Fishing Report on Texas Lakes

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Lake Meredith: FAIR. Water stained; 67 degrees; 51.40 feet low. Black bass are fair to slow on worms, spinners, and crankbait finding structures but are tough to reach. Walleye are great using smaller spinners, crankbait, and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs working timber. White bass are slow. Channel catfish are fair fishing stinkbait and cut bait.

Cisco: GOOD. Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 5.29 feet low. Largemouth bass are good fishing still above the cooler deep water on topwater, spinners, worms, and crankbait finding the points with vegetation on the floor. Sunfish are good on cutworms and under human-made structures at night, especially shallow depths. Crappie are fair on jigs using creek structures. Catfish are fair with slowing movement on stinkbait, nightcrawlers, and chicken livers night and day.

Lake Greenbelt: FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 39.73 feet low. Black bass are fair, finding standing vegetation, trees, and brush on weedless baits staying below 7 feet. Catfish are fair on live bait lake-wide. Walleye are good, cruising around 6 feet out from the structure. Sunfish and crappie are fair, biting more in the early evening around most covered structures. White bass are slow.

White River: FAIR. Water murky; 65-68 degrees; 24.96 feet low. Drought conditions are still in place. Please check boat ramp access. Largemouth bass are fair with little change, except slower activity due to recent cooler temperatures, using worms, crankbait, and spinners against the dam mostly. Crappie are fair, staying to timber and vegetation just below the surface. Walleye are fair working coves and mid-lake where depths could reach at least 8 feet. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait, and prepared bait near the Marina.

Alan Henry: FAIR. Water clear 67-69 degrees; 5.67 feet low. Black bass are good working points with crankbaits, spinners, and worms not straying from rocks. Crappie are fair with jigs further south. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait, and stinkbait.

Arrowhead:FAIR. Water stained; 69-71 degrees; 0.08 feet high. Largemouth bass remain great on rip rap, docks, and points using worms, crankbait, and spinners still moving anywhere below 6 feet in structure. White bass are fair on Alabama Rigs attracting the most attention north. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows, fishing docks, and bridges. Catfish are fair at all depths on cheese bait, stinkbait, and minnows.

Possum Kingdom: FAIR. Water clear; 69 degrees; 0.02 feet low. Largemouth bass remain good if you fish rock drops and the windy side of points normally with a southern wind. Fish worms, jigs, some topwater in shallow vegetation, and small crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs using boat docks and using some corners of coves and rocky spots. White bass are fair on Alabama rigs dropping into deep structures around 16-18 feet. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait, live sunfish, and stinkbait.

Information in this fishing report is from Texas Parks and Wildlife, Bitly link: https://bit.ly/2WY3ARx.