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May 13, 2022
LoneOStar Outdoor News
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 62 degrees; 5.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. AMISTAD: Water clear; 65-69 degrees; 55.26’ low. Largemouth bass are good around the edges of hydrilla on Texas-rigged plastics in craw patterns. Yellow catfish are good on live perch. Channel catfish are fair on prepared baits. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and Texas-rigged worms and bugs. ATHENS: Water clear; 70 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on small moving baits and finesse worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. AUSTIN: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good in the canals on wacky worms, small paddletail swimbaits and shaky heads. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on finesse worms, chatterbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 3.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, chatterbaits and weighted wacky rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.36’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 77 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and soft plastics. Red drum are fair to good on shrimp, live perch and crawfish. Channel catfish are fair on worms and cut bait. CADDO: Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.27’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on swimbaits and top-waters. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 76 degrees. Red drum are fair on shad and frozen shrimp. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and cheese bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 71 degrees; 1.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chatterbaits and top-waters. Crappie are excellent under docks and on brush piles on jigs and minnows. White and hybrid bass are good on jigs and silver slabs. Catfish are good
on fresh shad. CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 75 degrees; 20.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and chatterbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait. CONROE: Water slightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on finesse worms and creature baits. Hybrid striped bass are fair on pet spoons. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on liver, catfish bubblegum, shrimp and shad under a cork. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.50’ low. Blue catfish are excellent on fresh cut bait. Channel catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. CORPUS CHRISTI: 72 degrees; 5.05’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait, soap baits, shad and perch. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained, 71 degrees; 2.84’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish are good drifting cut bait. FALCON: Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 41.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on shad and stink bait. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on craw jigs and crankbaits. Catfish are fair to good on punch bait. FORK: Water stained; 73 degrees; 5.91’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows and hand-tied jigs. Largemouth bass are good on shad square bills, spinner baits and chatterbaits. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on square-billed crankbaits and white flukes. Striped bass are fair on deep diving crankbaits, umbrella-rigs and live bait. Catfish are good on live and cut shad. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are fair on lipless crank-
baits. Blue catfish are good on shad. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 1.06’ low. White bass are good but small on inline spinners. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.26’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and prepared baits. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.84’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white or shadcrankbaits and spinner baits. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.57’ low. Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs. Largemouth bass are good shallow on soft plastics. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 0.04’ low. White bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and sunfish. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.81’ low. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.16’ high. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Hybrid stripers are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts. LIMESTONE: Water clear; 74 degrees; 0.03’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, finesse jigs and chatterbaits. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.18’ high. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad. MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.02’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, crankbaits and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on punch bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 55.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and topwaters. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on cut bait. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 60 degrees; 2.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spin-
ner baits and chatterbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared baits. NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 76 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on popping frogs over grass edges. Catfish are slow. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 72 degrees. 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and top-waters. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.87’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs. O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 65 degrees; 43.49’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 67-72 degrees; 17.79’ low. Largemout bass are good on swimbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on prepared baits, live bait and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 64-65 degrees; 6.85’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastics worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good at night on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs with craws. Crappie on fair in timber on jigs. White bass are good on lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.83’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait, crankbaits and umbrella rigs. White bass are good on small shad, spoon and slabs. Catfish are fair on cut shad. PROCTOR: Water stained; 66 degrees; 2.40’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs White bass are good on slabs and lipless crankbaits. RAVEN: Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on live bream and chicken breasts. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 68-70 de-
grees; 0.14’ low. White bass are excellent on tail spinners and 3-inch artificial minnows. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 62-68 degrees; 2.28’ low. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are excellent on slabs. Hybrid bass are fair on live shad and swimbaits. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.23’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white popping frogs, crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and shrimp. SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are good on craw jigs and blue/ white or red/white crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows, and gray jigs. White bass and hybrid bass are excellent trolling with pet spoons. Catfish are good on shad, liver and punch bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 4.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged soft plastics and wacky rigs. SULPHUR SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 3.29’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.61’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters. White bass and hybrids are good on small swimbaits and slab spoons in chartreuse. Blue catfish are good on cut shad. Channel catfish are good on prepared bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.24’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on liver, perch, cut bait and juglines. TEXOMA: Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.76 feet low. Striped bass are good early morning and evening bite on slabs and swimbaits. TOLEDO BEND: Water
n Saltwater reports Page 17 stained; 69 degrees; 0.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on popping frogs, buzzbaits and spinner baits. TRAVIS: Water stained; 73 degrees; 25.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and craws. White bass are good on jigging spoons TYLER: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.17 feet high. Largemouth bass are good on trick worms and crankbaits. Crappie are slow. WACO: Water stained; 68-70 degrees; 5.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, spinner baits and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and soft plastic crappie lures under a cork. White bass and hybrids are good on top-waters and spinner baits. WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 73 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on small swimbaits and Texas rigged 4-5 inch worms. Crappie are good on orange/ black jigs and minnows. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 2.45’ low. Striped bass are good on deep diving crankbaits, umbrella-rigs and live shad. Catfish are good on live and cut shad. WORTH: Water stained; 70 degrees; 1.71’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse worms. White bass are good on shiners, Roadrunners and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs with white color combinations. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut-bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 6.29’ high. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait. —TPWD
