Panhandle Plains Region Week of December 10, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 56 degrees; 4.69 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 30-45 feet over brush with minnows. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water stained; 51 degrees; 2.46 feet below pool. Catfish continue to be good anchoring or drifting with fresh cut shad in 5-25 feet of water. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 56 degrees; 16.17 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; 55 degrees; 2.96 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; 5.12 feet below pool; 55 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are moving deeper as the water temp drops. Crappie are in 18-20 feet of water on structure with jigs and minnows. Catfish are moving shallower biting on cut bait. Hybrids are starting to group up. Troll windy banks with cut bait in 8-12 feet of water. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 39 degrees; 51.06 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 55 degrees; 14.00 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; 41 degrees; 43.63 feet below pool. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and sand bass are great and continue 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 bite has slowed to fair on the dock, and Harbor Bay with livers, frozen shad and stink bait. Crappie are slow from Sanford Yake Dock, North Canyon, and Fritch Fortress with pearl white, pearl blue, grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are good on worms and corn. Walleye are great with jigs with pearl blue or white grubs, as well as bottom bouncers. Target walleye 60 feet down between Sexy Cove and the gas well. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 45 degrees; 3.53 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; 55 degrees; 0.89 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 in the backs of pockets and upriver with the bass close behind. It is important to slow down your retrieve during the winter months because the fish are more lethargic due to the colder water temperatures. 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; 60 degrees; 31.61 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 54 degrees; 18.92 feet below pool. Black bass are good for catches up to 5 pounds. Bass are in 8-18 feet of water hitting small minnow baits on underspins. Shake the minnows around schools of bass chasing suspended shad. Work ⅜ ounce and 1/2 ounce jigs in green pumpkin with blue on the bottom in the same areas. Fish are still hanging around grass in 12 feet of water on the main Lake. Umbrella rigs with a 3.25 minnow in electric shad is good good over the top of suspended fish. White bass are good jigging spoons off deep ledges in 25-35 feet of water in the main lake. Crappie are slow but reports of some still being caught on main lake deep trees along the river channels. Minnows working best. Catfish are good up the river with some reports of blue catfish up to 25 pounds on rod-and-reel baited with cheese bait and cut shad. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 22.31 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 58 degrees; 2.27 feet below pool. The pattern is consistent but expect the deadstick bite to begin for stripers soon. 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. Trophy blue catfish will be moving to shallow water on the north end of the lake and into the upper river. Sand bass are good with fish stacking on shallow points in 15-30 feet. 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 to fair in 20-35 feet of water. There are lots of smaller fish, and keepers are few and far between. Sand bass are good in 25-35 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats with slabs. White is the best color but chrome is also catching a few. Catfish are fair to good fishing cut shad off the bottom in 20-30 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; 54 degrees; 2.32 feet below pool. Crappie are on ledges in 18-21 feet. Bass have moved to deep ledges. Catfish have moved deep to 18-21 feet. Blue catfish to 54 pounds have been caught. Hybrids are in the upper end of the lake main river channel. The winter pattern has arrived. Report Juan Tienda, local angler.

Spence

GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 50.97 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are good on fresh cut shad and punch baits in 25-30 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 55 degrees; 1.28 feet above pool. Crappie are excellent on concrete structure, docks and at the crappie house with any colored smaller profile jig. Good size 12-15 inch fish are common. When crappie quit biting on the dock or in the crappie house, that is typically a sign that bass are in the area. Bass are good with small squarebill crankbaits on rocky points in the cove near the crappie house. Catfish are fair with juglines in 5-8 feet of water on flats.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained; 55 degrees; 35.20 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are fair on fresh cut shad and punch baits in 5-20 feet of water in flats and deep water structures. Crappie are fair to good in deeper water brush piles with live minnows. No catches of white bass to report. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 55 degrees; 18.66 feet below pool. Reports of walleye bite improving off the dock with cooler water.

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