Panhandle Plains Region Week of November 19, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 63 degrees; 4.24 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 25-35 feet over trees with minnows. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 2.38 feet below pool. Catfish continue to be good anchoring or drifting with fresh cut shad in 25 feet of water. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 16.25 feet above pool. Fishing conditions are pleasant with nice weather, and anglers are having success using minnows and worms, which are producing steady bites across the lake. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 2.86 feet below pool. Bass are fair to 3 pounds on small finesse worms in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie good to 2 pounds on jigs and minnows in 10-15 feet of water on the main lake docks and in the timber towards the creek.

Ft. Phantom Hill

SLOW. Water stained; 5.33 feet below pool; 68 degrees. Crappie are good on structure with minnows or jigs. Hybrids are great trolling swimbaits in 10-15 feet of water. Catfish are good on cut bait. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 50.85 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 67 degrees; 13.83 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are slow with many smaller sized fish in soft plastics in brush piles. Crappie are on brush piles biting minnows or jigs. Find the bait fish to locate fish.

Meredith

GREAT. Water stained; 65 degrees; 43.55 feet below pool. Largemouth bass and sand bass are great with suspended jerkbaits in north canyon, as well as chartreuse chatter baits along the banks before Bugbee. Catfish are slowing but the bite continues to be good on stink bait or frozen shrimp at the dock, Fritch Fortress and Harbor Bay. Crappie are fair in Sanford Yake Dock, North Canyon, and Fritch Fortress. Pearl white and pearl blue are working great on grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are good with worms and corn. Walleye are great with jigs with pearl blue or white grubs, as well as bottom bouncers have been great. Fish are 60 feet down between the cove and the gas well. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 3.47 feet below pool. Crappie are good from the pier with nice size catches reported. There is still a thermocline so be sure to keep baits above. Quality sized bass are good in 2-5 feet of water with spinnerbaits, crankbaits and buzzbaits.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.94 feet below pool. Bass are fair flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-5 feet of water. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Bass are holding back in the shade around heavy cover to escape the sunlight. Early morning and late evening topwater is also effective for targeting bass. Baitfish are beginning to transition into the backs of pockets and upriver with the bass close behind. Crappie are fair around main lake boat docks on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 31.61 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 19.29 feet below pool. Black bass are good for 5 pound fish. Good numbers of schooling bass throughout the lake. Target bass in the pockets and drains with 3 inch shad patterned swimbaits on quarter ounce heads. Schools of bait are back in the pockets. Work 6 inch plum apple worms through brush and grass in 5-18 feet of water. Very few reports of crappie limits. Target crappie in the Turkey Bend area suspended down 18-25 feet on main lake pecan trees in 30-25 feet of water. Minnows are working best. No reports of white bass. Catfish are good up both rivers in 5-20 feet of water on cut shad and cheese bait under drop lines as well as rod and reels. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 22.11 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.27 feet below pool. Water is stained and 2.11 feet below pool, holding at 67 degrees. Eater-size catfish are on fire along river-channel ledges and adjacent flats. Trophy catfish will start to move shallow on wind blown points picking off lethargic shad. Crappie are good on docks and brush. Bass are fair on swimbaits and crankbaits. Sand bass are really starting to stack up on points on the north end of the lake, and slabs bounced off the bottom will produce solid numbers. Striper action is fair, though most have been undersized on live bait, and they are beginning the winter migration to the north end. Report by Captain Casey Armstrong, Hooked Up Outfitters. Stripers are slow. Live bait is your best bet. Look for them in 20-35 feet of water. There are lots of smaller fish but keepers are few and far between. Sand bass are good in 15-30 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats with chrome and white slabs. Catfish are fair to good. Cut shad is producing fish in 10-20 feet of water fished on the bottom. Baited holes are also producing good numbers but not big fish. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Use punch bait for best results on baited holes. Water clarity is 4-10 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.73 feet below pool. Hybrid and white bass are on ledges from 15-18 feet of water. Trolling shad colored crankbaits can catch a few. Catfish are good midlake in 8-15 feet of water for smaller eater size catfish. The forecasted cold front should push bigger fish deeper. Bait fish can be caught with a net. Largemouth bass are on the rocks near the dam. Report Juan Tienda, local angler.

Spence

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 50.78 feet below pool. Blue and channel catfish are excellent in the creek and river channels in 8-30 feet of water with cut gizzard shad or lunch bait. White bass can be caught but are primarily undersized. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 73 degrees; 1.17 feet above pool. Quality sized bass are good in 2-5 feet of water with soft plastics. Catfish are slow. Crappie are fair with fish scattered in mid depths and on brush on concrete structures.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 35.30 feet below pool. Catfish are fair with fish scattered throughout the lake in 3 feet or deeper on recently submerged structures with punch bait or fresh cut gizzard shad. Crappie are fair scattered in 14-18 feet of water on brush piles. No catches of white bass to report. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 18.45 feet below pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.

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