| Water Body |
Report |
| ALAN HENRY |
Water lightly stained; 44 degrees; 1.24' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/blue jigs suspended in trees. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| AMISTAD |
Water clear; 51 degrees; 1.87' low. Black bass are good on Senkos, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, nightcrawlers, and soft plastic lizards in 3 – 25 feet. Striped bass are good on slabs, crankbaits, and Sassy Shad. White bass are good on slabs, crankbaits, and Sassy Shad. Crappie are fair on minnows in Devil's River above Rough Canyon in the trees. Catfish are good over baited holes in 60 – 120 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| ARROWHEAD |
Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 5.65' low. Black bass to 10–pounds are slow on crankbaits or black/blue jigs in shallows off rocky points. Crappie are good under the east side bridges. White bass are fair in shallows – watch for birds. Blue catfish are fair on cheese bait while drift fishing or anchored in 8–10 feet depth. |
| ATHENS |
Water fairly clear, 43–49 degrees; 0.43' high. Black bass are fair on shaky head rigs, Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait. |
| BASTROP |
Water stained. Black bass are good on red/white spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, liver, shrimp, and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BELTON |
Water stained; 50 degrees; 4.24' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows at night under lights. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BOB SANDLIN |
Water stained; 43–50 degrees; 0.06' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| BRAUNIG |
Water clear; 51 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are good on liver and shad at Dead Tree Point and near the pier. Redfish are slow. 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; 43–49 degrees; 2.79' low. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, Texas rigs and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs around ledges and drop–offs. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on live shad and slabs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| BROWNWOOD |
Water stained; 51 degrees; 6.71' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are fair on Hot Tomato Bass Hog spinnerbaits, Brownwood craw jigs, black/blue Bass Hogg jigs, perch and craw colored RJA Custom crankbaits, and chrome/blue Rat–L–Traps along the shorelines in 3 – 5 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are excellent on Li'l Fishies, Rat–L–Traps, and shad crankbaits. Crappie are fair on Li'l Fishies and tube jigs over brush piles in 5 – 22 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| BUCHANAN |
Water murky; 50 degrees; 14.41' low. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, 1/8oz. and ¼oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs, and Carolina rigged JDC lizards along break lines and bluff ledges in 10 – 25 feet. Striped bass are good drifting live bait in 25 – 35 feet, and trolling white/chartreuse Curb's striper jigs and crankbaits. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows, slabs, and trolling crankbaits at the mouths of larger creeks. 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; 43–51 degrees; 2.13' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and jigs. White bass are fair on Road Runners and minnows. Yellow bass are fair on jigs and shrimp. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. |
| CALAVERAS |
Water clear; 51 degrees. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits in reed beds and near the dam. Striped bass are good on spoons and jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15 – 20 feet. Redfish are slow. 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; 47 degrees; 0.45' high. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, black/chartreuse Curb's hair jigs, and Texas rigged Scoundrel worms on shaky jigheads in 20 – 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 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; 44–51 degrees; 0.04' high. Black bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and Texas rigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait, Sassy Shad and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and chartreuse nightcrawlers (use Worm–Glo). |
| CHOKE CANYON |
Water stained; 51 degrees; 8.77' low. Black bass are fair on soft plastic worms and lizards. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait in 5 – 10 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch. |
| COLEMAN |
Water murky; 47 degrees; 8.63' low. Black bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are good on silver and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| COLETO CREEK |
Water stained; 51 degrees (68 degrees at discharge); 0.10' high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and red tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on perch, stinkbait, and frozen shrimp in 18 – 25 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch in 18 – 25 feet. |
| COLORADO CITY |
Water clear; 53 degrees; 11.27' low. The quality of fishing is very limited due to episodic toxic golden alga blooms. |
| COLORADO RIVER |
No report available. |
| CONROE |
Water fairly clear; 0.23' high. Black bass are fair on watermelon red and dark red soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are fair on stinkbait, live minnows, and frozen shrimp. |
| COOPER |
Water off color; 44–50 degrees; 0.42' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, crankbaits and shaky head rigs. 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; 56–87 degrees. Black bass are fair on Senkos, spinnerbaits and split shot rigged Ring Frys. Redfish are fair to good on live bait. |
| FALCON |
Water murky; 56 degrees. Black bass are good on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in shallow areas. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on frozen shrimp and cut bait. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not. |
| FAYETTE |
Water stained; 48 degrees. Black bass are fair on watermelon red, green pumpkin, and redbug Carolina rigged soft plastics off deep points. Channel and blue catfish are fair on juglines baited with shad. |
| FORK |
Water stained to murky; 44–51 degrees; 0.38' high. . Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, crankbaits, Carolina rigs and heavy jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. |
| FT. PHANTOM HILL |
Water clear; 51 degrees; 5.30' 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 fair on watermelon and chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are fair on frozen shrimp, hot dogs, and stinkbait. |
| GRANBURY |
Water clear; 0.43' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and pumpkinseed soft plastics, and on chartreuse Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, liver, and stinkbait. |
| GRANGER |
Water clear; 48 degrees; 1.09' low. Black bass are fair on black jigs in timber along the river channel. White bass are fair near Dickerson's. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are fair on prepared baits in 6 – 15 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| GRAPEVINE |
Water stained; 44–50 degrees; 6.16' high. Black bass are slow to fair on crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfish are fair on stink bait and chartreuse (use Worm–Glo) nightcrawlers. |
| GREENBELT |
Water stained; 30 degrees; 32.80' low. Black bass are slow on black/blue jigs, Carolina–rigged watermelon soft plastics, and live bait. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows. White bass are slow on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow on live bait. Walleye are slow on live bait. Catfish are slow on live and prepared bait. |
