Panhandle Plains Region Week of October 15, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 74 degrees; 3.29 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 15-20 feet over brush. Catfish are fair on cut baits and prepared baits in 10-15 feet of water. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.92 feet below pool. Catfish are starting to move up on the drop-offs and shallow water in 10-15 feet of water. Drift through these areas with fresh cut shad. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 15.68 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; 82 degrees; 2.43 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; 4.89 feet below pool; 78 degrees. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Hybrids are becoming more active on wind blown banks. White bass are good on points using lures. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 50.15 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 13.35 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; 79 degrees; 43.24 feet below pool. Largemouth and sand bass have been caught everywhere this week. Some nice largemouth, and white bass have been caught on red and white crank baits, whopper popper lures and minnows. Catfish have been really good this week from the dock, Fritch Fortress and Harbor Bay. Minnows, Worms, stink bait, and frozen shrimp have been best. Crappie have been slow again around the Sanford Yake Dock, North Canyon, and Fritch Fortress. Pearl white and pearl blue are the best colors on grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are hitting on worms and corn. Walleye are great throughout the lake day or night. Jigs with pearl blue or white grubs, and white or blue chatterbaits should be in your tackle boxes. Live minnows are working great as well. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.04 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; 85 degrees; 0.95 feet below pool. Shad are still deep, but should be moving shallow as the weather cools. The bass continue to be 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. Bass are holding back in the shade around heavy cover to escape the sun. Early morning and late evening topwater is also effective for targeting bass. 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 by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 31.15 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 18.50 feet below pool. Black bass are slow to 7 pounds on topwater frogs early in the morning. Then switch to 7-10 inch worms around points or bigger hardwoods in 8-18 feet of water. Plum apple and red bug are the best colors. Crappie are fair suspended 8-12 feet down around hardwood trees. The best bite has been and on minnows and small jigs red and chartreuse. Catfish are good in 5-12 feet of water under droplines, or cut shad on rod-and-reel. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 21.60 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.81 feet below pool. Striper and white bass are schooling on or near the surface early morning and late afternoon. Fish were slow during the full moon, but are now starting to stack upon trees in main lake points. Good numbers of fish with flutter spoons and slabs after the surface schooling stopped. Catfish are good this week with the best bite being mid to late morning on main lake points at 30-35 feet of water using punch bait and fresh cut shad. The bigger fish were caught on cut shad. Crappie bite continues to improve targeting tree tops at 15-30 feet on minnows and jigs. Casting under docks is producing numbers of crappie. Largemouth bass fishing has been slower this week, but should start picking up as the water cools off. Lots of undersized smallmouth bass are being caught on the south end of the lake on crankbaits near the rock points. Report by Captain Casey Armstrong, Hooked Up Outfitters. Stripers are slow to fair with live bait in 20-40 feet of water. Put your baits down in areas that you have marked fish recently and slowly move around with your trolling motor. You will bump into smaller schools of fish, but it will take patience while you wait for a bite. Sand bass are fair to good moving quickly in 20-25 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats. Chrome and white seem to be out producing all other colors. Catfish are still fair to good with shad in 10-20 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 spawning, so expect a slower bite. Water clarity is 4-10 feet of visibility but slowly becoming clearer. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 2.11 feet below pool. Catfish are good on the dam side from the bank with worms or cut bait. Report of sand bass and hybrids catches with topwater lures.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 50.15 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Channel and blue catfish are good on punch bait along the river and creek channels. White bass surfacing activity has stopped, but fish can be caught in deep water off the channels suspended 15-17 feet below the surface. Sandies are chasing bait balls. Crappie are fair as fish transition to brush in the channels with live minnows or jigs. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.84 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; 78 degrees; 34.33 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are fair in shallow water around brush with cut bait or punch bait. Crappie are fair as fish transition to brush in the channels with live minnows or jigs. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 17.88 feet below pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with minnows or hand tied jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.

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