AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Nov. 18. (Report also available on Web as www.txfishing.com)

CENTRAL

BASTROP: Water clear. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on live minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 3.25 high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps along banks and in coves. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on doughbait and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 65 degrees; 7.54 low. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits, Persuader crankbaits, and watermelon red or pumpkinseed soft plastic worms over brush piles in 10-20 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies and pet spoons off lighted docks at night. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and stinkbait over baited holes in 12-20 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 67 degrees; 25.98 low. Black bass are good on Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, white buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, and 3" shad Flukes from Paradise Point to Applehead and in larger creeks. Striped bass are good on Spoiler Shad plastic swim baits, Red Fins, and drifting live bait along the river channel in 30 feet. White bass are fair on Tiny Traps and Spoiler Shads. Crappie are good on pink-white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on liver, minnows, and dip bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on live shad.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 64 degrees; 11.04 low. Black bass are good on 1/8-oz. white spinnerbaits, Fat Free Shads, and Texas rigged watermelon green Whacky Sticks and watermelon Flukes in standing timber, stickups, and along brush piles on secondary points in 4-12 feet. Striped bass are fair to good on Red Fins and jigging Pirk Minnows over and around the humps in 30-60 feet at daylight. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows along the river channel and on lake points. Smallmouth bass are good on green pumpkin tubes, 1/8oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs, and smoke JDC curl tail grubs in 8-15 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are good on juglines baited with live perch.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 67 degrees; 10.11 low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are good on live minnows and green striper jigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLORADO RIVER: (At Colorado Bend State Park) Water fairly clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows near the boat ramp. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on liver, stinkbait, and shrimp in deep holes.

FAYETTE: Water clear; 67 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon gold, plum, and redbug Carolina rigged Finesse worms, and on topwaters and shallow running crankbaits over grass. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

GRANBURY: Water stained; 0.45 low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon green soft plastic worms and lizards. Striped bass are good on live minnows and green striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows, hellbenders, and pet spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and live minnows.

GRANGER: Water clear; 65 degrees; 2.39 high. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps along main lake points. Crappie are fair on jigs tipped with Crappie Nibbles over brush in 12-18 feet. Blue catfish are fair on juglines baited with cut bait and Zote soap. Yellow catfish are slow.

LBJ: Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.40 low. Black bass are very good on Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps and plastic swimbaits along seawalls among schooling shad, and on Curb's buzzbaits and weightless watermelon red Whacky Sticks along lay downs and stumps on creek points. Striped bass are good on Creme 2" Spoiler Shads and Li’l Fishies at night. White bass are very good on Li’l Fishies at night. Crappie are good on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in clear water. Channel catfish are fair to good on minnows and worms. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water murky; 64 degrees; 0.82 high. The boat ramp near the swim beach is open. The boat ramp near the marina is closed. The marina fishing dock is open. Crappie Point is open. Black bass are good on soft plastic worms below the dam. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs at the fishing docks. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait. Blue catfish are good on shad and perch. Yellow catfish are good on slabs below the dam.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 67 degrees; 7.40 low. Black bass are good on purple, black-yellow, and black-chartreuse soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps. White bass are good but small on jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows in 12-15 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 65 degrees; 0.41 high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good on minnows and green-black jigs. Channel and blue catfish are very good on stinkbait, liver, and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are slow.

STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 65 degrees; 0.68 high. Black bass to 10.5 pounds are good on minnows, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows, hot dogs, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish to 51 pounds are good on live bait.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 66 degrees; 33.07 low. Black bass to 3 pounds are good on bone topwaters and green pumpkin worms in 5-25 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on chrome spoons and minnows in 35-42 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs in 12-20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and bloodbait in 28-45 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG: Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are good on minnows and dark soft plastic worms near the dam at night. Hybrid striper are good on minnows at night. White bass are good on cut shad and minnows near the power plant. Crappie are good on red wigglers. Channel and blue catfish are very good on shad and cut bait at the gravel pit. Yellow catfish are fair on goldfish.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 1.86 low. Black bass are good on watermelon red spinnerbaits and crankbaits, and on watermelon red topwaters early and late. Striped bass are fair on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows, pet spoons, and hellbenders. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp.

, stinkbait, and nightcrawlers.



