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East Texas News - Fishing Reports
Updated for the Week of January 30, 2008 - February 9, 2008
As Reported by Texas Parks and Wildlife



In East Texas, we love to fish and with our beautiful lakes and large collection of fish varieties, we have the ideal setting for a sportsman's paradise. Whether you are fishing, trying to serve up a wonderful fish fry, or are part of the competitive circuit, East Texas is the place you need to be! Click Here for Useful Information on Fishing Lake Livingston!

Water Body
Report
BOB SANDLIN Water clear; 41-46 degrees; 0.72' low. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, drop shot rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.
CADDO Water stained; 40-47 degrees; 0.31' high. Black bass are fair on tubes, Texas rigs and jigs. White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Yellow bass are fair on jigs and shrimp. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.
CONROE Water clear; 0.14' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps in 15 - 30 feet. Striped bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, liver, and frozen shrimp.
FORK Water fairly clear; 42-48 degrees; 0.3' low. Black bass are fair to good on jigs, Rat-L-Traps and Carolina rigged Baby Brush Hogs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared bait.
HOUSTON COUNTY Water clear; 51 degrees; 0.62' high. Black bass to 3 pounds are fair on watermelon red soft plastics on the north side of the dam in 12 - 16 feet early. Crappie are fair on live minnows near the Golden Acres subdivision in 14 - 18 feet. Bream are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with shad.
LAKE O' THE PINES Water lightly stained; 42-48 degrees; 0.68' high. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, jigs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in 15-25 feet. Catfish are good on prepared bait and chartreuse (use Worm-Glo) nightcrawlers.
LIVINGSTON Water fairly clear; 58 degrees; 0.31' high. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows in the creeks. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.
MARTIN CREEK 3.58' low. No report available.
MONTICELLO Water clear; 68-82 degrees; 1.22' low. Black bass are fair to good ornate-L-Traps, flukes and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.
SAM RAYBURN Water stained; 62 degrees; 5.24' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are fair on live minnows and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp and stinkbait.
STEINHAGEN 1.57' high. No report available.
TOLEDO BEND Water clear; 62 degrees; 3.36' low. Black bass are fair on dark red soft plastics, and on white spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bream are fair on worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait, frozen shrimp, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
WRIGHT PATMAN Water lightly stained; 41-47 degrees; 3.39' high. Black bass are fair to good on jigs, Carolina rigs, Rat-L-Traps and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and chartreuse (use Worm-Glo) nightcrawlers.

 


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