Local Fishing Reports - Feb. 18, 2009

Bass and crappie are fair, catfish are good

INTERNET, Feb. 18, 2009 -- The TPWD has released it's weekly report of fishing conditions on local lakes. Excerpts from the TPWD Report follow:

BOB SANDLIN: Water fairly clear; 52-58 degrees; 0.2' high. Black bass are fair to good on wacky rigs, spinnerbaits and Senkos (bass are on beds in the coves). White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on trotlines.



CADDO: Water off color; 52-59 degrees; 0.78' high. Black bass are fair on Senkos, flukes, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

FORK: Water lightly stained; 51-58 degrees; 0.81' low. Black bass are fair to good on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in the shallows and off the first drop - target pre-spawn and bedding bass. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared baits under roosting cormorants.

LAKE O' THE PINES: Water stained; 52-58 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.

MARTIN CREEK: 3.53' low. No report available.

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

Source: TPWD Release