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FAIR. Water clear; 76 degrees; 1.03 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25-40 feet on jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
GREAT. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 68.09 feet below pool. White bass are good off points and ledges with small swimbaits, jigs, and spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs moving deeper midday. Report by Shon Riley, Lake Amistad Fishing Guides.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Conditions are still the same. The lake has received a lot of rain so the clarity is stained. Bass continue to be shallow, or on deep points with crankbaits.
SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.35 feet below pool. Catfish bite is slow while the spawn is on. Still waiting on mature catfish to show. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.58 feet above pool. Bass are good in 8-12 feet of water in grass with Texas rigged worms, wacky rigged senkos, and crankbaits. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. Summertime patterns are in play right now on Lake Austin. Bass are deep around bait and setting up on brush piles. Early morning bites can be found on the bank and as the day goes on fish are pulling out deeper around creek mouths and open water. Small swimbaits, dropshots, Texas rigs and shaky heads fished deep are getting bites. Quite a bit of grass growing deeper on both ends of the lake. Mostly hydrilla and eel grass. Lightweight Texas rigs fished deep are getting bites. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.
FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.
GREAT. Water stained; 80 degrees. Lake Bastrop is fishing well. Bass are schooling up in the mornings in the discharge. Throw small swimbaits, flukes, jerkbaits and Texas-rigged worms or a shaky head. Later move out off the dam to find some schoolies and throw topwaters or cranks or a tiny jighead and 2 inch minnow style bait. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Summer pattern has locked in, so slow your approach. A good summertime pattern is to target bass dragging the bottom with Alabama rigs in 20 feet of water. The schooling activity has slowed and fish are deep. A few fish can be caught in patchy grass and reeds the first and last two hours of the day. Continue to cast clear topwaters, shad colored squarebill crankbaits, or Alabama rigs rolled extremely slow off the bottom.
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Belton has climbed another 0.38 feet since last week. Fishing for white bass has gotten tougher now that young-of-the-year shad are in abundance, and the water is stratifying as the thermocline develops. The best success is during the first few hours of light in the morning and again in the last hour of light on either side of sunset. The MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail is the only lure I’ve used for the past four weeks, and it continued to produce well this week. It shows up remarkably well on forward-facing sonar and 2-D sonar. Drop it either to the bottom if fish are on bottom, or below the level of suspended fish, and crank it up at a steady cadence at least two cranks above the fish showing highest in the water column. If a chase occurs, keep cranking at that same steady cadence until the fish either catches it, or turns away. When a strike occurs, keep right on cranking without a hard hookset. Some topwater action is also taking place, although it has not become predictable. Be on the lookout for herons feeding repetitively over open water, then go in stealthily for a look so as not to spook the fish and push them off the surface. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are fair. As we start the spawning cycle anglers should expect the catfish activity to slow for a few weeks. Shallow water around timber with fresh shad or prepared bait can produce smaller blue catfish under 10 pounds. Flatheads are fair on live bluegill around river mouths and log piles. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.88 feet above pool. Catfish are good on live and cut bait 10-25 feet of water. Hybrids are good on live bait 15-30 feet of water. Bass are good with hard plastics off ledges, and soft plastics around brush. Report by Hundley’s Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.55 feet above pool. Crappie are loaded on the brush piles in all depths and are doing great on jigs. White bass are numerous cruising around deeper structures and will hit almost anything. Catfish have been slower this week, but should start biting in 15-20 feet of water on stink bait. Bass are in a summer pattern biting early morning and late night around lights. Lots of spotted bass and yellow bass are being caught right now too. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Check out the backs of coves for hydrilla and milfoil, fish patterns should draw bass out from cover. Top water patterns in lilies should be good at mid day.. Catfish are moving shallow, wooly buggers should work well. Clousers on sunny rocky shores might draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie are excellent in timber and brush piles in 14-30 feet of water. Minnows are preferred over jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
GOOD. water normal stain; 76 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Morning bass bite has picked up. Grassy or weed areas around main lake points and secondary points are good with spook type baits and poppers in 1-4 feet of water. Wind blown points with shad in 2-4 feet of water are good with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and rage swimmers. Road beds with bigger timber are really good with Texas rigs creature baits in 4-7 feet. Some fish are showing up on offshore structures in 12-19 feet of water. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Crappie are excellent on structure from 15-25 feet of water. Minnows are out performing jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 15.14 feet below pool. The lake is very low and ramps are closed. There is a temporary use ramp available. It is possible to catch crappie and bass from the crappie house and from the bank.
