Here’s the weekly fishing report for the week of 12/2/09
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; 66 degrees; 1.81’ 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; 59 degrees; 7.50’ low. Black bass to 5 pounds are good on Grande Bass Rattle Snakes, 3/8oz. Bass Hogg spinnerbaits, craw colored 5/16oz. jigs, and craw colored crankbaits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass to 2.5 pounds are good on Li’l Fishies, minnows, and shad colored crankbaits off lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on Li’l Fishies and tube jigs over brush piles in 6 – 15 feet and under lights at night. Channel catfish to 9 pounds are excellent on over baited holes in 5 – 15 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
BUCHANAN: Water clear; 65 degrees; 26.05’ low. Black bass are good on ¼oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, Skip-N-Pop topwaters, and Texas rigged weightless silver flake Whacky Sticks at daylight in 8 – 15 feet. Striped bass are fair casting and jigging Spoiler Shads (plastic swim baits) and Rat-L-Traps along the river channel in 25 – 40 feet in the lower end close to the dam at daylight, and drifting or free lining live bait in 30 – 40 feet. White bass are fair but small on Tiny Traps and 2" plastic swim baits along the river channel and in deep creeks. Crappie are fair on pink/white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows in clear water.
CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 63 degrees; 10.49’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Rat-L-Traps and white spinnerbaits along creeks and ditches in bays in 6 - 15 feet, and on watermelon red Whacky Sticks on jigheads and Texas rigged grape Scoundrel worms on shaky head jigs along main lake bluffs, and on JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, wacky rigged watermelon red Whacky Sticks, and Texas rigged blue flake worms tight to lay downs upriver. Striped bass are fair but small jigging blade baits and trolling Gizz 4 and deep running Shad Raps crankbaits over and around humps in the lower end at first light. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are good on Smokin' Green" Devil's Tongues on drop shots, smoke JDC curl tail grubs on jigheads, and 3/16oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs with matching drop shot worms under cloud cover along ledges and over rock piles in 10 – 20 feet early. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver.
COLEMAN: Water clear; 65 degrees; 10.21’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are good on live minnows and chartreuse Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on live minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and liver. 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; 0.50’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse soft plastic worms and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are good on live minnows. White bass are good on minnows, hellbenders, and pet spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on shrimp and live minnows.
GRANGER: Water murky; 64 degrees; 0.64’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs tipped with Crappie Nibbles in 12 – 16 feet. Blue catfish are good on prepared baits in 6 – 10 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
LBJ: Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.40’ low. Black bass are good on 1/8oz. Curb's buzzbaits, watermelon JDC Skip-N-Pops, and wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks along lay downs and stumps in 4 – 6 feet early and late and all day under cloud cover. Striped bass are slow to fair trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits on downriggers and drifting live shad along the river channel close to the dam. White bass are fair vertically jigging Pirk Minnows under birds. Crappie to 16” are good on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in 12 - 15 feet.
NAVARRO MILLS: Water murky; 63 degrees; 0.70’ high. Black bass are good on soft plastic worms and shallow running crankbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs at the fishing docks in Liberty Hill Park. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait. Blue catfish are good on shad and perch. Yellow catfish are slow.
PROCTOR: Water stained; 65 degrees; 7.01’ low. Black bass are very good on chartreuse/black and chartreuse/blue soft plastic worms and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. White bass are good on minnows and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and green/white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are very good on stinkbait and frozen shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.
SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 65 degrees; 0.64’ high. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and green/black jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on chicken livers. Yellow catfish to 25 pounds are good on minnows.
STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 64 degrees; 1.62’ high. Black bass 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 are good on live bait.
TRAVIS: Water stained; 65 degrees; 29.60’ low. Black bass to 7 pounds are good on chrome crankbaits, red shad worms, and grubs in 10 – 28 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on silver spoons, white grubs, and minnows in 30 – 40 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue and white tube jigs in 15 – 25 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 10 pounds are fair on nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait in 30 – 48 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
WALTER E. LONG: Water stained; 67 degrees. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on night crawlers and shrimp together. Yellow catfish are slow.
WHITNEY: Water stained; 1.32’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse and chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and topwaters. Striped bass are fair on live minnows and white striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on bait shrimp and stinkbait.
COASTAL
ROCKPORT: Redfish are good on the Estes Flats on topwaters and live shrimp under a popping cork. Trout are fair to good on topwaters around shell in St. Charles Bay.
