Panhandle Plains Region Week of April 17, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 61 degrees; 4.59 feet below pool. Crappie can be caught in spawn and pre-spawn patterns in 1-18 feet of water using jigs and minnow. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 8.28 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Blue catfish are great in shallow water. Crappie are good at the state park and around the bridges. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Cisco

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 11.70 feet below pool. Channel catfish and bass are good in 10-20 feet of water. Crappie are spawning biting jigs and minnows. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 9.47 feet below pool. Crappie are good on jigs at the docks. Crappie shallow are good.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 7.08 feet below pool. Bass are good hitting 7 inch curly tailed or straight worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits in less than 10 feet of water. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish can be caught drifting. Hybrids are good throwing umbrella rigs into schools. Report by Camron Wilkerson, Camron’s Quality Crappie Guiding. White bass are near the dam and along the bank and hybrids are near the dam.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 61 degrees; 45.83 feet below pool. Few anglers and reports.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 64 degrees; 12.16 feet below pool. Bass are still in a post-spawn in 5-10 feet of water hitting crankbaits, shaky heads spinnerbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are up the creeks on minnows or jigs. Catfish can be caught drifting shallow flats. Report by Camron Wilkerson, Camron’s Quality Crappie Guiding. Crappie are slow to fair.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 45.49 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are fair on crawlers, minnows, chicken liver and frozen shad. Crappie are fair on artificial baits and minnows. White bass are good on minnows, slabs, or any vertical presentations. Trout are fair on power baits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are good on minnows, grubs, and other artificials. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests saves lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 8.61 feet below pool. Due to low lake levels few anglers are on the water. Crappie and catfish are slow with a few bites near the dam.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees. 0.50 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are good on red chatterbaits flipping soft plastics in the reeds in 1-3 feet of water. Look for spawning bass shallow. 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; 55 degrees; 51.86 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 31.64 feet below pool. Water clarity is stained on the upper end of the lake, and the lower end of the lake is clear to 6 feet. Largemouth bass are bass good with some catches up to 13 pounds. Swimbaits and 10 inch worms are best. Topwater baits are getting better. White bass are good with catches up to 2.5 pounds. Sandies are schooling on bait hitting rattle traps and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair up rivers in shallow water around brush on minnows and red head jigs. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 16.58 feet below pool. Bass are steady on squarebill crankbaits and small swimbaits. Some anglers have had success using Texas rigged worms in purple and motor oil colors. Crappie and catfish are slow. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Possum Kingdom

FAIR. Water clear; 67 degrees; 0.08 feet below pool. Striped bass are slow to fair with the most consistent bite with live bait, but some can be caught trolling. Look for fish in 30-50 feet of water. Good colors are white, chartreuse, and silver. Sand bass are fair to slow. Some fish are starting to show back up in the lake but you will definitely have to look for them. Fish in 10-20 feet of water with live shad or small slabs and jigs white, and silver are good colors. Catfish are good on cut shad in 2-10 feet of water or 40-60 feet of water. Water clarity is steady at 4-10 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 12.18 feet below pool. Catfish, hybrids and crappie are fair to good on the banks and near the dam. Catfish should be spawning in shallow water within the month. Largemouth bass can be caught on soft plastics. Ramps are closed, but it is possible to launch a boat from the gravel at Buffalo Springs. Fishing from a kayak is possible.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 64 degrees. 48.19 feet below pool. Bass have been caught using square bill crankbaits in shad patterns. The spinnerbait bite has been working later in the day when the wind starts picking up. Blue catfish are biting on fresh cut bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 3.16 feet below pool. More rain in the forecast heading into the weekend, White bass are slow to fair with fish scattered. Catfish are fair. Crappie are good off the crappie dock with minnows. Bass are fair and the spawn should kick off after a few consecutive days of warmer weather.

Twin Buttes

SLOW. Water stained. 72 degrees; 33.44 feet below pool. Channel catfish are very good on cheese bait in shallow water. Limits of white bass are good in the open lake with shad, or topwaters when there is surface action. Crappie are slow but should improve in heavy cover in 8-12 feet of water with jigs or live minnows. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and some topwaters. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

SLOW. Water normal stain; 63 degrees; 19.66 feet below pool. Crappie are slow using minnows. 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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