Fishing Report - Central

Written by Texas Parks and Wildlife

Thursday, 03 April 2008

BASTROP: Water clear. Black bass are good on chartreuse/white soft plastics and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and green tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and chicken livers. Yellow catfish are slow. BELTON: Water clear; 59 degrees; 0.33' high. Black bass are fair on minnows and slabs. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows under lights at night. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs and shrimp. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch. BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 61 degrees; 1.11' low. Black bass to 6.7 pounds are excellent on chartreuse Bass Hogg spinnerbaits, craw Bass Hogg jigs, Persuader crankbaits, and 3/16oz. Pig Sticker Shaky Heads with GrandeBass 4" Trickster worms along the shoreline, among rocks, and near dead grass in 1 - 15 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie to 1.75 pounds are excellent on Li'l Fishies and jigs near stick ups in 1 - 5 feet and near the Hwy. 279 Bridge. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers over baited holes in 8 - 10 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. BUCHANAN: Water clear; 62 degrees; 2.67' low. Black bass are good on white/chartreuse žoz. Terminator spinnerbaits, pumpkin/chartreuse tail Whacky Sticks, and albino/blue soft jerkbaits along drop-offs of points and pockets of creeks in 4 - 8 feet. Striped bass are fair to good tight lining live bait and vertically jigging silver ―oz. Perk Minnows and pearl žoz. Blade Runners from Flag Island to the Willows in 28 - 35 feet. White bass are fair to good on 2" Spoiler Shads, Bleeding Shiner Tiny Traps, and live minnows in the upper end of the lake in 15 - 25 feet. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. Channel catfish are good on live bait. Yellow and blue catfish to 16 pounds are good on juglines. CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 62 degrees; 0.01' high. Black bass are good on jerkbaits, žoz. white Terminator spinnerbaits, pumpkin Whacky Sticks, and albino soft plastic jerkbaits along stickups in 3 - 8 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are good on Snap Back smoke/red tubes, root beer/green flake 3" curl tail grubs, and white 4" Whacky Sticks over rock piles and on ledges in 12 - 25 feet. Crappie are fair on live minnows upriver in 5 - 12 feet. Channel catfish are fair upriver. Yellow and blue catfish are good on juglines. COLEMAN: Water clear; 64 degrees; 1.28' low. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms and lizards, and fair on spinnerbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. COLORADO RIVER: (Above Lake Buchanan) Water murky. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and chicken livers. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon, watermelon red, and watermelon black/green Wacky Worms and Senkos in 2 - 10 feet, and on white and white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, and on pumpkinseed Dead Ringer worms along the outside edges of breaks. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad and shrimp over baited holes. GRANBURY: Water clear; 0.40' low. Black bass are good on chartreuse/green soft plastic worms with white tails. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and slab spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. GRANGER: Water murky; 64 degrees; 0.36' high. Black bass are very good on black soft plastic worms and jigs in 2 - 6 feet. White bass are good on minnows and white jigs on windy points upriver near Circleville. Crappie are good on jigs in 2 - 10 feet. Blue catfish are good on juglines baited with shad in 2 - 8 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with goldfish and live perch. LBJ: Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.13' low. Black bass to 6.5 pounds are good on žoz. blue/white Terminator spinnerbaits, green pumpkin Whacky Sticks, and soft plastic jerkbaits in 3 - 6 feet. Striped bass to 24" are fair on 2" Spoiler Shads and žoz. white bucktails early and at night. White bass are fair on Spoiler Shads, chrome/blue Tiny Traps, and žoz. Blade Runners early. Crappie are good on 1/32oz. Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows in 2 - 4 feet. Channel catfish are good on live bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 66 degrees; 1.65' high. Black bass are fair on minnows. White bass are slow. Crappie to 2 pounds are good on black/orange tube jigs with pink heads. Channel and blue catfish are fair on minnows. Yellow catfish are slow. PROCTOR: Water stained; 62 degrees; 1.38' high. Black bass are fair on soft plastic worms and lizards. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows in 10 - 15 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live shad. Yellow catfish are slow. SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 64 degrees; 0.04' 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. STILLHOUSE: Water clear; 62 degrees; 0.27' high. Black bass are very good on shad along rocky ledges in 17 - 20 feet. White bass are good on minnows upriver. Crappie are very good on worms and minnows. Channel and blue catfish are very good on stinkbait and chicken livers. Yellow catfish are slow. Carp are excellent on corn. TRAVIS: Water clear; 64 degrees; 0.72' low. Black bass to 12 pounds are good on grubs, flukes, and watermelon lizards and worms in 4 - 12 feet. Striped bass to 4 pounds are fair on crankbaits, grubs, and minnows in 10 - 30 feet. White bass are good on chrome crankbaits, white jigs, and minnows in 5 - 15 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs in 5 - 15 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 8 pounds are fair on nightcrawlers and cut shad in 20 - 30 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 65 degrees. Black bass are good on green/red soft plastic worms near the dam. Hybrid striper are good on minnows along the bank at night. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow. WHITNEY: Water stained; 1.92' low. Black bass are good on pumpkinseed spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on silver spoons and minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and frozen shrimp.

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