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The latest Texas Fishing Report for Feb. 8 for selected areas around the state as provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound. You were catching slabs off stake ... slowly swim a small white or chartreuse twister jig. Fishing for Crappie ...

A light jig quivering in place ... bites and pay attention to how fish react to your presentation. Make the right adjustments and you just might coerce more slabs into striking.

But with every ending comes new beginnings, and the annual white bass spawning ... dropping your jigs down to the brush pile, you’ll increase the odds of catching fish. These are also a ...

Bass are still deep and soft plastics are picking up some nice fish. No report on bream or For latest information, call Anderson Sport Center at 368-9669 or Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707. LAKE ...

Bass are slow to fair fishing jigs very slow on deep structure. No report on bream or catfish.For latest information, call Anderson Sport Center at 368-9669 or Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707. LAKE ...

Ready or not, it’s just about curtain time on select rivers, creeks and tributaries that connect to major reservoirs all ...

To successfully reel the fish in you need to keep the white arrow between the yellow sections of this bar. If you can keep the arrow in the green section in the middle, you'll reel the fish in faster.