Freshwater Fishing Report

ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 46 degrees; 4.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on football head jigs and spoons. Crappie are good on jigs tipped with minnows.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 52 degrees; 48.08’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Catfish are fair on punch bait.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 4.44’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are slow to fair on small slabs and spoons. Crappie are slow.

ATHENS: Water clear; 51-54 degrees; 0.48’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 43 degrees; 0.75 feet low. Largemouth bass and crappie are slow.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 49 degrees; 0.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits.

BASTROP: Water clear; 50 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged finesse worms and flukes.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 2.85’ low. White bass are fair on slabs in deep water. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait. Channel catfish are good on prepared baits.

BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 6.40’ low. Largemouth bass and crappie are slow. Blue catfish are fair on cut shad.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 45 degrees; 1.36’ low. Crappie are good on minnows in deep water. Catfish are good on cut bait.

BRAUNIG: Water stained; 65 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on spinnerbaits and soft plastics. Red drum are fair on shrimp, cut shad and silver spoons. Channel catfish are good around discharges and park shorelines on worms and cheese bait.

BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 44 degrees; 1.90’ 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 jigs. White bass and hybrids are fair on slabs, swimbaits and live bait along the main lake channels, humps, and ridges. Catfish are good on chicken livers and live bait.

BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 4.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and Texas-rigged craws. Crappie are good over brush piles on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on the north end of the lake on spoons.

CADDO: Water lightly stained; 46 degrees; 1.06’ high. Largemouth bass are slow.

CALAVERAS: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are fair on cut shad, shrimp and worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait.

CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 0.70’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Alabama-rigs, drop shots and shaky heads. Striped bass are good on top-waters and swimbaits. White bass are fair on slab spoons.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 48-52 degrees; 1.58’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs and shaky heads. Crappie are good on jigs. Hybrids and white bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on frozen or live shad.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear stained; 54-60 degrees; 18.96’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on squarebilled crankbaits and frogs. White bass are fair to good in the river on lipless crankbaits and jigs. Blue catfish are good on cheese bait, liver and cut bait.

CONROE: Water slightly stained; 52 degrees; 0.51’ low. Hybrid striped bass are good trolling with a hellbender and a pet spoon. Catfish are good on liver and shrimp.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 47 degrees. Blue catfish are good on cut shad.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 3.45’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair to good on minnows. Catfish are good on worms, soap baits and punch bait.

FALCON: Water stained; 55-60 degrees; 41.68’ low. Largemouth bass are slow to fair in deeper water on soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cubed tilapia, cut carp and gizzard shad.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged finesse worms and flukes. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

FORK: Water stained; 46-47 degrees; 6.22’ low. Largemouth bass are slow to fair on jigs, chatterbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water stained; 39 degrees; 1.40’ low. Hybrid bass and white bass are fair on flukes. Crappie are fair to good on jigs. Blue catfish are good in and around creek channels on cut bait.

GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 41 degrees; 0.34’ low. Striped bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on small pieces of cut bait or whole shad.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 44 degrees; 1.46’ high. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are fair on live bait.

GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 42 degrees; 1.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crawfish imitations. Crappie are fair in the creeks on a slip cork with a jig and minnows. White bass are fair to good on jigging spoons with a stinger hook and scented plastic.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 45 degrees; 0.24’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on small minnows. Catfish are fair drifting with cut bait.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 47 degrees; 2.91’ low. No report on largemouth bass or catfish. White bass are good in 30-35 feet of water on small swimbaits and slabs.

JACKSONVILLE:

Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 0.17’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky-head jigs and Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 1.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits and deadsticking. Crappie are fair on small minnows.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 0.63’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good drifting by the dam with minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 4.05’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are fair but suspended on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Blue catfish are good drifting with cut gizzard shad.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 0.69’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good crankbaits, Carolina or Texas-rigged plastics and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair to good on spoons.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 1.92’ low. White bass are fair to good in deep water on jigs or live shad. Hybrid stripers are slow. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good drifting with cut shad or chicken breasts.

LIMESTONE: Water clear; 43 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on finesse jigs, wacky worms and jerk baits. Crappie are good on minnows around standing timber and brush piles. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons.

LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on red lipless crankbaits. White bass are good on small swimbaits and roadrunners, starting to gather in creeks. Catfish are good on cut bait.

MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 50-55 degrees; 2.31’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs in creek channels.

MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 47.57’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair on spoons. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

MEREDITH: Water stained; 38-41 degrees; 52.11’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Walleye are fair to good on minnows and nightcrawlers. Catfish are fair on minnows.

MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 40 degrees; 1.96’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Alabama rigs and deadsticking. Crappie are good in the timber on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are fair in deep water on cut bait.

NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 49 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on Alabama rigs and jerkbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are slow.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 40 degrees. 0.57’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 1.34’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on 2-inch shad plastics.

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 43 degrees; 16.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Alabama rigs, jerkbaits and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 5.96’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair in brush piles on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 50-54 degrees; 0.23’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on swim jigs. Crappie are slow to fair on jigs with crappie nibbles. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 1.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on swim jigs, with some large fish being caught. Crappie are slow. Striped bass are good on white/chartreuse swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on fresh cut shad and live shad.

PROCTOR: Water clear; 42 degrees; 1.70’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are slow. Catfish are fair drifting cut bait.

RAVEN: Water stained; 50 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow to fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are slow.

RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 46-48 degrees; 1.83’ low. White bass are good on slabs with multiple jigs tied 12 inches apart.

RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 1.07’ low. White bass are fair on silver spoons. Crappie are slow.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS:

Water clear; 47 degrees; 2.04’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are slow to fair on slabs. Crappie are slow. Blue and channel catfish are good on punch bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 50 degrees; 3.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 49 degrees; 1.46’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and hybrid bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows or pink/chartreuse artificials. Catfish are good on punch bait.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 2.82’ low. White bass are fair on slabs and dead-sticking jigs.

SULPHUR SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 5.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

TAWAKONI:

Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 2.31’ low. Largemouth bass are fair slow-rolling square-billed crankbaits and on brush hogs. White bass and hybrids are fair on swimbaits. Blue catfish are good on cut gizzard shad and cut bluegill. Channel catfish are fair on prepared baits.

TEXANA: Water stained; 52 degrees; 0.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on small jigs and live minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad.

TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 43-46 degrees; 1.29’ low. Striped bass are excellent on Alabama rigs and flukes.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 43-49 degrees; 3.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Alabama rigs and football jigs. Crappie are slow to fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on shrimp and garlic weenies.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 52-57 degrees; 19.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged plastics and crankbaits.

TYLER: Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 0.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on live bait, chatterbaits and finesse worms. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are slow.

WACO: Water stained; 49 degrees; 3.93’ low. White bass are fair in the South Bosque River. Crappie are fair to good on hand-tied jigs. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait. Channel catfish are good on prepared baits.

WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 55 degrees. Largemouth bass and hybrid bass are good on drop shots early in the morning, then switching to swimbaits and Alabama rigs.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 2.29’ low. Striped bass are good on swimbaits, jigging spoons and trolling with umbrella rigs. Crappie are good on minnows, and blue soft plastics with a white tail. Catfish are good on fresh cut bait.

WORTH: Water stained; 57 degrees; 2.21’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on small chartreuse/white slabs and small silver/chrome slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 3.71’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on shad crankbaits and football jigs. White bass are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and live bait.

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