FAIR. Water stained, 88 degrees. Redfish are slow congregating in schools in front of the power plant, the dam, and old Corpus Christi Road. Redfish can be caught with gold and silver spoons, or imitation shad. a variety of colors from bass assassin plastics, or trolling soft plastics. A few catches anchored with shrimp, perch, and gizzard chad. Stripers and catfish are slow. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.
FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Crappie are primarily roaming but finding some active fish on dock poles or brush. Largemouth bass bite is decent in shallow water using topwaters and crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on main lake humps with slabs or live shad. Catfish bite is good on cut bait. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.80 feet above pool. Black bass to 4.97 pounds are good in 8-25 feet of water on shaky heads, Hag’s Jigs or Tornados and topwaters. Bass have moved into an early summer pattern. Crappie are excellent with catches up to 15 inches on minnows and jigs in 18-25 feet of water main lake brush piles. White bass are good to 2.5 pounds on crankbaits out of the lights at night. Catfish are Fair on cut shad, nightcrawlers and chicken livers on the main lake flats.
GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees. Brush piles have been a huge factor to catch bass after the shad spawn. Bass can still be caught shallow, but offshore points and rock have produced the best. Report by the Aggie Anglers.
EXCELLENT. Water slight stain; 76 degrees; 18.32 feet below pool. Boating hazards are prevalent on the north end after the recent inflow, so exercise caution while boating. The shad spawn is still going but not lake wide and they are holding just off the bank on some rocky shorelines. The white bass and striper are around the spawn and are biting on just about anything thrown. Several days last week there were abundant top water white bass schools and a few stripers. The stripers are biting excellent on live shad in 9-45 feet of water. White bass continue to bite on slabs and soft plastics 20-36 feet of water on wind-blown points and humps. The trolling bite for stripers has picked up but has not had a day to day consistency. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Fishing patterns are consistent with increased topwater action. Hybrids and stripers are hitting umbrella rigs in 15-30 feet of water, or live bait in 30-50 feet of water over sand points and trees. Increased topwater and trolling action. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service. Bigger bass are being caught on rock piles in 5-15 feet on jigs, swimbaits and most Texas-rigged soft plastics. Flipping trees is good right now as well with flukes and craws. The topwater bite is starting to turn on as well and you can catch some big bass throwing around rocky points and shallow ledges. Crankbaits are always a good choice as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of water around standing timber and main lake points. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.
SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.41 feet above pool. Caddo is over pool with a good current. The clarity is stained and muddy near the river and bayou, but looks really good on the main lake. The pad and grass bass are starting to heat up with flukes, ribbits, buzzbaits, frogs and such. As the lake level falls expect bass to hold tight to trees hitting big worms, senkos, flukes or frogs. The river bite has slowed due to the muddy water, and may slow until the water clears. Conditions are improving, and even with a slower bite it is always a great time to come see a lake majestic and divine like Caddo. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.
GOOD. Water stained, 91 degrees. Fishing is excellent for redfish between 10-20 pounds with imitation shad, or gold and silver spoons. Target redfish shallow or in 15-25 feet of water. Channel catfish and blue catfish are excellent with catches between 5-15 pounds possible with stink bait, perch, and shad. Stripers are slow. Tilapia are good from the bank using shad, and shrimp. Redfish and catfish average between 5-10 pounds off the bank. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 31.80 feet below pool. Striped bass and white bass are good fishing humps on the lower end and long drawn out points in 20-30 feet of water with shad colored swimbaits and jigging spoons. Bass are excellent around the grass with topwaters in the morning and your favorite plastics during the day. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.
GOOD. stained; 77 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. The hybrid striped bass and white bass are on a feeding frenzy! Start looking for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the dam, or on the edges of drop-offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. Focus drop-offs and along seawalls early in the mornings in 5-14 feet with slabs. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinners and retrieving off the bottom at a very slow retrieve to catch these fish in depths of 17-26 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are good on humps in 5-20 feet on fresh shad, or drifting in 15-25 feet of water for bigger fish. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.
SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 35.39 feet below pool. All boat ramps are closed at this time. Fishing off the bank is excellent for catfish, blues, and channel on stink bait, perch, and gizzard chad. Some crappie and freshwater drum are being caught off the bank. Some kayaks and flat bottom boats are being allowed at this time. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.
