Below are the fishing reports for area lakes, compiled as reported this week by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Lake Brownwood

Water murky; 44–48 degrees; 0.09’ high. Black bass are good on perch colored jigs and soft plastics in 10–20 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs over brush piles. Channel catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Coleman

Water murky; 45–49 degrees; 4.42’ low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Hybrid striper are fair on silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait, liver, and frozen shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

O.H. Ivie Reservoir

Water stained; 48–54 degrees; 45.93’ low. Black bass are fair to good Texas rigs, jigs, squarebill crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs fished shallow. Catfish are fair to good on live bait.

Lake Proctor

Water murky; 48–52 degrees; 0.32’ low. Black bass are fair on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on green striper jigs. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on frozen shad. Yellow catfish are slow.