CONROE: Water clear; 0.90’ low. Black bass are good on pumpkinseed and watermelon red Carolina rigged soft plastics. Striped bass are fair on minnows and green striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs over brush piles. Catfish are good on stinkbait, nightcrawlers, and shrimp.
GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Black bass are fair on watermelon seed and watermelon gold soft plastic worms and white crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, frozen shrimp, and live bait.
HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear; 88 degrees; 0.12’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon red worms near the marina in 6 feet. Crappie are good on live minnows near the pump station in 15 feet. White bass are good along the northeast shore. Bream are good on live worms off piers and near grass beds, and on the south side of the islands. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with shad.
LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 85 degrees; 0.08’ low. Black bass are good on soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on hellbenders, pet spoons, and Charlie slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.
SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 2.76’ low. Black bass are fair on minnows and watermelon soft plastic worms. White bass are fair on silver spoons and minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows over baited holes in 20 – 25 feet. Bream are fair on nightcrawlers. Catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait, cut bait, and liver.
STEINHAGEN: 1.43’ high. No report available.
TOLEDO BEND: Water clear; 82 degrees; 1.89’ low. Black bass to 8 pounds are fair on redbug and plum soft plastic worms early and late, diving baits in the evenings, and on topwaters among schooling fish. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver striper jigs. White bass are good on spoons. Crappie are slow to fair on minnows over brush in 20 – 25 feet. Bream are excellent on crickets and nightcrawlers off docks in 4 – 5 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait, stinkbait, livers, and hearts in 30 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. |