Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week Of February 9, 2022 | Sports | Waxahachiesun.com – Waxahachie Sun

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 42 degrees; 4.34 feet low. Fishing is similar as we head into a weekend. Bass are good using football head jigs and spoons off ledges in 30-40 feet of water. The crappie are good on crappie jigs tipped with minnows.

Amistad

GOOD. Water clear; 52 degrees; 48.08 feet low. Largemouth bass are starting to prestage for the spawn on main lake points. Need to be around the edges of hydrilla. white bass and hybrid stripers are good below 30 feet of water following shad balls. Catfish are great on stink bait and cut bait. Remember to stay on the Texas side of the lake unless you possess a Mexican Fishing License. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service. Catfish are fair in 75 feet of water using punch bait. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T’s Guide Service.

Arlington

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 5.57 feet low. Bass are slow using Carolina rigs. white bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Report by local angler Wesley Molina.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 35-40 degrees; 2.51 feet low. Fishing the same patterns until spring. Catfish are good drifting on open water flats with cut shad. Crappie are slow on small jigs and minnows near the derricks and on brush piles. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

SLOW. Water clear; 49 degrees; 0.57 feet above. Black bass are slow in brush piles to 30 feet of water using jigs, look for deep bait and throw flutter spoons. Crappie are fair with many small catches coming in deep brush piles. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

SLOW. Water clear; 43 degrees; 0.63 feet low. Fishing is slow for all species, but should pick up in March. Most fish are roaming in the river channel chasing the bait fish. Some fish scattered around rock structures and boat docks. Report by Lee Benton, Fishing Guide Austin.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 49 degrees; 0.18 feet low. Black bass continue to be fair on crankbaits, starting to stage for the spawn. Crappie are fair using minnows and small jigs on the structure edges and above brush piles. Catfish are good on cut and prepped bait.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water clear; 50 degrees. Largemouth bass are good, catching good numbers near rocks and ledges on jigs, Carolina rigged finesse worms and flukes in 12-20 feet of water. You can also throw a 10-15 foot crankbait to catch some bigger fish. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 2.77 feet low. Catfish are good with an aggressive bite on cut bait. Moving to transitional areas, such as shallow water flats, in the mainlake. Report by Jason “SPUD” Barton, Cattin’ Around Adventure’s Professional Guide Service. Prefrontal white bass fishing showed aggressive feeding spurts were short-lived with fish taking faster presentations when feeding, and near-deadsticked presentations before and after feeding. Using a white five-eighth ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs vertically while fish were active, then changing over to near-deadsticked soft plastics on jig heads the remainder of the time on edges of mid-depth flats. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 6.05 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Largemouth bass are slow on deep-diving crankbaits. Bass should start to stage for the spawn. Crappie are slow on minnows and jigs in brush piles. White bass are slow on silver spoons, and should move into creeks to spawn. Catfish are slow with chicken liver, shrimp, and cut bait.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water clear; 45 degrees; 1.37 feet low. Crappie are good on minnows starting around 40 feet of water and deeper. Catfish are good in 20-30 feet of water on cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 58 degrees. Slow with the colder weather, but should pick up by the end of the month as we get warmer weather trends. Redfish can be caught near the intake in 10-12 feet of water. Channel catfish have been fair on livers and cheese bait around jetty and discharge. Shoreline anglers having fair catches on cut bait, worms and livers in the pier area and coves at night. Red drum are fair around the discharges and intakes on shrimp and cut shad, slow trolling silver spoons and swimbaits in the 10-20 feet range. Shoreline fishermen seeing some results towards the Dead Tree point on nightcrawlers and cut shad for red drum. Striped bass are slow. Blue catfish slow.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water stained; 45-48 degrees; 4.07 feet low. All ramps are open and usable. Crappie are fair in deep water along the river channel and the Runaway Marina, using jigs. Largemouth bass have been good on warmer days. Rocky shallow flats fished with bladed swim, jigs, underspins and drop shots have been successful. Look for the warmest water, a degree or two can have an impact on the bite! Hybrid striped bass and sand bass have been running together in open, deep water. A slow presentation has been the best bet. Find the bait and find the fish! Some catfish are being caught in very deep water, 30 feet plus using cut shad. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 40 degrees; 1.82 feet low. Fishing weather is good as we head into a weekend with consistent weather and good winds. Largemouth bass are good with perch like crankbaits, brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms, chartreuse bladed spinners, and shaky head jigs near timber, rocky shorelines, and docks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in brush piles and near bridge pilings. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, swimbaits, and live bait along the main lake channels, humps, and ridges. Look for birds diving over feeding schools of white bass. Catfish are good on shrimp, chicken liver, and live bait.

