Freshwater Fishing Report

ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 45 degrees; 9.96’ low. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

AMISTAD: Water stained; 54 degrees; 35.86’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits, Texas rigs and creature baits. Catfish are fair on cheese bait. Yellow catfish are good on live bait.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and football jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait and chicken liver.

ATHENS: Water clear; 48-53 degrees; 0.60’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 57 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Ned rigs, swimbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on minnows.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.15’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on weightless flukes, lipess crankbaits and chatterbaits.

BASTROP: Water clear; 58 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Texas or Carolina rigs.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 13.50’ low. White bass are fair to good on white slabs with a stinger hook. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait, shad and prepared baits.

BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 4.83’ low. Catfish are good on juglines and trotlines baited with chicken liver and hot dogs.

BOB SANDLIN: Water stained; 52 degrees; 0.65’ low. Crappie are good in standing timber on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait.

BRAUNIG: Water slightly stained; 60 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are fair on live bait, cut shad and shrimp. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and nightcrawlers.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 55 degrees; 8.87 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good on jigs and drop shots. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass and hybrids are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad.

BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 46-51 degrees; 8.18’ low. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow on jigs. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 17.06’ low. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs. White bass and striped bass are fair on slab spoons. Catfish are fair on punch bait.

CADDO: Water stained; 45 degrees; 1.75’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and chatterbaits.

CALAVERAS: Water slightly stained; 60 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Redfish are fair on shrimp, live bait and cut shad. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and cut shad.

CANYON: Water clear; 52 degrees; 10.15’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on swimbaits. Striped bass are fair on swimbaits and live bait.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 48-52 degrees; 3.19’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on chatterbaits and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are good on white and chartreuse hair jigs. White bass and hybrids are excellent deadsticking jigs over shad.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 60 degrees; 23.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow.

CONROE: Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on topwaters and flukes. Catfish are fair on Catfish Bubblegum, liver and punch bait.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 51 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair on white jigging spoons. Catfish are fair drifting with cut bait.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Water stained; 62 degrees; 3.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows and jigs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on soap baits, cheese bait and nightcrawlers.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained; 47 degrees; 4.06’ low. White bass are fair to good deadsticking spoons. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Blue catfish and channel catfish are fair to good on punch bait and shad.

FAIRFIELD:

Water slightly stained; 50 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits, Carolina rigs and jerkbaits.

FALCON: Water stained; 56-60 degrees; 39.82’ low. Largemouth bass are good on football head jigs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and grubs. Catfish are good on cut bait, shad and shrimp.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 1.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad crankbaits, Carolina or Texas rigs and shaky heads. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken liver.

FORK: Water stained; 53 degrees; 5.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on purple jigs, chatterbaits and squarebilled crankbaits.

GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 2.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on deep-diving crankbaits. Striped bass are good on soft plastics. Crappie are good on small jigs. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 0.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair along hydrilla on soft plastics. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on shad.

GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 50 degrees; 1.04’ high. White bass are good deadsticking jigs and small slabs. Catfish are fair drifting cut bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.60’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits, Ned rigs and shaky heads. Crappie are fair on minnows.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 44-47 degrees; 7.39’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. White bass are good on spinners. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad.

JACKSONVILLE: Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 0.86’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics, squarebilled crankbaits and spinner baits.

JOE POOL: Water slightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.95’ high. Largemouth bass are slow to fair on Texas-rigged worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and brightly colored jigs.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 52 degrees; 1.09’ high. Crappie are excellent drifting with minnows. Catfish are good on prepared baits.

LAVON:

Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.22’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Alabama rigs, swimbaits, and large spoons. White bass are fair on white or chartreuse slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad.

LBJ: Water stained; 51 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 1.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on flukes, small swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts.

LIMESTONE: Water clear; 52 degrees; 5.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits, chatterbaits and finesse jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.28’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good drifting cut bait.

MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 2.13’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs, jigging spoons and lipless crankbaits.

MEREDITH: Water stained; 41 degrees; 54.84’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and curly tailed grubs. Walleye are slow. Catfish are slow.

MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 50 degrees; 5.65’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas or Carolina rigs, football jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait.

NACOGDOCHES: Water stained; 58-62 degrees; 4.03’ low. Largemouth bass are good on grass edges on soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 54 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits. Catfish are slow.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 50 degrees. 0.88’ 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; 52 degrees; 2.89’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on small minnows and jigs.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 50 degrees; 23.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits. White bass are fair on live bait and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared baits, cut bait and live bait.

OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 10.88’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel catfish are slow.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 1.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs with a baby brush hog. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and trotlines baited with gizzard shad.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 5.85’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

RAVEN: Water murky; 49-62 degrees; 2.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait.

RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 0.21’ low. White bass are excellent on slabs and jigs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 51 degrees; 1.28’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on slabs with a bucktail trailer. Catfish are slow.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS:

Water clear; 50 degrees; 4.56’ low. White bass and hybrids are slow. Blue and channel catfish are good on punch bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 56 degrees; 4.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on stick baits, lipless crankbaits and jerkbaits. Crappie and catfish are fair on minnows and jigs.

SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 45-48 degrees; 4.36’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on craw jigs and shad crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and worms. White bass are slow. Hybrid striped bass are fair on jigs and ghost minnows. Catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad.

SQUAW CREEK: Water stained; 69-72 degrees; 0.41’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, drop-shot worms and spinner baits. Catfish are excellent on punch bait and cut shad.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 11.26’ low. White bass are fair to good on slabs with a stinger hook.

TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.91’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Hybrid stripers and white bass are fair to good on flukes and swimbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

TEXANA: Water stained; 52 degrees; 1.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait.

TEXOMA: Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.04’ low. Striped bass are good on Alabama rigs, swimbaits and flukes. Catfish are good drifting cut shad.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 53 degrees; 2.46’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 54 degrees; 41.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on plastic worms and small crankbaits.

TWIN BUTTES: Water stained; 50 degrees; 22.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are very good on minnows and jigs. Flathead catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. Channel catfish are good on cut shad.

TYLER: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 2.46’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow to fair on nightcrawlers and liver.

WACO: Water stained; 57 degrees; 11.54’ low. Crappie are very good on shad-colored jigs. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut shad.

WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 51 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, lipless crankbaits and worms. Hybrid striped bass are good on live shad and Alabama rigs.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 6.95’ low. Striped bass are very good on swimbaits, jigs and Alabama rigs. White bass are excellent under the birds on small spinners and slabs. Crappie are good on small jigs.

WORTH: Water stained; 49 degrees; 2.57’ low. White bass are fair to good on spoons. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish and channel catfish are fair on cut bait, shad and punch bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 6.96’ high. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut shad.

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