The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of April 10:
LAKE BROWNWOOD
GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 8.78 feet below pool. Black bass to 9.30 pounds are excellent on chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and crankbaits in 3-8 feet of water. Most of the bass are spawning or post spawn. Crappie are excellent suspended in cove pockets with black and chartreuse jigs and brush piles on minnows in 10-12 feet, with some in 1-4 feet spawning. The deep fish are still full of eggs. White bass are good on crankbaits and small swimbaits in the lights. Catfish are good on cut or prepared bait around the flats.
LAKE CISCO
GOOD. Water stained; 61 degrees; 11.64 feet below pool. All species are in 10-12 feet of water. Crappie are biting jigs and minnows. Bass are biting jigs. Catfish are biting worms. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
LAKE COLEMAN
SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 9.39 feet below pool. Crappie are good on jigs at the docks.
LAKE O.H. IVIE
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 31.55 feet below pool. The lake is stained on the upper end, on the lower end the clarity is 6 feet deep. Black bass are good and in all phases of the spawn. Bass are being caught on rage craws or bugs in white or green pumpkin. Spinnerbaits and chatterbaits are landing catches in 2-6 feet of water on shad and perch colors. White bass are good in the Colorado River on crankbaits rattle traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs in the back of shallow pockets and coves. Catfish, good on cut shad and shrimp. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
LAKE PROCTOR
GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 12.09 feet below pool. Catfish, hybrids and crappie are fair to good on the banks and near the dam. Catfish should be spawning in shallow water within the month. Largemouth bass can be caught on soft plastics. Ramps are closed, but it is possible to launch a boat from the gravel at Buffalo Springs. Fishing from a kayak is possible.