Fishing Report on Texas Lakes

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Lake Meredith: FAIR TO SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 50.98 feet low. Black bass are fair searching mid lake with a lack of bait fish. Black bass will let you know quickly if you are fishing with the correct lure. Walleye are fair and slowing reeling around 6 feet. Crappie are fair with minnows and jigs fishing structures. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait near the dam.

Arrowhead: FAIR. Water stained; 70-72 degrees; 0.00 feet high. Largemouth bass are great on worms, crankbait, and spinners anticipating deeper habitats further out to mid lake than normal on brush and deeper drops around water depths 12-14 feet. White Bass are fair on Alabama Rigs sinking deep below bass off points. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows around 6-8 feet over brush and under structures. Catfish are fair at all depths on cheese bait, stink bait and minnows

Lake Greenbelt: FAIR. Water stained; 67 degrees; 38.97 feet low. Black bass are fair using worms, topwater, and weedless baits sometimes bottom bumping looking for submerged vegetation and hoping rain will continue to improve habitats. Catfish are fair on live bait lake wide. Walleye are good seeming to circle faster than normal still around 6 feet. Sunfish and crappie from dusk and overnight around most covered structures. White bass are slow.

White River: SLOW. Water stained; 67-70 degrees; 24.19 feet low. Drought conditions continue to be in place. Please check boat ramp access. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Carolina rigged worms, weighted worms, topwater poppers, and soft plastic white jigs. Habitat moves daily starting with vegetation. Crappie are fair on jigs with less movement and sinking into deeper water around 8 feet. Walleye are fair, slowing on small spinners, and small crankbait reeled very slowly. Channel Cats are great are fair on live bait, cut bait, and stink bait.

Alan Henry: GOOD. Water clear 70 degrees; 1.46 feet low. Black bass are good on crankbait, spinners, and worms fishing rocks, flooded timber, and banks without immediate drop-offs. Crappie are fair with jigs in deeper vegetation. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and stink bait.

White River: SLOW. Water stained; 67-70 degrees; 24.19 feet low. Drought conditions continue to be in place. Please check boat ramp access. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Carolina rigged worms, weighted worms, topwater poppers, and soft plastic white jigs. Habitat moves daily starting with vegetation. Crappie are fair on jigs with less movement and sinking into deeper water around 8 feet. Walleye are fair, slowing on small spinners, and small crankbait reeled very slowly. Channel Cats are great are fair on live bait, cut bait, and stink bait.

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