Buchanan

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 4.88 feet low. Largemouth are good on rocks piles and rock walls in 15-25 feet of water. Jigs are the best option, but Texas rig craws, power worms, shad and crawfish colored chatterbaits and traps will put fish in the boat too. Crappie are good over brush piles using crappie jigs or minnows. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Fishing Guide Service. White bass are good in 35-40 feet of water main lake points. Report by Jess Rotherham of Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are slow on RatLTraps, and red/craw colored crankbaits. White bass are good using slab spoons around the mouth of the river channel. Hybrid bass are good trolling with umbrella rigs. Crappie are fair at the mouth of the river and creeks in standing timber and brush piles. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Fishing for bass is productive around boat docks with green and white lights using imitation baits. Report by Lee Benton, Austin Fishing Guide.

Caddo

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 46 degrees; 0.83 feet high. Bass are slow to bite in 5-8 feet of water on the edge of trees and grass lines using Texas rigs and senkos. It is the time of year for the bass to start staging to spawn. Report by Jeremy Baker, Jeremy Baker Fishing.

Calaveras

SLOW. Water lightly Stained, 60 degrees. Slow with the colder weather, but should pick up by the end of the month as we get warmer weather trends. Channel and blue catfish are fair on cheese bait, cut shad and livers along rocky points and the bridges in the back of the lake. Shoreline fisherman seeing results on a mixed bag of catfish in the coves on the recreational shoreline at night and moving towards points with deep water access during the day on cut shad and livers and nightcrawlers. Red drum have been slow to fair on silver spoons in the 10-20 feet range and on shrimp and cut shad. Shoreline fisherman seeing some results for red drum on cut shad, liver and nightcrawlers. Striped bass have been poor.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 0.66 feet low. Striped bass are good early in the grass lines using drop shots, ned rigs, RatLTraps in red or brown. As the sun warms up the water fish rocky structure with ned rigs and weightless senkos, and jerkbaits shallow on bluffs and grass in 8-15 feet of water. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water lightly stained; 47-50 degrees; 1.53 feet low. Crappie are good on brush piles in 15-25 feet of water. Largemouth bass are good in the shallows, and main lake points with rocks and brush piles in 8-12 feet of water using chatterbaits and blue/black three-eight ounce jigs. Hybrid and white bass are good in 30-40 feet of water off of creek bends using the deadstick technique live baits or silver slabs. Catfish are good main lake humps or baited holes using frozen or live shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water clear stained; 55 degrees; 18.90 feet low. Bass are good on chatterbaits and senkos around grass and rock structure in 8 feet or less, with a few catches on spinnerbaits. White bass are up the river trolling. Crappie are slow. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GOOD. Water clear; 44 degrees; 3.47 feet low. sand bass are good with a few largemouth bass mixed in trolling with RatLTraps. Crappie are slow on live minnows in brush piles. Catfish are slow drifting with cut shad. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

FAIR. Slightly stained; 40 degrees; 1.63 feet low. Hybrid stripers are fair on Rat-L-Traps chasing schools deeper, preferring silver coloring. Largemouth bass are fair with topwater, worms, and jerkbaits just off the timber in deeper water and brush. Crappie remain good on jigs off of points. Catfish are fair with stink bait and cut bait.

Conroe

GOOD. Slightly stained; 52 degrees; 0.84 feet low. Catfish are good on baited holes in 18-25 feet of water using liver, shrimp, or drifting for large catfish using perch or cut bait. Many folks are having success under the 1097 bridge. Hybrid bass are schooling in 19-28 feet of water. Trolling for hybrids with a hellbender & a pet spoon, or using your electronics and the deadsticking technique, thumping and splashing. Refer to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website to distinguish the tooth patch between white and hybrid bass. Crappie are fair, moving locations after a few catches. Success in 15-32 feet of water near timber and drop-offs using hair jigs from Lone Star Crappie Jigs and plastic jigs from Miss Bacon Baits and Constant Pursuit Outfitters. Black bass are being caught around docks and other structures on flipping earth creatures and running RatLTraps in 12-24 feet of water in the trees and docks. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 47 degrees. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Blue catfish have improved to great, in deep water near structures drifting and anchoring with cut shad. Report by Johnny Ward, Ward’s Catfish Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 3.34 feet low. Catfish are good in 4-8 feet of water using worms, soap baits, and Big Marv’s punch bait. Crappie are good in 10-15 feet of water near structure on live minnows. Freshwater drum are good in 4-8 feet of water on shrimp and worms. Largemouth bass and white bass are slow. Report by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 55-60 degrees; 41.74 feet low. Catfish are good from the Mouth of marker 7 to the north side in 15 feet of water using filet cubed tilapia, cut carp, and gizzard shad. Crappie are good 8-20 feet of water minnows and jigs. Report by Ram Reyes, Texas Kings Outdoor.