GREAT. Water stained; 75 degrees; 13.17 feet below pool. Overall the lake is fishing great. Crappie are being caught in 10 feet of water. Channel catfish are biting in less than 10 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.12 feet below pool. Black bass to 3 pounds are excellent in 1-10 feet of water throughout the lake in the grass and bushes with a white and chartreuse spinnerbait. A few fish are on the docks with a dropshot or Neko rig, Hag’s Tornados in Morning Dawn, Tsunami Jigs and spinnerbaits. Most bass in the 1.5-3 pound range are guarding fry. Crappie are slow to 10 inches on jigs in 8-15 feet in the stumps and under docks. Hybrid bass are Excellent to 10 pounds on squarebill crankbaits on lighted docks and chasing the shad spawn on the dam early and late. Catfish are slow on prepared bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.
GOOD. Water slightly stained, 87 degrees; 1.43 feet below. Bass are fair, mostly on soft plastic. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.
0.44 feet above pool. Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.
GREAT. Water stained; 84 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Catfish are good in 10-40 feet of water. They are spawning at this time, use a floater to suspend bait off the bottom. Catfish will be very structure oriented until the spawn is over. Crappie are fair to poor as they have been hit hard this spring. Target fish in 10-25 feet of water, but only expect a few bites. Big bluegill are everywhere from 3-25 feet of water. It is a great time to take kids out for some good action. Largemouth bass are good on the edges, docks as well as offshore structure during the day. Report by Bradley Doyle, Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrids and white bass are on flats and drop-offs in 14-26 feet of water using live large goldfish or minnows, slabs, spoons, and crankbaits. I have been removing one of the treble hooks to make it easier when action is good. Check the tooth patch to distinguish the difference between the two species. Juvenile hybrids are prominent as well as large white bass. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 10-20 feet of water on timber. Minnows are outperforming jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
SLOW. 80 degrees; 14.85 feet below pool. The lake level is very low with mild wind conditions in the mornings becoming windier towards the afternoon. Some reports of blue catfish and yellow catfish averaging between 3-40 pounds. Report by Weber’s Landing.
FAIR: Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.37 feet above pool. Crappie are loaded on the brush piles in all depths and are doing great on jigs. White bass are numerous cruising around deeper structures and will hit almost anything. Catfish have been slower this week, but should start biting in 15-20 feet of water on stink bait. Bass are in a summer pattern biting early morning and late night around lights. Lots of spotted bass and yellow bass are being caught right now too. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Crappie are congregating on boat docks and brush piles. Some bigger fish are roaming. The best bite is a hand tied ⅛ ounce jig tipped with a minnow. You will have to weed through small fish to find the keepers. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Channel catfish are good on manufactured bait on deep water humps, points and drop-offs. Sand bass are fair to good green and white slabs on deep water humps, points and ridges. Crappie are slow to fair on minnows around docks and deep water brush piles. The north end of the lake is stained like chocolate milk, the south end is trying to clear but continues to be stained. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 71 degrees; 47.04 feet below pool. Black bass are great in 3-15 feet of water on hard bottoms with crankbaits, senkos or power worms. Spinnerbaits are good in shallow water along rocks. Keeper catfish are good in 10-20 feet of water using stink bait, shrimp, or small cut bait. Trophy catfish are fair while fish are in a spawn transition. Target fish 3-15 feet of water with live shad or fresh cut bait. Bow fishing for gar is excellent, and rod and reel is good with cut bait on the south end at the mouth of Tigers Creek. Crappie are slow with fish scattered. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees. The early morning bass bite is starting to slow. Bass are good with underspins, rattle traps and spinnerbaits in less than 4 feet of water. Shaky heads and Carolina rigs are still working in 12-20 feet of water. Bass are still not suspending. Perch are in 10 feet of water on nightcrawlers with catfish mixed in. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.
GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. The early morning bass bite is good on points and around grass with topwaters, and chatterbaits. Points with shad are best in 2-4 feet of water with chatterbaits, and squarebill crankbaits. The grog bite is good over shallow grass. The offshore bite has been good in 15-22 feet of water on Carolina rigs with flukes or big worms on points, humps, road beds. Deep crankbaits are starting to improve in channel swings in 20-25 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Lily fields are filling in, hydrilla and milfoil are reaching for the surface. Fish this type of cover at midday when bass are seeking cover. Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation early and late. Drop a clouser on an isolated cover for black bass. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet, clousers are a good choice. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing improves daily as we head into the summer pattern. The bigger fish are finally stacking up with all the small fish we have been seeing the last few weeks. Crappie are on underwater bridges, underwater roadbeds, bridges, lay downs, brush piles, tire reefs and of timber in the 14-32 feet range. Minnows, soft plastics and hand tied jigs will work as these fish are aggressive and hungry coming off the spawn. Great success has come using small 1/16 ounce hand ties with or without a 1/4 ounce egg weight pegged above it. The winds dictate whether or not we can fish that jig solo. Color does not seem to matter, if you swim or even hold that bait above the fish. The most important part of the presentation is to stay above the fish always. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.05 feet below pool. Few reports from anglers. Bass are in all stages of the spawn hitting creature baits and soft plastics. Crappie can be caught with minnows or jigs in shade and brush.