SOUTH

AMISTAD: Water clear; 68 degrees; 1.95 low. Black bass are good on topwaters, frogs, crankbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on slabs, spoons, and small crankbaits, and fair on topwaters. White bass are good on slabs, spoons, and small crankbaits, and fair on topwaters. Catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers in 12-60 feet over baited holes. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BRAUNIG: Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are good on liver and shad near the pier and at Dead Tree Point, and on silver and gold spoons and marble spinnerbaits near the jetty and dam. Redfish are good on crawfish, shad, shrimp, tilapia, and silver spoons, and down rigging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the intake. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

CALAVERAS: Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds, near the dam, and in Granny’s Cove. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are good on live bait and down rigging silver spoons between the crappie wall and the dam in 15-20 feet, and on crawfish and tilapia near the dam and Spider Island. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad bridge and 181 Cove. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 68 degrees; 9.50 low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and tequila sunrise soft plastics in 15-25 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.

COLETO CREEK: Water stained; 69 degrees (84 degrees at discharge); 1.75 low. Black bass are fair on soft plastics and flukes in 12-14 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver and shrimp in 8-15 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch in 15-20 feet.

FALCON: Water clear; 69 degrees. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits and Brush Hogs in 5-12 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and stinkbait up the river. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

SOUTHEAST

CONROE: Water stained; 0.08 high. Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon green soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits in 10-20 feet. Striped bass are good on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and liver.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear; 67 degrees; 0.41 high. Black bass to 3 pounds are fair on silver and blue topwaters and Rat-L-Traps in 15-17 feet, and on chuggers near the island and marina. Crappie are good on live minnows near the subdivisions and on the southwest side of the lake in 20 feet. Bream are good on live worms over grass beds. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait near the marina in 32 feet.

LIVINGSTON: Water murky; 67 degrees; 0.15 high. Black bass to 4.5 pounds are good on buzzbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad, shrimp, and prepared baits. Yellow catfish are slow.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.56 low. Black bass are good on topwaters and pumpkinseed soft plastic worms in 20-30 feet. White bass are good on silver spoons. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on stinkbait and minnows.

STEINHAGEN: 0.34 high. No report available.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.68 high. Black bass are good on pumpkin green, watermelon, and redbug soft plastic worms in 20 feet. Striped bass are good on spoons. White bass are good on spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.



COASTAL

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish and flounder are good in the marsh on shrimp.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and cracked crabs. Flounder are fair at the mouths of the bayous on a falling tide.

BOLIVAR: Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on plastics.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout are good under birds in the upper end of the bay.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for waders tossing Catch 2000s and 51 MirrOlures. Trout and are good for drifters working deep shell on plastics and fresh shrimp. Redfish and flounder are fair to good in the marsh around drains on shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Bull redfish and flounder are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and shad. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Flounder are fair at Seawolf Park on jigs tipped with shrimp.

TEXAS CITY: Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on crabs and shrimp. Gulf trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp.

FREEPORT: Bull redfish are good around Surfside and at the Quintana jetty on crabs, shrimp and mullet. A few birds have worked in Christmas Bay.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and flounder are fair to good on muddy shorelines on soft plastics.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp at Shell Island, Mad Island and around old Parker’s Cut.

PORT O’CONNOR: Redfish are best in the back lakes on shrimp and mullet. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs, mullet and shad. Trout are fair to good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay.

ROCKPORT: Redfish are good in Redfish Bay on mullet and crabs. Bull redfish are good in the channel on shrimp and crabs.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout are fair around Dagger Island on mullet and shrimp. Redfish are fair at Shamrock Cove and Pelican Island on topwaters and Gulps. Bull redfish are good at the jetty and on the beachfront on natural baits. Offshore is good for tuna.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Bull redfish are good in the surf on mullet and shrimp. Trout are fair for waders working mud and grass on small topwaters and Corkies. Redfish and black drum are good in the Humble Channel on live bait.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good over deep rocks on plum Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish are fair to good in the Land Cut on shrimp and crabs.

PORT MANSFIELD: Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Flounder are fair around East Cut on Gulps. Trout are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on plastics.

SOUTH PADRE: Redfish are fair to good on the Gas Well Flats on DOA Shrimp and TTF Flats Minnows. Snook are fair to good on shrimp and DOA Shrimp in the Brownsville Ship Channel. Bull redfish are good at the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are fair while drifting grass on plastics under popping corks. Redfish are fair at Airport Cove on shrimp and DOA Shrimp under popping corks.