Compiled and edited by J.P. Greeson, Bink Grimes, Kendal Hemphill and Karen Taylor for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department under a federal grant provided by the Sport Fish Restoration Program.

SOUTHEAST
CONROE: Water fairly clear; 0.06’ high. Black bass are very good on pumpkinseed soft plastics and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, cut bait, and frozen shrimp.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Black bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, cut bait, and stinkbait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water fairly clear; 55 degrees; 0.08’ high. Black bass to 8 pounds are good on shad and watermelon colored worms, chartreuse spinnerbaits, and chrome Rat-L-Traps off piers and near the marina. Crappie are slow. Bream are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 4 pounds are good on perch.

LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 56 degrees; 0.65’ high. Black bass are very good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. A lake record 13.18 pound black bass was caught last week. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.60’ high. Black bass are very good on Carolina rigged green pumpkin soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are good on live minnows and watermelon jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, liver, and cut bait.

STEINHAGEN: 0.48’ high. No report available.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 53 degrees; 0.20’ high. Black bass are good on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are fair on minnows and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and red tube jigs. Bream are good on worms. Channel and blue catfish are fair on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.