Panhandle Plains Region Week of November 12, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 63 degrees; 4.08 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; 69 degrees; 2.29 feet below pool. Catfish continue to be good drifting with shad in 15-20 feet of water. After the forecasted cold front catfish could push as shallow as 10 feet. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 16.17 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; 2.81 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; 5.24 feet below pool; 68 degrees. Hybrids are becoming more active with the cooler weather on cut bait and slow trolling. White bass are fair on windy points in the morning. Catfish are good drifting cut bait. Crappie are good on structure with jigs and minnows. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 50.74 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 67 degrees; 13.73 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; 43.49 feet below pool. Smallmouth bass and sand bass are great trolling and jigging. Some have been caught with bright colored jig heads with watermelon grubs, particularly over in sexy cove and blue west. Catfish are good on stink bait in blue west, and Harbor Bay. Crappie are slow at the Sanford Yake Dock, blue west, and Bugbee. Pearl white and pearl blue are working great on grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are hitting on worms and corn. Walleye are great l on deep divers, minnows and translucent crankbaits. They have been especially good around the north canyon and blue west. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 3.40 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; 65 degrees; 0.93 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 and catfish were 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; 31.52 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 62 degrees; 19.20 feet below pool. Black bass are good in creeks and pockets feeding on shad. Work small shad or bluegill patterned swimbaits, or green pumpkin plum and plum apple in 8-12 feet of water. Crappie are fair with scattered limits reported on minnows around deep brush and trees. No report on white bass. Catfish are good under jug lines and trot lines rigged with cut bait and perch in 8-18 feet. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 22.01 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.23 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; 71 degrees; 2.66 feet below pool. Catfish are good with cut bait. Report of sand bass and hybrids catches with topwater lures.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 63 degrees; 50.63 feet below pool. Work the creek and river channels for blue catfish and channel catfish 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; 1.09 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; 63 degrees; 35.14 feet below pool. Catfish can be caught throughout the lake in 3 feet or deeper on recently submerged structures with punch bait or fresh cut gizzard shad. Crappie are 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; 18.37 feet below pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.

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