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Forums >> Texas Fishing >> Texas Fishing Reports >> All Freshwater Fishing Reports: 12-16-09

All Freshwater Fishing Reports: 12-16-09

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Travis county

ALAN HENRY 
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 1.75' low. Black bass are fair on live baits, shad–colored crankbaits and black/blue jigs along tree lines. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.

AMISTAD 
Water clear; 58 degrees; 2.11' low. Black bass are good on soft plastics in 18 – 25 feet. Striped bass are good on jigging spoons under birds in 40 – 60 feet. White bass are good on jigging spoons under birds in 40 – 60 feet. Catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch in 18 – 30 feet. Yellow catfish are good 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; 6.94' low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits or black/blue jigs 1–4 feet deep near rocky structures. Crappie are good on black and green plastics off the derricks 20–25 feet depth. White bass to 15 inches are good off rocky points. Blue catfish are fair on cheese bait while drift fishing or anchored in 8–10 feet depth.

ATHENS 
Water fairly clear, 48–51 degrees; 0.35' high. No reports due to cold weather.

BASTROP 
Water clear. Black bass are good on chartreuse and chartreuse/white soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are very good on stinkbait, chicken livers, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON 
Water fairly clear; 61 degrees; 0.33' low. Black bass are good on topwaters in coves. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad early and late. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers, doughbait, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BOB SANDLIN 
Water stained; 47–52 degrees; 0.06' high. Black bass are slow to fair on jigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and cut shad.

BRAUNIG 
Water fairly clear; 62 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Redfish are fair on live perch and shad near the dam. Channel catfish are good on chicken livers, shrimp, and cut shad. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

BRIDGEPORT 
Water fairly clear; 48–52 degrees; 8.6' low. No report available.

BROWNWOOD 
Water stained; 57 degrees; 7.65' low. Black bass are fair on black/blue jigs, Persuader crankbaits, and 3/16oz. Pig Sticker Shaky Heads with redbug and watermelon red GrandeBass 4" Trickster worms along docks, around rocks, and over brush piles in 8 – 15 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on Li'l Fishies and crankbaits from lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on Li'l Fishies and minnows over brush piles near Hwy. 279 Bridge in 10 – 20 feet. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers over baited holes in 12 – 15 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

BUCHANAN 
Water clear; 61 degrees; 24.52' low. Black bass are good on ¼oz. Bleeding Shad Rat–L–Traps, Texas rigged weightless watermelon/blue flake Whacky Sticks, pumpkin/chartreuse Curb's jigs, and smoke/red flake JDC Spider Grubs on stump flats in 2 – 8 feet. Striped bass are good on Spoiler Shads (plastic swim baits), Rat–L–Traps, jigging Pirk Minnows, and drifting or free lining live bait in 25 – 40 feet. White bass are fair on Tiny Traps and 2" plastic swim baits along the river channel and in deep creeks. Crappie are fair on crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in 12 – 15 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live goldfish.

CADDO 
Water murky; 47–52 degrees; 1.67' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Channel catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

CALAVERAS 
Water fairly clear; 62 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Redfish are fair on live perch, shad, and spoons in 15 – 25 feet. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are very good on chicken livers, shrimp, and cut shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

CANYON LAKE 
Water clear; 60 degrees; 9.85' low. Black bass are very good on Rat–L–Traps and P.B.J plastic stickbaits over flats and along break lines creeks and bays in 2 – 10 feet, and on green pumpkin Whacky Sticks on jigheads and Texas rigged blue flake Scoundrel worms on shaky head jigs along bluffs inside secondary points. Striped bass are fair to good vertically jigging Pirk Minnows in the lower end of the lake, and on Spoiler Shads and Red Fins. Smallmouth bass are good on JDC tomato red curl tail grubs on jigheads, smoke/red flake tubes, and 3/16oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs with matching drop shot worms along ledges and over rock piles in 6 – 15 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on live bait.

CEDAR CREEK 
Water stained; 49–52 degrees; 0.05' high. Black bass are slow to fair on jigs and Carolina rigs. White bass are good 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; 59 degrees; 9.51' low. Black bass are good on watermelon and pumpkinseed soft plastic worms in heavy grass and in 12 – 20 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait in 2 – 7 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

COLEMAN 
Water clear; 62 degrees; 10.38' low. Black bass are good on tequila sunrise soft plastics, and fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are good on minnows and white/blue Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait, nightcrawlers, and frozen shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK 
Water stained; 63 degrees (77 degrees at discharge); 0.04' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are fair on soft plastics and topwaters in 8 – 14 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 7 pounds are fair on trotlines baited with liver, shrimp, and dead minnows. Yellow catfish to 10 pounds are fair on trotlines baited with perch.

COLORADO CITY 
Water clear; 53 degrees; 11.95' 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 slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, stinkbait, and shrimp in deep holes.

CONROE 
Water fairly clear; 0.12' high. Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon gold soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps in 20 – 30 feet. Striped bass are good on live minnows and green striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait, liver, and shrimp.

COOPER 
Water off color; 47–52 degrees; 0.95' high. No report available due to cold weather conditions.

FAIRFIELD 
Water fairly clear; 69–87 degrees. No report available.

FALCON 
Water clear; 63 degrees. Black bass are fair on football jigs, large soft plastic worms, 7" Carolina rigged Senkos, and slow rolling spinnerbaits in 14 – 18 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and doughbait. 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; 61 degrees. Black bass are fair but small on electric blue Carolina rigged Finesse worms in 10 – 16 feet, and on spinnerbaits along the outside edges of grass. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on stinkbait and shrimp over baited holes in 14 – 18 feet.

