Flipping jigs, plastic worms, or tube baits in heavy shaded cover are often productive when nothing else seems to work. As summer temperatures rise, some anglers concentrate on shaded areas in submerged vegetation while many experienced anglers go deep. White bass congregate in the Frio River channel from December through February to gradually head upstream to spawn. As the weather warms, white bass will school in deeper water located near the northern shoreline of the main reservoir. Jigging spoons or small rattletraps trolled deep near main lake points and humps often put fish in the cooler when white bass are hard to find.
Catfish anglers can find channel, blue, and flathead catfish throughout the reservoir.
Cheesebait and cutbait produce impressive stringers of blue catfish, while the larger flathead and blue catfish seem to prefer live bluegill and shad. Experienced flathead anglers concentrate on creek channels and the main Frio River channel. Trotlines and juglines account for many of the larger catfish caught every year at Choke Canyon. Alligator gar , although not present in large numbers, still provide great sport for the bow-fishing enthusiast.