Fishing Report - West

Written by Texas Parks and Wildlife

Thursday, 03 April 2008

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.98' Black bass to six pounds are fair on black/blue jigs suspended in timber, lipless crankbaits and white spinnerbaits along outer tree lines. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. ARROWHEAD: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 2.46' low. Black bass are good on swimbaits and Texas-rigged worms fished shallow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs at state park early and late in day, and around Deer Creek bridge pilings on minnows suspended 8-15 feet deep with spawning starting. White bass are slow trolling and jigging with silver slabs near Pawnee Point hump. Blue Catfish are good on juglines and drift fishing with shad or punch bait in the lower part of lake. COLORADO CITY: Water clear; 65 degrees; 4.59' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 64 degrees; 1.35' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live baits. Catfish are slow on live baits. HUBBARD CREEK: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.85' low. Black bass are fair on minnows along points and dark jigs suspended along timber and reeds. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass and hybrid striper are fair on live baits and lipless crankbaits over humps and along points. Catfish are good on live baits and cut shad. NASWORTHY: Water lightly stained;65 degrees. Black bass are fair on live baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are fair. White bass and striped bass are fair on live baits and inline spinnerbaits. Catfish are fair on live baits. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.85' low. Black bass are slow on live baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live and cut baits. O.H. IVIE: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 10.68' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored crankbaits and spinnerbaits, and live baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live baits and jerkbaits. Smallmouth bass are fair on live baits and crankbaits. Channel catfish are fair on live baits. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water stained 59 degrees; 1.45' low. Black bass are slow on shad-colored crankbaits in the southern part of the lake. White bass are fair on silver slabs on the deep points in the mouth of the river and the Rock Creek area. Stripers are good below the dam on 1 oz. white jigs. Catfish are good on set lines baited with liver in the cover adjacent to Rock Creek and in the river two miles below the dam. SPENCE: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 49.32' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Striped bass and hybrid striper are slow. Catfish are slow. STAMFORD: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 1.04' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White and striped bass are fair on live baits. Catfish are fair on live and cut baits. SWEETWATER: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 4.43' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow. WHITE RIVER: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 30.67' low. Black bass are fair on Cotton Candy soft plastics, white spinnerbaits, and live baits along tree lines and rocky points. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live baits and crankbaits. Channel catfish are fair on live baits. WICHITA: Water turbid; 60 degrees; 1.48' low. Crappie are good near pavilion pilings and off dam. White bass and hybrid striped bass are fair on minnows or live shad in front of the dry spillway area. Channel catfish are fair drift fishing with shad and on trotlines. Boat launching is difficult due to low water conditions.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 April 2008 )