Fayette

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 59 degrees. Bass are deeper with a light bite on plastic worms. Catfish are slow in 14-16 feet of water fishing over chum with a stink bait. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

FAIR. Water Stained; 52 degrees; 6.14 feet low. Bass bite has been slow most days, but is picking up. Viper XP jigs are working around big wood in 3-6 feet of water. Z-Man chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are good around ditches and creeks in 2-5 feet of water around big wood. Report by Lake Fork fishing guides Marc Mitchell and Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Pro.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 39 degrees; 1.32 feet low. Hybrid bass and white bass are fair on flukes worked slowly in deep water. Crappie fishing is good on jigs. Blue catfish are good in and around creek channels. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Graham

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 40 degrees; 2.92 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Crappie are slow in 24 feet of water preferring jigs over minnows. Should move into spawning areas soon. Catfish are good on jug lines around the first bridge.

Granbury

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 41 degrees; 0.41 feet low. Striped bass are slow and scattered throughout the reservoir biting on slow moving swimbaits and crankbaits and deadsticking. Report by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service. Visibility is increasing on the north end. The freezing temps had fish congregating in the channel during the day, and baitfish hugging the bottom in 25-30 feet of water. Daytime bite has been pretty good on cut shad and drum. Night time has had them scattered. Marking big fish up on shallow flats roaming but not aggressively feeding. This should improve over the next few weeks. Report by Jeff Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 44 degrees; 2.87 feet high. Fishing is similar as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Fish will be deep and suspended in the river after the cold front rolls through. Crappie continue to be slow biting on jigs or live minnows near the Foxes Bottom area. Catfishing is fair on live bait. White bass are slow, moving into the creeks getting ready to spawn. Report by Duane Danek, Danek Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 42 degrees; 1.36 feet low. Fishing is the same,and fish are lethargic so success will come with patience and slow moving baits. Fish in deep water for all species this time of year. white bass are still in 45-50 feet of water in the creek channels. The deadstick technique is still the go to using a jigging spoon and a stinger hook with a berkley gulp minnow tied two feet up will bring them in the boat. Crappie have moved up into the creeks getting ready to spawn biting on jigs. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water stained; 37 degrees; 40.42 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. No fishing reports coming in. The water level is low, and the boat ramp is still open. Expect fishing to pick up in March.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.27 feet above. Crappie are fair on small minnows moving to spawn. Bass are fair with crankbaits, with deadsticking producing some bites. Starting to stage for the spawn. Catfish are fair drifting with cut bait.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 47 degrees; 2.85 feet low. White bass are good in 30-35 feet of water using small swimbaits, or slabs worked slow off the bottom.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 43 degrees; 0.19 feet above. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Largemouth bass are fair with deep diving crankbaits, shaky head jigs, Texas-rigged plastic worms near points, timber, and brush piles. Starting to stage up for the spawn. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs working for timber and brush piles, starting to migrate to spawn. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

Joe Pool

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 1.60 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Bass are fair on deep diving crankbaits and deadsticking. Crappie are fair in the brush piles around boat houses biting on little minnows.

Lake O’ the Pines

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 0.62 feet low. Crappie are good just off the creek channel in 30 feet of water drifting by the dam using minnows or jigs. Catfish are fair in 15-20 feet of water on cheese bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are slow on Texas rigged senkos in 5-8 feet of water on the edge of trees and grass lines. Report by Jeremy Baker, Jeremy Baker Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 4.04 feet low. Bass are fair starting to move shallower in 5-10 feet of water when the sun is high. Before and after high sun, the bass are pushing out to 10-25 feet of water chasing gizzard shad on hard structure like rocks and concrete. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in 20-30 feet of water in the trees. white bass are good in 20-30 feet of water humps and ledges. Blue catfish are great in 6-35 feet of water drifting with cut gizzard shad. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.63 feet low. Bass are slow on soft plastics, shaky heads, and finesse jigs around boat docks and rocky structure. Fish are concentrated on the west shorelines where the rocks are retaining heat. White bass are good on slabs in 30-40 feet of water inside the river channel. Catfish are slow. Crappie are fair in deep brush piles in the creeks, ready for the annual spawn, using minnows and jigs. Report by Lee Benton, Austin Fishing Guide.

