White bass, catfish fishing has been good on Patman
TEXARKANA, Texas — The best type of fish to go after have been white bass and catfish out at Lake Wright Patman.
Chicken liver, live bait and punch bait are best for catfish, which the fishing has been good.
Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, lizards and craws along creek channels, timber and rocky points. White bass are good on swim baits in the creeks. Crappie have been fair on jigs and minnows in areas near creeks, structure and brushy piles.
Largemouth bass have been in varying degrees of annual spawning mode for three past 3-4 weeks on Millwood. Most of the oxbows up and along Little River are seeing post-spawn largemouths and pre-spawn crappie. Brazalo Spinnerbaits in white/chartreuse, Millwood Mayhem Bream and Spot Remover caught decent bass over the past two weeks, and Chatterbaits again picked up some healthy largemouths.
Bass Assassin Shads continue to draw good reactions, and salt and pepper Silver Phantom, Grey Ghost or Houdini colors continue to be the go-to choices. Best colors of Bugs and Beavers have been Black Neon, Grasshopper, Blackberry and Pearl Bream.
Heavy thumper tail swimbaits and Beavers on a Jackhammer Chatterbait in Spot Remover or Blue Glimmer are working, and Trick Worms in black/blue, Blue Ice and Purple Smoke are catching bass. Bulky lizards in Blackberry, Blue Bayou, black/ blue tail and Watermelon Candy continue taking a few good bass this week on flooded cypress trees and stumps.
Little Georges, Chuck’n Spins, Rooster Tails, spoons and crankbaits have connected with white bass.
Crappie have improved on minnows and jigs in Bee Lake, on the open lake section, in pockets along South Hickory Creek, and in oxbows of Mud Lake and McGuire up Little River.
Catfish have mostly bit on King’s Punch Bait, chicken livers, chicken gizzards and hot dogs.