Fishing Report

Body

BROWNWOOD

GOOD. Water stained; 57 degrees; 2.56 feet below pool. Black bass to 7.84 pounds are good in 3-18 feet of water on bladed jigs, crankbaits and jigs. Fish in the major creeks with jigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are good to 10 inches on minnows and jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles in 12-18 feet of water. White bass are slow with fish to 1.50 pounds scattered around the main lake. Catfish are fair on jug lines with cut shad or perch.

GRANBURY

GOOD. normal stain; 55 degrees; 0.20 feet below pool. The lake is full and water clarity is good. Best reports continue to be crappie numbers fished around submerged structures. Some good reports from Bentwater to Hunter Park near submerged trees. Striped bass are hitand- miss but are fair with catches up to 6 pounds on 5 inch soft plastics worked in 20-30 feet of water. Sand bass have been slow to fair but are good on small jigs worked midlake from Indian Harbor to Western Hills. Look for the birds. This is also trophy blue and yellow catfish season and they can grow to enormous sizes. Best blue catfish reports continue to come from the upper ends fishing cut bait on flats adjacent to the river channel. Blue and yellow catfish to 30 pounds are possible. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics near dropoffs near main lake points and near deeper docks. Some good black bass reports are coming from fishing laydowns in the river above Granbury POSSUM KINGDOM GOOD. Water stained; 56 degrees; 2.35 feet below pool. Stripers are slow to fair in 20-35 feet of water. There are lots of smaller fish, and keepers are few and far between. Sand bass are good in 25-35 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats with slabs. White is the best color but chrome is also catching a few. Catfish are fair to good fishing cut shad off the bottom in 20-30 feet of water. Baited holes are also producing good numbers but will not produce big fish. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Use punch bait for best results on baited holes. Water clarity is 6-10 feet of visibility PROCTOR

FAIR. Water stained; 54 degrees; 2.43 feet below pool. Crappie are on ledges in 18-21 feet. Bass have moved to deep ledges. Catfish have moved deep to 18-21 feet. Blue catfish to 54 pounds have been caught. Hybrids are in the upper end of the lake main river channel. The winter pattern has arrived.

WEATHERFORD

SLOW. Water stained; 52 degrees; 5.55 feet below pool. Bait is starting to transition to the creeks. Bass are slow around docks with crankbaits. Crappie are slow with fish suspending in the main lake. Catfish are fair around rock with liver or stink bait. The visibility is 6 inches.