Lewisville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 1.94 feet low. The cold front has dropped the water temperature some, but the bite is similar. White bass are fair to good in deep water around 32-65 feet of water near river channels using jigs or live shad. Hybrid stripers are slow, but can be picked off every once in a while. They will be hanging around the white bass. Catfish are steady with a good bite most days drifting cut shad or chicken breasts. Check near wind blown points and flats near creek channels in 18-30 feet of water has been best, but there are catfish in deeper water as well. Crappie are fair to good all over the lake in depths ranging from 10-35 feet of water. They will be holding tight to structures such as piles of leaves, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, and bridge columns have all produced fish biting on minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

GREAT. Water clear; 43 degrees; 0.72 feet low. Fishing is similar to last week. Largemouth are good in 2-10 feet of water on chatterbaits, lipless crankbaits, wacky worms and jerkbaits. Crappie are good suspended 12-25 feet of water on minnows around standing timber and brush piles. white bass are good on main lake points in 9-20 feet of water on silver jigging spoons Report by Colan Gonzales, Dfwfishingguidebooking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 50 degrees; 0.40 feet above. White bass are good on jigs. Catfish are good on cut buffalo.

Martin Creek

FAIR. 50-55 degrees. Water lightly stained; 1.91 feet low. Bass are fair lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs 5-10 feet of water in creek channels. Report by Jeremy Baker, Jeremy Baker Fishing.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 47.37 feet low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair on spoons. Striped bass are fair using the deadsticking technique. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

Meredith

SLOW. Water stained; 48 degrees; 52.11 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Fishing has been slow, but should pick up after the cold spell passes. Trout, walleye and catfish are slow on minnows. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 40 degrees; 1.91 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair using Alabama rigs and deadsticking. Crappie are good in the timber with minnows and small jigs. Catfish are fair in deep water using cut bait.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water stained; 48 degrees. The bite picked up over the weekend. Bass are stacking up over deeper water, 18-22 feet, success with a slow rolling Alabama rig, small underspin got a few bites. Crappie are good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water murky; 40 degrees. 0.57 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Black bass are fair using deep diving crankbaits and swimbaits. Crappie are fair with jigs and minnows in the brush piles. White bass are fair schooling chasing shad. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 51 degrees; 1.28 feet low. Fishing continues to be slow, and patterns continue to be similar. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good off points on the south side of the lake in Liberty Hill. Bass are good off of Crappie Point. Charlie Boze, Navarro Mills Marina. Crappie are good with limits coming near treese using ATX Lure Company’s 2.25-inch wicked shad, and a two-inch baby shad. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service.

O.C. Fisher

FAIR. Water stained; 42 degrees. 42.28 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Largemouth bass and white bass are fair on crankbaits and Alabama rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs in deep brush piles. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live, and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water clear; 43 degrees; 16.31 feet low. The bass fishing has been great using rigs, spoons, jerkbaits and swimbaits in 15-30 feet of water. Report by Brandon Burks, Burks Fishing.

Oak Creek

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 5.92 feet low. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Crappie are fair in brush piles using minnows and small jigs. Bass are slow on deep diving crankbaits and Alabama rigs.

Palestine

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 52-56 degrees; 0.32 feet high. Fishing is fair and slow due to crappie transitioning from deep to shallow water. Fish are scattered in 3-30 feet of water biting on jigs and minnows. Report by Mark Standrige, Three Nails Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 0.58 feet low. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows near brush piles, should be moving into the creeks to spawn. Catfish are good on the flats using perch, chicken liver and off docks using minnows.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 1.41 feet low. All fishing is being done from mid lake to north lake. Striped bass fishing is amazing. Fish are fat and healthy, starting to see eggs in all the fish. Live bait has been consistent. Deadsticking is still doing good using chartreuse, white, and silver flake colors. Alabama rigs in chartreuse, pink, white, and silver are working in schooling fish. Sand bass are great on live bait, and deadsticking. Seeing catches weighing in around two-plus pounds. Catfish are good fishing both shallow and deep depending on time of day using cut shad fished on bottom. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Striped bass are good in 20-50 feet of water deadsticking and casting swimbaits with a slow retrieve, and jigging spoons. Report by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water clear; 42 degrees; 1.66 feet low. Crappie are fair near brush piles in Copperas Creek Park on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair drifting in the High Point area biting on cut bait. White bass and hybrid stripers are slow, try smaller slabs this weekend as the fish will be lethargic. Black bass are slow.

