Palestine Fishing Report
- May 22, 2024
- GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Water is still stained in some areas from local runoff. Bass have been very good, with soft plastics working well at the flooded edges, shallow crankbaits and small spinners in the shallows. Catfish have also been very good, with the small channels about 5 feet out from rocky shorelines or breakwaters on worms, shrimp, and cut bait fished under a bobber. Blue catfish have been fair, larger fish caught at night on trots and jugs using black salties, perch, and cut bait, rod and reelers catching the 1-3 pounders in the daytime on live minnows and cut bait around roadbeds and rocks. White bass and yellow bass are excellent now, you just may have to hunt around to find the humps they are holding on. Trolling with a Coyote or Pet spoon or a Bomber Model A crank has been productive in this hunting. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing.
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