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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 54 degrees; 3.10’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, swim jigs, spoons and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs tipped with small minnows. AMISTAD: Water clear; 62 degrees; 47.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shad-imitating lures. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 3.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue or black spinner baits, football jigs and drop shots. Crappie are good near boat docks and brush on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and chicken livers. AUSTIN: Water clear; 52 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crawfish-imitation plastics and shad swimbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good trolling crankbaits and minnows in the green lights at night. Blue catfish are good on cut live shad. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 58 degrees; 0.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water clear; 74 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on football jigs, crankbaits and purple or black Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and punch bait. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 6.53’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits, shaky-head jigs and blue or purple Carolinarigged worms. Crappie are good on minnows near brush piles. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 55 degrees; 1.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, shaky-head jigs and red, blue, or black Texasrigged plastic worms. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 68 degrees. Channel catfish and blue catfish are good around the jetty and rip rap, on cheese bait and worms. Redfish are fair on live tilapia and cut shad around the dam area and discharges. BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers and
live bait. BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 4.77’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, chatterbaits, top-waters and soft plastics on rocky banks. Striper, hybrid and white bass are fair on top-waters and drifting live shad. Channel, blue and yellow catfish are fair on chicken livers and cut live shad. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 0.34’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs and wacky rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait, nightcrawlers and punch bait. CALAVERAS: Water slightly stained; 68 degrees. Red drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on cheese bait and cut shad. CANYON: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs and red or green Texasrigged plastic worms. Striped bass are good along the river channel edge on live bait. White bass are good on live bait, chartreuse jigging spoons and silver slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs and a 4-ounce shaky head. White bass and hybrids are good on main lake humps and points on silver slabs. Crappie are slow. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 17.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on swimming/vibrating jigs and flukes in deeper water. Crappie are excellent on blue glimmer jigs and minnows. CONROE: Slightly stained; 67 degrees; 1.18’ low. Largemouth bass bite are fair on jigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair on spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on liver, shrimp and catfish bubblegum. Crappie are good on minnows and hair jigs. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits, black or red plastic worms and football jigs. White bass and hybrids are good over humps and flats on silver or white slabs and chartreuse swimbaits. Catfish are fair on punch bait and chicken livers. CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 2.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and worms. White
bass are good on swimbaits by the dam. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on shad. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water normally stained; 59 degrees; 1.54’ low. White bass are fair on chartreuse/white slabs and silver/chrome slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. Channel catfish are scattered and are good on punch bait suspended off the bottom. FALCON: Water stained; 70 degrees; 42.21’ low. Largemouth bass are fair near rock structures on soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are good in brush piles on small jigs. Catfish are good on live bait. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky-head jigs, squarebilled crankbaits and purple or black drop shots. Catfish are good on earthworms, punch bait and cut bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 62-64 degrees; 2.86’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, Carolina rigs and crankbaits. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Striped bass and white bass are fair to good under the birds on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are excellent on small minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.90’ high. Largemouth bass are good on ing crankbaits, watermelon Carolina-rigged plastic worms and pearl or chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut bait. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 1.02’ low. White bass are good on vertical jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 57 degrees; 0.08’ below. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass fair on silver slab spoons. HUBBARD CREEK: Water clear; 61 degrees; 1.99’ low. White bass are fair on slabs and vertical jigs. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.89’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on 6-inch motor oil worms. Crappie are good in the brush piles around boat houses biting on small minnows. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.31’ low. Crappie are fair on rosy red minnows and
jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 3.58’ low. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits and jerkbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on swimbaits. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.68’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-water frogs and soft plastics. Crappie are good on live minnows. Catfish are fair on fresh cut shad and punch bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 1.44’ low. White bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and shad jigs. LIVINGSTON: Slightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on jigs. Small blue catfish are good on cut shad. MARTIN CREEK: 63 degrees. Water lightly stained; 2.22 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastics worms. Crappie are good on jigs. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 45.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, plastic worms and jigs. White bass are fair on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers and blood bait. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 55 degrees; 1.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on points and in pondweed on worms, topwater frogs and weedless jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair in coves on live and prepared baits. NACONICHE: Water stained; 58 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are slow. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 41 degrees. 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 1.02’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 45 degrees. 41.66’ low. Largemouth bass and white bass are good on pumpkinseed jigs and 10-inch power worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 50 degrees; 15.59’ low. Largemouth bass are good
on swimbaits, jerkbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait, chicken livers and stink bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 0.92’ low. Striped bass are fair on top-waters and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait. PROCTOR: Water clear; 56 degrees; 1.42’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair drifting with live bait. White bass and hybrid stripers are slow. RAVEN: Water stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait and prepared baits. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 57-58 degrees; 1.11’ low. White bass are suspended and fair on jigs 12-inches above a slab. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.58’ low. White bass are fair on silver and chartreuse slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 62 degrees; 2.06’ low. Blue and channel catfish are good in timber on punch bait. White bass are fair to good on slabs with a jig teaser. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 62 degrees; 3.30’ low. Largemouth bass are are fair to good on jigging spoons and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on white-head jigs and minnows. SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on wacky rigs and crankbaits. White and hybrid bass are good on white/chartreuse jigging spoons, slabs and live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait, chicken livers and cut bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.24’ low. White bass are fair to good on slabs with silver blades and white or chartreuse tails. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Blue catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.73’ low. White bass are good on the humps and flats mid lake on slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows
n Saltwater reports Page 20 and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs under vegetation. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.41’ low. Striped bass are good, with bird action leading the way, on slabs and swimbaits. TOLEDO BEND: Water clear; 66-71 degrees; 4.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good square-billed crankbaits, white spinner baits, Carolina rigs and Texasrigged worms and lizards; and offshore on chrome jigging spoons and deep-diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair on small minnows and smaller jigs. Catfish bite are good on liver and perch. TRAVIS: Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 18.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good in the grass lines on soft jerkbaits, weighted wacky rigs and imitation crawfish. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on trick worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Blue and channel catfish are fair on garlic bait. WACO: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 2.13’ low. White bass and hybrids are fair on live bait and swimbaits. Catfish are good drifting main lake flats and channel ledges on fresh cut bait. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.06’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait and down-rigged jigs. WORTH: Water normally stained; 59 degrees; 1.03 feet low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good around boat docks on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 3.66’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, shad crankbaits and football jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait. —TPWD