GOOD. normal stain; 77 degrees; 10.13 feet below pool. Bass fishing remains consistent. Look for some spawning fish mid to up river and use soft plastics like lizards, creature baits and worms for those. Some bass are a bit deeper and a shaky head works wonders on this lake around offshore humps and ledges. Find some lay laydowns in around 3-5 feet and flip those for some good bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. Water is still high and muddy. Bass are slow feeding on shad in shallow water. Crappie are good on brush in 14 feet of water with minows and jigs. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling on the main lake points feeding on shad. The bite is good with minnows and spoons. Catfish are on the main lake flats feeding on shad. The bite is good on cut shad and chicken liver.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.23 feet below pool. Water is stained slightly on the upper ends, but is generally clear from midlake to the dam. After the recent rains the lake is full pool, so watch for floating debris. Striped bass and sand bass can be caught near channel breaks near feeding flats at several locations from Ports–O-Call to Sandy Point and near the dam. Bigger striped bass are being taken on 1ounce slabs and live shad fished mainly on the lower ends from Decordova to near the pump stations close to the dam. Smaller stripers and sand bass are easily being caught on slabs and spinnerbaits all over the lake from Bentwater to Blue Water Shores. Largemouth bass are good to 6 pounds on soft plastics and lipless crankbaits fished in the back of sloughs and near main lake points. Look for topwater action on feeding flats. Crappies are holdings to structure near deeper docks, underwater timber and near bridge pilings and are good on small minnows and jigs. Blue catfish continue to be good from Water’s Edge to Hunter Park on cut shad. An occasional bigger blue or yellow catfish to 25 pounds plus are possible. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.92 feet above pool. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits fished around cover. Crappie are good to 2 pounds on minnows fished over brush piles. White bass are fair on crankbaits trolled along shallow roadbeds. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are good on live bait fished around timber. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.82 feet above pool. White bass are in all depths feeding on shad. Use inline spinners shallow and slabs in deeper water. Keep an eye out for birds working. Really nice catfish mixed in with the white bass. Check ramp status before heading out. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
SLOW. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 47.67 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie. The lake did receive some rain, but be sure to call to inquire about launching conditions before heading out.
GOOD. Water slightly stained. 75 degrees. Topwater lures early and late will produce good black bass action. Bream should be making their move shallow for their spawn. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Bass should start schooling in deeper water hitting Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie should be on brush piles biting jigs or minnows.
FAIR. Water Stained; 75 degrees; 12.03 feet below pool. Bass are fair with primarily smaller sized fish up to 3 pounds. The best bite is early morning in shallow water spinnerbaits or chatterbaits. Crappie are good under docks hitting minnows or jigs. A bass was caught while targeting crappie.
GREAT: Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Inks Lake has been fishing well all year for bass. Working the grass with worms or flukes will land a good bite. Skipping docks is a great way to get some big bites as well. A frog in the shallows will get some big bites and a shallow crankbait or even dropshots around the bulkheads will get some good bites as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Water is clearing up, but is still a little high. Fish are biting on brush piles with soft plastics, jigs, and swim baits. Also on shallow lay downs with soft plastics and crank baits.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.70 above pool. Water level is going down slowly back to normal pool. Summer is hear so it is time to look out for pleasure boaters. Bass fishing has improved in all depths. Crappie are moving out to the deeper cover for summer. White bass schools are popping up all over the lake, just look for concentrations of bait. Catfish are mixed in with white bass, below the schools. Be safe and wear your life jackets! Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 1.93 feet above pool. Bass are good on main lake points, submerged bridges and road beds with shad colored crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Topwaters are good around shallow grass early morning and late evening. Crappie are good on standing timber and brush piles ranging 12-15 feet with slip cork jigs in blue and chartreuse and shad colors. The lake is at normal pool, so be careful when navigating outside of the boat lanes. Report by Brian Vickery Fishing.
