One more thing you might consider. I have heard from friends that they are catching sandbass and stripers right below the dam at Lake Whitney on the Brazos. Corp has been releasing water for a while because the lake was 15' above full pool just a month or two ago. Don't know how long these releases will last because the lake is now less than 2' above full. Bet they have decent releases for a while. During normal/low releases you can drive down and park below the dam and walk/wade downstream fishing. There is a place called Dicks Canoe downstream that has camping, cabins, canoe rentals... that we have used before to shuttle us up to the dam and we take out at his place. Can be some good bass fishing. Might even contact him with questions about the river flow. FM 22 crosses the Whitney dam. Take FM 56 south off 22 at the west end of the dam(Laguna Park). Go south a couple miles on 56 and FM 2114 Y's off to the left. Follow it a few miles to Dicks Canoes which is right where 2114 crosses the Brazos River.
www.dickscanoe.com