Panhandle Plains Region Week of April 24, 2024

Alan Henry
GOOD. Water clear; 64 degrees; 4.69 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 1-15 feet of water using jigs and minnow. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
Arrowhead
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 8.31 feet below pool. The fishing been really good. The catfish are good in super shallow water using fresh cut shad at the state park and around the bridges. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.
Cisco
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 11.66 feet below pool. Bass are good with minnows, worms and topwaters. Channel catfish and bass are good in 10-20 feet of water. Crappie are spawning biting jigs and minnows. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
Coleman
SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 9.50 feet below pool. Crappie are good on jigs at the docks. Crappie shallow are good.
Ft. Phantom Hill
GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 6.86 feet below pool. Bass are good hitting 7 inch curly tailed or straight worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits in less than 10 feet of water. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows on brush piles. Catfish can be caught drifting. Hybrids are good throwing umbrella rigs into schools. Report by Camron Wilkerson, Camron’s Quality Crappie Guiding.
Greenbelt
SLOW. Water normal stain; 61 degrees; 45.90 feet below pool. Few anglers and reports.
Hubbard Creek
GOOD. Water Stained; 64 degrees; 12.13 feet below pool. Bass are still in a post-spawn in 5-10 feet of water hitting crankbaits, shaky heads spinnerbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles hitting minnows or jigs. Catfish can be caught drifting shallow flats. Report by Camron Wilkerson, Camron’s Quality Crappie Guiding.
Meredith
FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 45.59 feet below pool. Kens Report
Millers Creek
SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 8.43 feet below pool. Due to low lake levels few anglers are on the water. Crappie and catfish are slow with a few bites near the dam.
Nasworthy
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees. 0.43 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are good on red chatterbaits flipping soft plastics in the reeds in 1-3 feet of water. Look for spawning bass shallow. Crappie are good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait around the dam. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.
O.C. Fisher
SLOW. Water stained; 55 degrees; 51.92 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.
O.H. Ivie
GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 31.69 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are fair to 10 pounds. Bass are schooling mid-lake with catches to 5 pounds are being caught on top waters. Swimbaits, and shad patterns jerkbaits are landing catches in 10 feet of water, and in 15 feet of water on points with worms. White bass good with limits on rattle traps and poppers. Crappie still fair up both rivers on small jigs and minnows. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
Oak Creek
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 16.60 feet below pool. Bass are steady on squarebill crankbaits and small swimbaits. Some anglers have had success using Texas rigged worms in purple and motor oil colors. Crappie and catfish are slow. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
Possum Kingdom
FAIR. Water clear; 67 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool. Striped bass are fair to good with live shad, or trolling in 30-50 feet of water. Good colors are white, chartreuse, and silver. Sand bass are fair to slow in 10-20 feet of water with live shad, small slabs and jigs white, and silver are good colors. Catfish are good in 2-10 feet of water or 40-60 feet of water with cut shad. Water clarity is steady at 4-10 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.
Proctor
GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 12.20 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady with more anglers fishing from the shore and kayaks. Catfish, hybrids and crappie are fair to good on the banks and near the dam. Largemouth bass can be caught on soft plastics. Ramps are closed, but it is possible to launch a boat from the gravel at Buffalo Springs. Fishing from a kayak is possible.
Spence
SLOW. Water stained; 64 degrees. 48.21 feet below pool. Bass have been caught using square bill crankbaits in shad patterns. The spinnerbait bite has been working later in the day when the wind starts picking up. Blue catfish are biting on fresh cut bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
Stamford
SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 2.90 feet below pool. High winds have kept anglers off the water. Catfish can be caught in the running water near the bridge. Bass are slow. Crappie are slow.
Twin Buttes
SLOW. Water stained. 72 degrees; 33.59 feet below pool. Channel catfish are very good on cheese bait in shallow water. Limits of white bass are good in the open lake with shad, or topwaters when there is surface action. Crappie are slow but should improve in heavy cover in 8-12 feet of water with jigs or live minnows. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and some topwaters. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.
White River
SLOW. Water normal stain; 63 degrees; 19.71 feet below pool. Crappie are slow using minnows. Catfish are being caught on cut bait, minnows and worms from the docks or banks. White bass can be caught trolling near the island with a crankbait.

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