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.56 feet above pool. There is not a discernible white bass pattern while the gates are open. Fish early morning while sand bass are surfacing blowing shad out of the water using topwaters or a swimbait. The white egrets will be on the banks telling you pretty much where they should be. If you are not getting bit within the first 30 minutes of sunlight, you will probably have to move out to 10-20 feet of water and use 1 ounce white or chartreuse slabs. While the gates are opening and closing the crappie bite is hit-or-miss. Look on timber and brush piles in 10-20 feet. Once the gates close this should be the pattern the rest of the summer. Start shallow the work your way deeper to search for fish. Channel catfish are good on baited holes, rip rap and brush. Bait the rocks and bushes with soured grain to hold fish in there long enough to catch limits. Black bass are biting white and chartreuse spinnerbaits in the morning around the rip wrap, concrete and shallow submerged brush on points and secondary points. Bass are not biting at the back of the coves anymore. Cast creature baits, and Texas rigged worms on rock piles and large brush piles, or underwater points in 10-15 feet of water Carolina rigs. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 18-24 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are good in 25 feet of water with punch bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good on docks and bulkheads in 3-10 feet of water. Skipping a light jig or Texas-rigged fluke or worm will get you bit well in those spots. Some fish are deeper on rock and brush piles in 10 feet of water. Flip a soft plastic in those areas to get good bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.44 feet above pool. White bass are fair to good on points and humps in 15-32 feet of water with jigs, slabs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair in similar depths. If you are keeping fish, please be aware that there are a lot of undersized hybrid stripers in the lake that look very similar to a white bass. Blue catfish are good on cut shad drifting humps and flats in 15-32 feet of water. Check wind blown banks where herons are present early in the morning. Crappie are slow to fair in 8-28 feet of water on brush piles, submerged timber, and submerged cover near drop-offs with minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Crappie are in 10-18 feet of water on power lines, standing timber, or offshore brush with minnows. White bass are in 7-17 feet of water with super slabs. Catfish are good in 10-20 feet with cutbait, or large minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 4-14 feet of water with boat docks, bulkheads, and rocks with chatterbaits, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, and spinnerbaits. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.
GOOD. normal stain; 76 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. White bass are great in 6-15 feet of water on wind blown points and ledges with white and chartreuse slabs. Catfish are in 1-4 feet of water on bulkheads with best action at daylight. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.
Marble Falls
normal stain; 76 degrees; 0.58 feet below pool. Bass are good skipping docks with craws, flukes and worms, or cranking bulkheads and shallow rocks. Topwater action is good with frogs and topwaters. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 0.02 above pool. Bass remain good along the edge of hydrilla with Texas rigged worms. Crappie have loaded up on brush piles in 20-30 feet with minnows and pintail jigs. Catfish are good on baited holes in 10-15 feet with nightcrawlers and punch bait.
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 94.41 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.
FAIR. Water stained; 68 degrees; 46.14 feet below pool. Sand bass are great throughout the lake with silver spoon lures, and artificial grubs in chartreuse, pearl blue and yellow. Catfish are good near Harbor Bay and Bugbee with cut bait and frozen shad. The Stilling Basin, or Spring Canyon, is producing catfish with chicken liver, minnows, worms, and shrimp. Crappie are great with the best bite on Rosie red minnows near Sanford Yake area, off of the dock, and a few fish pulled out of Bugbee in the shallow areas. Bluegill and perch are good underneath the docks and shallow areas around the lake with worms. Walleye are great in the evening hours and early mornings in many areas of the lake. Minnows, bottom bouncers or floating worm harnesses, chartreuse, red mouth jerkbait or slab spoons are great choices. Trout are good in Spring Canyon with a power bait and number 10 snell hook or split shots. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.
FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 1.43 feet below pool. Crappie have improved to fair in 3-4 feet of water. Fish are a few weeks from spawning. Sand bass are fair around the dam when shad are surfacing. Shad are spawning so the bite should improve the bite for all species. Channel and blue catfish are slow in 15 feet of water. Black bass are slow on main lake points with soft plastics.
GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. Water clarity is heavily stained to muddy. Largemouth bass are fair on bladed jigs and swim jigs around shallow grass points. Crappie are good on main lake timber and brush piles in the creeks. Catfish are slow on cut bait or live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. Bass are suspended 8 feet down over deeper water biting jerkbaits plus 1. Keep an eye on the thermocline and be sure to fish above it. Some larger bites in 8-10 feet of water near the bottom with a square bill crankbait. Cranking it in and around the timber that is immediately adjacent to the boat lanes near the backs of the creeks was the ticket. Do not forget to run an Alabama rig and topwater, early and late, for some aggressive feeding fish! Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs or medium diving crankbaits on main lake points. Crappie are excellent on main lake timber utilizing forward facing sonar. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 79 degrees. 0.41 feet below pool. The bass bite has been good flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water. The spawn is ending and bass are staying in the shallows as the water temperature rises to the 80s. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Focus on holes in the reed banks where bass will set up on their beds. Watch for balls of bass fry because a fry guarder will be close by. Crappie were fair around main lake boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.41 feet above pool. Sand bass are excellent with spoons in brush piles. Sandies are running in schools with the better bite in the evenings over the morning. Crappie are starting to stack up in deeper brush piles hitting jigs or minnows. Some keepers, but primarily smaller sized fish. Catfish are shallow with primarily catches of small eaters. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.
SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 39.96 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 77 degrees; 22.62 feet below pool. Black bass are good to 10 pounds on a variety of baits in 8-18 feet of water. Some fish still targeted scoping on main lake with crappie imitation baits. Some fish are being caught on 10-in worms and plum apple, plum or red bug in the brush next to channel swings and bends mainly 10-12 feet of water. Topwaters also seem to be coming into play around perch beds in 2-7 feet of water. Crappie starting to pick up around bigger trees suspended 5-8 feet. Trees can be in anywhere from 15-25 feet of water. Minnows working best. White bass are fair at night on live minnows. Catfish are good on rod-and-reel with a variety of cheese baits and stink baits 5-15 feet. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 18.79 feet below pool. Black bass bite is good to very good on topwater and crankbaits. The Whopper Plopper has been excellent along with deep diving crankbaits. Crappie bite is steady with schools being located using forward facing sonar and caught using the Bone Head jigs. Catfish are good. Always wear your life jacket and stay aware. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.83 feet above pool. Crappie are good on brush and timber in 12-22 feet of water. White bass and hybrids are good on clay points early and late in the day. Catfish are spawning with a good bite on bulkheads or rip rap and nightcrawlers and punch bait.
SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.31 feet above pool. Conditions are looking good on the lake and the water level is 4 inches over the spillway, but forecasted storms may muddy the water. Catfish are biting great on cut bait and fresh shad. Crappie are biting in deep water on minnows. Hybrids and sand bass are biting on minnows. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.
GOOD. slightly stained; 80 degrees. Largemouth bass are excellent on large swimbaits and dropshots. Crappie are fair on standing timber with small crappie jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait or live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.09 feet below pool. Stripers are finally picking up in 20-40 feet of water. Live bait is good, but bait can be hard to find, and nothing is being caught trolling. Fish are moving fast when found, so your best bet is to just sit and wait for them to move through. Sand bass are fair in 20-30 feet of water on main lake points. Chrome seems to be out producing all other colors, but try white, and chartreuse. Catfish are good on cut shad in 2-10 feet of water fished on the bottom. Baited holes are your best bet to catch numbers but will not produce big fish. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Use punch bait for best results on baited holes. Catfish should be going into spawn soon, which will slow the bite. Water clarity is less than 1 feet on the north end. The south end is better at 2-4 feet of visibility, but still heavily stained. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.04 feet above pool. The water is above full pool and fishing has slowed some for anglers. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles.
SLOW. Water slight stain; 70 degrees. Lake Raven water clarity is slightly stained. The lake is seeing hydrilla die back due to recent herbicide treatment. Largemouth bass are good on weedless rigged artificial worms in red-tinted colors with glitter. Anglers should target the cove where the boathouse is located. This area has seen recent success when working the hydrilla grass line. No reports of crappie or catfish in recent weeks. Bluegill are good off of the boathouse dock on hotdogs and worms under a bobber.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.11 feet below pool. White bass have been spotty in the mornings with some surface activity. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattle traps. Later in the morning white bass are moving out to deeper water on long points, road beds and levees. Crappie are related to brush piles 12-18 feet of water. Crappie are showing up at bridge columns, and moving around drop-offs going from structure to structure. Catfish are good on the rocks around the lake using a slip cork and prepared punch bait. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.10 feet above pool. Crappie are stacking up on timber, bridge pylons and brush piles in 20-25 feet of water. A minnow is the preferred bait, but a 1.5-2 inch jig is catching fish too. Largemouth bass are moving to offshore rock piles and main lake points. Some bass can be targeted on shallow laydowns or shaded areas. Best baits have been 10 inch forms, weightless flukes or weightless senkos. Sand bass are on humps and points in 30-50 feet of water with slabs. Blue catfish can be caught under the white bass with 3-6 inch shad. Channel catfish are good in 10-25 feet of water on flats. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan’s Crappie Co.
