Atkinson Toyota Fishing Report

Published Thursday, October 15, 2009

AROUND THE STATE

AUSTIN -- Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Oct. 14. (Full report available on Web at www.tpwd.state.tx.us)

CENTRAL

BASTROP -- Water clear. Black bass are good on live minnows. Crappie are very good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on bait shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON -- Water stained; 81 degrees; 6.07' low. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits near the bank and trolling Rat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are good on light blue jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows at night. Channel and blue catfish are good on Spam and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are good on live perch and live shad.

FAYETTE -- Water clear; 82 degrees. Black bass are slow to fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Red ear perch are good on worms in 2 - 5 feet. Channel and blue catfish are slow.

GRANGER -- Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.72' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits. White bass are fair on slab spoons. Crappie are good on chartreuse/orange jigs tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles in 4 - 15 feet. Blue catfish are good on fresh shad and prepared baits in newly flooded vegetation. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.

SOMERVILLE -- Water murky; 80 degrees; 1.98' low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs at the marina. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait, shrimp, and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.

NORTHEAST

FORK -- Water lightly stained; 68-73 degrees; 0.43' high. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits and Yellow Magics early, midday switching to DD22s, Carolina rigs and 3/4oz. jigs with trailers. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

SOUTHEAST

CONROE -- Water stained; 1.19' low. Black bass are very good on pumpkinseed and tequila sunrise soft plastics, Senkos, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait, live bait, and nightcrawlers.

GIBBONS CREEK -- Water clear. Black bass are good on pumpkinseed and tequila sunrise Carolina rigged soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers.

HOUSTON COUNTY -- Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.95' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are good on green pumpkin Trick worms in 1 - 4 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Bream are very good on live worms off piers and grass beds. Channel and blue catfish to 54 pounds are good on live worms, and on trotlines baited with shad.

LIVINGSTON -- Water fairly clear; 82 degrees; 0.07' high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on Zara spooks and large Rat-L-Traps. White bass are good on pet spoons, hellbenders, and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

SAM RAYBURN -- Water stained; 82 degrees; 5.01' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and tequila sunrise soft plastic worms. White bass are good on minnows and white/gold spoons. Crappie are good on live minnows. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Catfish are good on live bait, shrimp, and punchbait.

TOLEDO BEND -- Water stained; 81 degrees; 3.40' low. Black bass are good on watermelon/blue flake Finesse and redbug soft plastic worms. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are good but small on punchbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

COASTAL

NORTH SABINE -- Trout are fair to good under the birds when the wind allows on soft plastics and good in the river on live shad. Redfish are good in the marsh on small topwaters and Stanley Ribbits.

SOUTH SABINE -- Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs. Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair around the Reef on live shrimp.

BOLIVAR -- Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY -- Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish are good at the spillway on crabs and mullet. Blue catfish are good in the marsh on shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY -- Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Gulf trout have been caught in the channel on shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY -- Waders have taken trout in the mud and shell on topwaters and Corkies. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

FREEPORT -- Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Bull redfish are good in Cold Pass and San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY -- Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY -- Redfish are fair to good in Oyster Lake on shrimp. Trout are fair on shell and grass on soft plastics. Flounder are fair to good on soft plastics over muddy bottoms.

PORT O'CONNOR -- Trout and redfish are fair on topwaters over soft mud in waist-deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp and topwaters.

ROCKPORT -- Bull redfish are good in the Lydia Ann Channel on crabs. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on the Estes Flats on mullet and shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS -- Bull redfish are good in the Shrimpboat Channel and at the jetty on crabs and finger mullet. Redfish are fair to good on the East Flats on topwaters and Gulps.

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Redfish are fair to good around Shamrock Cove on small topwaters and spoons. Redfish are good in the Humble Channel on crabs and table shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY -- Trout are fair to good in mud and grass on Corkies and topwaters. Redfish are good in the Land Cut on natural baits.

PORT MANSFIELD -- Trout are fair to good on topwaters around sand and grass holes. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes and sight-casting to the shallows. Bull redfish are good at East Cut.

SOUTH PADRE -- Trout and redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. Tarpon and redfish have been caught at the jetty on live shad.

PORT ISABEL -- Snook are fair in the Brownsville Ship Channel on free-lined shrimp and on the flats on topwaters. Trout and redfish are fair to good in South Bay on live shrimp.

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