Overall fishing is fair on Millwood, Wright Patman

TEXARKANA, Texas — Fishing out on Lake Wright Patmand or Millwood Lake has been fair for largemouth bass, white bass, and crappie.

While the catfish have been fair on Lake Wright Patman, the catfish have bit well at Millwood Lake.

Out at Lake Wright Patman, largemouth bass are fair on frogs, bladed spinners, chatter baits, swimbaits and top waters in flooded vegetation, flats, and points.

White bass are fair on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows near timber and brush piles. Catfish are fair on chicken liver, punch or live bait.

On Millwood Lake, largemouth bass have been slow to fair with falling pool levels, on Black/blue or Chartreuse Shad buzzbaits and Chatterbaits. Black grape or solid black, 10” power worms have been working for a few bass over the past couple weeks. Brush Hogs and magnum 4-inch Gitzit Tubes with a rattle inside were randomly working.

Water temperature has been stable. Largemouths were slower responsive over the past week.

Pitching a Bass Assassin Jingle Bug in black/blue tail, or Okeechobee Craw colors got a few reactions on stumps in 8-10 feet of water. Bass Assassin Shad jerkbaits got a few reactions, early in the morning and best color reactions are pumpkin seed-chartreuse tail, and Black Shad in the 5” sizes.

Brazalo Custom Lures tandem Spinnerbaits in Millwood Mayhem Bream, and White/chartreuse continued to get reactions over the past few weeks using a trailer hook and burning the bait near the surface, making it wake and commotion at the surface, near stumps and floating alligator weed vegetation.

Bream bite should start to be good at Millwood State Park off the banks, or on the dock at Jack’s Isle over the next week.

Crappie improved with reduction of lake elevation and better water clarity last week. Areas further from current were best with clarity and activity.

Catfish continued to bite well with the increased current along Little River. Limblines, trotlines, and yo-yos have been working for some nice Blues and Cats over the past couple weeks with the increase of discharge at Millwood Dam. Cut shad, hot dogs, spoiled chicken livers, gizzards, hearts and soap have been working for the past several weeks.