| Water Body |
Report |
| ALAN HENRY |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 1.120' low. Black bass are fair on live bait, white spinnerbaits, and black/chartreuse or black/blue jigs suspended in trees. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| AMISTAD |
Water clear; 57 degrees; 2.39' low. Black bass are good on crankbaits, jerkbaits, soft plastics, and jigs. Striped bass are fair on slabs, small crankbaits, and minnows. White bass are good on slabs, small crankbaits, and minnows. Crappie are fair on live minnows up Devil's River in the trees. Catfish are fair on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers over baited holes. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| ARROWHEAD |
Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 5.32' low. Black bass to 10 pounds are slow on crankbaits and black/blue jigs in shallows off rocky points. Crappie are good under the east side bridges. White bass are good in the upper part of the reservoir and moving into the river. Blue catfish are good on cheese bait and shad. |
| ATHENS |
Water fairly clear, 51–58 degrees; 0.44' high. Black bass are fair on LFT Ring Frys, spinnerbaits and Bandit crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared baits and nightcrawlers. |
| BASTROP |
Water stained. Black bass are good on dark soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BELTON |
Water stained; 54 degrees; 1.96' low. Black bass are good on Rat–L–Traps and spinnerbaits. Hybrid striper are good on downriggers. White bass are slow. Crappie are excellent on minnows around structure in 10 – 18 feet under lights at night. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines and throw lines baited with live perch. |
| BOB SANDLIN |
Water stained; 50–56 degrees; 0.04' high. Black bass are fair on soft plastic frogs, Texas rigs and Senkos. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared bait. |
| BRAUNIG |
Water clear; 55 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are excellent on liver and shad at Dead Tree Point and near the pier, and down rigging silver and gold spoons and marble spinnerbaits near the jetty and dam. Redfish are fair on perch, shad, tilapia, crawfish, and shrimp near Dead Tree Point, and down rigging silver spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and cut bait near the dam and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait in 15 – 20 feet. |
| BRIDGEPORT |
Water fairly clear; 50–55 degrees; 2.02' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on cut and prepared bait. |
| BROWNWOOD |
Water stained; 55 degrees; 6.71' low. Black bass are good on craw and black/blue Bass Hogg jigs, Persuader crankbaits, and GrandeBass 4" Trickster worms along docks, between rocks, and over brush piles. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on Li'l Fishies, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits off lighted docks. Crappie are fair on Li'l Fishies and minnows over brush piles in 10 – 18 feet, and near the Hwy. 279 Bridge. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers over baited holes in 8 – 10 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BUCHANAN |
Water murky; 54 degrees; 12.97' low. Black bass are fair on hard jerkbaits, pumpkin JDC Craws, JDC RocKraw trailers, and black/blue Whacky Sticks on jigheads along ledges in 12 – 20 feet. Striped bass are good jigging and trolling Curb's striper jigs, trolling crankbaits, and drifting live bait from Garrett Island to Paradise Point in 20 – 30 feet. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows, Shad Raps, and live bait from the Willows to Cedar Point. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 12 – 15 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| CADDO |
Water murky; 51–57 degrees; 2.01' high. Black bass are fair on flukes, Texas rigs and Senkos. White bass are fair on Rooster Tails and minnows. Yellow bass are fair on jigs and shrimp. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. |
| CALAVERAS |
Water clear; 55 degrees. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms and crankbaits in reed beds and near the dam. Striped bass are excellent on spoons and jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15 – 20 feet, and fair on cut perch and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are fair down rigging silver spoons near the dam and crappie wall in 15 – 20 feet. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, and cheesebait near the railroad trestle. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| CANYON LAKE |
Water murky; 51 degrees; 0.18' high. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, brown Curb's hair jigs, JDC drop shot worms, and Scoundrel worms on shaky jigheads along break lines and ledges in 12 – 25 feet. Striped bass are fair to good trolling ¼oz. white Curb's striper jigs, and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows and Spoiler Shads. White bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and ¼oz. Blade Baits along the main river channel at mid lake in 40 feet. Smallmouth bass are very good on JDC smoke/red flake tubes, tomato red curl tail grubs, and tomato red drop shot worms over rock piles in 12 – 25 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| CEDAR CREEK |
Water stained; 52–59 degrees; 0.01' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, white spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and weightless 6.5" Tornadoes. White bass are good on slabs and Humdingers. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait, prepared bait and chartreuse nightcrawlers (use Worm–Glo). |
| CHOKE CANYON |
Water stained; 57 degrees; 8.93' low. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and heavy jigs in grass. White bass are good on minnows and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and live perch. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| COLEMAN |
Water murky; 52 degrees; 8.67' low. Black bass are fair on soft plastics and Rat–L–Traps. Hybrid striper are good on minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| COLETO CREEK |
