
The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of February 19:
LAKE BROWNWOOD
- SLOW. Water stained; 51 degrees; 0.09 feet above pool. Black bass to 8 pounds are fair on scope minnows off the rocks in 8-15 feet and Hag’s bait jigs around steep banks and squarebill crankbaits in 2-14 feet. Crappie are poor on jigs and minnows in brush piles 10-15 feet of water. White bass are poor to 1.5 pounds on crankbaits and Alabama rigs scattered around the lake. Catfish are poor on cut bait and livers.
- LAKE CISCO
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- GOOD. Water slight stain; 49 degrees; 12.71 feet below pool. Crappie and catfish are good when the wind is down on cut bait and minnows. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
LAKE COLEMAN
- SLOW. Water normal stain; 50 degrees; 0.47 feet below pool. Expect a slow bite due to the arctic blast. All species will be in deeper water and best targeted with a slow approach.
LAKE O.H. IVIE
- FAIR. Water slightly stained; 48 degrees; 23.07 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 5 pounds on jerkbaits, Alabama rigs and deep diving crankbaits. Catching numbers in 12-21 feet of water in main lake drains. One bass over 13 pounds reported this week. White bass are still good on main lake flats in 30-35 feet of water on slabs and spoons. Some crappie are suspended over the tops of the big pecan trees in the Turkey Bend area with minnows. Channel catfish being reported on stink bait and punch bait on 12-18 feet ledges in the Concho River. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
LAKE PROCTOR
- FAIR. Water stained; 45 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Catfish are good on cut bait. Hybrid bass are good on swimbaits.