Local Fishing Report - Jan. 28, 2009

Water temperatures are dropping, but the reports are fairly consistent with last week, with bass action called fair and crappie fishing good everywhere.

Excerpts from the TPWD Report follow:

BOB SANDLIN
Water fairly clear; 44-49 degrees; 0.37' low. Black bass are fair on watermelon/red Brush Hogs fished in 6-8 feet. White bass are fair on small jigging spoons in the major creek channels. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over brush piles in 18 - 23 feet. Catfish are good on chicken livers fished around cormorant roost.

On Sunday, Feb. 1, TPWD will complete the stocking of Bob Sandlin with 2000 trout, began on the 18th of December last year.

Trout anglers will need the $5 Freshwater Fishing Stamp, which is included in all freshwater license packages. Anglers under 17 years of age are not required to have a license and don't need to purchase a stamp.


CADDO
Water off color; 46-50 degrees; 0.55' high. Black bass are fair on black jigs, white spinnerbaits and tubes around cypress trees in 2-4 feet. Crappie are good on shiners and jigs in the main channel. Catfish are fair on limblines.

FORK
Water lightly stained; 44-49 degrees; 0.81' low. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, medium diving crankbaits, suspending baits and firetiger spinnerbaits worked along main lake grass and around boathouses. Crappie are fair on minnows in 25-30 feet on deeper flats. Catfish are good on prepared baits in 25-30 feet.

LAKE O' THE PINES
Water stained; 44-49 degrees; 0.51' high. Black bass are slow to fair on Texas rigs, weightless flukes or 5" Yum Dingers and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad. Bream are fair on red wigglers.

See the full report at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/reptmap.php?EcoRegion=PW.