South Texas Plains Region Week of November 27, 2024
- Braunig
- SLOW. Water stained, 72 degrees. Redfish are being caught from the bank around Dead Tree Point on shrimp and fish bites. Trolling for redfish is slow now that the spawn is over and water temperatures are falling. Channel catfish are good along rock lines on cheese bait. Bass are fair along weed lines and inside the weeds. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.
- Calaveras
- GOOD. Water slightly stained, 71 degrees. Redfish are being caught along bank lines on shrimp and fish bites, or trolling on plastics and rattle traps 7-15 feet. Blue catfish are very good on road beds with cheese bait and shrimp. Channel catfish are being caught along the dam on cheese bait. Some bass are being caught off the dam and weed lines on plastics. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.
- Choke Canyon
- FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 32.63 feet below pool. White bass are schooling near the dam area on points and flats. A few can be caught with small spinnerbaits. Bass are fair on shad colored crankbait, or green pumpkin soft plastics. Numbers are good, but some catches are small. Crappie are biting on deep brush in 25 feet of water with live minnows or black and chartreuse grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.
- Corpus Christi Lake
- SLOW. 80 degrees; 11.91 feet below pool. Blue catfish are good with catches between 15-30 pounds drifting from the state park to Permit Point, and with rod-and-reels with jigs. Another report of channel and blue catfish, and a 20 pound yellow catfish that was caught and released all on soap bait with a jug line.Report by Weber’s Boat Landing.
- Falcon
- GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 45.44 feet below pool. Alligator gar rod and reel and bow fishing has slowed due to cold water. Trophy catfish are good in 8-12 feet of water with fresh cut bait on santee cooper rig. Keeper catfish are good in 3-10 feet of water on vertical structure with stink bait or shrimp on a slip bobber to keep bait about a foot off the bottom. Bigger catfish are on offshore timber. Largemouth bass are fair early or late in the day. Slowly drag deep diving crankbaits or plastic jigs over hard bottoms in 5-10 feet of water. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.
- Texana
- FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.97 feet below pool. Catfish are fair. Bass and crappie are slow due to weather and lower lake elevation.
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