BROWNWOOD
Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.86 feet low. The water is beginning to cool down, and we should see fall fishing patterns coming soon. 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.
GRANBURY
Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.30 feet low. Striped bass and sand bass are fair to good under the birds from Decordova to near downtown. Black bass action is good on many areas of the lakes on topwater early and soft plastics later in the day. Black bass up to six pounds are possible near main lake points and near creek channel entrances. Black bass in the river near Tin-Top continue to be fair to good near laydowns on small crankbaits. Crappie are excellent near submerged structure on the upper ends on small minnows and small jigs. All species of catfish are excellent on cut shad fished on feeding flats from Indian harbor to the Peninsula. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
POSSUM KINGDOM
Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.60 feet low. Striped bass up to 15-pounds are possible from South D&D to Broadway. Look for the birds. Crappie are also excellent to 2.5-pounds on small minnows and small jigs in submerged structure mid-lake. Largemouth bass are schooling with the sand bass from Hogs Bend to the State Park. Whitney striped bass are good on live bait and down rigged jigs from the Island to Bear Creek (look for the birds). Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
PROCTOR
Water clear; 63 degrees; 1.22 feet low. Fishing is slow on the lake at the moment. White bass and hybrid stripers are slow on slabs. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow at Copperas Creek and the dam. Catfish are slow drifting in 15-20 feet of water.
WEATHERFORD
Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 2.30 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on swimbaits, flukes, drop shots, shaky head jigs, and diving crankbaits near fallen timber and rocky shorelines. White bass are good on slabs, swimbaits, and live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows around docks, creeks, and submerged cover. Catfish are good on chicken liver, live, and cut bait.