By Texas Parks & Wildlife
Braunig
GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on reed beds using spinnerbaits and pumpkinseed or chartreuse soft plastics. Red drum have been good on live perch and tilapia for boaters and recreational shoreline anglers fishing 10-20 feet of water range trolling small silver spoons has been good around the dam area. Channel and blue catfish have been producing at night along the Jetty and recreational shoreline using cheese bait and shrimp.
Calaveras
FAIR. Water stained, 89 degrees. Red drum are fair on live baits, such as tilapia, perch and crawfish, on points with deep water access on the recreational shoreline and throughout the lake. Boaters trolling small silver spoons and dark colored soft plastics around the dam area have had fair results. Channel and blue catfish have been good on cheese bait, cut bait and shrimp in the 15-25 feet of water range. Hybrid stripers no report.
Choke Canyon
GREAT. Water stained; 78 degrees; 21.37 feet low. Black bass are good shallow in the mornings around the hydrilla biting on frogs and flukes. On the outer grass Carolina rigs, Texas rigs and crankbaits are working in 12-18 feet of water. Up in the river towards 72 boat ramp good morning frog bite. Crappie are really good on live minnows over brush piles. White bass are very good on live minnows on the lower end humps. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.
Corpus Christi Lake
GOOD. 80 degrees; 6.80 feet below. The best bites are early morning, late afternoon, or at night. Catfish are fair in 5-10 feet of water on cheese bait, shad oil soap, and cut carp. Largemouth bass are fair at sunrise on topwaters. White bass are scattered across the lake under birds using spoons, minnows and small jigs. Crappie are fair in 5-10 feet of water on minnows and scented jigs around piers and structure. Freshwater drum are fair on worms and shrimp. Alligator gar are great on cut carp. Bow fishermen have found success on shallow flats. With summer heating up the daytime fishing will slow down tremendously. Early morning, dusk, and night when temperatures drop a little will be best. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.
Medina
FAIR. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 63.68 feet low. Fish are in the summer pattern. Black bass are fair early morning on topwaters, switching to crankbaits near docks and vegetation. White bass are fair on slabs chasing bait balls around the lake. Striped bass are fair with some schooling action biting on slabs and Alabama rigs on humps. Catfish are good with stink bait and cut baits.
Rockport
GREAT. 87 degrees. Waders are finding success on trout and redfish in the early morning on live bait and plastics. Redfish are great in the shoreline out to two feet of water, follow the birds and bait fish to locate big schools. Trout continue to be great in 2-6 feet of water using soft plastics and croaker. The topwater bite at first light has been deadly under birds on the grass flats. Drum are good in 2-6 feet of water on dead shrimp. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.
Port Aransas
GOOD. 87 degrees. Trout are good in Aransas Bay along the Quarantine Shoreline with croaker, and wade fishing at Trailer Island. Black drum and redfish are good at Ellen’s Bite using dead shrimp and cut mullet. Redfish Bay in Stedman’s Reef holding trout and redfish biting on croaker. Report by Captain Doug Stanford, Pirates of the Bay Fishing Charters.
Corpus Christi
SLOW. 84 degrees. Trout are good at the gas wells with croaker and live shrimp. Trout are good in Aransas Bay along the Quarantine Shoreline with croaker, and wade fishing at Trailer Island. Report by Captain Doug Stanford, Pirates of the Bay Fishing Charters.