Raven

SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees. The lake is muddy and the visibility is less than two feet. The bite is tough. Crappie are slow, but catchable on jigs and minnows. Bass are slow on black Texas rigs and wacky rigs. Catfish are slow on cutbait and live bream. The lake is still low with exposed obstacles, so navigate with caution.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 43-44 degrees; 1.74 feet low. White bass are good to great starting mid day. Large schools are roaming the deep flats in 33-42 feet of water mostly suspended in the middle water column. Half ounce slabs with multiple crappie jigs tied 12 inches apart are working best. Many female white bass are full of eggs beginning to stage to spawn. Catfish are good with cut bait and are starting to move shallow. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

FAIR; Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 01.03 feet low. white bass continue to be fair on silver spoons. Crappie are slow on minnows and jigs.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water clear; 49 degrees; 2.02 feet low. Blue and channel catfish are good on Danny King’s Punch Bait in the timber near Crab Creek. Whites bass and hybrid bass are on Humps in 27-35 feet of water biting on silver slabs. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 49 degrees; 3.46 feet low. The shallow bite has slowed due to the cold water temperatures. Bass are fair using crankbaits on points, ditches and drains and Carolina rigs or drop shots near creek channel ledges. Crappie are slow migrating back into the lake for the spawn. Catfish are in 12-18 feet of water in the channels on cut bait. There is not a lot of grass in the lake, so now is a good time to scope out the hard structures for future fishing. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 59 degrees; 1.53 feet high. Fishing has been slow. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Fish near creeks 24-hours after rain, as catfish will be feeding on worms. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 47 degrees. 38.64 feet low. Crappie are fair in deeper brush piles using minnows and jigs. Bass are fair on deep diving crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live and cut bait coming out from flats to deeper water. Blue cats are biting on chicken liver.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 40 degrees; 1.56 feet low. Fish continue to prefer jigs over minnows. Crappie are good hitting jigs in 6-8 feet of water. Catfish are slow. Bass are slow on minnows near the Crappie House.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 2.71 feet low. Fishing is slow, but better as the sun heats up the water. Bass should start staging near shallow structure. Crappie are slow moving into creeks to spawn.

Sulphur Springs

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 5.16 feet low. The forecast is beautiful for fishing as we head into the weekend. Bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on brush piles on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good drifting with cut bait.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 2.26 feet low. Striper and white bass are still in the winter pattern feeding on deep schools of threadfin shad between 30-50 feet of water. The bite is light, even with fish larger than ten pounds, using large plastics fished over the tops of shad schools is producing good numbers or fish right now. Blue catfish are good, with catches up to 75 pounds, anchoring and drifting with cut shad on the main lake from 25-50 feet. The eater sized catfish have been slower but can be targeted by using small pieces or shad in shallower water. Channel catfish have been fair on baited holes in 40-50 feet using prepared bait. Crappie have been good on minnows and jigs on the edges of main creek channels and bridge pilings in the same depth. Largemouth have been good in 2-6 feet of water on gradual drop-offs and shallow docks with shallow running crankbaits. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.02 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs, and spinners baits have been most successful. Crappie are fair on small jigs and live minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad.

Texoma

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 43-46 degrees; 1.34 feet low. Striped bass are excellent with 10-11 pound catches coming in 18-25 feet on structure using Alabama rigs, deadsticking is bringing in larger fish. Some white bass mixed in with stripers. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striped bass are good in 55-70 feet of water deadsticking with flukes. Live bait is working in shallow points in 25-40 feet of water using umbrella rigs. Catfish are slow, but the shallow bite is picking up in 5-10 feet of water anchor fishing. Report by Trey Franklin, Tight Lines Guide Service.

