TPWD Fishing Report – Oct. 8

October 8, 2020 at 11:38 am Updated: October 13th, 2020 at 9:45 pm Derrick Stuckly

Brownwood

GOOD. Water clear; 76 degrees; 1.66 low. Largemouth bass are fair with shad colored crankbaits, jigs, and plum or green Carolina rigged plastic worms in 15-25’ near drop-offs and standing timber. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in brush piles and timber near a creek channel. White bass and hybrids are good on live bait and slabs in the main lake near humps, drop-offs, and flats. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait in 10-20’ near baited areas.

Cisco

FAIR. Water clear; 71 degrees; 4.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good staying close to the surface on buzzbait, poppers, and weedless jigs moving north to less clear water and working the shallow structure that exists and in some grass. Sunfish are good close to banks with any cover, and they prefer the stained water on minnows, nightcrawlers, and cutworms. Crappie are fair with jigs moving under and on the edges of docks. Catfish have been fair on stinkbait, chicken livers, and cut shad.

Coleman

FAIR. Slightly stained. 73 degrees. 2.17’ low. Hybrid stripers are good on rattletraps when they feed in schools moving towards the banks from a 20-foot depth and in. Largemouth bass are good with rocks and docks with topwater, buzzbaits, and jerkbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs in timber. Catfish are fair with stinkbait and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water clear; 71 degrees; 12.50’ low. Black bass are excellent with many natural structures from timber, to vegetation, to shallow brush with topwaters, worms, crankbaits, and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs with slowdowns on windy days. Catfish are good on stinkbait, live, and cut bait. White bass are fair on points.

Proctor

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees;0.04 high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigged worms and craws, jigs, and shad like crankbaits in submerged timber, creek channels, and rocky shorelines. Hybrid stripers are good with live bait in the main lake around 22-35’. Crappie are good with minnows and jigs in 14-28’ in standing timber and brush piles. Catfish remain good on prepared bait and cut bait.