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  • Originally published May 21, 2008 at 5:13 p.m., updated May 21, 2008 at 5:13 p.m.

AUSTIN (AP) — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for May 21 (report also available on Web at www.txfishing.com.):

CENTRAL

BASTROP

Water lightly stained. Black bass are good on watermelon red crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles in 20-25 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLORADO RIVER(At Colorado Bend State Park)

Water murky. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait and nightcrawlers.

FAYETTE

Water lightly stained; 75 degrees. Black bass are good on shad patterned shallow running crankbaits and Texas and Carolina rigged soft plastic worms in 4-20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on juglines baited with shrimp and shad in 10-12 feet.

SOUTH

AMISTAD

Water clear; 76 degrees; 14.96 feet low. Black bass to 8 pounds are excellent on Yamamoto Senkos, minnows, and watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, and on topwaters early. Striped bass to 12 pounds are good on swimbaits, Sassy Shad, and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on cheesebait and punchbait. Yellow catfish to 30 pounds are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Mexican fishing licenses are required to fish Mexican waters. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexican fishing license whether fishing or not. Mexican boat permits are no longer required.

CALAVERAS

Water stained; 72 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms and crankbaits over reed beds and in the cove near the park store. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam and the crappie wall, and on chicken livers and shad near the dam and power lines. Redfish are excellent down rigging silver and gold spoons in 10-20 feet, on live perch, tilapia, and crawfish near the power lines, and on live bait along the crappie wall. Crappie are slow.

CHOKE CANYON

Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 1.62 feet low. Black bass are good on deep running crankbaits and watermelon red lizards, and fair on spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Drum are fair on nightcrawlers and spoons. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait. Yellow catfish are fair on cut bait.

COLETO CREEK

Water clear; 78 degrees (86 degrees at discharge); 1.02 feet low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and chartreuse soft plastics and Rat-L-Traps in 1020 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and cut bait in 1525 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

FALCON

Water murky from Marker 9 north; 77 degrees. Black bass are excellent on deep running crankbaits and fair on Carolina rigged soft plastics in 48 feet.



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