The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of July 30:

LAKE BROWNWOOD

SLOW. Water stained; 82-85 degrees; 0.20 feet below pool. Black bass to 8.35 pounds are slow in 8-25 feet of water on trick worms and square bill cranks. Dog days of summer has hit. Fishing is tough all over the lake. Early and late will be your best bet on catching any fish. Crappie are good to 13 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 slow to 1.50 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night. Catfish are good to 25 pounds on jug lines with cut shad on the main lake flats.

LAKE CISCO

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 13.79 feet below pool. Fish have been biting good. Crappie have moved deeper but big catfish are in the shallows. Bass bite is inconsistent and hit or miss. Water clarity is 55 percent. Catfish are biting good on goldfish and salties, worms and TV shrimp. Bass and crappie are doing best with shiners. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals

LAKE COLEMAN

FAIR. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.00 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 stained; 83-84 degrees; 15.91 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 6 pounds with one 10 pounder reported caught on a chatterbait. Most bass are being caught on topwater and shallow flooded bushes. Some bass are in 10-14 feet on a 10-inch worm on long tapering points. Best colors are plum, plum apple and red bug. Crappie are slow with scattered reports off deeper trees scattered mid lake on minnows. White bass are on deeper areas mainly at night under lights with minnows as well. Catfish are still good in 10 feet or less throughout the lake on a variety of baits, mainly channel cats. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

LAKE PROCTOR

FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.38 feet above pool. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait with reports of good catches of channels. Patience seems to be key – letting baits sit rather than constantly retrieving is producing better results. Brush piles are holding fish with some good takedowns reported. Striper fishing has been reported by local anglers. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles.