ALAN HENRY
Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 1.78' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored crankbaits and black/blue soft plastic lures suspended in trees. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.
AMISTAD
Water clear; 66 degrees; 2.11' low. Black bass are good on crankbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on slabs, jigging spoons, and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are good on slabs, jigging spoons, and Rat-L-Traps. Catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers in 40 - 80 feet over baited holes. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch in 15 - 30 feet. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.
ARROWHEAD
Water lightly stained; 58 degrees. Black bass are fair on crankbaits or jigs 1-4 feet deep near rocky structures. Crappie are good on black and green plastics off the derricks in 20-25 feet. White bass to 15 inches are good off rocky points. Blue catfish are fair on cheese bait while drift fishing anchored in 8-10 feet depth.
ATHENS
Water fairly clear, 51-55 degrees; 0.35' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on live minnows in 12-15 feet over brush piles. Catfish are good on fresh shad and punchbait in 2-12 feet.
BASTROP
Water clear. Black bass are very good on watermelon red and watermelon gold soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
BELTON
Water clear; 65 degrees; 0.47' high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps in coves. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
BOB SANDLIN
Water stained; 52-56 degrees; 0.06' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, Rat-L-Traps and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on jigs under bridges and over brush piles in 20-35 feet. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and nightcrawlers.
BRAUNIG
Water stained; 65 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms. Striped bass are good on liver and shad. Redfish are good on crawfish, shad, shrimp, tilapia, and silver spoons. Channel catfish are good on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the intake. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.
BRIDGEPORT
Water fairly clear; 51-56 degrees; 8.6' low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs under bridges. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Channel catfish are fair to good on punchbait over baited holes.
BROWNWOOD
Water stained; 59 degrees; 7.57' low. Black bass are good on Grande Bass Rattle Snakes, 3/8oz. Bass Hogg spinnerbaits, craw colored 5/16oz. jigs, and craw colored crankbaits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are good on Li'l Fishies, minnows, and shad colored crankbaits off lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on Li'l Fishies and tube jigs over brush piles in 6 - 15 feet and under lights at night. Channel catfish are excellent on over baited holes in 5 - 15 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
BUCHANAN
Water clear; 65 degrees; 24.63' low. Black bass are good on ¼oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, Skip-N-Pop topwaters, and Texas rigged weightless silver flake Whacky Sticks at daylight in 8 - 15 feet. Striped bass are fair casting and jigging Spoiler Shads (plastic swim baits) and Rat-L-Traps along the river channel in 25 - 40 feet in the lower end close to the dam at daylight, and drifting or free lining live bait in 30 - 40 feet. White bass are fair but small on Tiny Traps and 2in. plastic swim baits along the river channel and in deep creeks. Crappie are fair on pink/white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows in clear water.
CADDO
Water murky; 50-56 degrees; 1.67' high. Black bass are good on Texas rigged worms and Senkos. White bass are fair in the main channels on Road Runners and spoons. Yellow bass are fair to good on jigs and small spoons. Channel catfish are good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.
CALAVERAS
Water stained; 65 degrees. Black bass are very good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are fair on live bait, and on crawfish and tilapia near the dam. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad bridge and 181 Cove. Yellow catfish are slow.
CANYON LAKE
Water clear; 63 degrees; 10.24' low. Black bass are fair to good on Rat-L-Traps and white spinnerbaits along creeks and ditches in bays in 6 - 15 feet, and on watermelon red Whacky Sticks on jigheads and Texas rigged grape Scoundrel worms on shaky head jigs along main lake bluffs, and on JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, wacky rigged watermelon red Whacky Sticks, and Texas rigged blue flake worms tight to lay downs upriver. Striped bass are fair but small jigging blade baits and trolling Gizz 4 and deep running Shad Raps crankbaits over and around humps in the lower end at first light. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are good on Smokin' Greenin. Devil's Tongues on drop shots, smoke JDC curl tail grubs on jigheads, and 3/16oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs with matching drop shot worms under cloud cover along ledges and over rock piles in 10 - 20 feet early. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver.
CEDAR CREEK
Water stained; 51-56 degrees; 0.05' high. Black bass are good on finesse worms, Rat-L-Traps, Carolina rigs and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and cut shad.
CHOKE CANYON
Water clear; 66 degrees; 9.41' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon, pumpkinseed, and tequila sunrise soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 10 - 20 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white/pink tube jigs. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on frozen shrimp, liver, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.
