The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of March 6:

LAKE BROWNWOOD

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 8.85 feet below pool. Black bass catches to 5.75 pounds are good on Hag’s Bait jigs, jerk baits and crankbaits in 3-8 feet of water. Bass are in a pre-spawn in the mouth of cove pockets. Crappie are fair on brush piles using minnows in 6-10 feet of water. White bass are excellent on crankbaits. Catfish are good on cut or prepared bait around baited holes.

LAKE CISCO

GOOD. Water stained; 54 degrees; 11.58 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 10-15 feet of water biting on minnows. Channel catfish are good in 8-10 feet of water on worms. Lots of bass activity chasing bait out to 15 feet deep. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

LAKE COLEMAN

SLOW. Water stained; 55 degrees; 9.21 feet below pool. Few reports, but typically crappie can be caught in the brush piles under docks. Crappie are good on jigs at the docks.

LAKE O.H. IVIE

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 30.98 feet below pool. Bass are good in 2-5 feet of water on spinnerbaits and chatter baits. Females are close to spawning. White bass are moving up the rivers hitting rattletraps, and square bill crankbaits. Crappie are scattered but starting to move shallow biting crappie minnows or jigs. Catfish are moving shallow to 5-10 feet of water biting shrimp, cut shad and earthworms. Main lake 58 degrees and clear, up the river is 61 degrees and stained. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

LAKE PROCTOR

GOOD. Water normal stain; 58 degrees; 12.87 feet below pool. Largemouth bass bite are improving for bank anglers using a purple pinkish colored soft plastic Texas rigged. Bank anglers are reporting a good bite for crappie and catfish. Ramps are closed. It is possible to launch a boat from the gravel at Buffalo Springs.