Weekly Freshwater Fishing Report

ALANHENRY- FAIR.Water clear; 54 degrees; 10.84 feet belowpool. Bass are good on Carolina rigs, crankbaits, and live bait. Report by Knady Corp. Crappie are in pre-spawn with some fish in spawn. The bite is good in 2-20 feet of water. Report by Randy Britton, Lake AlanHenry Crappie Guide.

AMISTAD- GOOD. Water Stained; 65 degrees; 37.42 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good in 5-15 feet of water on plastic lizards, creature baits, senkos, flukes, beavers, Texas rigs, Ned rigs, or Carolina rigs. Stripers are fair using buck tail jigs and swim baits. White bass are good in 30-50 feet of water on main lake channels using shade colored blade baits, spoons, or rattletraps. Catfish are fair in 2050 feet of water using nightcrawlers, chicken liver, or cheese bait. Tight lines. Report by Captian Raul Cordero, Far west Guide Service. Channel catfish are in 74 feet of water biting cheese bait and punch bait. Captain Kent Terril, 3T Guide Service. Bass are staging for the spawn using Texas rigged soft plastics worked around secondary points and square billed crankbaits. Tight lines Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service.

ARLINGTON- SLOW.Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.09 feet above pool. Reports of good size bass biting on jerkbaits, umbrella rigs, and crankbaits off points and rocks along the dam. Crappie can be caught of docks with brush. Channel catfish are biting all over the lake.

GRAHAM- SLOW. Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 4.34 feet below pool. Bass are good and feeding well as the water warms. Baitfish type lures are working best, such as lipless crankbaits and jerkbaits.

LBJ- GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of open water with punch bait. Crappie are good with live minnows or chartreuse jigs in 4-10 feet of water over brush piles. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappies Fishing Service.

MEREDITH- SLOW. Water stained; 46-48 degrees; 55.06 feet below pool. Bass are fair on minnows and artificials. Catfish are slow on minnows and frozen shad. Crappie are slow but minnows are still the ticket. White bass are fair on minnows, and jig heads with a curly tailed grub. Trout are good on minnows, power baits, worms, small spinners and flies. Walleye are fair on minnows and grubs in 27-50 feet of water.

O.H. IVIE- GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 23.89 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics. White bass are fair with live bait and crankbaits. Crappie good using minnows. Catfish are good on live bait. Report by Concho Park and Marina.

POSSUM KINGDOMGOOD.

Water lightly stained; 5060 degrees; 5.61 feet below pool. Striper fishing is fair in 20-55 feet of water live shad or jigs. White and yellow are the preferred colors for jigs, but some are being caught on pink. The bite changes everyday, and sometimes hourly. Sand bass are fair trolling divers, or using white and chartreuse jigs when fish are stacked up in 20-30 feet of water. Catfish are fair in 1020 feet of water on cut or live shad fished on bottom. Water clarity is 2-10 feet. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Reports of largemouth bass biting on plastic worms. Report by Bait Candy Corp.

PROCTOR- SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 9.29 feet below pool. Blue catfish are biting cut bait. Focus on drop-offs in deeper water. Report by Jeffery Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing LLC.

STAMFORD- SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 3.43 feet below pool. Crappie fishing is good at the Crappie House. Reports of a 30 pound blue catfish catch off of a jugline. Look for bass to move shallow on beds. Report by Anchor Marina.

TWIN BUTTES- GOOD. Water stained. 59 degrees; 22.85 feet below pool. Fishing is good when the weather and wind allow. Crappie spawing in 4-7 feet of water, on jigs and minnows. White bass are running in the river biting on any type of small shiny spinnerbaits. The white bass spawn is close. Channel catfish are good in 8-20 feet of water prepared baits. Reports of largemouth bass catches in 5-25 feet of water. Report by Captian Michael Peterson, 4 reel Fun Guide Service.

WACO- GREAT. Water stained; 60 degrees; 5.87 feet below pool. Crappie are in 10-25 feet in open water suspended anywhere from 5-15 feet deep. Focus on main creek channels close to spawning areas fishing Snacky lures FS200 wiht Eyehole jig heads in 1/16th ounce and we used the “bucks ultimate” rods from BNM Poles in 10 feet. Look for standing timber or brush in these areas as they usually hold a few fish in them as well. Report by Robert Stover, Workingman Crappie Guide. Crappie have moved shallow and the bite is aggressive.

WEATHERFORD- SLOW. Water stained; 58 degrees; 7.75 feet below pool. Forecasted cold front will slow the bite. Crappie are fair to good along the rocks near the crappies house with jigs and minnows. Catfish are slow off rocks near the dam with cut bait and stink bait. White bass are slow on slabs. Bass are slow in deep water using crankbaits and jigs.

WHITE RIVER- SLOW. Water stained; 58 degrees; 24.57 feet below pool. Reports of crappie and bass catches being caught off piers. As the water warms, look for bass to begin staging for the prespawn biting Texas rigged worms or craw patterned artificials.. Through Texas rigged worms or craw patterned altricials.

ZEBRA MUSSEL ALERTTo prevent the spread of zebra mussels, the law requires draining of water from boats and onboard receptacles when leaving or approaching public fresh water.