Fishing report

Body

BROWNWOOD

SLOW. Water stained; 53-56 degrees; 2.29 feet low. Black bass are slow with catches up to 5.5 pounds in the main lake in 8-10 feet of water in the bushes on crankbaits, and in 2-7 feet of water in bushes on spinnerbaits, and spinnerbaits or senkos up the rivers. White bass are slow on Lit’l Fishies and crankbaits in 12-16 feet of water, and minnow or jigs under the lights. Crappie are good with catches up to 1.5 pounds in 8-14 feet of water using minnow, and black/ chartreuse or red/white jigs. Channel catfish are slow with 3-5 pounds catches coming with cut shad jugs and trotlines. Yellow catfish are slow on trotlines baited with perch and Goldfish. Blue catfish are good with catches up 8 pounds using cut perch or Shad on jug lines.

GRANBURY

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.11 feet low. Striped bass are slow, but can be caught in 25-50 feet of water using soft plastics with a heavy weight to help sink it lower seems to do the trick. Do this while slow trolling at 1-1.8 mph in the main river channel. These fish are holding deep in the mid lake channel, so deadsticking with a white or chartreuse plastics or use live minnows, perch and shad. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

POSSUM KINGDOM

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 52-60 degrees; 1.70 feet low. Water temp is fluctuating from the low 50s warming to 60 in the late afternoon. Striped bass are great once you find them the bite is game on with live bait. Sand bass have been very hit or miss, the recent rainfall should have them moving up the creeks. Catfish are amazing on cut shad fished on bottom. Report provided by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

PROCTOR

FAIR. Water clear; 56 degrees; 1.96 feet low. Fishing is improving as the weather warms. Crappie are fair in 12-15 feet of water on minnows. Sand bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid stripers are slow. Black bass are slow. Catfish are fair in the Rush Creek area.

WEATHERFORD

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 41 degrees; 3.27 feet low. Crappie bite has slowed on minnows and jigs in brush piles. Catfish are good on cut shad.

WHITNEY

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 2.51 feet low. Striped bass are great schooling midlake in 20-40 feet of water. Success with live bait, or drifting to locate feeding schools of fish. Report by Blake Stritz, Fellowship Fishing Guide Service. Striped bass are good in 20-60 feet of water using soft plastics with a heavy weight to help sink it lower seems to do the trick while slow trolling at 1-1.8 mph in the main river channel.

Lake Proctor

Elevation Level 1159.98 ft

Conservation Level 1162.0 ft