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June 10, 2022
LoneOStar Outdoor News
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 74 degrees; 6.89’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are good over timber on minnows and jigs. AMISTAD: Water clear; 77-80 degrees; 57.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swim jigs, swimbaits and Texas rigs. Channel catfish are excellent on punch bait. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 2.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits, jigs and flukes. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and commercial baits. ATHENS: Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.21’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair over brush on minnows. AUSTIN: Water clear; 78 degrees; 0.55’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jerkbaits, paddle tails and wacky worms. Catfish are good on juglines. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait. BASTROP: Water clear; 90 degrees. Largemouth bass are on small top-waters, jigging spoons and finesse worms. Crappie are excellent over brush on live minnows. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 4.40’ low. White bass are fair on top-waters and slab spinners. Crappie are good on small shad plastics. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 3.51’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and creature baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82 degrees; 0.45’ low. Largemouth bass on soft plastics. Crappie are good on brush on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 88 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on dark soft plastics and watermelon/red jigs. Red drum are good on live perch, crawfish and shrimp. Channel catfish are fair on live perch, worms and cheese bait. BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 75-78 degrees; 3.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and shaky heads. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are excellent trolling with small swimbaits or crankbaits. Catfish are slow. BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 5.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and craws. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs. White bass are good on small jigging spoons.
CADDO: Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.04’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-water frogs, Texas rigs and shaky heads.. CALAVERAS: Water stained, 86 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are fair on live perch, frozen shrimp and trolling with spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait, live perch and cheese bait. CANYON: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 2.24’ low. Largemouth bass are good on small swimbaits and shaky heads. Crappie are fair on live minnows. CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 1.65’ low. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits, chatterbaits and watermelon/red worms. White bass and hybrid bass are fair on poppers and small spoons. CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 80 degrees; 20.64’ low. Largemouth bass are good in hydrilla on top-waters, Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on on white and silver jigging spoons or drop-shotting minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait. CONROE: Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.09’ low. Largemouth bass are good on weightless finesse worms and Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are slow. Hybrid stripers are fair on top-waters and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on catfish bubblegum, shad and minnows under a cork. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 2.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, chatterbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait. CORPUS CHRISTI: 79 degrees; 5.78 feet low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on small spoons, swimbaits and speck rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and scented jigs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait, shad oil soap and cut carp. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained; 76 degrees; 2.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish are slow. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. FALCON: Water stained; 77 degrees; 40.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and shaky heads.
Catfish and gar are good on tilapia and cut carp. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 79-81 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on jigs and plastics. Catfish are fair on punch bait over chum. FORK: Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, shad-colored square bills and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and hand-tied jigs. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and Carolina rigs. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.16’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are very good on jigs. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on shad. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.89’ high. White bass are good on minnowshaped jigging spoons. Catfish are fair in flooded timber on cut bait. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 75 degrees; level pool. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 76 degrees; 4.04’ low. White bass and hybrids are excellent on jigs with spinners and live bait. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 2.16’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged watermelon or green/pumpkin worms and Carolina-rigged creature baits. Crappie are good on shad imitations. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.65’ low. Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.54’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait under a cork and stink bait. White bass are good on rooster tails, swimbaits and slabs. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.68 feet low. Largemouth bass are good on frogs and swimbaits. White bass are fair on small crankbaits and crappie jigs at night. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.89’ 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 and chicken breasts.
LIMESTONE: Water clear; 86 degrees; 0.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on big ribbon tail worms, crankbaits and finesse jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good drifting with cut perch or shad. LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.23’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 58.96’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, crankbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on slabs and Alabama rigs. Catfish are good on commercial baits and cut bait. MEREDITH: Water stained; 70 degrees; 53.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on minnows and artificials. Walleye are excellent on minnows, nightcrawlers, crankbaits and grubs. Catfish are good on live bait stink bait and punch bait. NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 82 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and small plastics. Catfish are slow. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 84 degrees. 1.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and top-waters. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.78’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on juglines and trotlines. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 75 degrees; 18.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared baits, live bait and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 7.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on worms and deep-running spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair trolling with live minnows. Catfish are good on perch. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits in white and chartreuse, crankbaits and Carolina rigs in watermelon/ red. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water
lightly stained; 75 degrees; 1.97’ low. Striped bass are good trolling bucktail jigs and jigging large spoons. White bass are good on shad, chartreuse and white slabs. Catfish are slow. PROCTOR: Water stained; 75 degrees; 3.21’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and stripers are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait. RAVEN: Water stained; 84 degrees; 3.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and weightless plastics. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are excellent on cut bait and minnows. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 74-78 degrees; 0.05’ low. White bass are fair on tail spinners and slab-and-jig combinations. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are excellent on cut shad and stink bait. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are good along grass lines on crankbaits and top-waters. White bass are good under birds on slabs and jigging spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 76 degrees; 2.36’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid bass are fair on live shad and swimbaits. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water frogs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows. SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 82-84 degrees; 0.22’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs with plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and various colored jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on jigs and pencil minnows. Catfish are good on shad, liver and punch bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 4.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics near hydrilla. White bass are fair on slabs and tail spinners. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.39’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass, hybrids and white bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Channel catfish are good on prepared baits. Blue catfish are slow. TEXANA: Water stained; 77 degrees; 2.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on
n Saltwater reports Page 20 top-waters and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on perch, cut bait and juglines. TEXOMA: Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.14’ high. Striped bass are excellent on swimbaits, shad and Alabama rigs. TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 78-80 degrees; 0.90’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, ribbon tail worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and live minnows. Catfish are good on slip cork rigs and bottom rigs with shrimp, live shad and punch bait. TRAVIS: Water stained; 76 degrees; 27.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots around docks, small topwaters and swimbaits. Crappie and white bass are fair to good on spoons and live bait. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.07’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait. WACO: Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.72’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on blood bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits, small swimbaits and white or silver crankbaits. Crappie are good on small spinner baits and crappie jigs. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 2.74’ low. Striped bass are good trolling umbrella-rigs, swimbaits and on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. WORTH: Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish are slow. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 6.38’ high. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on swimbaits. Catfish are good on punch bait.
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