Fishing report

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BROWNWOOD

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85-87 degrees; 5.56 feet low. Fishing continues to be in the summer pattern. Bass are good with catches up to five pounds on shaky heads and crankbaits in 10 feet of water. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in 12-15 feet of water over brush piles and under lighted docks at night. White bass are good on crankbaits and jigs under the lights at night, with some schooling action. Catfish are good on cut bait, liver and perch around baited holes.

GRANBURY

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 90 degrees; 1.90 feet low. Bass are in deeper water biting on jigs and soft plastics worked very slowly around deep ledges and deep boat docks. Any type of structure in 18-25 feet of water is holding fish. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services. Stripers and sand bass are moving fast. Catch them shallow early in the morning, but once the sun rises fish in deeper water. Striped bass are good on live bait, crankbaits and jigging spoons early in the morning from mid lake south towards the dam on flats and near the shallow edge of the river channel.

POSSUM KINGDOM

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 3.12 feet low. Striped bass fishing has slowed down. Still catching a few with artificials in white, pink, and silver. Sand bass are slow, but still catching a few mixed in with the stripers with chartreuse and white slabs. Catfish are decent using punch bait or cut shad fished over or in tree topspin 30-40 feet of water. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Stripers and sand bass are moving fast. Catch them shallow early in the morning, but once the sun rises fish in deeper water.

PROCTOR

SLOW. Water stained; 89 degrees; 5.54 feet low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are good early in the morning with topwater lures. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad.

WEATHERFORD

FAIR. Water clear; 87 degrees. Bass are good in isolated grass beds in 10-15 feet of water with dropshots. Good early morning topwater bite with some schooling action biting on weightless flukes over the grass. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

WHITNEY

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 6.85 feet low. Stripers and sand bass are moving fast. Catch them shallow early in the morning, but once the sun rises fish in deeper water. Striped bass are great on live bait, crankbaits, swimbaits and jigging spoons from mid lake south towards the dam on flats and near the shallow edge of the river channel.

Lake Proctor

Elevation Level: 1155.95

Conservation Level: 1162.0 ft