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  • Mike Forman •
  • Originally published January 7, 2009 at 7:31 p.m., updated January 7, 2009 at 7:31 p.m.

CENTRAL

BASTROP

Water lightly stained. Black bass are fair on pumpkinseed crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue/white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

CANYON LAKE

Water clear 59 degrees 11.11 feet low. Black bass to 4.5 pounds are very good on Texas rigged red shad JDC drop shot worms, watermelon/red Brush Hogs, and tubes on jigheads in stickups and along bluffs in 10-15 feet. Striped bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and trolling Gizz 4's and Shad Raps on down riggers in the lower end of the lake over humps in 40-60 feet. White bass are fair and small on blade baits along main lake bluffs.

COLORADO RIVER

(At Colorado Bend State Park) Water clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, stinkbait, and shrimp in deep holes.

FAYETTE

Water clear 61 degrees. Black bass are slow to fair on Carolina rigged soft plastics in 15-25 feet on points. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

SOMERVILLE

Water fairly clear 2.90 feet low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and green and black tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on bloodbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

SOUTH

AMISTAD

Water clear; 58 degrees; 1.53 feet high. Black bass are good on slabs, crankbaits, and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on slabs, crankbaits, and grubs. White bass are fair on slabs and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on shrimp, nightcrawlers, chicken livers, and cheesebait in 60-90 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BRAUNIG

Water stained 62 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are excellent on liver and shad at Dead Tree Point, and down rigging silver and gold spoons and marble spinners near the dam. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and cut bait near the spillway and the intake. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

CALAVERAS

Water stained 62 degrees. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds and near the dam. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, and cheesebait near the railroad trestle and 181 Cove. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON

Water lightly stained 62 degrees 5.29 feet low. Black bass are good on heavy jigs and large soft plastic lizards in the grass, and fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows upriver. Crappie are slow. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait in 2-7 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK

Water clear 74 degrees (81 degrees at discharge) 3.55 feet low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows in 10-16 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 6 pounds are fair on trotlines baited with liver and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish to 13 pounds are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.



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