Panhandle Plains Region Week of February 5, 2025
- Alan Henry
- FAIR. Water clear; 43 degrees; 0.77 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 14-30 feet of water on jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
- Arrowhead
- GOOD. Water lightly stained; 42 degrees; 5.66 feet below pool. The fishing pattern is still similar while water temperatures remain consistent. Catfish can be caught drifting fresh cut shad and spot locking out on the main part of the lake. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.
- Cisco
- SLOW. Water slight stain; 49 degrees; 12.61 feet below pool. Crappie are hit-or-miss with minnows. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
- Coleman
- SLOW. Water normal stain; 50 degrees; 0.40 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are dispersed throughout the lake relating primarily near stumps and boat houses. Crappie are slow with jigs and minnows.
- Ft. Phantom Hill
- SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees; 7.12 feet below pool. Crappie are fair as anglers continue to wait for crappie to move to winter patterns on deep structures. Bass are slow with a shallow crankbait or spinnerbait on rocky structure on the south side.
- Greenbelt
- SLOW. Water normal stain; 55 degrees; 47.49 feet below pool. Water level is extremely low. Call ahead to inquire about launching conditions before heading out.
- Hubbard Creek
- SLOW. Water Stained; 50 degrees; 13.38 feet below pool. Bass are fair with a few three fish stringers over 10 pounds. Try dragging soft plastics slowly on the bottom in 8-15 feet of water. Blue catfish can be caught on juglines with live bait or cut carp. White bass are schooling throughout the day.
- Meredith
- FAIR. Water stained; 41 degrees; 47.45 feet below pool. White bass are good with silver blue rapalas and minnows. Largemouth bass are good on artificial grubs and minnows in Sanford Yake Cove and Bugbee. Catfish are good around Harbor Bay with chicken liver and frozen shad. No reports of crappie this week. Bluegill and perch are fair with worms underneath the docks and shallow areas around the lake. The walleye bite has slowed some after the recent arctic blast but are still good at night and early morning on minnows, or chartreuse and baby blue artificial grubs. Numbers of trout and channel catfish are in the Stilling Basin, or Spring Canyon. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.
- Millers Creek
- SLOW. Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.59 feet below pool. All species are reported to have lock jaw, but expect the bite to improve when the water temperature increases to 60 degrees. A few catches of blue catfish in deep water on juglines.
- Nasworthy
- FAIR. Water slightly stained; 50 degrees. 0.45 feet below pool. The bass bite has been fair flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. It is also important to slow down your retrieve this time of year to trigger these lethargic winter largemouth. Crappie were fair around main lake boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.
- O.C. Fisher
- SLOW. Water stained; 45 degrees; 39.07 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.
- O.H. Ivie
- FAIR. Water slightly stained; 52 degrees; 23.05 feet below pool. Fish are in a spin out due to the warming trend. The upper end is slightly cooler at 50 degrees and the water is stained. Black bass are slow to fair with a few fish ranging from 8-11 pounds caught this last week. Fish up to 4 pounds can be caught on jerkbaits, swimbaits and Alabama rigs. Some bass are in 10-15 feet of water on brush edges, with some fish as deep as 35 feet. Crappie are fair suspended 20-30 feet down over deep trees in 40-50 feet of water. White bass are slow with fish hugging the bottom. Casting very deep water spoons is working best. Some channel catfish catches reported in 25-35 feet of water on a variety of stink baits. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
- Oak Creek
- SLOW. Water lightly stained; 45 degrees; 18.31 feet below pool. The black bass bite has improved with reports of fish caught over 12 pounds and many reports of 8-10 pound catches. The most popular method currently is using forward facing sonar to locate bass and use a swimbait or Alabama rig to get a reaction. Reports of 11 inch crappie being caught off brush piles with small jigs and swimbaits. No reports of catfish. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
- Possum Kingdom
- FAIR. Water stained; 47 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. Fishing patterns remain similar while the water temperature remains a consistent 45-50 degrees. Striper are fair in 20-40 feet of water with live bait, or deadsticking with jig heads and fluke tails. If deadsticking, stay still and let the fish come to you. Hold your rod still and set the hook at the slightest hint of a bite. The fish are constantly moving and you should be moving too unless deadsticking. Sand bass are fair in 20-30 feet of water with live shad or small slabs and jigs. White and silver are good colors, but white seems to be preferred. Catfish are fair to good up the river near Rock Creek Camp. Cut shad is producing good numbers of fish in 5-20 feet of water fished on or near the bottom. Some people like to use cut carp and Buffalo and have good luck with that. It might be worth a try if no other fresh bait is available. Water clarity is steady at 1-8 feet of visibility and slightly stained. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Bass slow but will bite when located. Bottom baits such as jigs and bottom bumping crank baits. Bass biting from deep to shallow depths following shad movement. Located in typical winter locations. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide.
- Proctor
- FAIR. Water stained; 45 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Catfish are good on cut bait. Hybrid bass are good on swimbaits.
- Spence
- SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees. 46.29 feet below pool. Very few reports but the white bass bite should begun to improve. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
- Stamford
- GOOD. Water stained; 46 degrees; 0.66 feet below pool. Crappie are good with some activity in the crappie house. Some bait fish are shallow and on structures attracting the game fish. Bass are good with some catches near the crappie house. Catfish are good as shallow as 6 feet of water. If it’s a warm rain it may trigger the bass to transition shallow to feed
- Twin Buttes
- SLOW. Water stained. 51 degrees; 39.13 feet below pool. Blue and channel catfish are slow but a few can be caught on punch bait and cut bait. Crappie and white bass are slow. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.
- White River
- SLOW. Water normal stain; 42 degrees; 22.91 feet below pool. Crappie are good deadsticking jigs in 10-17 feet of water around brush. Catfish are slow on cut shad. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
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