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July 8, 2022
LoneOStar Outdoor News
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 81 degrees; 7.47’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastics worms. Crappie are good over trees on minnows. AMISTAD: Water clear; 83 degrees; 59.41’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigged craws and swimbaits. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 2.68’ low. Largemouth bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits and Carolina rigs. White bass are fair along the dam on small silver spoons. ATHENS: Water clear; 86-90 degrees; 0.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky-head worms and jigs. Crappie are slow. AUSTIN: Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on senkos and jerkbaits around bridge pilings. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait. BASTROP: Water clear; 90 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on small top-waters and straight tail plastics and flukes. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.53’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. White bass are fair on pet spoons and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 3.44’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits and finesse worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on shad imitations. Catfish are good on cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 92 degrees; 0.73’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Crappie are fair minnow and jigs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 88 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on reed beds on spinner baits and pumpkinseed or chartreuse soft plastics. Red drum are fair on live perch and tilapia. Channel and blue catfish are fair on cheese bait and shrimp. BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 81 degrees; 4.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, shaky heads, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait, liver and perch. BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 9.17’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits, shaky heads and Texas rigs. CADDO: Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.54’ high.
Largemouth bass are fair on junebug or watermelon flukes and plastic worms. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 89 degrees. Red drum are fair on live tilapia, perch and crawfish. Channel and blue catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait. CANYON: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 3.34’ low. Largemouth bass are good on flukes and trick worms. Striped bass are fair on top-waters, swimbaits and jigging spoons. CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 84-90 degrees; 2.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads, crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrid bass are fair to good on poppers and small spoons. Catfish are good on live and frozen shad. CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 78 degrees; 21.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, flukes and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on live minnows. White bass are good on live minnows. CONROE: Water slightly stained; 88 degrees; 0.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits. Hybrid striped bass are good on slabs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on catfish bubblegum, shrimp and chicken liver. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, chatterbaits and crankbaits. Catfish are good off docks and shorelines on cut bait. CORPUS CHRISTI: 80 degrees; 6.80’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows and scented jigs Catfish are fair on cheese bait, shad oil soap and cut carp. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained; 85 degrees; 2.67’ low. White bass are good on slabs with teaser flies and spoons. Crappie are fair on white and chartreuse jigs. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. FALCON: Water stained; 85 degrees; 44.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and shaky heads. Catfish are good on cut bait. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, jigs and plastics. Catfish are fair on punch bait. FORK: Water stained; 75 degrees; 6.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on big worms Texas or Carolina rigged and big shaky heads. Crappie are good on minnows. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water
stained; 84 degrees; 4.24’ low. White bass are good on blade baits. Hybrid striped bass are fair to good trolling deep diving crankbaits. Channel catfish are fair on a bobber and stink bait. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 1.19’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged plastics. Striped bass and white bass are good on top-waters early. Catfish are good on cut bait. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.62’ low. Largemouth bass are good on red shad worms. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair on slab spoons. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.51’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and chatterbaits. White bass are slow to fair on pet spoons. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, crankbaits and flukes. Catfish are good on cut bait and juglines. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 80 degrees; 4.49’ low. White bass are fair on blade baits and slabs. JACKSONVILLE: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.48’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait. JOE POOL: Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.74’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shaky heads and Texas-rigged finesse worms in red shad. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 93 degrees; 1.19’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and plastics. Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and cut bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.47’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on white and chartreuse spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in timber or brush. White bass are good on white or chartreuse slabs. Channel catfish are good on cut shad and sunfish. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.61’ low. Largemouth bass are good early on worms, flukes and top-water frogs, later on Carolina rigs and swim jigs. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.22’ high. White bass are slow. Hybrid stripers are slow. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good drifting cut shad and chicken breasts. LIMESTONE: Water clear; 93 degrees; 1.28’ low.
Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, shaky heads and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.05’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms and shaky heads. White bass are fair to good on silver jigging spoons and small swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 63.68’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and crankbaits. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. MEREDITH: Water stained; 75-80 degrees; 53.80’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows and artificial baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Walleye are good on minnows and crankbaits. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 85 degrees; 2.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and Carolina rigged worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait. NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 89 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair above the thermocline on junebug mag worms and small slabs. Catfish are slow. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 86 degrees; 0.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and top-waters. Crappie are good in the reeds, around docks and the bridge using black and chartreuse jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and stink bait. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.90’ low. Catfish are good on frozen shad and perch on juglines. Largemouth bass are fair in grass lines on soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 77 degrees; 45.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait and cut bait. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 81 degrees; 19.34’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are Good on prepared baits, live and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 7.88 feet low. Bass are good on chartreuse and apple worms. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on shrimp, chicken liver and perch. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.65’
low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and finesse worms. Crappie are good in the river on chartreuse jigs. White bass are good on spoons and tail spinners. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and chicken liver. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.69’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait and trolling large spoons. White bass are good early on top-waters. Catfish are fair on cut shad. PROCTOR: Water stained; 82 degrees; 4.22’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and striped bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on juglines with cut bait. RAVEN: Water stained; 91 degrees; 3.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters and Texas rigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 81-84 degrees; 0.51’ low. White bass are fair on small tail spinners and slab and jig combinations. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad and stink bait. RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 82 degrees; 0.01’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair on small swimbaits and slabs. Blue catfish are good on slabs and raw chicken mixed with Kool-Aid. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 83 degrees; 2.96’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are slow. Hybrids are fair on live shad. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 90 degrees; 2.45’ low. Largemouth bass are good early on top-waters over grass and later on soft plastics. Crappie are good on live minnows. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait. SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 98-103 degrees; 1.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good on slow moving jigs with plastics. Crappie are fair but small on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on jigs and trolling with pet spoons. Catfish are fair on punch bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 5.79’ low. Largemouth bass are fair in hydrilla on Texas rigs and white spinner baits. White bass are good on pet spoons and tail spinners. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 2.03’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on frogs, flukes and crankbaits. White bass and striped bass are good early, then fair on live bait and slab spoons. Crappie are good on minnows.
n Saltwater reports Page 22 Blue and channel catfish are excellent on cheese punch bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on artificial worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair in the Navidad River on lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on liver perch, cut bait and juglines. TEXOMA: Water stained; 83 degrees; 1.96’ high. Striped bass are excellent on slabs, live bait and trolling swimbaits. TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 80-82 degrees; 2.03’ low. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits, popping frogs, ribbon tail worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. TRAVIS: Water stained; 79 degrees; 30.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-water spooks and small swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.66’ below. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on minnows and stink bait. WACO: Water stained; 82 degrees; 6.74’ low. Largemouth and white bass are good on top-waters early morning. Crappie are good deep on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on live bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 82 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots. Hybrid striped bass are fair on small swimbaits and Alabama rigs. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 4.55’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and shaky heads. Striped bass are fair early on top-waters, live shad, spoons and slabs. WORTH: Water stained; 85 degrees; 2.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair on jigs with white combinations. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 2.13’ high. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on shad imitations. Catfish are fair on punch bait.
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