut bait and nightcrawlers. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 68-71 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastic worms. Red drum are slow. Hybrid striped bass are good on spoons and lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on stink bait, chicken livers and cut shad. CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 63 degrees; 4.64’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are excellent on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on prepared baits and cut bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.65’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-water plugs, small crankbaits and jerk baits. Hybrids and white bass are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 70-72 degrees; 21.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, plastic worms and spinner baits. Catfish are fair on live bait and cheese bait. CONROE: Water stained; 63 degrees; 2.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and top-waters. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Hybrid striped bass are fair on lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait, live bait and dough balls. COOPER: Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 3.97’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, shad crankbaits and skirted jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait. CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water stained; 70 degrees; 6.73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, spinner bait and top-waters. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 1.67’ low. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait. FALCON: Water lightly
stained north and clear south; 73 degrees; 38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good near the dam on spinner baits and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, spinner baits and finesse worms. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 2.14’ low. Largemouth bass are good on skirted jigs, crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. GRANBURY: Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.14’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, spinner baits and flipping baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and earthworms. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse worms. White bass are fair to good on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in marinas. Catfish are fair on punch bait. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.09’ low. Largemouth bass are good with on plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shad and dough balls. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 61 degrees; 1.93’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits and plastic worms. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 1.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait, cut bait and chicken liver. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.15’ low. Largemouth bass are good on finesse worms, skirted jigs and jerkbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.85’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and heavy spoons. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. LBJ: Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.62’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on finesse
worms and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on white or chartreuse slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait, earthworms and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on stick worms, shad swimbaits and bladed jigs. White bass are excellent on white slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around brush piles, bridges and standing timber. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 0.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Striped bass are good trolling with shad. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait and stink bait. MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.74’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on jerkbaits, shad crankbaits and finesse worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 29.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, crankbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass are fair trolling live bait. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers and blood baits. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.24’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and plastic worms. Crappie are good on jigs in timber. Catfish are fair in coves on live bait and blood baits. NACONICHE: Water slightly stained; 68-71 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut and live bait. NASWORTHY: Water stained; 60 degrees. 0.88’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water clear; 66 degrees; 0.51’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 60 degrees; 13.14’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs around creeks. Catfish are good on stink bait, live and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water clear; 63 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on craws, jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish
are good on chicken liver and cut bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 61 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastic worms. Crappie are fair on jigs. Striped bass are fair trolling live bait and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut shad, dough balls and stink bait. PROCTOR: Water clear; 63 degrees; 0.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms, skirted jigs and crankbaits. Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 1.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shad crankbaits, white spinner baits and jerkbaits. White bass are good on slabs and white jigging spoons. Crappie are good near bridges, brush piles and submerged timber on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.79’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, jerkbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on earthworms, punch bait and cut bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 1.26’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits, jerkbaits and spinner baits. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and live perch. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 68 degrees; 4.25’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. SOMERVILLE: Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 2.24’ low. Largemouth bass are good on wacky worms, crankbaits and jerkbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on live bait, slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.03’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on silver spinner bait, skirted jigs and tubes. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on chicken liver or punch bait. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 63-67 degrees; 1.48’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, finesse worms, football jigs and swimbaits. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on live bait, punch bait and cut bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.15’ low. Largemouth bass are good on
n Saltwater reports Page 11 top-wates, plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 1.69’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinner baits and jerkbaits. Striped bass and white bass are excellent on live shad and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. TOLEDO BEND: Mostly clear; 67-69 degrees; 4.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigging spoons and Carolinarigged worms. Crappie are excellent on minnows and occasionally jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stink bait. TRAVIS: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 21.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits, swimbaits and black and white skirted jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. WACO: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 1.19’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on skirted jigs, jerkbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on skirted jigs and chatterbaits. Hybrid stripers are fair on live shad. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait. WHITNEY: Water clear; 64 degrees; 2.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits, shad crankbaits and jigs. White bass are excellent on jigging spoons and slabs. Striped bass are good on live shad. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 3.67’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jerkbaits, crankbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on punch bait and live bait.
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