Fresh Water Fishing Reports (updated Dec. 2, 2008)

East Texas Lakes
Caddo - Black bass fair on Texas-rigged spinnerbaits. White bass good on jigs. Crappie fair on minnows, jigs and spoons. Catfish good on nightcrawlers.
Conroe - Black bass fair on soft-plastics and lipless crankbaits. Stripers good on live bait and jigs. Crappie fair on minnows and small jigs. Catfish good on stinkbait.
Fork - Black bass fair on soft-plastics and jigs. Crappie good on minnows and jigs. Catfish good on nightcrawlers and prepared baits.
Livingston - Black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and soft-plastics. Stripers good on crankbaits. White bass fair on Pet Spoons. Crappie fair on minnows. Catfish fair.
Sam Rayburn - Black bass good on crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and spinnerbaits. White bass and crappie good on minnows, spoons and small jigs. Catfish good on stinkbait.
Toledo Bend - Black bass good on Texas- and Carolina-rigged worms and crankbaits. Striped bass good on spoons. White bass fair on jigs. Crappie fair on minnows.

South Texas Lakes
Amistad - Black bass fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and soft-plastics. Striped bass fair on topwaters and diving plugs. White bass fair on spoons. Catfish good on shrimp and nightcrawlers.
Calaveras - Black bass good on crankbaits, soft-plastics and spinnerbaits around reeds.  Striped bass good on jigs and spoons. Redfish good on spoons, live bait and diving plugs near crappie wall. Crappie slow. Catfish good on shrimp and shad.
Choke Canyon - Black bass good on  soft-plastics. Some early day topwater action. White bass fair on minnows. Crappie slow. Catfish good on stinkbait.
Coleto Creek - Black bass fair on soft-plastics. Crappie decent on minnows. Catfish slow. Stripers slow.
Falcon - Black bass good on jigs, soft-plastics, deep crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Crappie decent on minnows. Catfish good up the river on shrimp and nightcrawlers.

Central Texas Lakes
Canyon Lake - Black bass fair on spinnerbaits and lipless crankbaits. Smallmouth good on jigs and tubes. Striped bass decent on Rattletraps and spoons. White bass good on jigs. Catfish and crappie slow.
Fayette - Black bass good on topwaters early, crankbaits and soft-plastics later. Catfish fair on cutbait.
Travis - Black bass good on topwaters early, fair on soft-plastics later in day. Striped bass decent. White bass good. Catfish slow.
Whitney - Black bass good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass decent on jigs and live minnows. White bass and crappie slow.

North Texas Lakes
Meredith - Black bass fair on crankbaits. White bass good on minnows and small jigs. Smallmouth bass fair on crankbaits. Walleye fair on minnow tipped jigs and crankbaits.
OH Ivie - Black bass fair on spinnerbaits and jigs. Smallmouth bass good on jigs and crankbaits. White bass fair on minnows. Catfish good on nightcrawlers.
Texoma - Black bass good on crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Striped bass good on topwaters. Catfish decent on nightcrawlers.

Weather Reports:
(click on name of lake or town for link to weather forecast)
North Texas: Meredith, OH Ivie, Texoma