Week of June 29, 2016

ALAN HENRY

Water clear; 86–90 degrees; 1.66’ low. Black bass are fair early on clear topwaters, wacky worms and Texas rigs on points. Crappie are fair. Catfish are fair on perch and goldfish.

AMISTAD

Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 24.39’ low. Black bass are good on topwaters, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastic frogs. Striped bass are fair on topwaters and large jerkbaits. White bass are fair on crankbaits and minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers over baited holes. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines and throwlines baited with live perch. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

ARROWHEAD

Water fairly clear; 85–89 degrees; 0.38’ low. No reports on black bass. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows in the shallows. Catfish are good on worms and stinkbait.

ATHENS

Water lightly stained; 84–89 degrees; 0.17’ high. Black bass are good on hollow body frogs and weightless Senkos. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

BASTROP

Water murky; 81–85 degrees. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON

Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 25.34’ high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

BOB SANDLIN

Water stained; 83–88 degrees; 0.33’ high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged creature baits and Carolina rigged worms. Crappie are slow on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and cut shad.

BONHAM

Water stained to lightly stained; 84–88 degrees; 0.33’ low. Black bass are good on topwaters, Texas rigged worms and deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are good on brush piles in 10–12’. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

BRAUNIG

Water murky. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

BRIDGEPORT

Water stained to lightly stained, 84–89 degrees: 0.64’ high. Black bass are very good on white buzzbaits, Megabass Hazendong Shad swimbaits on jigheads and Megabass S Crank 1.5 in E2 Craw. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on slabs and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and rod and reel.

BROWNWOOD

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.09’ high. Black bass are good on soft plastics, buzzbaits, and spinnerbaits over grass. Hybrid striper are fair on shad. White bass are good on minnows and Li’l Fishies off lighted docks at night. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait.

BUCHANAN

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.06’ high. Black bass are fair on watermelon flukes, Texas rigged watermelon worms, and topwaters off secondary points early. Striped bass are fair on small crankbaits and Zara Spooks early. White bass are fair trolling on Pirk Minnows over brush piles. Crappie are good on minnows and Curb’s crappie jigs over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on live bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on juglines and trotlines baited with goldfish.

CADDO

Water stained to muddy; 85–90 degrees; 1.50’ high. Black bass are slow on hollow body frogs and weightless Senkos. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

CALAVERAS

Water murky. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

CANYON LAKE

Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 1.81’ high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.

CEDAR CREEK

Water lightly stained; 85–90 degrees; 0.13’ low. Black bass are good on Texas rigged worms, medium to deep crankbaits and Yellow Magic poppers. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

CHOKE CANYON

Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 21.29’ low. Black bass are fair on small crankbaits and soft plastic worms and lizards. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are fair on juglines baited with perch.

COLEMAN

Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 0.14’ low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK

Water murky; 94 degrees at the hot water discharge, 88 degrees in main lake; 0.16’ high. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits in 8–10 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live perch and cut bait in 8–10 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLORADO CITY

20.64’ low. No report available.

CONROE

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.15’ low. Black bass are good on dark spinnerbaits and small Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp and chicken livers.

COOPER

Water stained to muddy; 0.02’ low. No report available.

FAIRFIELD

Black bass fishing reported as significantly improved. TPWD discontinued stocking the lake after the fish kill in September 2011. Redfish survived the kill in limited numbers.

FALCON

Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 27.73’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits in the north end of the lake. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and stinkbait. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

FAYETTE

Water murky. Black bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

FORK

Water stained; 84–89 degrees; 0.26’ low. Black bass are good on Carolina rigged Flukes, football jigs and deep diving crankbaits. White and yellow bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

FT. PHANTOM HILL

Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 0.12’ high. Black bass are fair on topwaters, chatterbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait.

GIBBONS CREEK

Water murky. Black bass are good on green pumpkin crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps, and spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers, shrimp, and stinkbait.

GRANBURY

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.08’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows and pet spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, chicken livers, and stinkbait.

GRANGER

Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 4.16’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

GRAPEVINE

Water stained to muddy; 83–88 degrees; 11.39’ high. Black bass fair on Texas rigged soft plastics and white buzzbaits. White bass and hybrid bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.

GREENBELT

31.9’ low. No report available.

HOUSTON COUNTY

Water stained; 87–91 degrees; 0.01’ low. Black bass to 10 pounds are good on black and dark green soft plastic worms. Crappie are good on live minnows. Bream are good on live worms. Channel and blue catfish to 4 pounds are good on trotlines baited with live perch.

HUBBARD CREEK

Water off color; 85–90 degrees; 0.49’ low. Black bass are fair to good on buzzbaits and Pop–Rs early, later switching to Texas rigs, Carolina rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and live shad.

JOE POOL

Water stained; 84–89 degrees; 1.32’ high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged creature baits and craws. White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

LAKE O’ THE PINES

Water stained; 4.24’ high. No report available.

LAVON

Water stained to muddy; 85–90 degrees: 2.40’ high. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits and bladed jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

LBJ

Water stained; 79–83 degrees; 0.65’ low. Black bass are fair on small topwaters and watermelon Curb’s jigs in 8–16 feet early. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 15 feet. Channel catfish are fair on minnows. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

LEWISVILLE

Water stained to muddy; 84–89 degrees; 3.36’ high. Black bass are good on Texas rigged creature baits and shallow crankbaits. White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on trotlines.

LIVINGSTON

Water stained; 81–85 degrees; 1.59’ high. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on striper jigs, hellbenders, and silver slabs. White bass are fair on minnows, troll tubes, and Charlie slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Blue catfish are fair on shad. Yellow catfish are fair on live bait.

MACKENZIE

72.67’ low. No report available.

MARTIN CREEK

Water lightly stained; 86–91 degrees; 0.24’ low. Black bass are slow on Texas rigged craws and topwaters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Catfish are slow on trotlines.

MEREDITH

58.11’ low. No report available.

MONTICELLO

Water stained; 86–91 degrees; 0.25’ low. Black bass are fair on hollow body frogs, buzz frogs, and bladed jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and prepared bait.

NASWORTHY

84–89 degrees; 0.61’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Zara Spooks early, later switching to Texas rigs, jigs and wacky rigs. No reports on crappie. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

NAVARRO MILLS

Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 9.38’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

O.H. IVIE

Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 33.63’ low. Black bass are fair to good on weightless flukes, jigs, medium running shad pattern crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on live bait.

OAK CREEK

Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 10.52’ low. Black bass are fair on topwaters early, later switching to Texas rigs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs in the shallows. Catfish are fair on chartreuse (use Worn–Glo) nightcrawlers.

PALESTINE

Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 0.03’ high. Black bass are good on Texas rigged craws, wake baits and bladed jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

PALO DURO

53.63’ low. No report available.

POSSUM KINGDOM

Water off color; 84–90 degrees; 0.13’ high. Black bass are fair on wacky rigs, Texas rigs, jigs and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on split shot weighted live minnows. White bass are fair to good on Road Rooster Tails. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cur bait.

PROCTOR

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 13.45’ high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

RAY HUBBARD

Water stained; 84–89 degrees; 0.11’ high. Black bass are slow on Yellow Magic poppers and medium crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfish are good on trotlines and cut shad.

RAY ROBERTS

Water stained to muddy; 84–89 degrees; 3.20’ high. Black bass are fair on deep diving crankbaits, football jigs and Carolina rigged Flukes. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS

Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 0.15’ high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged creature baits and craws. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines and cut shad.

SAM RAYBURN

Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 2.75’ high. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and dark crankbaits. White bass are good on minnows and small spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles in 20–25 feet. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait and cut bait.

SOMERVILLE

Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 17.50’ high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

SPENCE

53.74’ low. No report available.

STAMFORD

0.04’ low. No report available.

STEINHAGEN

1.78’ high. No report available.

STILLHOUSE

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 13.50’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

SWEETWATER

Water off color; 83–89 degrees; 22.24’ low. No report available.

TAWAKONI

Water stained to muddy; 86–90 degrees; 0.56’ high. Black bass are fair on hollow body frogs, and Texas rigged craws on docks. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines.

TEXOMA

Water stained to muddy; 83–88 degrees; 2.55’ high. Black bass are fair on topwaters and Texas rigged worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines and cut shad.

TOLEDO BEND

Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 0.20’ high. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and black/blue soft plastics. Striped bass are good on white striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows and pet spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.

TRAVIS

Water murky; 81–85 degrees; 0.12’ high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG

Water murky. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

WEATHERFORD

Water stained; 0.25’ low. No report available.

WHITE RIVER

Water stained; 84–89 degrees; 17.36’ low. No report available.

WHITNEY

Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 13.88’ high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow.

WRIGHT PATMAN

Water muddy; 27.08’ high. No report available.