South Texas Plains Region Week of April 24, 2024

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 80 degrees. Redfish are good off the bank and in a boat fishing on the bottom with crawfish, shrimp and shad. Redfish can also be caught at the dam trolling in 17-20 feet with plastics and gold spoons. Largemouth bass are still in the weeds on plastics. Channel catfish can be caught around the reeds and rock lines on cheese bait and cut shad. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 82 degrees. Redfish are good along the bank, and Spider Island on crawfish, shrimp and cut shad. Some catches of redfish trolling at the dam all the way to the railroad bridge in 10-20 feet of water on plastics and spoons. Blue catfish are biting from crappie wall to Train Car Cove using cut bait, or on rock with cheese bait. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 28.69 feet below pool. Bass are excellent using imitation shad in the morning, then switching to Carolina or Texas rigs on main lakes points as the day progresses. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing. Bass are good in shallow water using shad or chartreuse colored running crankbaits, and watermelon or pumpkin colored soft plastics. Catfish are good on stink bait and shad in 10 feet of water. Crappie bite is fair to slow with fish transitioning to brush piles using minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 67 degrees; 9.12 feet below pool. High winds in the forecast. Lake levels are low so keep an eye out for newly exposed logs. Catfish are fair in 4-6 feet of water on punch bait. Drum are fair in 5-10 feet of water on worms and shrimp. White bass are fair in 5-10 feet of water on live minnows and jigs. Crappie are slow. Alligator gar are good on cut carp in the river channel. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 37.49 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; 0.49 feet below pool. Catfish are fair on the south end. All other species are slow.

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