FAIR. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.66 feet above pool. The lake is 6 inches above full pool level with four of the twenty-four spillway gates open. White bass action has slowed to fair in 20-25 feet of water off main lake points, roadbeds, and humps. A slab and jig combination is hard to beat. Check out the south shoreline around the Lighthouse for early morning top water action. Hybrid striper action is good with live bait or shad off the 309 Flats and South Shoreline near Fisherman’s Point Marina. Blue catfish action is fair on cut bait and shad in the shallow water off windblown points. Catfish can be caught on punch bait below Schools of feeding white bass. Crappie action is slow. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service. Black Bass are fair, with the water stained. The temperature is low 80s but does cool down a little with the storms that hit. This is when you can start checking those deeper spots. I like to fish stump rows, rock piles, and brush piles. Fishing ahead of the upcoming patterns can payoff if you hit it right. Deep crank baits, jigs, and dragging plastics can be great right now. With the water level the way it is now there are always some fish shallow also. Boat docks continue to get better and better on the lake. I personally always prefer the deep bite better in June. Good fishing, Terry Hawkins Guide Service. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.45 feet above pool. Water is being released and the level is slowly dropping. Numbers of bass are shallow in the buckbrush, so flip plastics and jigs. Topwater bite around pencil grass and reeds. Grass and pads are coming back slowly. Target bass on points and drains with crankbaits, or with jigs and Carolina rigs off ledges and structure. Crappie are slowly move out to brush and timber. White bass are schooling off points. Catfish move out to deeper water and creek channels cut bait doing good. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.57 feet above pool. At the Marina the crappie bite is fair, and the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait. Bluegill are fair on crickets or worms. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water. Catfish are good in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and shiny spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water. White bass are very good trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good with many undersized fish being caught in deeper water using cut bait or mussels. Below the dam fishing is slow. since no water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees. 47.86 feet below pool. Black bass catches have been improving greatly. The fish are being caught on plastics. Reports of bass caught exceeding 5 pounds, with many in the 2-3 pound range. Good reports of catfish being caught on blood punch bait. Always wear your life jacket and stay aware. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.89 feet above pool. Water is cleaning and the level is slowly receding. Very few anglers on the water for reports.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.12 feet below pool. Stillhouse has risen another 0.06 feet since last week. The water is warming rapidly and the fish are suspending more and more each day. The two drivers for this is the stratification of the water by temperature which will eventually lead to the creation of the thermocline by mid-June, and the increasing presence of young-of-the-year shad making their way into open water. When fish are suspended, I rely heavily on my 2-D sonar, traditional sonar or colored sonar, as the three-dimensional cone it makes use of extends the echo signature of the fish into long arches which are larger and much more easily seen on a screen then the shorter rice grain signatures seen on side-imaging and down-imaging. The MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail is the only lure I have used for the past four weeks. It shows up remarkably well on forward-facing sonar and 2-D sonar. Drop it either to the bottom if fish are on bottom, or below the level of suspended fish, and crank it up at a steady cadence at least two cranks above the fish showing highest in the water column. If a chase occurs, keep cranking at that same steady cadence until the fish either catches it, or turns away. When a strike occurs, keep right on cranking without a hard hookset. Mornings are best, from 7:20 a.m. to around 10:15 a.m. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni is fishing good and is in its full summer pattern. The hybrid striper and white bass bite is good. Fish are feeding on thread-fin shad suspended over deeper water. Slabs, swimbaits and live bait are working best. The eating sized catfish bite is red hot. Baited holes in 20 feet are working best. Prepared baits such as punch bait and dip baits are catching more fish. Crappie are decent on bridge pilings and shallower brush in 8-14 feet. Docks are also holding fish. Jigs are out-fishing minnows currently. Look for that to chance as water warms into the 80s. Largemouth bite is good. Shallow crankbaits, flukes and frogs are catching best. First hour and last hour for the frog, and the cranks mid morning into the mid day around shallow dock pilings, rip-rap and isolated underwater irrigation pumps. Use your side-imaging to locate these. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.69 feet below pool. Catfish are good on trotlines.
FAIR. Water stained; 74 degrees; 12.08 feet above pool. Catfishing is still excellent using punch bait along rock banks for channel cats in 15-25 feet of water. Cut shad and whole shad on ledges in 30-45 feet of water for keeper blues and look for bigger fish in shallow creeks and coves. Striper fishing is very inconsistent with the current lake conditions. Top waters, swimbaits and live shad on humps and flats in 20-25 feet of water fishing any clear water you can find. Look for the lake to clear once they turn down the outflow. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass are hit-or-miss with slabs in 15-30 feet of water, with a better bite on live bait. Midlake to the dam water is clearing. Very little floating debris left on the lake. Channel catfish can be targeted around big rocks and drop-offs in 20-30 feet of water cut bait. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.
