TEXARKANA, Texas - The catfish at Lake Wright Patman and Millwood Lake are biting good.
Out on Wright Patman, catfish have been primarily biting on chicken liver, live bait and punch bait.
Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, senkos and tubes around creek channels, rocky points and timber.
White bass are good on swim baits in the creeks, while crappie are fair on minnows and jigs near structure and brushy piles.
On Millwood Lake, catfish are biting most consistently in Little River on trotlines, yo-yos and limb lines in the oxbows using King's Punch Bait, chicken livers, gizzards and hot dogs.
Largemouth bass are improved a little more this week with warmer daytime highs and warm southern winds. Brazalo Spinner baits in white/chartreuse, Millwood Mayhem Bream and Spot Remover caught decent bass this week, and Chatter baits picked up some healthy largemouths.
Best spots to nab a largemouth are in creek channels that run into the deeper creek bends or vertical structure and drops into the oxbows, where stumps and creek mouths drop.
Bass Assassin Shads are beginning to draw good reactions this week for largemouths, with Houdini, watermelon and salt and pepper Silver Phantom being the best colors. Best colors of Bugs and Beavers for the last couple weeks were Black Neon, Grasshopper, Blackberry and Pearl Bream. Custom-poured Senkos are working on stumps and cypress trees.
Heavy thumper tail swimbaits on a Jackhammer Chatterbait in Spot Remover or Blue Glimmer are working, and Zoom 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 some good largemouths around flooded cypress trees, stumps and along vegetation lines in ditches, creeks and flats
White bass in Millwood Lake are running further upriver, near mouth of McGuire and Cemetery Slough along Little River. Some nice bass have been caught around the Cemetery and McGuire oxbows, along the river on Rocket Shads, Little Georges, Chuck'n Spins, Rooster Tails, spoons and crank baits.
Crappie have improved and are biting minnows and jigs in oxbows of Mud and McGuire oxbow lakes up Little River. Best depth for crappie is in 8-9 feet of water.