| HOUSTON COUNTY |
Water stained; 51 degrees; 0.85' high. Black bass to 4 pounds are fair on green/red flake 6" worms, pearl swimmers, and Rat–L–Traps near drop offs around points and coves near the dam in 5 feet. Crappie are slow. Bream are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait. |
| HUBBARD CREEK |
Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 7.22' 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; 43–49 degrees; 1.19' high. Black bass are fair on drop shot rigged finesse worms, crankbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on minnows and slabs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and nightcrawlers. |
| LAKE O' THE PINES |
Water stained; 43–50 degrees; 3.37' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged Baby Brush Hogs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait and chartreuse (use Worm–Glo) nightcrawlers. |
| LAVON |
Water stained; 44–51 degrees; 3.42' high. Black bass are fair to good on crankbaits, Texas rigs and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| LBJ |
Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.31' low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair jigging ¼oz. Curb's jigs and Pirk Minnows from Apple head to Horseshoe Bay. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow. |
| LEWISVILLE |
Water stained; 43–51 degrees; 1.26' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, medium diving crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are good on prepared bait and chartreuse (use Worm–Glo) nightcrawlers. |
| LIVINGSTON |
Water stained; 48 degrees; 0.19' high. Black bass are good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are fair on soft plastics and spec rigs upriver. White bass are good on soft plastics and spec rigs upriver. Crappie are very good on minnows. Blue catfish are very good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| MACKENZIE |
Water lightly stained; 30 degrees; 79.32' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are slow on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are slow on live bait. Catfish are slow on live bait. |
| MARTIN CREEK |
0.13' high. No report available. |
| MEREDITH |
Water stained; 30 degrees; 77.75' low. Black bass are slow 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; 55–84 degrees; 0.66' high. Black bass are fair to good on Rat–L–Traps, flukes and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. |
| NASWORTHY |
Water lightly stained; 49 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; 46 degrees; 2.41' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on blue/white jigs. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| O.H. IVIE |
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 21.71' low. Black bass are fair on slow–rolled white spinnerbaits, Carolina–rigged watermelon blue 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; 47 degrees; 7.41' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. |
| PALESTINE |
Water lightly stained; 44–50 degrees; 0.67' high. Black bass are fair on crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps, Carolina rigs and jigs. 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 chartreuse nightcrawlers (use Worm–Glo). |
| PALO DURO |
Water lightly stained; 24 degrees; 58.49' low. Black bass are slow. 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; 51 degrees; 5.10' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics, black/chartreuse jigs, and shad–colored crankbaits off 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. Stripers are good on silver spoons and shad–colored crankbaits along southern lake points. Catfish are good on live bait. |
| PROCTOR |
Water murky; 47 degrees; 2.97' low. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live shad in 20 – 25 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| RAY HUBBARD |
Water fairly clear; 43–49 degrees; 0.01' high. Black bass are slow on red Rattle Baits and Yum lizards. No reports on crappie. White bass are good on slabs and CC Jigging Spoons. No reports on catfish. |
| RAY ROBERTS |
Water stained to muddy; 42–48 degrees; 2.03' high. Fishing reported generally slow. A large threadfin shad die off has taken place. All ramps are open. |
| RICHLAND CHAMBERS |
Water off color; 43–50 degrees; 0.26' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers. |
| SAM RAYBURN |
Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.20' high. Black bass are fair on tequila sunrise and pumpkinseed soft plastics. White bass are fair on live minnows and watermelon spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are fair on frozen shrimp, live minnows, and stinkbait. |
| SOMERVILLE |
Water murky; 50 degrees; 3.29' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are excellent on minnows, and on green/black jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SPENCE |
Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 64.57' low. The quality of fishing is very limited due to episodic toxic golden alga blooms. |
| STAMFORD |
Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 3.67' low. Black bass are slow on live bait and Carolina–rigged pumpkin/chartreuse soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait. |
| STEINHAGEN |
0.36' high. No report available. |
| STILLHOUSE |
Water murky; 49 degrees; 0.22' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows, and on tube jigs with red heads and green skirts. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| SWEETWATER |
Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 7.42' 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; 44–50 degrees; 0.74' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. 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; 43–49 degrees; 1.78' high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, drop shot rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are fair to good live shad and large Road Runners. Catfish are fair on cut and live shad. |
| TOLEDO BEND |
Water stained; 49 degrees; 0.01' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and June bug soft plastics, and on watermelon spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live minnows, frozen shrimp, liver, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| TRAVIS |
Water murky; 50 degrees; 3.89' low. Black bass to 6 pounds are good on brown jigs, smoke grubs, and crawfish pattern crankbaits in 8 – 20 feet. Striped bass to 6 pounds are fair on white spoons and minnows in 20 – 38 feet. White bass are fair on white spoons and chrome crankbaits in 20– 35 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs in 15 – 28 feet. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WALTER E. LONG |
Water stained; 49 degrees. Black bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse soft plastics. Hybrid striper are fair on minnows and cut bait. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. |
| WEATHERFORD |
Water lightly stained; 43–49 degrees; 0.01' high. No report available. |
| WHITE RIVER |
Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 24.07' low. Black bass are slow on live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are fair on live bait. |
| WHITNEY |
Water murky; 1.56' low. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits and Carolina rigged soft plastic lizards along break lines in 10 – 20 feet. Striped bass are fair drifting live bait in 25 – 35 feet, and on striper jigs and crankbaits. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 20 – 25 feet. Catfish are slow. |
| WRIGHT PATMAN |
Water stained; 42–48 degrees; 20.55' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, shaky head rigs, Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on shad and prepared bait. |
