South Texas Plains Region Week of June 26, 2024
- Braunig
- GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. Redfish are fair from the bank on live bait and crawfish. Redfish are good from the boat with live shrimp Channel catfish are slow trolling around weeds on cheese bait. Bass are slow. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.
- Calaveras
- GOOD. Water slightly stained, 85 degrees. Redfish are good from the bank or boat on live bait, or trolling on gold and silver spoons. Blue catfish are good on drop-offs and rock piles with cut bait and shad. Channel catfish are good on rock lines and weeds with cheese bait. Bass are fair fishing along weed lines with plastic lures. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.
- Choke Canyon
- GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 29.49 feet below pool. Bass are good early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Target bass in 5-12 feet using soft plastic worms, shad colored or chartreuse and black medium crankbaits. Catfish are fair on cut bait or stink bait in 15-30 feet of water. Crappie are good in brush piles in 20-30 feet of water on minnows or grubs. A few catches of white bass on extended main lake points. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.
- Corpus Christi Lake
- FAIR. 85 degrees; 10.25 feet below pool. Despite receiving much needed rain, boat ramps continue to be closed. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.
- Falcon
- GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 46.61 feet below pool. The lake has risen 2-3 feet due to an influx of water from the Rio Salado with current running to marker 8. There continues to be limited launching at the Zapata County boat ramp, so most people are using the state park. There is no boat access from Arroyo Valeño to the main river channel, but this may change if water continues to rise. Catfish are excellent in 5-10 feet of water with fresh cut or live bait. Keeper catfish are in shallow timber in 3-5 feet of water with shrimp, stink bait or small shad. Alligator gar rod and reel is good with cut carp or tilapia. Bass are good in 8-20 feet of water on hard bottoms with plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.
- Texana
- FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.58 feet below pool. The lake is at full elevation again and inflows have the usually clear north portion muddied.
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