Panhandle Plains Region Week of November 26, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 59 degrees; 4.39 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 30-45 feet over trees with minnows. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 2.30 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; 15.96 feet above pool. Cooler weather and passing fronts have brought north winds and occasional light rain to Lake Cisco, making conditions a bit tougher but still producing fish. Catfish remain the most consistent bite, with anglers catching good numbers on cut shad and punch bait around creek channels. Crappie action is slowly improving on brush and timber in 12-20 feet using minnows. Bass reports are light, but a few are moving shallow on warmer afternoons and hitting spinnerbaits and squarebills around rocks. Wind can make the lake choppy, so use caution.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 2.70 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; 4.96 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; 50.89 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 67 degrees; 13.82 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; 59 degrees; 43.52 feet below pool. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and sand bass all have continued to flourish around many parts of the lake. Topwaters, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits along the banks of sexy cove and Bugbee, as well as minnows off the dock have been great. Catfish are fair on the dock, and Harbor Bay with liver, frozen shad and stinkbait. Crappie are fair at Sanford Yake Dock, North Canyon, and Fritch Fortress with pearl white, pearl blue, grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are good hitting on worms and corn. Walleye are great in 60 feet of water near the cove and gas well with jigs, pearl blue or white grubs, as well as bottom bouncers. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 3.38 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; 0.78 feet below pool. The bass are heavily related to baitfish this time of year, so a good rule of thumb is find the bait and then you will find the bass. 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; 31.41 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 18.78 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; 22.10 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.07 feet below pool. The water clarity is just murky enough to make every fish think it is invisible. Catfish are very good, but do not waste time beating up the shallows. Catfish have slid off the river channel and are hanging 30-50 feet of water. If you are not bumping bottom or dragging bait through the deep edge, you are basically just sightseeing. Sand bass are stacking on shallow points 15-30 feet like folks waiting at Buc-ees gas pumps. The bite is strong. Silver and white slab jigs have been the magic ticket. Rip them, let them fall, try not to look smug. Stripers are where the chaos kicks in. Be careful there are tons of little stripers mixed with the sandies. Some keepers sprinkled in, but do not assume every head shake is payday. The largemouth bass winter pattern is starting. Bass are feeding on the shad around docks and structure. Bass are eating, but not in a hurry. Think slow presentations with a steady head, do not rush it like you are late to church. That is the rundown. Go catch fish, try not to fall in, and do not name every sand bass after your ex. Report by Captain Casey Armstrong, Hooked Up Outfitters. Stripers are slow in 20-35 feet of water with live bait. There are lots of smaller fish, and keepers are few and far between. Sand bass are good in 20-30 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats with white slabs. Catfish are air to good fishing cut shad off the bottom in 10-20 feet of water. Baited holes are also producing good numbers but will not produce 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 6-10 feet of visibility Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 64 degrees; 2.25 feet below pool. Crappie are on ledges in about 15-18 feet. Bass are moving to deep ledges. Catfish are moving deeper in 15-20 feet. Hybrids are in the upper end of the lake main river channel following the shad, so follow the shad busting the top of the water. The front pushing in is causing all the fish to start moving deeper. There is a double cold front in the forecast so expect a tough bite. Report Juan Tienda, local angler.

Spence

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 50.72 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; 65 degrees; 1.15 feet above pool. Bass are good with crankbaits and spinnerbaits on points and shallow in 3-5 feet of water. Catfish are good with juglines. Crappie are good with pink and white or black and chartreuse jigs in 9-11 feet of water on brush or concrete structures. Some crappie can be caught in the crappie house.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 35.01 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; 18.49 feet below pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.

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