COLEMAN
Water clear; 65 degrees; 10.29' low. Black bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are good on live minnows and chartreuse Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on live minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.
COLETO CREEK
Water stained; 67 degrees (81 degrees at discharge); 0.06' low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch and worms. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with perch.
COLORADO CITY
Water clear; 58 degrees; 11.86' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow.
COLORADO RIVER (Above Lake Buchanan)
Water fairly clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on liver, stinkbait, and shrimp in deep holes.
CONROE
Water stained; 0.02' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps in 20 - 30 feet. Striped bass are fair on live minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and green tube jigs. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp.
COOPER
Water off color; 51-55 degrees; 0.95' high. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, Texas and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush piles. White bass are fair to good on Humdingers and slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.
FAIRFIELD
Water fairly clear; 69-87 degrees. No report available.
FALCON
Water clear; 67 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait and shrimp upriver. 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 clear; 67 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon gold, watermelon red, and plum Carolina rigged Finesse worms, and on topwaters over grass. Channel and blue catfish are slow.
FORK
Water stained; 51-56 degrees; 0.16' high. Black bass are good on 10" Texas rigged worms, Carolina rigs and heavy jigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles and around bridge columns. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and cut shad.
FT. PHANTOM HILL
Water clear; 59 degrees; 5.11' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and small crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live bait.
GIBBONS CREEK
Water clear. Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon gold soft plastics and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and liver.
GRANBURY
Water stained; 0.41' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and small spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp, stinkbait, and live minnows.
GRANGER
Water murky; 60 degrees; 0.29' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are good on prepared baits in 6 - 15 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
GRAPEVINE
Water stained; 51-55 degrees; 0.75' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, shaky head rigs and medium diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on shiners and chartreuse (use Worm-Glo) nightcrawlers.
GREENBELT
Water stained; 43 degrees; 32.80' low. Black bass are slow on white crankbaits, watermelon/chartreuse soft plastics and live bait worked along timber. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait and chrome jerkbaits. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait.
HOUSTON COUNTY
Water clear; 65 degrees; 0.50' high. Black bass to 6 pounds are fair on tiger colored deep running crankbaits in the creek channel in 13 feet. Crappie are fair on live minnows near the dam over brush piles. Bream are good on live crickets in 1 foot. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait, and on trotlines baited with shad and perch.
HUBBARD CREEK
Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 7.79' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored spinnerbaits and soft jerkbaits worked along grass lines, and watermelon red soft plastics worms worked along timber. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on cut bait.
JOE POOL
Water off color; 50-56 degrees; 0.22' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and live minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad.
LAKE O' THE PINES
Water stained; 51-56 degrees; 11.89' high. No report available due to high water conditions.
LAVON
Water stained; 51-56 degrees; 0.76' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged Baby Brush Hogs, jigs, and medium diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared baits.
LBJ
Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.32' low. Black bass are good on 1/8oz. Curb's buzzbaits, watermelon JDC Skip-N-Pops, and wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks along lay downs and stumps in 4 - 6 feet early and late and all day under cloud cover. Striped bass are slow to fair trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits on downriggers and drifting live shad along the river channel close to the dam. White bass are fair vertically jigging Pirk Minnows under birds. Crappie to 16" are good on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in 12 - 15 feet.
LEWISVILLE
Water stained; 50-57 degrees; 0.55' high. Black bass are fair to good on shaky head rigs, jigs, drop shot rigs, jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on shiners and chartreuse (use Worm-Glo) nightcrawlers.
LIVINGSTON
Water fairly clear; 64 degrees; 0.47' high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass to 5 pounds are good on crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows in creeks. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.
MACKENZIE
Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 79.22' low. Black bass are slow on live bait, and slow-rolled white spinnerbaits along timber and rocky outcrops. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are fair on live bait and chrome jerkbaits. Smallmouth bass are slow on live bait. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait and cut liver.
MARTIN CREEK
0.25' low. No report available.
MEREDITH
Water stained; 44 degrees; 77.39' low. Black bass are fair on black/blue jigs, shad-colored crankbaits and live bait worked along rocks and grass edges. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait and shad-colored crankbaits along rocky points. Walleye are good on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live bait.
MONTICELLO
Water fairly clear; 74-89 degrees; 0.48' high. No report available.
NASWORTHY
Water lightly stained; 58 degrees. Black bass are fair on motor oil soft plastic lures suspended in timber and live baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are fair on live bait. White bass and striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait.
