South Texas Plains Region Week of May 15, 2024

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 79 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Redfish are slow, trolling with bait near the dam. Channel catfish are fair around rock lines and against the weeds on cheese bait and liver. Bass are in the reeds on plastic worms. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 80 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Redfish were being caught off the bank on crawfish and shrimp, or around rocky cove trolling plastics and spoons. Catfish are biting on rock piles out in the lake on cheese bait and cut bait. No report on bass. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 28.89 feet below pool. Bass are good on shad colored moving baits in the morning on shallow flats. As the day progresses a Texas rig and Carolina rig on main lake points is producing. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing. Bass are good in shallow water using crankbaits, or spinnerbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait or stink bait in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet of water on minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 70 degrees; 9.54 feet below pool. Fishing remains tough due to low lake levels. Catfish are good on wind blown shorelines with nightcrawlers and cheese bait. Drum are good on wind blown shorelines on nightcrawlers. Alligator gar are good on cut carp in the river channel. Crappie are slow. Largemouth bass are slow. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 46.78 feet below pool. The best place to launch is at the State Park off the gravel and rock points while the lake level is low. Once you’re on the water, fishing has been phenomenal. Bass are excellent with numbers being caught in 15-20 feet of water casting to shallow rocky areas with deep diving crankbaits, football jigs, and dropshots. Catfish are good with catches up to 30 pounds on muddy flats leading into the river channel in 3-10 feet of water with fresh cut bait on a santee rig or Kentucky rig to keep the bait out of the mud. Keeper catfish are good using small shad or shrimp fished in 12-25 feet of water on deep structure in the river channel. Crappie are slow. Bowfishing for gar is excellent with numerous catches over 7 feet on the south end. Rod and reel anglers are catching gar up to 3 feet with cut carp and tilapia. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Texana

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.99 feet below pool. Lake is turbid, but the upper portion is starting to clear. Bass are fair north of the U.S. Route 59. Crappie are slow.

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