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CURRENT LAKE LEVELS WEST TEXAS

LAKE CAPACITY CURRENT %

As of 10/7/2022 (Acre Feet) (Acre Feet) FULL Abilene 7,900 3,087 39% Alan Henry 96,207 72,849 76% Amistad 1,840,849 828,124 45% Amon G Carter 19,266 16,843 87% Arrowhead 230,359 158,378 69% Brady Creek 28,808 12,556 44% Bridgeport 372,183 283,120 76% Brownwood 130,868 83,652 64% Champion Creek 41,580 24,076 58% Cherokee 40,094 33,908 85% Cisco 29,003 21,160 73% Coleman 38,075 28,662 75% Colorado City 30,758 17,224 56% E V Spence 517,272 98,187 19% Elephant Butte 1,985,900 112,058 6% Falcon 1,551,007 247,063 16% Fort Phantom Hill 70,030 46,774 67% Graham 45,288 36,534 81% Granbury 132,949 113,950 86% Greenbelt 59,968 7,579 13% Hords Creek 8,109 2,549 31% Hubbard Creek 313,298 219,963 70% J B Thomas 199,931 53,362 27% Kemp 245,307 130,995 53% Kickapoo 86,345 52,028 60% Leon 27,762 17,328 62% Lost Creek 11,950 10,672 89% Mackenzie 46,450 2,974 6% Meredith 500,000 158,796 32% Millers Creek 26,768 17,346 65% Mineral Wells 5,273 4,275 81% Nasworthy 39,522 32,025 81% Natural Dam 9,615 8,048 84% Nocona 21,444 16,435 77% N. Fork Buffalo Cr. 15,400 7,301 47% O C Fisher 115,742 3,884 3% O H Ivie 554,340 228,990 41% Oak Creek 39,210 19,958 51% Palo Duro 61,066 274 0% Palo Pinto 26,766 16,280 61% Pat Cleburne 26,008 13,933 54% Possum Kingdom 538,139 465,491 87% Proctor 54,762 25,012 46% Red Bluff 151,110 97,646 65% Squaw Creek 151,250 151,250 100% Stamford 51,570 33,654 65% Sweetwater 12,267 7,537 61% Twin Buttes 182,454 54,976 30% White River 29,880 4,536 15% •

an electronic thumping box that does the trick for you. This technique works all year, but especially in winter. Stick to the 20- or 30-foot breaklines and, once you fi nd a fi sh, stick to that depth for a few minutes. Usually, more fi sh will show up. Slow down and let your graph fi nd the fi sh. If you fi nd them under birds, remember to shut off the big motor and sneak up on them.

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HOTSPOTLIGHT:

7 Miles south of Colorado City

CHAMPION CREEK RES.

LOCATION: On Champion Creek in Mitchell County, seven miles south of Colorado City on Texas 208 SURFACE AREA: 1,577 acres MAXIMUM DEPTH: 28 feet IMPOUNDED: 1959

STRUCTURE IN CHAMPION CREEK Reservoir includes deep rocky dropoffs and ledges, rip-rap, underwater humps, and a few old tank dams. The water is fairly clear near the dam and gets more turbid upstream.

TPWD has worked with local partners to install additional fi sh-attracting structure. (See this symbol... ...on the map).

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LOCATION: Lake Sweetwater HOTSPOT: Main Lake GPS: N 32 25.852, W 100 18.141 (32.430865, -100.302350) SPECIES: Largemouth bass BEST BAITS: Jigs, spinnerbaits SOURCE: Lance Benson, TPWD Abilene 325-692-0921 TIPS: Lake Sweetwater in Nolan County is a small impoundment fed by Bitter Creek and Cottonwood Creek. Fishing for Largemouth Bass in November can be excellent here! Top water baits in the morning and evening can produce some pulse pounding strikes.