Panhandle Plains Region Week of December 24, 2025

Alan Henry

GOOD. 52 degrees; 4.85 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; 47 degrees; 2.55 feet below pool. Blue catfish are good with fresh cut shad and punch bait in 20 feet of water. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 59 degrees; 16.27 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; 3.03 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; 55 degrees; 5.22 feet below pool. Quality crappie are feeding in deep structure biting jigs or minnows. Hybrids are chasing shad that are schooled up in deeper water trolling jigs or shad. Catfish are mixed in with the hybrids under the shad. Drifting shad will get a catch. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 44 degrees; 51.14 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 55 degrees; 14.10 feet below pool. Bass are slow with many smaller sized fish in soft plastics in brush piles. Crappie are on brush piles and roaming biting minnows or jigs. Find the bait fish to locate fish.

Meredith

GREAT. Water stained; 46 degrees; 43.77 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; 47 degrees; 3.62 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; 60 degrees; 0.90 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; 55 degrees; 31.69 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 54 degrees; 19.03 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 9 pounds, with most fish 2-3 pounds. Big fish are reported on deep diving crankbaits around 15 feet deep off long flat points on the main lake. Most fish are being caught on an underspin with 3 inch swimbaits. Alabama rigs are in the same depth 15-25 feet. No reports on crappie this week. White bass have been reported picking up around Channel swings and ledges 20-30 feet deep on jigging spoons and Alabama rigs. Catfish fair on jug lines. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 22.42 feet below pool. Crappie are on brush and roaming open water with jigs or minnows. Bass are slow with soft plastics in deeper water.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.35 feet below pool. Stripers are slow to fair in 20-35 feet of water. There are lots of smaller fish, with a few keepers mixed in. Sand bass are fair in 25-35 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats. White is the best color but chrome is also catching a few. Catfish are still fair to good with cut shad on the bottom in 20-30 feet of water. Water clarity is 6-10 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 53 degrees; 2.43 feet below pool. Catfish moved deep to 18-21 feet, but will move shallow during the warmer days. Crappie are on ledges in about 18-21 feet. Bass moved to deep ledges. Hybrids are in the upper end of the lake main river channel. Report Juan Tienda, local angler.

Spence

GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 51.14 feet below pool. Channel catfish are good on punch and cut bait. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs on brush. Blue catfish are in deep water on flats and channels. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

GOOD. Water normal stain; 58 degrees; 1.35 feet above pool. Water has cleared to 18 inches of visibility, but may become murky after the forecasted wind. The current warming trend will work against us but when the cold fronts come back it will group the fish back up. Crappie are good on concrete structure, docks and at the crappie house with any colored smaller profile jig. 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; 53 degrees; 35.27 feet below pool. Channel catfish are good on punch and cut bait. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs on brush. Blue catfish are in deep water on flats and channels. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 18.82 feet below pool. Walleye are biting cut carp.

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