Recent fishing reports from Texas

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Here are some recent fishing reports for Texas. They do contain fresh and saltwater reports. Please scroll down to the area that you are looking for.
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BAYLOR
Water lightly stained; 88 degrees. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow.

BROWNWOOD
Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.68' low. Black bass to 4 pounds are good on root beer/red flake Hula grubs and red/black worms over brushpiles in 10 - 20 feet. Hybrid striper are fair trolling striper jigs hybrid alley between the State Park and McCartney Island. White bass are fair on shallow diving crankbaits, silver spoons, and blue tube jigs. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbait in 15 - 25 feet. Yellow catfish are slow on live perch and shad.

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COLEMAN
Water clear; 0.33' high. Black bass are good on red and dark soft plastic worms and lizards. Hybrid striper are fair trolling large white striper jigs. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait and bloodbait. Yellow catfish are slow

COLORADO CITY
Water clear; 85 degrees; 6.8' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Redfish are slow. Catfish are slow.

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FT. PHANTOM HILL
Water clear; 84 degrees; 9.75' low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair. Catfish are fair.

GREENBELT
Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 24.5' low. Black bass are good on shad-colored soft plastics inside grass lines and structures. Crappie are good on jigs and live bait. White bass are fair on live bait along main lake points. Smallmouth bass are fair. Walleye are good on live bait. Catfish are good on live baits.

HUBBARD CREEK
Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 17.3' low. Black bass are good on shad-colored crankbaits and watermelon red soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrid striper are fair on jigs and live bait. Catfish are good on live baits.

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MACKENZIE Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 77.3' low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are fair on minnows. Smallmouth bass are fair. Walleye are fair. Catfish are fair on live baits.

MEREDITH Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 26' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored crankbaits and dark jigs around main rocky lake points. Crappie are fair on live bait and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair. Walleye are good on live bait near main lake rocky points and on bottom bouncers. Channel catfish are fair on live baits.

NASWORTHY Water lightly stained; 83 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark jigs and live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are fair. White bass and striped bass are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair.

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O.H. IVIE Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 29.1' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits, green pumpkin and black neon soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair. Channel catfish are good on live bait.
OAK CREEK Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 27' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair. No boat ramps open. 4x4 vehicles can unload on the dirt road near the dam.
PALO DURO Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 43.25' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and dark jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Smallmouth bass are fair. Walleye are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait.
POSSUM KINGDOM Water clear; 80 degrees; 1.7' low. Black bass are fair at 5 to 10' depth along vegetation line. Crappie are fair. White bass are fair. Striped bass are fair on live shad or sunfish fished vertically around Stump Patch and Hell's Gate areas in early morning. Channel and blue catfish are good in river just above reservoir on trotlines.

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SPENCE Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 62.1' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair. Striped bass and hybrid striper are slow. Catfish are slow.
STAMFORD Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.1' low. Black bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White and striped bass are fair. Catfish are fair.
SWEETWATER Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 31.3' low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on small crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live baits.
WHITE RIVER Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 23' low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and dark jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live baits. Channel catfish are fair on prepared baits.
WICHITA Water clearing; 79 degrees; .3' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass and Hybrid stripers are fair on large minnows and white Road Runner jigs along dam early and late in day. Channel catfish are slow on trotlines and rod and reel baited using shrimp or punch bait.

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CEDAR CREEK Water clear; 82-83 degrees; 1' low. Black bass are fair on topwaters early over grass, midday switching to soft plastics fished in deeper water. White bass are excellent, with limits being caught all over lake, in 13 - 17 feet on TailHummers and slabs. Hybrid striper to 8 pounds are fair early on Sassy Shad. Crappie are slow around boathouses on tube jigs. Catfish are good on liver and shad over humps.

COOPER Water stained; 81-85 degrees; 7.52' low. No report available.

DUNLAP/MCQUEENEY Water lightly stained. Black bass to 4 pounds are good on watermelon/red and watermelon seed spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms in 10 - 22 feet. White bass are fair on chartreuse green Rat-L-Traps and shallow diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and white/red jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live bait and prepared bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAIRFIELD Water clear; 84-89 degrees; normal pool. Black bass are good in the early AM and late PM on Mister Twister Exude RT Slugs in white, Pop R's and buzzbaits above the grass on secondary points. Texas-rigged Exude B-A-Hawgs and Mister Twister Exude Poc'it fry in watermelon are also producing off the edges of the grass in 5 - 9 feet in the evening. Hybrid striper are fair on white/chartreuse TailHummers, and live shad on main lake points (follow the birds). Redfish are fair on C.P. Special TailHummers and live shad in the inlet cove and around the dam area. Catfish are good on prepared baits and live shad in the creek channels and on flats.

FAYETTE No report available.