Toledo Bend

FAIR. Water stained; 43-49 degrees; 3.06 feet low. The water level is 168.9 feet with no generators running. The water is clear in the main lake and stained in the feeder creeks. Water temperature in the main lake is 49 degrees and further back up in the creeks is 43. We had some snow in the Mid Lake area. It was light but nevertheless it snowed in East Texas. Largemouth Bass have been scattered due to the freezing weather patterns. Some fishermen are having luck with the Alabama rigs and football jigs on the lake. Crappie are holding in 20-35 feet of water off brush piles and vertical timber, but fingers crossed they should move up when the weather gets warmer. White bass are staging in the Logansport area. Catfish are in 2-4 feet of water at the base of cypress trees in the Mid Lake area. The catfish were biting on shrimp and Captain’s garlic weenies. February and March are excellent months for a big bass on TBend. It’s going to be a nice weekend for fishing. Good luck to all you Kayakers in the tournament this weekend. Watch for gators. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak/Guide Service

Travis

SLOW. Stained; 54 degrees; 19.92 feet low. Lake Travis is fishing good for largemouth bass. Dropshot with finesse worms in 20-35 feet of water is catching numbers. Jigs with craw trailers in 35-50 feet of water on river and creek channel swings are catching some bigger fish. Crankbaits in the 10-15 foot range are picking up solid keepers as well. Shaky heads and Texas rigged plastics along cliffs in 15-35 feet of water are picking up really nice bass as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Fishing Guide Service. Bass are good under docks chasing crappie. Catches coming from small two inch imitation crawfish. Reports of bass up to 9 pounds being caught. Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

SLOW. Water stained. 50 degrees. 12.51 feet low. Crappie are in the open water channels in 42-45 feet suspending around 30 feet biting on jigs and live bait. They are starting to migrate for the spawn. Yellow catfish are slow on live perch or fresh cut bait. Blue catfish are fair on fresh cut suspended in deep water channels. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 0.24 feet low. Bass are good in 12-16 feet of water on live bait, trick worms and chatterbaits. You’ll find brim and crappie in 25-30 feet of water. Brim are good on red worms and crappie are good on live minnows. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 49 degrees; 3.84 feet low. White bass are in the South Bosque River. Crappie are good in the main lake in 18-27 feet of water using 1/32 hand ties. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees. Fishing is similar as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather in the forecast. Largemouth and hybrid bass are good on white swimbaits, and where the water is clear, throw a dropshot. Bass are temperature sensitive, the warmer water temperatures have them shallower wanting to spawn. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Weatherford

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 40 degrees; 3.12 feet low. Beautiful weather in the forecast for fishing. Fishing should be similar, as weeks past. Crappie are good using electric chicken, monkey milk, and green thunder. Catfish are fair drifting with cut bait.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 45 degrees; 22.05 feet low. The crappie are slow on structure and brush piles using small jigs and minnows.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 2.21 feet low. Striped bass are excellent mid lake and on the north end using jigging spoons, slow moving swimbaits and crankbaits, and deadsticking. Report by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC. If you haven’t heard, the artificial bite has been hot recently. Deadsticking and trolling umbrella rigs have been producing well as of late. Birds have been working lately, but the action can be just as good deeper below the surface. Stealth with the boat and staying with the school makes a big difference between fishing and catching. When following the birds chasing birds, plowing through them disrupts feeding, so take note as to what direction the birds are heading. This will give you an idea as to where the schooling fish are going. Stop before the school and use your trolling motor to do the rest. When the birds are not advertising the schools location areas in and around long deep channels and old deep creek beds have been producing well with the deadsticking technique. When fishing deep, light is limited so brighter colored one ounce jig head artificials like chartreuse and bubble gum pink tend to produce better. Report by Blake Stritz, Fellowship Fishing Guide Service.

Worth

GOOD. Water normally stained; 57 degrees; 2.21 feet low. Fishing is the same as we head into a weekend with beautiful weather. Warm weather has scattered the fish. All species are moving daily and quickly but good catches have been reported most days. Crappie are fair around boat docks on jigs and minnows and in standing timber and brush piles.. Bass are fair on main lake points and ledges 12-18 feet and in standing timber on warmer days. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and cut bait in all depths. Fish are scattered with current water temperature and can be caught deep, shallow, and in between depths. If you cover a lot of water and pay close attention to your electronics catfish and larger blue catfish can be caught. Most anglers targeting all species are reporting the best catches on the coldest days. The report was provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and Catfish Edge.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 3.58 feet high. Largemouth bass are fair on shad like crankbaits, and football jigs on humps, flats, and points. White bass are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs near timber and brush piles. Catfish are good on chicken liver, punch or live bait.

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