Fishing Reports 11/19/25

November 19, 2025 at 5:34 pm Updated: November 20th, 2025 at 6:31 am mblagg1

The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of November 19:

LAKE BROWNWOOD

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.72 feet below pool. Black bass to 4.25 pounds are good in 13-28 feet of water in the river with soft plastic minnow styled baits and juice box colored soft plastic creature bait. There is a good bite along the shoreline brush in 3-8 feet of water with bladed jigs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie up to 14 inches are good on minnows and jigs in main lake scattered brush piles in 8-18 feet. White bass up to 1.25 pounds are slow on crappie jigs and crankbaits in the lights at night. Catfish are slow on juglines with cut shad or perch.

LAKE CISCO

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 16.25 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; 68 degrees; 2.86 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; 65 degrees; 19.29 feet below pool. Black bass are good for 5 pound fish. Good numbers of schooling bass throughout the lake. Target bass in the pockets and drains with 3 inch shad patterned swimbaits on quarter ounce heads. Schools of bait are back in the pockets. Work 6 inch plum apple worms through brush and grass in 5-18 feet of water. Very few reports of crappie limits. Target crappie in the Turkey Bend area suspended down 18-25 feet on main lake pecan trees in 30-25 feet of water. Minnows are working best. No reports of white bass. Catfish are good up both rivers in 5-20 feet of water on cut shad and cheese bait under drop lines as well as rod and reels. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

LAKE PROCTOR

FAIR. Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.73 feet below pool. Hybrid and white bass are on ledges from 15-18 feet of water. Trolling shad colored crankbaits can catch a few. Catfish are good midlake in 8-15 feet of water for smaller eater size catfish. The forecasted cold front should push bigger fish deeper. Bait fish can be caught with a net. Largemouth bass are on the rocks near the dam. Report Juan Tienda, local angler.