South Texas Plains Region Week of March 13, 2024

Braunig
FAIR. Water stained, 63 degrees. Red drum are fair to poor on cut bait like shad and crawfish scented baits around the discharge in warmer water. Catfish are fair using cheese bait, livers and frozen Gulf shrimp around the edges of the discharge, jetties and shoreline coves.
Calaveras
FAIR. Water slightly stained, 65 degrees. Red drum have been fair to slow on frozen Gulf shrimp, cut bait and crawfish scented baits. Blue catfish and channel catfish have been fair on cheese bait, frozen Gulf shrimp and livers in 15-25 feet of water and in deep parts of coves from the recreational shoreline.
Choke Canyon
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 28.24 feet below pool. Black bass are good in 8 feet or less using soft plastics, swimbaits, and spinnerbaits. Catfish are good in 10 feet of water with stink bait or cut bait. Crappie are good in shallow water with live minnows, or black and chartreuse crappie jigs. Check ramp status before heading out, and navigate with caution. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.
Corpus Christi Lake
GOOD. 60 degrees; 8.33 feet below pool. Lake levels are low, keep an eye out for newly exposed logs. Catfish are great in 2-4 feet of water on worms, punch bait, and cut carp. Drum are good in 2-4 feet of water on worms and minnows. Crappie are fair in 5 feet of water on jugs and live minnows. Alligator gar are great on cut carp in the river channel. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.
Falcon
GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 33.35 feet below pool. Lots of newly submerged structures for fish to relate to. Bass are spawning in waves with some fish being caught in 3-5 feet of water flipping bushes along vertical hardwoods with a hard bottom, and in the backs of creek in 1-5 feet of water. Crappie are fair using a slip bobber with a jig at the backs of creeks in visible timber. Channel catfish are good in 5-10 feet of water along submerged bushes with a little shad or shrimp on a floating cork with 3 foot lead. Blue catfish are fair in the main lake, but good in the river using fresh cut shad, carp or tilapia. Alligator gar bow fishing is good, and rod-and-reel fishing with tilapia, carp or shad is good on the south side of the lake. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.
Texana
SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.48 feet below pool. Few anglers on the water. No white bass or crappie reports from anglers.

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