Fishing Report - Northeast

Written by Texas Parks and Wildlife

Thursday, 03 April 2008

ATHENS: Water stained, 59-66 degrees; 0.37' high. Black bass are fair to good on Senkos, Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared baits and nightcrawlers. BOB SANDLIN: Water off color; 59-66 degrees; 0.11' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged lizards, wacky rigged worms and chatterbaits. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared bait. BRIDGEPORT: Water stained; 58-65 degrees; 1' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and Stanley Ribbits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on cut and prepared bait. CADDO: Water stained; 57-65 degrees; 1.45' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged Brush Hogs and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are fair on Rooster Tails and minnows. Yellow bass are fair on jigs and shrimp. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 58-65 degrees; 0.01' high. Black bass are fair on flukes, Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigs. White bass are good on slabs and Humdingers. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and nightcrawlers. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 58-66 degrees; 2.56' high. Black bass are fair on Senkos, Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs, live shad and Sassy Shad. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. FAIRFIELD: Water fairly clear; 60-76 degrees. No report available. FORK: Water fairly clear; 59-66 degrees; 0.43' high. Black bass are fair to good on red Rat-L-Traps, tubes and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and nightcrawlers. GRAPEVINE: Water stained to murky; 59-67 degrees; 5.77' high. Black bass are fair on wacky rigged finesse baits, Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs, with more being caught in the marinas. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Humdingers. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers. JOE POOL: Water off color; 59-66 degrees; 1.7' high. Black bass are fair to good on jerkbaits, Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on minnows and slabs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. LAKE O' THE PINES: Water stained to murky; 59-67 degrees; 0.59' high. Black bass are fair on flukes, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. LAVON: Water stained to murky; 58-66 degrees; 3.21' high. Black bass are fair to good on 4" Senkos, Texas rigs and chatterbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared bait. LEWISVILLE: Water off color; 59-66 degrees; 1.44' high. Black bass are fair on chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut shad. MARTIN CREEK: 0.06' high. No report available. MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 68-82 degrees; 0.23' low. Black bass are fair to good on Rat-L-Traps, flukes and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. PALESTINE: Water stained; 59-66 degrees; 0.35' high. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs and tubes. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on topwaters, Sassy Shad and live shad. White bass are fair to good on Humdingers. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 59-67 degrees; 0.04' low. Black bass are fair to good on flukes, Senkos, spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs (moving shallow). White bass are fair to good on TNT slabs and Humdingers. Hybrid striper are fair on Humdingers. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared bait. RAY ROBERTS: Water stained; 58-64 degrees; 1.56' high. Black bass to 9 pounds are good to excellent on Booyah Boogee Baits and 3/4oz. spinnerbaits (slow rolled). Crappie are moving to the shallows. White bass are good on Humdingers and CC Jigging Spoons off deep water points or by following the birds. Catfish are good over baited holes on prepared baits. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water off color; 58-66 degrees; 0.06' high. Black bass are fair to good on Senkos, Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are fair on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and nightcrawlers. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 59-66 degrees; 0.89' high. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs and split shot rigged Ring Frys. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs. Catfish are fair on stink bait. TEXOMA: Water off color; 58-66 degrees; 3.4' high. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs, flukes and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are fair to good on topwaters and live shad. Catfish are fair on cut and live shad. WEATHERFORD: Water stained; 58-66 degrees; 0.05' low. Black bass are fair to good on tubes and Senkos. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs in. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad. White bass are fair on slabs and live minnows. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 59-66 degrees; 14.54' high. Black bass are fair to good on flukes, Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared bait.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 April 2008 )