Freshwater Fishing Report

ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 55-60 degrees; 3.37’ 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; 61 degrees; 47.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 4.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue or black spinner baits, football jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good near boat docks and brush on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and chicken livers.

ATHENS: Water clear; 58-60 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair in brush piles on small jigs.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 56 degrees; 0.73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crawfish imitation plastics and top-waters. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on crankbaits and minnows in the green lights at night. Blue catfish are good on cut live shad.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.18’ 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 good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and punch bait.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 2.10’ low. Largemouth are fair on Carolina-rigged worms and slabs. White bass are good on slabs.

BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 5.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits, shaky-head jigs and blue or purple Carolinarigged worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers 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.

BRIDGEPORT: Water slightly stained; 58 degrees; 3.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse baits against the rocks. Hybrids and white bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Blue and channel catfish are good on cut shad around wind-blown points.

BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch crankbaits, brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms and shaky head jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and. 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; 62 degrees; 4.81’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, chatterbaits, top-waters and soft plastics on rocky banks. Crappie are good on live minnows. Striper, hybrid, and white bass are fair on top-waters and drifting live shad. Channel, blue and yellow catfish are fair to good on chicken livers and cut live shad.

CADDO: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 0.85’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, buzzbaits 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, cut shad and tilapia.

CANYON:

Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 0.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs, red or green Texas-rigged plastic worms and white-bladed spinner baits. Striped bass are good 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; 63 degrees; 1.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black and blue jigs in shallow brush piles around docks. Crappie are fair to good on jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on silver slabs. Catfish are good in baited holes on prepared baits.

CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 18.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on red shad flukes. Crappie are good in the hardwoods on minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait.

CONROE: Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair pitching docks with creature baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and hair jigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair trolling with a Hellbender with a pet spoon behind. Catfish are good on liver and drifting with large shad.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits, black or red plastic worms, chatter baits and football jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on silver or white slabs and chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 2.62’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse worms near piers and structure. Crappie and white bass are good on minnows around the dam. Catfish are good in 2-4 feet of water on wind-blown shorelines on worms, shrimp and soap baits.

FALCON: Water stained; 68 degrees; 42.13’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good in brush piles near rock structures on crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are good on small jigs. Catfish are good on live bait.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky head jigs, square-billed crankbaits and purple or black drop shots. Catfish are good on earthworms, punch bait and cut bait.

FORK: Water lightly stained; 62-64 degrees; 3.17’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits and suspending jerkbaits. Crappie are good in creek channels on hand-tied jigs tipped with small minnows.

GRANBURY:

Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.47’ low. Striped bass are slow. Channel catfish are good on cut bait. Blue catfish are fair on cut shad.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.50’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on medium-diving crankbaits, raspberry, and 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; 55 degrees; 1.13’ low. White bass are good on a stinger bait hook. Catfish are good on cut bait.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.26’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms. White bass are excellent on slabs. Crappie are fair on swimbaits.

JACKSONVILLE: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.15’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits, shaky head jigs and Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 1.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on 6-inch motor oil worms. Crappie are good in the brush piles around boat houses on small minnows.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.47’ low. No report on largemouth bass. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 3.84’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Alabama rigs, creature baits and jerkbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on swimbaits and spinner baits. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 0.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water frogs and soft plastics. Crappie are good on brush piles with live minnows. Catfish are fair on fresh cut shad and punch bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 1.59’ low. White bass are good on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and shad-colored jigs.

LIVINGSTON: Water slightly stained; 61 degrees; 0.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on jigs. Blue catfish are good but small on cut shad.

MARTIN CREEK: Water stained; 64 degrees; 2.31’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on shad plastics.

MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 46.15’ 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; 48 degrees; 1.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good plastic worms, top-water frogs and weedless jigs. Crappie are good in the timber on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait and prepared bait.

NACONICHE: Water stained; 58 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on shad-imitating lures and flukes. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are slow.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 54 degrees. 0.60’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.15’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on live bait and prepared bait.

O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 54 degrees. 41.78’ low. Largemouth bass and white bass are good using half-inch 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; 58 degrees; 15.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, jerkbaits and Texas-rigged creatures. Crappie are good on jigs.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.64’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and stink bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 1.03’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are good on top-waters and paddle tail swimbaits. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

PROCTOR: Water clear; 50 degrees; 1.60’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass and hybrid stripers are slow. Catfish are fair drifting with cut bait.

RAVEN: Water stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on shad-colored lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait, live bluegill and chicken.

RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 58-60 degrees; 1.32’ low. No report on largemouth bass. White bass are fair on slabs with jigs above the slab. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.73’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Alabama rigs. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair to good on smaller silver and chartreuse slabs.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS:

Water clear; 59 degrees; 2.22’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. White bass are good on a slab and jig combination. Crappie are slow. Catfish are excellent on punch bait under cormorant roosts.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 59-61 degrees; 3.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good following shad on crankbaits and shallow on spinner baits. Crappie are fair on white jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair in shallower water on punch bait and cut shad.

SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.23’ low. Largemouth bass are fair 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; 1.68’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on slabs and soft plastics. White bass are good on slabs.

SULPHUR SPRINGS:

Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 5.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs, crankbaits and drop shots. White bass are good on chatter baits and top-waters in shallow water. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, cut bait and earthworms.

TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.84’ low. White bass are good on the flats on swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on worms, punch bait and drifting with gizzard shad.

TEXANA: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.40’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are slow to fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait.

TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 1.35’ low. Striped bass are good on Alabama rigs and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait and shad.

TOLEDO BEND: Water clear; 66-71 degrees; 4.18’ low. Largemouth bass are slow to fair on soft plastics. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow.

TRAVIS: Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 18.64’ low. Largemouth bass are slow to fair on drop shots and imitation crawfish jigs.

TYLER: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.59’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on trick worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows with a few bites on chartreuse tail jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and garlic-flavored baits.

WACO: Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 2.79’ low. No report on largemouth bass. White bass and hybrid bass are on slabs and swimbaits. Catfish are good on fresh cut bait.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 2.17’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait and paddle tails under birds in 17-40 feet of water.

WORTH: Water stained; 59 degrees; 1.31’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are fair to good around boat docks on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and cut bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 3.40’ high. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots, shad crankbaits and football jigs. White bass are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and live bait.

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