FORK 
Water stained; 48–52 degrees; 0.16' high. Black bass are fair on spoons, jigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and cut shad.

FT. PHANTOM HILL 
Water clear; 53 degrees; 5.11' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and slow–rolled 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 fair on tequila sunrise soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp and nightcrawlers.

GRANBURY 
Water clear; 0.54' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red and pumpkinseed soft plastics. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on shrimp, stinkbait, and live minnows.

GRANGER 
Water murky; 55 degrees; 0.34' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are good on prepared baits in 5 – 15 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

GRAPEVINE 
Water stained; 48–51 degrees; 0.75' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait.

GREENBELT 
Water stained; 40 degrees; 32.88' low. Black bass are slow on Carolina–rigged watermelon soft plastics, and live bait worked along timber and rocks. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow on live bait. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY 
Water clear; 54 degrees; 0.57' high. Black bass to 4 pounds are very good on artificial minnows on jigheads in 20 feet. Crappie are slow. Bream are good on live crickets in 1 foot. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

HUBBARD CREEK 
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 7.99' low. Black bass are fair on shad–colored spinnerbaits and black/blue jigs worked along grass lines and in timber. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait.

JOE POOL 
Water off color; 48–53 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.

LAVON 
Water stained; 47–51 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; 62 degrees; 0.11' low. Black bass are very good on 1/8oz. Curb's buzzbaits, Bleeding Shad Rat–L–Traps, and wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks in 2 – 6 feet. White bass are fair vertically jigging Pirk Minnows under birds. Crappie are good on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in 12 – 15 feet. Channel catfish are fair on minnows under crappie docks.

LEWISVILLE 
Water stained; 47–50 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; 59 degrees; 0.23' high. Black bass are good on crankbaits, buzzbaits, and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows in creeks. Blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

MACKENZIE 
Water lightly stained; 42 degrees; 79.32' low. Black bass are slow on live bait 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.

MARTIN CREEK 
0.25' low. No report available.

MEREDITH 
Water stained; 41 degrees; 77.63' low. Black bass are slow on black/blue jigs 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. Walleye are good on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live bait.

MONTICELLO 
Water fairly clear; 58–89 degrees; 0.48' high. No report available.

NASWORTHY 
Water lightly stained; 53 degrees. Black bass are fair on live bait. 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; 56 degrees; 0.03' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are fair on stinkbait. Blue catfish are fair on shad and perch. Yellow catfish are slow.

O.H. IVIE 
Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 21.42' low. Black bass are fair on shad–colored crankbaits, black/blue soft plastics, and live bait worked along rocky points, and Carolina–rigged green pumpkin soft plastics. 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 bait.

OAK CREEK 
Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 7.74' low. Black bass are slow on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait.

PALESTINE 
Water lightly stained; 47–51 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; 37 degrees; 58.62' low. Black bass are slow on live bait. 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 live bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM 
Water stained; 55 degrees; 4.74' low. Black bass are good on watermelon soft plastics and swim baits worked at 10–20 feet depth on points in the Southern coves. Crappie are fair on live bait and jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons in Tree Island area on humps in 12–18 feet depth. Stripers are good on silver spoons and shad–colored crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live shad and cut liver in the north area along the river.

PROCTOR 
Water fairly clear; 59 degrees; 7.04' low. Black bass are good on black/purple and chartreuse soft plastic worms and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good but small on minnows, small Rat–L–Traps, and roadrunners. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs in 15 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on juglines baited with cut shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

RAY HUBBARD 
Water fairly clear; 47–50 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 lightly stained; 49–52 degrees; 0.57' high. Black bass are slow on 4F Bomber crankbaits and small Booyah jigs. No reports on crappie. White bass are good on C.C. jigging spoons worked slow on the bottom. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared baits.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS 
Water off color; 47–52 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; 62 degrees; 1.98' low. Black bass are good on tequila sunrise soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows and white striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and minnows.

SOMERVILLE 
Water murky; 61 degrees; 0.80' high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on juglines baited with cut shad and perch. Yellow catfish are slow.

SPENCE 
Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 64.15' 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; 51 degrees; 3.61' 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 
0.54' high. No report available.

STILLHOUSE 
Water stained; 61 degrees; 0.14' high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

SWEETWATER 
Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 7.44' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and black/chartreuse soft plastic lures. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait.

TAWAKONI 
Water fairly clear; 47–51 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; 48–51 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; 60 degrees; 1.60' low. Black bass are fair on soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles. Bream are fair on worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, shrimp, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

TRAVIS 
Water stained; 60 degrees; 26.63' low. Black bass are good on crawfish crankbaits, watermelon worms, and jigs in 15 – 38 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on white jigging spoons and minnows in 28 – 45 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs in 20 – 40 feet. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG 
Water stained; 62 degrees. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows, and on red/white and chartreuse jigs. Channel and blue catfish to 41 pounds are good on minnows and frozen shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

WEATHERFORD 
Water lightly stained; 47–52 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; 51 degrees; 25.21' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and Carolina–rigged green pumpkin soft plastic lizards or crawfish. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait and chrome/black back jerkbaits. Channel catfish are good on live bait.

WHITNEY 
Water stained; 3.56' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon, watermelon red, and watermelon gold spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on minnows and white striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp, liver, and stinkbait.

WRIGHT PATMAN 
Water stained; 46–50 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.

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