Water stained; 56 degrees (72 degrees at discharge); 0.09' high. Black bass are fair on soft plastics in 3 – 12 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with nightcrawlers, liver, and shrimp in 8 – 10 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch in 6 – 15 feet. |
| COLORADO CITY |
Fishing reported generally slow due to golden alga blooms. |
| COLORADO RIVER |
No report available. |
| CONROE |
Water fairly clear; 0.06' high. Black bass are very good on pumpkinseed soft plastics and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, cut bait, and frozen shrimp. |
| COOPER |
Water off color; 50–57 degrees; 0.15' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, Senkos and shaky head jigs with a 4" Power Worm. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs, live shad and Sassy Shad. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. |
| FAIRFIELD |
Water fairly clear; 61–87 degrees. Black bass are fair on flukes, Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Redfish are fair to good on live bait, flukes and Rat–L–Traps. |
| FALCON |
Water stained; 64 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon red Brush Hogs, 6" Yumdingers, and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on frozen shrimp, stinkbait, and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| FAYETTE |
Water stained; 56 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon red, green pumpkin, and redbug Carolina rigged soft plastics off deep points, and on spinnerbaits, Rat–L–Traps, Senkos, flukes, and soft plastics in shallow areas. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait. |
| FORK |
Water stained to murky; 51–59 degrees; 0.05' high. Black bass are fair to good on LFT Frogs, Senkos, red Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows with a few moving in to the creeks. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared baits. |
| FT. PHANTOM HILL |
Water clear; 54 degrees; 5.25' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| GIBBONS CREEK |
Water clear. Black bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, cut bait, and stinkbait. |
| GRANBURY |
Water clear; 0.38' low. Black bass are very good on chartreuse/black soft plastics and Rat–L–Traps over grass. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and black tube jigs. Catfish are slow. |
| GRANGER |
Water murky; 54 degrees; 2.16' low. Black bass are fair on black jigs and Rat–L–Traps in timber along the river channel. White bass are fair near Dickerson's bottom and upriver from Circleville. Crappie are fair on minnows upriver at night. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait in 10 – 20 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait. |
| GRAPEVINE |
Water stained; 50–58 degrees; 4.56' high. Black bass are fair on shaky head jigs with a finesse worm, crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs, with more being caught in the marinas. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Humdingers. Catfish are fair on stink bait and chartreuse (use Worm–Glo) nightcrawlers. |
| GREENBELT |
Water lightly stained; 31 degrees; 32.72' low. Black bass to 4 pounds are good on live bait, white spinnerbaits, brown/green jigs, and watermelon soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow on live bait. Walleye are slow on live bait. Catfish are slow on live and prepared bait. Note: Low water conditions exists, launching boats is difficult. |
| HOUSTON COUNTY |
Water fairly clear; 55 degrees; 0.08' high. Black bass to 8 pounds are good on shad and watermelon colored worms, chartreuse spinnerbaits, and chrome Rat–L–Traps off piers and near the marina. Crappie are slow. Bream are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 4 pounds are good on perch. |
| HUBBARD CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 7.21' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/blue jigs worked slowly along grass lines and timber. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| JOE POOL |
Water off color; 52–59 degrees; 0.3' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, flukes, weightless swimbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on minnows and slabs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and shad. |
| LAKE O' THE PINES |
Water stained; 51–58 degrees; 0.65' high. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, Scum Frogs, Texas rigs and chatterbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait and chartreuse (use Worm–Glo) nightcrawlers. |
| LAVON |
Water stained; 52–58 degrees; 0.12' high. Black bass are fair on flukes, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and chartreuse (use Worm–Glo) nightcrawlers. |
| LBJ |
Water stained; 56 degrees; 0.48' low. Black bass are good on black/blue Curb's jigs and watermelon tubes on docks. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on silver Pirk Minnows and Spoiler Shads near the power plant. Crappie are fair on minnows in brush piles. Channel catfish are fair on minnows and nightcrawlers. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| LEWISVILLE |
Water stained; 51–58 degrees; 0.29' high. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, weightless paddle tail soft plastics, Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs – moving shallow. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are good on prepared bait and stinkbait. |
| LIVINGSTON |
Water stained; 56 degrees; 0.65' high. Black bass are very good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. A lake record 13.18 pound black bass was caught last week. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| MACKENZIE |
Water lightly stained; 32 degrees; 79.21' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow on live bait. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| MARTIN CREEK |
0.07' high. No report available. |
| MEREDITH |
Water stained; 33 degrees; 77.66' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are slow on cut bait. |
| MONTICELLO |