NAVARRO MILLS
Water murky; 61 degrees; 0.45' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and orange/chartreuse and blue/white jigs at Crappie Point. Channel catfish are fair on stinkbait. Blue catfish are fair on shad and perch. Yellow catfish are slow.
O.H. IVIE
Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 21.02' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored crankbaits, black/blue soft plastic lures, and live bait worked points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and white crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live and prepared bait.
OAK CREEK
Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 7.72' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait.
PALESTINE
Water lightly stained; 51-57 degrees; 0.11' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, Rat-L-Traps and watermelon jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Hybrid striper are on slabs and live shad. White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and cut shad.
PALO DURO
Water lightly stained; 40 degrees; 58.57' low. Black bass are slow on live bait and Carolina-rigged black/blue soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on prepared bait and live bait.
POSSUM KINGDOM
Water stained; 56 degrees; 4.65' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored spinnerbaits and live bait. Crappie are fair on live bait and jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons baited with minnows with some topwater action. Stripers are good on topwater lures, silver spoons and Rat-L-Traps. Catfish are fair on live bait.
PROCTOR
Water stained; 65 degrees; 6.98' low. Black bass are very good on chartreuse/black and chartreuse/blue soft plastic worms and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. White bass are good on minnows and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and green/white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are very good on stinkbait and frozen shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.
RAY HUBBARD
Water fairly clear; 50-56 degrees; 0.04' high. Black bass are fair to good on Rat-L-Traps, Carolina rigs, crankbaits and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.
RAY ROBERTS
Water stained; 53-56 degrees; 0.57' high. Black bass are fair on shad pattern Bomber crankbaits and Booyah jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush piles below 25 feet. White bass are good to excellent on C.C. jigging spoons in 25-40 feet. Catfish are excellent on cut and prepared baits.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS
Water off color; 52-57 degrees; 0.08' high. Black bass are fair on Carolina rigs, crankbaits and drop shot rigs. White bass are good on slabs and live minnows. Hybrid striper are fair on large slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs around bridges. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers.
SAM RAYBURN
Water stained; 66 degrees; 1.55' low. Black bass are fair on tequila sunrise soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits, and on watermelon red topwaters in 20 - 35 feet. White bass are good on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and liver.
SOMERVILLE
Water murky; 65 degrees; 0.31' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and green/black jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on chicken livers. Yellow catfish are good on minnows.
SPENCE
Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 65.21' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Striped bass and hybrid striper are slow. Catfish are slow.
STAMFORD
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 3.95' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White and striped bass are good on live bait and chrome/blue jerkbaits. Catfish are good on live bait.
STEINHAGEN
0.22' high. No report available.
STILLHOUSE
Water stained; 64 degrees; 1.02' high. Black bass are fair on minnows, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on minnows, hot dogs, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.
SWEETWATER
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 7.13' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/chartreuse soft plastic lures. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait.
TAWAKONI
Water fairly clear; 51-57 degrees; 0.77' high. Black bass are fair on shad pattern crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around bridge pilings. Catfish are good on live shad and nightcrawlers. White bass are fair on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs.
TEXOMA
Water off color; 51-56 degrees; 0.23' high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas and Carolina rigs, medium to deep diving shad pattern crankbaits and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around bridges. Striped bass are fair on slow-rolled Sassy Shad and live shad. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.
TOLEDO BEND
Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.64' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red and watermelon gold soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles. Bream are fair on worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows, shrimp, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
TRAVIS
Water stained; 65 degrees; 28.56' low. Black bass to 4 pounds are good on chrome crankbaits, red shad worms, and grubs in 10 - 28 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on silver spoons, white grubs, and minnows in 30 - 40 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue and white tube jigs in 15 - 25 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait in 30 - 48 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
WALTER E. LONG
Water stained; 65 degrees. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on night crawlers and shrimp together. Yellow catfish are slow.
WEATHERFORD
Water lightly stained; 52-56 degrees; 2.71' low. Black bass are fair on shad pattern crankbaits and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs in the crappie house. Channel catfish are fair to good on worms, liver and prepared bait. White bass are fair on slabs and live minnows.
WHITE RIVER
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 25.57' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and slow-rolled spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait and chrome jerkbaits. Channel catfish are good on live bait.
WHITNEY
Water stained; 1.37' low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse and chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and topwaters. Striped bass are fair on live minnows and white striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on bait shrimp and stinkbait.
WRIGHT PATMAN
Water stained; 50-56 degrees; 24.51' high. Black bass are good on Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared bait.