Live bait, such as a minnow hung under a float, which is one of our top reviewed crappie bait rigs, may seem like a simple solution to the complex crappie-catching puzzle. But an artificial lure, ...

Try for walleye between Houseman Access and the town of Beaver. Troll with minnows or nightcrawler rigs 12 feet deep. Lake ...

Go with top-water lures from first light to sunrise for black bass. Switch to plastic worms or jig and pigs after sunrise.

Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water ... Try a Shad crankbait , spoon, drop shot or light Texas rig in the river fishing the cuts, turns, grass or pad lines.

Best bet is fishing outside grass lines in 10 to 12 feet with Texas rig plastics ... ends of points. Crappie fishing is good around brush and old timber in 14 to 16 feet using minnows.

Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water ... Shaky heads are good around boat houses in 3-8 feet. Carolina rigs are good on road beds and points in 12-17 feet.

Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water ... and points east of the railroad bridge. Use an Alabama rig, walking top water. Shaded walls next to points with bladed jigs ...

While water temperatures in big lakes and the Tenn-Tom Waterway have been slow to respond to the recent gradual cooling, those in smaller ponds, watersheds and the smaller state lakes have dropped ...

Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water, and off the barge. Catfish are good in 10-16 feet of water stink bait, liver and nightcrawlers.

This is the latest Texas Fishing Report for select locations on Oct. 12. Information is provided by the Texas Parks and ...