The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of July 17:

LAKE BROWNWOOD

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 0.42 feet above pool. Black bass to 6 pounds are slow in 3-15 feet of water on big soft plastics, wacky rig senkos and Hag’s Outlier Frogs in the shoreline grass. Crappie are good to 11 inches on minnows and jigs in 10-18 feet on deeper large docks with brush on the main lake and on scattered brush piles. White bass are fair to 1.5 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night. Catfish are Slow on cut shad on the main lake flats.

LAKE CISCO

GREAT. Water stained; 80 degrees; 13.61 feet below pool. Reports of stringers of catfish caught. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

LAKE COLEMAN

FAIR. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.66 feet below pool. Black bass to 2 pounds are slow in 10-20 feet of water around the lake off points with a scope minnow. Crappie are excellent to 14 inches on minnows in 8-15 feet under docks in Rattlesnake Cove on the right side going in. Hybrid bass are good to 6 pounds on squarebill crankbaits in the lighted docks. Catfish are slow on prepared bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

LAKE O.H. IVIE

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 81 degrees; 15.80 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 7 pounds on Hags outlier frogs and newly flooded brush working best. Bass can be caught on small worms and creature baits 5 feet or less. Crappie are slow with some being reported around Bluffs around Lee Day, Cemetery Hole and in front of Ranger Cove. White bass slow with some reports best fishing at night over lights main Lake. Catfish are good upriver in dirtier water with current. Cash add cheese bake and stink baits working best in shower water. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

LAKE PROCTOR

FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees; 1.41 feet above pool. Catfish are good on juglines. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles.