BROWNWOOD
EXCELLENT. Water stained; 73 degrees; 2.30 feet below pool. Black bass to 4.96 pounds are excellent in 3-8 feet of water on wake baits Hag’s green pumpkin tornados along shoreline grass with chatterbaits, crankbaits and jigs in the brush 5-12 feet of water. Crappie are excellent to 15 inches on minnows and jigs on main lake scattered brush piles in 12-20 feet of water. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night and schooling action in the open water of the main lake. Catfish are good on jug lines with cut shad or perch on the main lake in 10-20 feet.
GRANBURY
GOOD. normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.76 feet below pool. Sand bass are good to excellent mid-lake near Bentwater on slabs and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow to fair on live bait and trolled jigs on the lower ends. Look for these fish feeding shallow early and late. Largemouth bass are good in numbers and many are schooling with the sand bass on flats adjacent to the deeper channels. There is a good topwater bite early then switch to soft plastics later in the day. There is good catfish action midlake and upstream on cut and prepared baits. Some good blue catfish to 25 pounds are possible. Crappie action continues to be good to excellent on small jigs or minnows fished on submerged structure, standing timber or bridge pilings.
POSSUM KINGDOM GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.94 feet below pool. The thermocline is near 50 feet, so fish are comfortable in most of the lake. After the cold front fish will be more active and chasing bait into shallow flats and coves. Striper and white bass are schooling on or near the surface early morning and late afternoon. Fish were slow during the full moon, but are now starting to stack upon trees in main lake points. Good numbers of fish with flutter spoons and slabs after the surface schooling stopped. Catfish are good this week with the best bite being mid to late morning on main lake points at 30-35 feet of water using punch bait and fresh cut shad.
PROCTOR
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.34 feet below pool. Catfish are good on the dam side from the bank with worms or cut bait. Report of sand bass and hybrids catches with topwater lures.