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.
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ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; .01' low. The lake is currently closed due to an upstream oil spill.
ARROWHEAD: Water turbid; 80 degrees; 1.14' low. Black bass to eight pounds are slow on crankbaits or chatterbaits in shallows off rocky areas. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs off the east side bridges and boat docks. White bass are excellent on jigs and small crankbaits off windswept points and along the dam on jigs and small crankbaits with some surface action. Blue catfish are good pounds on rod and reel using cheese bait or shad.
COLORADO CITY: The quality of fishing is very limited due to episodic toxic golden alga blooms.
FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 80 degrees; 2.27' low. Black bass are good on shad-colored spinnerbaits and live bait with topwater action early and late in day. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and crankbaits. Catfish are good on cut and live bait.
HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 81 degrees; 7.53' low. Black bass are good on black/blue jigs, watermelon candy soft plastics, and live bait worked along grass lines and suspended along timber. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait and small shad-colored crankbaits. Catfish are good on live bait.
NASWORTHY: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees. Black bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait and chrome crankbaits. Catfish are good on live bait.
OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 7.85' low. Black bass are good on shad-colored chatterbaits, buzzbaits and poppers, and live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait.
O.H. IVIE: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 22.66' low. Black bass are good on green pumpkin or red shad soft plastics, baby bass crankbaits, white spinnerbaits, and live bait worked along grass lines and timber. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and chrome crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are good on shad-colored soft plastic jerkbaits and live bait along tree lines. Channel catfish are good on live and cut bait.
POSSUM KINGDOM: Water stained; 81 degrees; 1.00' low. Black bass are good on Senkos, shad-colored buzzbaits and spinnerbaits in mid-lake pockets. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait, silver/black back crankbaits and jigging spoons during early morning hours and at night under the dock lights by the island points on the north end of the lake. Stripers are good on shad-colored crankbaits along the southern lake points. Catfish to ten pounds are good on shad and worms in Rock Creek and Cedar Creek areas.
SPENCE: Fishing reported generally poor due to golden alga blooms.
STAMFORD: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.04' low. Black bass are good on live bait, shad-colored spinnerbaits and dark jigs worked along brush and suspended timber. Crappie are good on jigs and live bait. White bass are fair on live bait and crankbaits. Catfish are good on live bait.
SWEETWATER: Water stained; 79 degrees; 7.04' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and junebug soft plastics along brush and rocky points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.
WHITE RIVER: Water stained; 80 degrees; 24.38' low. Black bass are good on live bait, watermelon pepper soft plastics and green pumpkin/chartreuse jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait and white/blue back jerkbaits. Channel catfish are good on cut and live bait.
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