Panhandle Plains Region Week of June 11, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 76 degrees; 0.67 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25-40 feet on jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.08 feet below pool. The catfish bite has improved some. A lot of the mature catfish are spawning. Numbers of eater size catfish can be caught on punch bait. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Cisco

GREAT. Water stained; 75 degrees; 13.17 feet below pool. Overall the lake is fishing great. Crappie are being caught in 10 feet of water. Channel catfish are biting in less than 10 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

FAIR. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.17 feet below pool. Black bass to 2 pounds are good in 10-20 feet of water around the lake off points with a minnow. Crappie are excellent to 14 inches on minnows in 8-15 feet under docks. Hybrid bass are good to 6 pounds on squarebill crankbaits in the lighted docks. Catfish are slow on prepared bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

Ft. Phantom Hill

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 4.32 feet below pool. Few reports from anglers. Bass are in all stages of the spawn hitting creature baits and soft plastics. Crappie can be caught with minnows or jigs in shade and brush.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 47.67 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie. The lake did receive some rain, but be sure to call to inquire about launching conditions before heading out.

Hubbard Creek

FAIR. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 11.69 feet below pool. Bass are fair with primarily smaller sized fish up to 3 pounds. The best bite is early morning in shallow water spinnerbaits or chatterbaits. Crappie are good under docks hitting minnows or jigs. A bass was caught while targeting crappie.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 68 degrees; 46.14 feet below pool. Sand bass are great throughout the lake with silver spoon lures, and artificial grubs in chartreuse, pearl blue and yellow. Catfish are good near Harbor Bay and Bugbee with cut bait and frozen shad. The Stilling Basin, or Spring Canyon, is producing catfish with chicken liver, minnows, worms, and shrimp. Crappie are great with the best bite on Rosie red minnows near Sanford Yake area, off of the dock, and a few fish pulled out of Bugbee in the shallow areas. Bluegill and perch are good underneath the docks and shallow areas around the lake with worms. Walleye are great in the evening hours and early mornings in many areas of the lake. Minnows, bottom bouncers or floating worm harnesses, chartreuse, red mouth jerkbait or slab spoons are great choices. Trout are good in Spring Canyon with a power bait and number 10 snell hook or split shots. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.43 feet below pool. Crappie have improved to fair in 3-4 feet of water. Fish are a few weeks from spawning. Sand bass are fair around the dam when shad are surfacing. Shad are spawning so the bite should improve the bite for all species. Channel and blue catfish are slow in 15 feet of water. Black bass are slow on main lake points with soft plastics.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 79 degrees. 1.03 feet below pool. The bass bite has been good flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water. The spawn is ending and bass are staying in the shallows as the water temperature rises to the 80s. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Focus on holes in the reed banks where bass will set up on their beds. Watch for balls of bass fry because a fry guarder will be close by. 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; 80 degrees; 37.15 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 77 degrees; 22.72 feet below pool. Black bass are fair with catches up to 10 pounds possible in 5-15 feet of water. Main players are white chartreuse Hags Hurricanes With matching trailer source and white/chartreuse. Topwater lures like bone colored whopper ploppers or Hags Outlier Frogs are working around shallow cover. Crappie are fair on a variety of minnows and small red and white jig heads suspended in 5-15 feet of water. White bass are biting at night on minnows under the lights. Catfish are good on a variety of cheese as stink baits in 3-15 feet of water. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 18.95 feet below pool. Black bass bite is good to very good on topwater and crankbaits. The Whopper Plopper has been excellent along with deep diving crankbaits. Crappie bite is steady with schools being located using forward facing sonar and caught using the Bone Head jigs. Catfish are good. Always wear your life jacket and stay aware. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Possum Kingdom

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Stripers are fair in 20-40 feet of water. The best bite has been live bait but it can be difficult to find. There has been good steady action with the occasional slowdown. Best bet is to just sit and wait for them to move through and catch a few then wait for the next school. Sand bass are fair in 15-20 feet of water on main lake points. Chrome and white seem to be out producing all other colors. Catfish are good on cut shad in 2-10 feet of water fished on the bottom. Baited holes are your best bet to catch 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. Catfish should be going into spawn soon so it should start to slow down until they are done spawning. Water clarity is less than 1 foot on the north end, but the south end is better at 3-6 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.95 feet above pool. The water is above full pool and fishing has slowed some for anglers. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees. 47.99 feet below pool. Black bass catches have been improving greatly. The fish are being caught on plastics. Reports of bass caught exceeding 5 pounds, with many in the 2-3 pound range. Good reports of catfish being caught on blood punch bait. Always wear your life jacket and stay aware. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.26 feet above pool. Water is cleaning and the level is slowly receding. Very few anglers on the water for reports.

Twin Buttes

SLOW. Water stained. 82 degrees; 33.33 feet below pool. It is now possible to launch from the temporary ramp. Navigate with extreme caution watching for floating debris and obstacles below the surface. Expect the fish to be scattered and slow to bite no distinguishable pattern. Once the water settles the bite will be good. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 15.87 feet below pool. Crappie are good 2-8 feet on jigs and minnows. Catfish slow in cut and prepared baits. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

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