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GIBBONS CREEK Water lightly stained. Black bass are good on chartreuse green Rat-L-Traps, topwaters, and shallow diving crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows over brush in 15 – 18 feet. Catfish are good on liver, stinkbait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers.

GRANBURY Water lightly stained; 0.40' low. Black bass are good on green/silver fleck Rat-L-Traps, topwaters, and shallow diving crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, shrimp, and live bait.

GRAPEVINE Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 0.21' high. ; Black bass are fair on white buzzbaits, spinnerbaits and Carolina-rigs on main and secondary points. Crappie are slow on minnows, and pearl/black dot grubs over brush, and under lights at night in 12 - 25 feet. White bass are good on pearl/blue K.M.A. shad slabs, and pearl/black TailHummers on old roadbeds west of Twin Coves in 20 - 25 feet. Catfish are good drifting shrimp, and blood/cheese prepared baits from the island east to Sandbass Point in 13 - 20 feet, with best results after dark. TFF Open Team Bass Tournament October 9, 2004 - texasfishingforum.com/grapevine – (469) 853-2549.

JOE POOL Water off color; 81-86 degrees; 0.31' high. Black bass are fair on Carolina-rigged cotton candy or watermelon/red flake soft plastics soaked in Kick'n Bass Garlic fished in 8 – 16 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs fished around the bridge columns. White bass are good on pearl TailHummers. Catfish are fair on liver and prepared baits drifted over flats in 10-15 feet

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LAVON Water stained; 81-90 degrees; 1.29' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner- and buzzbaits in 1 - 8 feet around stumps. White Bandit crankbaits are producing in the trees and around rip-rap in 5 - 12 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared baits.

LEWISVILLE Water off color; 80-86 degrees; normal pool. Black bass are fair to good on red shad Power Worms pitched to standing timer along creek edges in Hickory Creek Branch and Hidden Cove Park. Buzzbaits and Pop R's are producing in the same areas early morning and late afternoon. White bass are good on main lake points in Little Elm Creek, and on humps at the mouth of Lake Dallas Cut using topwater poppers and white Road Runners. Crappie are fair on chartreuse or pink tube jigs in 15 - 20 feet around standing timber (fished vertically). No report on catfish.

NAVARRO MILLS Water fairly clear; 0.54' low. Black bass are good but mostly small on minnows and small crankbaits. White bass are fair on silver spoons. Crappie are very good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on doughbait and cut shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

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PALESTINE Water lightly stained; 80-86 degrees; 0.57' low. Black bass are fair early and late on topwaters, midday switching to Carolina-rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and bloodbait. Bream are fair on crickets. Hybrid striper and white bass are fair to good trolling crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps.

PROCTOR Water clear; 80 degrees; 0.22' high. Black bass are fair on dark, heavy jigs. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
RAY HUBBARD Water fairly clear; 81-86 degrees; 0.73' low. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits and flukes early and late, midday switching to Carolina-rigged french fries. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around bridge columns. White bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad, and TailHummers. Catfish are fair on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS Water off color; 82-85 degrees; normal pool. Black bass are good on chartreuse/blue deep diving crankbaits around the Corps of Engineers brushpiles and humps in 12 - 18 feet. White bass are good along the flats just outside of Johnson Branch. Crappie are good around the timber by Wolf Island in the Isle Du Boise channel. Catfish are slow.

RICHLAND-CHAMBERS Water stained; 80-85 degrees; normal pool. Black bass are good on chartreuse pepper or cotton candy Carolina-rigged Exude Poc'it fries on main lake, secondary points, and pond dams in deep water around Hickey Island and Magic Tree Hump. Texas-rigged Exude worms in plum are producing small bass in numbers around boat docks. White bass and hybrid striper are fair on white/chartreuse TailHummers and chartreuse slabs on main lake humps around Hickey Island. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in the creeks around timber in front of Oak Cove Mariana and Crab Creek. Catfish are good on live perch fished off the main creek channels and flats.

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SOMERVILLE Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.22' low. Black bass are good but small on minnows and small crankbaits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on black/chartreuse and burnt orange jigs. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

STILLHOUSE Water clear; 87 degrees; 0.11' low. Black bass are good on live bait and Carolina rigged soft plastics. White bass are good on minnows and spoons. Smallmouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows, shrimp, and liver. Yellow catfish are good on live bait.

TAWAKONI Water lightly stained; 81-85 degrees; 0.57' low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and Carolina-rigged blue fleck soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brushpiles. White bass are fair on minnows at night under lights. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad, and by trolling crankbaits over humps. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.

TEXOMA Water fairly clear; 78-86 degrees; normal pool. Black bass are fair Pop R's and flukes early, later switching to Carolina-rigged soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brushpiles. Striped bass are fair to good on live shad in 15 – 30 feet. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared baits.

