Buchanan Fishing Report
- Feb 11, 2026
- GOOD. Water stained; 53 degrees; 2.50 feet below pool. White bass are good trolling crankbaits in the river. Striped bass are good with jigging spoons or deadsticking soft plastics 30-50 feet of water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Crappie are fair with fish bunched up in 25 feet of water on brush and standing timber suspended 25-30 feet down with minnows. Blue catfish are good in 25-30 feet of water on midlake points with cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Stripers are good trolling umbrella rigs and downriggers with bucktails in 31-52 feet of water on the points and humps. Livebait and jigging spoons are fair to good along the river channel and main lake points and humps. White bass are good, with some hybrids mixed in, from Garrett Island to the river trolling crankbaits. Stop on the main points and humps with jigging spoons and smaller shad or jumbo minnows in 28-45 feet of water. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.
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