PLEASE NOTE: TPWD has discontinued fishing reports. These reports are from the May 22 issue of Lone Star Outdoor News compiled by Vivian Leopold.
LAKE COLEMAN
- Water level is 2.95 feet below full pool at 86.3% full
- Water temps are about 77 degrees, clear to lightly stained
- Largemouth bass best early morning and late evening, transitioning to points, brush and deeper structure (8 to 20 feet)
- Use Texas-rigged worms, chatterbaits, shad-colored swimbaits and top-waters, best at dawn.
- Hybrid striped bass more productive around windblown points and open water chasing shad, especially during low light; Try spoons, swimbaits and live bait
- Crappie moving toward brush and submerged cover, good with minnows or small jigs near structure
- Catfish consistent near creek channels or deeper water on cut bait or stink bait
CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR
- Water level is 3.58 feet below full pool at 82.8% full; Pay attention to submerged structure and shallow hazards when running; A kayaking fatality occurred Saturday when a 22-year-old capsized and didn’t resurface
- Water temps are around 77 degrees
- White bass and hybrid stripers may be the hottest bite now
- Look for schools on main-lake points, humps and mid-lake structure, likely following shad; Birds diving or surface activity are the clues
- Use spoons, swimbaits, slabs or live shad
- Largemouth bass moving to docks, grass edges, creek channels and secondary points in the southern/lower clearer end of the lake; Bite is good early and late
- Choose Texas-rig worms, chatterbaits, crankbaits and top-water lures
- Crappie good on small jigs and minnows, especially if you see grouped fish on electronics; Fair to good around docks, brush piles and timber in 6 to 15 feet
- Catfish are consistently good
- Cut shad is outperforming prepared baits this time of year with blues and channels active around flats near bait, creek channels and wind-blown areas
LAKE CONROE
- Water level is 0.62 feet below full pool at 97.1% full
- Water temps are about 81 degrees
- According to FishingBooker, May brings some of the hottest white and hybrid action; Troll around humps or along the bottom
- Fast action reported when schools are located; Best baits are slabs, jigging spoons, swimbaits and live shad.
- Largemouth bass are setting up on docks, brush piles, grass edges, secondary points and offshore shad schools during post-spawn transition
- Sunrise to about 9 or 10 a.m. and again near sunset are best times
- Use top-water lures early, then chatterbaits, Texas-rigged worms, crankbaits and shad-pattern swimbaits
- Catfish conditions are very good; Use cut shad for blues, punch bait for channel cats; Best bite along creek channels, flats and baited holes, often in deeper water
- Crappie are fair to good, holding on timber, docks, brush piles and bridge structures, deeper (12 to 24 feet) than spring spawning depths; Minnows are outperforming jigs
LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI
- Water level is 17.95 below full pool at 76.05% full; Very low water levels due to drought making current fishing conditions slow to fair overall; Some ramps and shallow areas may be difficult to navigate
- Water temps are about 82%, water stained
- Catfish are your best bet; Focus on deeper river channels, drop-offs and wind-blown banks using cut bait, stink bait or punch bait early morning or near sunset
- Largemouth bass are fair with fishing tougher than normal but still possible
- Likely concentrated around remaining submerged structure, points, creek channels and standing timber/cover in deeper water; Use jigs, spinnerbaits, Texas-rigged worms or shad-colored crankbaits
- White bass are spotty but still can be found where there’s moving water or bait activity, especially near the Nueces River inflow or channel edges; If you can locate schools, small slabs, spoons or inline spinners may work
- Crappie are slow; Low water has made the bite inconsistent but deeper brush or submerged timber is where you should look; Minnows may outperform artificials when conditions are tough
LAKE MARBLE FALLS
- Water level is 0.64 feet below full pool at 94.9% full
- Water temps are around 82%, slightly stained to stained
- Best times to fish are sunrise to 10 a.m. and the last two hours before sunset
- Largemouth bass are fair to good around rocky banks, bluff walls, docks and shaded structure
- Lures having the most success are soft plastics, finesse worms, shaky heads and jigs; Use top-waters early morning around shallow pockets
- White bass are scattered, but some moving upriver/current areas and near deeper points; Better choices are small crankbaits, spoons and live minnows
- Crappie are slow to fair around brush and docks in deeper water, 12 to 18 feet; Minnows are outperforming plastics lately
- Catfish found along channels and deeper structures, especially evenings and overnight; Consistent bite on stink bait or cut bait