WHITNEY Water lightly stained; 3.60' low. Black bass are good on chartreuse green Rat-L-Traps, topwaters, and shallow diving crankbaits over grass. Striped bass are fair on green and silver striper jigs and silver spoons. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, nightcrawlers, shrimp, and liver.

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HOUSTON COUNTY Water clear; 88 degrees; 0.29' high. Black bass to 8 pounds are good on watermelon Senko Wave Worms near the island and across from the marina in 3 feet early and late. Crappie to 12 inches are good at the pump station around brush 16 feet deep in 18 feet. Bream are good on live worms over grass beds. Catfish are good on doughbait and chicken livers off piers.

LAKE O' THE PINES Water clear; 81-86 degrees; 0.72' high. Black bass are fair early on chartreuse buzzbaits and blue/silver glitter flukes, during the day switching to Texas-rigged glitter blue worms, and at night on Texas-rigged 10" black/blue Power Worms. Crappie are fair drift fishing minnows and chartreuse Road Runners in 25 feet. Channel catfish are good drift fishing bloodbait and Canadian nightcrawlers.
LIVINGSTON Water fairly clear; 85 degrees; 0.09' low. Black bass to 3 pounds are fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps. White bass are good on slabs, pet spoons, Rat-L-Traps, and hellbenders. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on cutbait and prepared bait. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

MARTIN CREEK Water fairly clear; 81-86 degrees; 1.48' low Black bass are fair early and late on frog pattern baby torpedoes and pumpkinseed flukes, later switching to Carolina-rigged blue fleck french fries. Crappie are fair on minnows in 20 – 25 feet over planted brushpiles. Catfish are good on catalpa worms and prepared baits.

MONTICELLO No report available.

MURVAUL No report available

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SAM RAYBURN Water lightly stained north, clear south; 84 degrees; 3.33' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and plum colored Carolina rigged Baby Brush Hawgs and Super Flukes, and on root beer and chartreuse/blue back DD-22 crankbaits, along ledges and creek channels in 12 - 25 feet. Crappie are good on live shiners near brush tops in 20 - 30 feet. Catfish are fair on live bait and nightcrawlers near active feeder creeks.

STEINHAGEN 1.64' high. No report available.

TOLEDO BEND Water muddy north, lightly stained south; 84 degrees; 3.90' low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs around creek channels and ledges in 10 - 15 feet in the north end, and on Senkos, Super flukes, and Texas rigged worms near hydrilla in 8 – 12 feet in the south end. Crappie are fair on shiners over planted brush tops. Catfish are very good on trotlines baited with live bait and prepared bait.

TYLER Water lightly stained; 81-85 degrees; 0.73' low. Black bass are fair early on flukes and topwaters, later switching to Carolina-rigged pumpkinseed french fries. Crappie are fair to good on blue tube jigs and minnows over brushpiles. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers. Bream are fair on red wigglers and crickets.

WRIGHT PATMAN No report available.

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TRINITY BAY Trout are good on the shell near Smith Point on red shad and glow/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish, trout and sand trout are good at the Spillway on live bait and red/white and pearl/chartreuse Hogie's and Bass Assassins. Redfish are good in Jack's Pocket on shrimp and gold spoons.

EAST GALVESTON BAY Trout are fair to good on Top Dogs and Super Spooks for waders along the south shoreline. Trout are good at Hannas Reef and Deep Reef on live shrimp and black/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Trout Killers.

WEST GALVESTON BAY Trout, redfish, sand trout and croaker are good at the causeway and railroad bridge on live bait and fresh dead. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on finger mullet and cut bait. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the shell while drifting with shrimptails and live bait.

TEXAS CITY Trout are good at Dollar Reef on live bait and glow/chartreuse plastics. Redfish are good in Moses Lake on live shrimp under a popping cork. Trout, redfish, sand trout and croaker are good at night under the lights off the dike.

FREEPORT Trout, Spanish mackerel and redfish are good on live bait at the Surfside and Quintana jetties. Trout, redfish , croaker and flounder are good at night from the piers near San Luis Pass on live shrimp, mullet and glow plastics. Trout and redfish are fair to good on live bait in Christmas Bay.

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EAST MATAGORDA Trout are good on the reefs on She Dogs, Super Spooks and pumpkinseed Bass Assassins, Trout Killer II's and Norton Sand Eels. Redfish are fair to good in Lake Austin on live shrimp and crabs.

MATAGORDA Redfish are good on topwaters and live shrimp in Oyster Lake and the north shoreline of West Bay around Shell Island. Trout and redfish are fair to good on black Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels around Green's Bayou.

PORT O'CONNOR Trout and redfish are good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay on live shrimp, topwaters and gold spoons. Bull redfish are good on mullet and shrimp at Pass Cavallo. Trout and redfish are good in the back lakes on live shrimp and topwaters.

