The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of November 1:
LAKE BROWNWOOD
GOOD. Water stained; 69-71 degrees; 8.28 feet below pool. Black bass to 5.57 pounds are good on whopper ploppers, jigs, and on crankbaits in 1-12 feet in the rock cuts, secondary points and ledges. Bait is moving into the cove pockets. Crappie are slow on brush piles and around the docks on minnows in 10-12 feet. White bass are slow to 1.06 pounds on crankbaits and small jigs. Catfish are slow to on using prepared and cut bait.
LAKE CISCO
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 60 degrees; 11.22 feet below pool. Crappie are good on minnows in 7 feet of water. Scattered catches of channel and blue catfish hitting perch. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
LAKE COLEMAN
SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 8.71 feet below pool. The crappie bite has improved after the recent cold front. Bass are fair using soft plastics and jigs tipped with a Hags Undertaker Jr, crankbaits, chatterbaits and topwaters. Point near Quail Creek Cove is good for hybrids on topwaters in the morning and evening, and rattletraps or crankbaits throughout the day. White and hybrids are fair under the lights at night on fast moving baits. Channel catfish are fair. Launching may be difficult due to the low lake level.
LAKE O.H. IVIE
FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 29.40 feet below pool. White bass are fair live baits and plastic baits. Crappie are good on live bait or jigs. Largemouth are fair. As the lake level continues to drop, navigate with caution watching for trees. Report by Concho Park and Marina.
LAKE PROCTOR
FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 12.62 feet below pool. Black bass are slow. Catfish can be caught casting spells or stinkbait. Hybrid and sand bass are schooling biting slabs. Crappie are hitting minnows around rock structures.