Panhandle Plains Region Week of May 8, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 70 degrees; 3.99 feet below pool. Crappie and bass can be caught in spawn and post spawn patterns in 1-15 feet of water. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 6.61 feet below pool. Water levels are on the rise after the recent rains. Catfish are good in very shallow water. The spawn is right around the corner. Crappie are very good near the state park and around the bridges, with some moving out to brush. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Cisco

GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 11.67 feet below pool. Bass are good hitting topwaters. Channel catfish are good on most catfish baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Water visibility is murky due to recent rains. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 3.74 feet below pool. The lake has risen 6 feet in a week which can slow the bite until the water stabilizes. Before the rise in water bass reports were good.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 6.15 feet below pool. The lake level increased by 2 feet over the last week. This typically slows the bite until the lake stabilizes. Crappie were biting shallow on jigs and minnows.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water normal stain; 62 degrees; 45.89 feet below pool. Fishing is holding steady. Crappie are fair in shallow water on jigs and minnows. Sand bass are good in shallow water. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics. A few catfish are being caught. Walleye are slow but the quality is good.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 67 degrees; 12.03 feet below pool. Crappie fishing slowed on brush piles.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees; 45.82 feet below pool. Bass are good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are fair with crawlers, minnows, chicken liver and frozen shad. Crappie are fair with artificial baits and minnows. White bass are good on just about anything. Trout are slow on powerbaits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are good to excellent on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. The bite on all species seems to be improving, with the exception of trout in the stilling basin. April, May and June are by far the best months to catch fish. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests saves lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 4.00 feet below pool. Water level increased 3-5 feet in the last week. Gar are spawning near the dam. Blue catfish have been caught near the dam while anglers were targeting crappie with jigs. Crappie are fair in brush piles in 10 feet or more. Largemouth bass are slow, targeting recently submerged areas shallow. Hybrids and white bass can be caught trolling crankbaits.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees. 0.58 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are good on white chatterbaits flipping soft plastics in the reeds in 1-3 feet of water. Look out for the shad spawn as fish are beginning to key in on this pattern. Crappie are good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait around the dam. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 52.06 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 71 degrees; 30.10 feet below pool. Water level has risen over 14 inches since last week. Largemouth bass are good with numbers of 4-9 pounds fish caught with a variety of swimming baits in shallow brush in 4 feet of water. Bigger bass are in 20 feet of water hitting crankbaits and 10 inch worms. White bass are very good schooling mid lake and large flats near the dam with squarebill crankbaits, or rattletraps. Crappie are moving to bigger hardwood trees 8-19 feet with small red head jigs and minnows. Catfish good in 10 feet or less on cutshad, perch on jug lines and rod and reel. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 16.27 feet below pool. Black bass are good on plastic creature baits and stick baits in watermelon purple swirl or green pumpkin, and squarebill crankbaits. Crappie bite is improving on crappie jigs. Catfish are good on cut carp and shad. The trot line anglers are having success with live bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water clear; 73 degrees; 0.26 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent as the water temperature slowly starts to increase. Stripers are fair to good in 30-70 feet of water. Live bait is the most consistent way to put fish in the boat but some can be caught trolling with white, chartreuse, and silver lures. Sand bass are slow to fair with fish scattered in 10-20 feet of water using live shad or small slabs and jigs in white or silver. Catfish are good with cut shad in 2-10 feet and 40-60 feet of water. Water clarity is steady at 4-10 feet of visibility. The north end of the lake is extremely muddy. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Fishing patterns are holding steady for bass. Bass are good on topwaters in the mornings, then using worms later in the day in 8-15 feet of water. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 9.44 feet below pool. Water continues to run into the lake and the water level is on the rise. Sowell Creek day use ramp is now open, as well as the Copperas Creek west campground ramp. Reports that gar fishing is good in the shallow water near Sowell Creek.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees. 47.83 feet below pool. Black bass are good flipping jigs or vibrating jigs into the shallows. Crappie are reported to be slow. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait in deeper pockets. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.03 feet below pool. The lake is fresh with water running over the spillway. Crappie bite is good when you can find spawning crappie in shallow water with crappie jigs. Largemouth bass are in similar areas as the crappie hitting the crappie jigs. Channel catfish are good casting minnows on the rocks. Fish seem to have a low metabolism but as the water continues to clear and warm the bite should become more active.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 79 degrees; 33.69 feet below pool. As the water temperature increases catfish are scattered between shallow and deep water. Crappie are slow and scattered on brush in 7-8 feet of water, but as the water temperature increases water temperatures crappie should move to deeper water on brush. White bass are slow with very little surface action. Best to target white bass at night in the lights for numbers. No reports of largemouth bass. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

SLOW. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 19.89 feet below pool. Crappie are good using minnows in the shallows. Catfish are being caught on cut bait, minnows and worms from the docks or banks. White bass can be caught trolling near the island with a crankbait.

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