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Freshwater Fishing Report
AMISTAD: Water stained; 64 degrees; 36.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged soft plastics and shad jerkbaits.
ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.62’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.
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ARROWHEAD: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 5.70’ low. Crappie are good around the Derrick’s and the dam. Blue catfish are fair drifting with fresh cut shad.
ATHENS: Water clear; 58-61 degrees; 1.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and drop shots. Crappie are good on minnows and small jigs.
AUSTIN: Water clear; 63 degrees; 0.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Lady Bird Lake on drop shots, swimbaits and jerkbaits.
B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and chatterbaits.
BASTROP: Water clear; 67 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, shallow crankbaits and wakebaits.
BELTON: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 12.93’ low. White bass are good on white slabs with a stinger hook. Catfish are good on fresh cut shad, freshwater drum or buffalo.
BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 6.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.
BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 61 degrees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow crankbaits. Crappie are good in standing timber on jigs or minnows.
BRAUNIG: Water stained; 68-74 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are slow. Channel catfish are fair on shrimp, liver and cheese bait.
BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 61 degrees; 8.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shad crankbaits. White bass bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait.
BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 55-57 degrees; 7.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on tail spinners and shallow crankbaits. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow on jigs.
BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 17.34’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits, shaky heads and jigs.
CADDO: Water stained; 60 degrees; 1.09’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and yellow bass are good on spoons and lipless crankbaits and Alabama rigs.
CALAVERAS: Water stained; 72 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are fair on live tilapia and cut shad. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait and liver.
CANYON: Water clear; 58 degrees; 9.37’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs and swimbaits. Striped bass are good on top-waters.
CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 54-58 degrees; 3.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Carolina rigs and shaky heads. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs under deeper docks. White bass and hybrids are fair to good dead-sticking under birds.
CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 65 degrees; 23.49’ low. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair on jigging spoons. Catfish are good on prepared baits.
CONROE: Water slightly stained; 59 degrees; 2.37’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse worms. Hybrid striped bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on orange jigs tipped with minnows. Catfish are good on catfish bubblegum and shad.
COOPER: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair on jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut bait.
CORPUS CHRISTI: Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.98 feet low. Largemouth bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits and jigs. White bass are good on vertical jigs and minnows. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on cut perch and soap baits.
EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained; 54 degrees; 4.52’ low. White bass are fair to good on spoons. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad.
FAIRFIELD: Water slightly stained; 68 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits, Carolina rigs, jerkbaits and wacky worms. Bluegill are good on earthworms.
FALCON: Water stained; 56-60 degrees; 40.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon/red senkos and crankbaits. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and cut bait. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait.
FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 1.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and shad crankbaits. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken liver.
FORK: Water stained; 65 degrees; 5.81’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on suspending jerkbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows.
GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 2.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jerkbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass and white bass are good drifting flats with shad. Catfish are fair on big cut shad.
GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.98’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with cut bait.
GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 58 degrees; 1.17’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on Alabama rigs. White bass are on spoon with an assist hook.
HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 63 degrees; 1.60’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads, Ned rigs and wacky worms. Crappie are fair on minnows.
HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 58-63 degrees; 7.07’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow.
JACKSONVILLE: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 1.94’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics, flukes and crankbaits.
JOE POOL: Water stained; 58 degrees; 0.31’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and shad- square-billed crankbaits.
LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on shallow crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs or minnows. Catfish are good on prepared baits.
LAVON: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 3.40’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on swimbaits and large spoons. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on cut bait, shad, carp and sunfish. LBJ: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.17’ low. Crappie are fair on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait.
LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 3.35’ low. White bass are fair to good on slabs, small swimbaits and live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts.
LIMESTONE: Water clear; 56 degrees; 5.39’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and chatterbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut bait.
LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.40’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair jigging slabs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair to good drifting with cut bait.
MEREDITH: Water stained; 50 degrees; 54.55’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows and artificials. White bass are good on minnows and curly tailed grubs. Walleye are good on minnows, crawlers and artificials. Catfish are fair on minnows and frozen shad.
MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 65 degrees; 5.40’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait.
NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 56 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits and Alabama rigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are slow.
NASWORTHY:
Water murky; 59 degrees. 0.87’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on black and chartreuse jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait.
NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.84’ low. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait and live perch.
O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 53 degrees; 22.91’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits. White bass are good on live bait and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and cut bait.
OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 10.65’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastics worms. White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are good on chicken liver.
PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 2.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs. White bass and hybrids are slow. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, cut shad and punch bait.
POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 53-56 degrees; 5.86’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are good on slabs and small spoons in chartreuse, white, and silver. Catfish are good on cut shad.
PROCTOR: Water stained; 62 degrees; 8.77’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are slow to fair on cut bait.
RAVEN: Water stained; 56-60 degrees; 2.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and prepared baits.
RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 54-56 degrees; 0.57’ low. White bass are good fishing on slabs and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait.
RAY ROBERTS: Water is clear; 56 degrees; 1.64’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair jigging with slabs with a bucktail trailer. Blue and some channel catfish are fair on cut shad.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 57 degrees; 4.58’ low. White bass are good on slabs. Channel catfish and blue catfish are good on punch bait.
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BURN: Water stained; 55 degrees; 6.31’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged big worms. White bass are good on spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and white feather jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and minnows.
SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 56 degrees; 5.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on craw jigs and shad crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad.
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 10.61’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on dark jigs. White bass are fair on slabs with stinger hooks.
TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 1.73’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on flukes and stick baits. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on flukes, slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows. Blue catfish are good on cut gizzard shad.
TEXANA: Water stained; 65 degrees; 4.03’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait.
TEXOMA: Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on live shad and Carolina rigs. Striped bass are good on slabs and deadsticking live shad. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on cut shad and prepared baits.
TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 59 degrees; 4.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on chatterbaits, jigs with pork trailers, square-billed crankbaits and Carolina-rigged worms and lizards. Crappie are good on jigs and small minnows.
TRAVIS: Water stained; 67 degrees; 40.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on square-billed crankbaits and jerkbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows.
TWIN BUTTES: Water stained; 55 degrees; 22.57’ low. Largemouth bass are fair jigging soft plastics. White bass and crappie are excellent on jigs and live minnows. Channel catfish are good on prepared baits and fresh cut bait.
TYLER: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 2.78’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, stink bait and cut bait.
WACO: Water stained; 64 degrees; 11.15’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White and hybrid bass are fair to good on tail spinners, umbrella rigs and spoons.
WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 70 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, swimbaits and Alabama rigs. Hybrid stripers are fair to good on Alabama rigs and swimbaits.
WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 7.13’ low. Striped bass are good on swimbaits and slabs, and occasionally on top-waters.
WORTH: Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.22’ low. White bass are fair to good on spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on cut bait, shad and punch bait.
WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 5.92’ high. Channel catfish are good on Mr Whiskers catfish baits. Blue catfish are good dragging cut shad.
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Hunt for new landowners
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Biologist Jennifer Barrow
assists a new hunter in the blind. Photo by Cross Timbers Wildlife Division 3.
from metropolitan areas and had little experience with hunting.”
Oetgen said he learned a lot from the new landowners.
“Most were buying with the intent to get their kids outdoors,” he said. “Some had some hunting and outdoor experience as a youngster and had interest, but not the experience. They wanted to provide it for their own children. And several had an interest in cooking and knowing where their food comes from.”
At the hunt for 11 new landowners and one youth observer, each spent time with the biologists, discussing good land management practices and wildlife management. Biologists also conducted the firearm instruction and safety, and each shot and sighted in a rifle at the range before the deer and hog hunt.
The success rate was remarkably high.
Oetgen said the district has a core group of biologists who are excited to introduce people to hunting, and they also host hunts for students who are members of The Wildlife Society at Tarleton State University and Abilene Christian University.
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around, there are just that many black drum in that area.”
Windy days have been the best.
Sumrall has been fishing with dead shrimp on a Carolina rig along the bottom in 3.5 to 5 feet of water. He’s been catching drum in the 16-30-inch range, with a few stretching over 30 inches.
In Sabine, Capt. Chris Phillips has been finding black drum stacked up along the north end of the ship channel around shell and other structure.
“Live shrimp fished on a Carolina rig or under a popping cork with a 3-foot leader has been the ticket,” Phillips said. “The shrimp have been on the larger side lately, so I’ve been breaking them in half to increase the number of baits for my anglers to use, and the drum have been hitting the smaller pieces of shrimp better than whole shrimp.”
Most of the drum have been within the slot.
“Some days, the drum have been hanging off the ledge of the channel near the dropoff in 13 feet of water, and on other days, they have been concentrating up on the flats along the edges of the channel,” he said.
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