
The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of October 29:
LAKE BROWNWOOD
- EXCELLENT. Water stained; 73 degrees; 2.30 feet below pool. Black bass to 4.96 pounds are excellent in 3-8 feet of water on wake baits Hag’s green pumpkin tornados along shoreline grass with chatterbaits, crankbaits and jigs in the brush 5-12 feet of water. Crappie are excellent to 15 inches on minnows and jigs on main lake scattered brush piles in 12-20 feet of water. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night and schooling action in the open water of the main lake. Catfish are good on jug lines with cut shad or perch on the main lake in 10-20 feet.
LAKE CISCO
- GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 15.89 feet above pool. Fishing conditions are pleasant with nice weather, and anglers are having success using minnows and worms, which are producing steady bites across the lake. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals
LAKE COLEMAN
- SLOW. Water stained; 72 degrees; 2.56 feet below pool. Bass are fair to 3 pounds on small finesse worms in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie good to 2 pounds on jigs and minnows in 10-15 feet of water on the main lake docks and in the timber towards the creek.
LAKE O.H. IVIE
- FAIR. Water stained; 71 degrees; 18.82 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 8 pounds on vibrating jigs, frogs and the new Hags flatliner worm. Green pumpkin, plum and plum apple are the best colors. The best depth seems to be 5-8 feet around brushy points and depressions along the bank. Crappie are slowing down with few limits reported but they are still biting on minnows and jigs and shad colors suspended in trees 8-12 feet. White bass no report. Catfish are good on cut shad or trotlines off the Concho River and The Colorado River. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
LAKE PROCTOR
- FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.34 feet below pool. Catfish are good on the dam side from the bank with worms or cut bait. Report of sand bass and hybrids catches with topwater lures.