ROCKPORT Trout are fair to good on Long Reef on Bass Assassins and live shrimp. Redfish are good on the Estes Flats on mullet and live shrimp. Trout and redfish are good on topwaters in Copano Bay and on the backside of Mud Island.

PORT ARANSAS Trout are fair to good around Shamrock Cove on red/white Super Spooks and red shad Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Trout Killers. Redfish are good on the East Flats on live shrimp under a popping cork. Offshore is good for red snapper and kingfish.

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CORPUS CHRISTI Bull redfish are good off the Bob Hall Pier on finger mullet and cut bait. Gafftop are good on fresh dead. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Nueces Bay on live shrimp under a popping cork and She Dogs.
BAFFIN BAY Trout are fair to good at Penescal and Rocky Slough on piggy perch, live shrimp and black soft plastics. Flounder are fair to good on shrimp and jigs tipped with shrimp at the Meadows. Redfish are good at Yarborough on topwaters.
PORT MANSFIELD Trout are good for waders working the grass beds on chrome topwaters and bone plastics. Trout, redfish and flounder are good on live shrimp under a popping cork and red/white and glow/chartreuse shrimptails in the Intracoastal and on the grass beds near the channel.

SOUTH PADRE Trout are fair to good from Holly Beach to Laguna Vista on pumpkinseed Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout and redfish are good on topwaters on the Gaswell Flats.

PORT ISABEL Trout and redfish are good on live shrimp under a popping cork and live shrimp on the flats adjacent to the Intracoastal. Flounder are good in the same area on live bait. Trout and a few tarpon are good at the jetty on live bait.

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CHOKE CANYON Water stained upriver, fairly clear in the main lake and the backs of creeks; 85 degrees; 0.03' high. Black bass to 11 pounds are very good on heavy jigs with watermelon creature bait trailers on flats with patchy hydrilla in 4 feet midday. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 7.5 pounds are very good on Catfish JuJu under cormorant roosts in 8 - 12 feet early, and on cheesebait and chicken livers around stickups and hardwoods and on edges of hydrilla in 3 - 14 feet after the sun comes up. Yellow catfish are very good on trotlines and juglines baited with live perch, minnows, and goldfish near river and creek channels in 20 - 30 feet.

FALCON Water clear; 82 – 83 degrees; 13.56' low. Black bass to 11 pounds are good on watermelon and red shad small soft plastic creature baits on main and secondary points in 25 feet. Catfish are good on worms, liver, stinkbait, shrimp, and live bait in river holes. Yellow catfish are fair on live bait. The State Park and Zapata County ramps are both working, as are some of the Lodge and RV Park ramps. The El Tigre Island ramp is open to the public for a $3/person fee. The San Ignacio ramp is open only for small boats. Launching below the dam on the Rio Grande River is possible at both the Salineno and Chapeno access points. Mexican fishing licenses and boat permits are required to fish in Mexican waters. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico Fishing License whether fishing or not.

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GRANGER Water clear; 79 degrees; 0.20' high. Black bass are fair on black and chartreuse worms around shallow timbered flats at the mouth of the river. White bass are good on slab spoons along the ridges out from the dam. Crappie are very good on minnows and 1/32oz. jigs tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles. Blue catfish are fair. Yellow catfish are slow.

LBJ Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.18' low. Black bass are good on chartreuse 7/16oz. Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits, Yellow Magic topwaters, and Texas rigged watermelon/red Craw Tubes along creek points and rip rap at first light. White bass are very good on 1½" Lit'l Fishies, white Curb's crappie jigs, and live minnows at night in 8 - 20 foot break lines. Crappie are good on chartreuse 1/32oz. Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows at night. Channel catfish are good at night. Yellow and blue catfish are fair to good on trotlines and juglines.

MEDINA Water clear; 84 degrees; 0.18' high. Black bass to 5.5 pounds are very good on Texas rigged 7in. pumpkin/red flake YUM Zellemanders and 4in. wacky rigged natural shad Yamamoto Senkos around schools of shad and bait fish in 12 - 20 feet early and late, and midday on deep running Tennessee Shad colored crankbaits off main lake points in 12 - 18 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are very good at night under lights on jigs and minnows taken from the lake. Channel and blue catfish to 6 pounds are very good on Catfish JuJu, frozen shrimp, cheesebait, and chicken livers in the backs of spring fed creeks and in the river in 4 - 12 feet. Yellow catfish are very good on live minnows, perch, and goldfish on juglines and trotlines in 12 - 25 feet.

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TRAVIS Water clear; 83 degrees; 1.90' low. Black bass to 4 pounds are good on purple worms, chrome topwaters, and white spinnerbaits in 5 - 20 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie to 1 pound are fair on minnows and blue and white tube jigs in 10 - 18 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 9 pounds are fair on nightcrawlers and fresh cutbait in 15 - 30 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG Water clear; 86 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms and silver spoons. Hybrid striper are fair on large minnows and shrimp. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.