South Texas Plains Region Week of July 24, 2024
- Braunig
- GOOD. Water stained, 89 degrees. Some redfish are being caught from the bank on live bait and shrimp, or trolling in 15-18 feet of water on gold or silver spoons. Channel catfish are good on weed lines and rock lines on cheese bait and liver. Bass are good around weed lines on plastic worms and jigs. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.
- Calaveras
- GOOD. Water slightly stained, 88 degrees. Redfish are being caught off the bank on live bait and shrimp. Redfish can be caught from the boat with shrimp, live bait, or trolling plastic and silver spoons around the dam and 181 cove area. Blue catfish are slow. Channel catfish are being caught around the rock lines on cheese bait and cut bait. Bass are slow. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.
- Choke Canyon
- GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 29.97 feet below pool. Bass are fair early in the morning or late in the afternoon on long extended points with soft plastic worms and flukes. There is some topwater action very early in the morning. Catfish are fair on cut bait or stink bait in 15-30 feet of water. Crappie are biting in brush piles in 20-30 feet of water on minnows. No reports on white bass. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.
- Corpus Christi Lake
- FAIR. 85 degrees; 9.25 feet below pool. Rain in the forecast, so hopefully the water level rises. Bank angling is possible. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.
- Falcon
- GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 45.68 feet below pool. There continues to be limited launching at the Zapata County boat ramp, so most people are using the state park. There is about 12 inches of water between Arroyo Valeño to the main river channel. 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; 0.04 feet below pool. Catfish are good throughout the lake. The upper portion of lake is turbid due to continued runoff from local rains.
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