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  • Tara Bozick •
  • Originally published January 15, 2009 at 12:17 a.m., updated January 15, 2009 at 12:17 a.m.

CENTRAL

BASTROP

Water lightly stained. Black bass are good on Rat-L-Traps and chartreuse jigs. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles in 15-20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLORADO RIVER

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

FAYETTE

Water clear 61 degrees. Black bass are fair on Carolina rigged soft plastics and Rat-L-Traps. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

SOMERVILLE

Water fairly clear 2.95 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 good on stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

SOUTH

CHOKE CANYON

Water clear 62 degrees 5.33 feet low. Black bass to 7 pounds 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 but some large ones caught on minnows. 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) 3.57 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 are fair on trotlines baited with liver and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.



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