South Texas Plains Region Week of May 8, 2024

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 79 degrees. Water temperature declined due to rain and no sunlight. Redfish are slow, trolling with bait near the dam. Channel catfish are fair around rock lines and against the weeds on cheese bait and liver. Bass are in the reeds on plastic worms. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 80 degrees. Water temperature declined due to rain and no sunlight. Redfish were being caught off the bank on crawfish and shrimp, or around rocky cove trolling plastics and spoons. Catfish are biting on rock piles out in the lake on cheese bait and cut bait. No report on bass. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 28.95 feet below pool. Bass are good on shad colored moving baits in the morning on shallow flats. As the day progresses a Texas rig and Carolina rig on main lake points is producing. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing. Bass are good in shallow water using crankbaits, or spinnerbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait or stink bait in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet of water on minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 70 degrees; 9.46 feet below pool. Fishing has been slow here, while lake levels continue to drop and high winds are in the forecast. Catfish are fair in 2-4 feet of water on worms, cut carp, and shad. Drum are good in 2-4 feet of water on worms. Alligator gar are good in the river channel on cut carp. Largemouth are very slow. Crappie are slow. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 44.17 feet below pool. Trophy and keeper blue catfish are good in 3-10 feet of water with cut bait, or palm sized live tilapia for bigger catfish. Channel catfish are good with small shad, stink bait or shrimp along vertical structure in 5-10 feet of water. Gar are slow, but excellent bow fishing near the mouth of the Tigers. Crappie are slow with many undersized catches. Bass are good in 3-15 feet of water flipping a creature bait or jig, or throwing a spinnerbait into flooded bushes. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Texana

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.96 feet below pool. Lake is turbid, but the upper portion is starting to clear. Bass are fair north of the U.S. Route 59. Crappie are slow.

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