Water fairly clear; 61–86 degrees; 0.05' high. Black bass are fair to good on flukes, spinnerbaits and Texas rigged 6.5" Tornadoes. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on rubber band lines. |
| NASWORTHY |
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| NAVARRO MILLS |
Water murky; 51 degrees; .40' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 28 pounds are fair on chicken livers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| O.H. IVIE |
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 21.73' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits or crankbaits, Carolina rigged watermelon red soft plastics and live bait worked along channels and drop–offs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live and cut bait. |
| OAK CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 7.38' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| PALESTINE |
Water lightly stained; 51–58 degrees; 0.74' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, Texas rigs and orange/pumpkinseed tubes. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs, Sassy Shad and live shad. White bass are fair to good on slabs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad. |
| PALO DURO |
Water lightly stained; 27 degrees; 58.37' low. Black bass are slow on live bait. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are slow on live bait. Channel catfish are slow on live bait. |
| POSSUM KINGDOM |
Water stained; 54 degrees; 5.14' low. Black bass are fair on black/chartreuse jigs, soft plastic ringworms, shad–colored crankbaits and live bait along points in the Long Hollow and Caddo areas. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons and live bait. Striped bass are good on silver spoons and shad–colored crankbaits along southern lake points. Catfish are good on live bait. |
| PROCTOR |
Water murky; 53 degrees; 2.39' low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair trolling crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live shad and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| RAY HUBBARD |
Water fairly clear; 51–58 degrees; 0.07' high. Black bass are fair to good on white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, Rat–L–Traps, Texas rigs and 5" Yum Dingers. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Little Georges. Hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared bait. |
| RAY ROBERTS |
Water stained to muddy; 48–53 degrees; 0.11' high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are showing up in the creeks and are fair to good on jigs. White bass are spawning in the creeks. No report on catfish. |
| RICHLAND CHAMBERS |
Water off color; 51–56 degrees; 0.17' high. Black bass are fair on soft plastic frogs, Texas rigs, Rat–L–Traps and spinnerbaits. White bass are fair on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and nightcrawlers. |
| SAM RAYBURN |
Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.60' high. Black bass are very good on Carolina rigged green pumpkin soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are good on live minnows and watermelon jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, liver, and cut bait. |
| SOMERVILLE |
Water murky; 53 degrees; 1.59' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SPENCE |
Fishing reported generally slow due to golden alga blooms. |
| STAMFORD |
Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 3.62' low. Black bass are slow on live bait and Carolina–rigged black/blue soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait. |
| STEINHAGEN |
0.48' high. No report available. |
| STILLHOUSE |
Water clear; 51 degrees; 0.39' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SWEETWATER |
Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 7.44' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| TAWAKONI |
Water fairly clear; 51–57 degrees; 0.69' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, short Carolina rigged Baby Brush Hogs and shad pattern spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs. Catfish are fair on stink bait. |
| TEXOMA |
Water off color; 50–55 degrees; 1.93' high. Black bass are fair on drop shot rigs, split shot rigged flukes and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are fair on live shad and large Road Runners. Catfish are fair on cut and live shad. |
| TOLEDO BEND |
Water stained; 53 degrees; 0.20' high. Black bass are good on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are fair on minnows and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and red tube jigs. Bream are good on worms. Channel and blue catfish are fair on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| TRAVIS |
Water murky; 56 degrees; 1.67' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are very good on Senkos, flukes, and crawfish crankbaits in 5 – 15 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on chrome crankbaits, white grubs, and minnows in 8 – 20 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs in 8 – 18 feet. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WALTER E. LONG |
Water stained; 54 degrees. Black bass are good on minnows and chartreuse soft plastics. Hybrid striper are very good on minnows. White bass are excellent on minnows. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WEATHERFORD |
Water lightly stained; 50–56 degrees; 0.02' high. Black bass are fair on Senkos, jigs and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs in. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad. White bass are fair on slabs and live minnows. |
| WHITE RIVER |
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 24.31' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait and chrome/black jerkbaits. Channel catfish are fair on live and cut bait. |
| WHITNEY |
Water murky; 1.89' low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on minnows and striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. |
| WRIGHT PATMAN |
Water stained; 50–55 degrees; 17.12' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, Rat–L–Traps and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared bait. |