GOOD. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.61 feet below pool. It is finally summer time, everything around Toledo is getting right, most storms are gone and the sun is cooking. Bass are good. Shallow fish are still strong on frogs, topwaters, swim jigs and wacky-worms from 2-7 feet of water. The deeper bite is coming on strong in 14-18 feet of water with big crankbaits and Carolina rigs. A few great reports of 7 pound bass being caught at night with spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits along the edge of the flooded grass. Crappie are good on brush piles, standing timber, and main lake docks with jigs or live bait. The water temperature is starting to reach the mid to low 80s, pushing crappie out of the creeks. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 43.67 feet below pool. Lake Travis is fishing great. Bass are on the verge of schooling up as the water temperatures rise into the 80s. Most fish are being caught on worms, creature baits, craws and swimbaits or flukes. Look for grass on the channel swings on the main lake for a lot of bass. Some of the bigger bass are on the deeper outer side especially in the isolated patches of grass. There are some good bass on the deeper ledges as well in 15-30 feet of water. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Time to fish marinas in 30-40 feet of water for bass, white bass, crappie and bluegill. Grass action for bass has slowed. Bounce between shaded bluff walls with a craw and marinas with small swimbaits and small spoons. The water is crystal clear when there is no wind, so downsize baits. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.
SLOW. Water stained. 82 degrees; 33.49 feet below pool. Channel catfish are slow in shallow water with punch bait. White bass and crappie can be caught under the lights at night with minnows or shad. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs in 10-16 feet of water. Catfish are good in 5-6 feet of water with liver and nightcrawlers. Bass are scattered with a fair topwater bite or feeler with trick worms, spinnerbaits and topwaters. Bream are good on red worms throughout the lake. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Bass are great with a phenomenal topwater bite the first hour of fishable light, but will shut off quickly as the sun rises. Dropshots and Texas rigs are producing very well on normal summer patterns until the evening topwater bite in that last hour of the day. Crappie are holding in 10-20 feet on brush. Catfish are fairly shallow on nightcrawlers and prepared baits but are working deeper and are lethargic recovering from the spawn. Thermocline was around 22 feet on the main lake but will be moving up around 18-20 feet in the next week or two. Report by Holton Walker, Holton Walker Fishing.
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Crappie are on fire in the summer pattern hanging out in 10-18 feet of water on structure. Minnows always work well but a purple crappie jig with a chartreuse tail is a good artificial. Black bass are suspended over structure in 20 feet of water hitting crankbaits or a silver spoon. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees. The boat ramp continues to be closed and blocked off through 2025, kayaks and canoes can still be launched from the bank. The lake has seen increased pressure from a growing number of kayaks and personal watercraft. Recommended techniques include moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and A-rigs. Texas-rigged soft plastics also work well, with Senkos, dropshots, and shaky heads being effective. Report by Team YAKUSA.
FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.16 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 15 feet of water on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Bass are slow on soft plastics or crankbaits in deeper water. Catfish are fair with cut bait and shad on rocks. Water clarity is 7 inches.
FAIR. Water stained. 80 degrees. A few reports and anglers on the water.
FAIR. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 19.98 feet below pool. Crappie are good 2-8 feet on jigs and minnows. Catfish slow in cut and prepared baits. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 1.73 feet above pool. Water is lightly stained 76 degrees. Catfish are good using cut bait in 25-30 feet of water. Striped bass bite is fair on live bait in 25-30 feet of water. Crappie are on main lake brush piles in 15-30 feet of water. White bass fishing is good on slabs on main lake humps in 25-30 feet of water. Largemouth bass fishing is good using soft plastics on deep structure. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.63 feet above pool. Very few reports after the recent weather.
GOOD. Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 7.95 feet above pool. Crappie are moving into brush piles and structure setting up in a summer pattern. Downsize to small hair jigs in 10-15 feet of water. Channel catfish are good near brush along the bank with stinkbait. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool. Discharge at the 59 bridge is 2630 CFS. Water is starting to clear up nicely making for a decent largemouth bite in the shallows. Grubs and worms rigged Texas rigged seem to do the trick. Drop-offs in cypress trees are a great place to start then venture shallow to structure and shaded banks. Crappie are picking up quite a bit in Luces Bayou, tight to structure being enticed with minnows and hand tied jigs in 6-10 feet of water. Catfish are fantastic still in bulk heads eating fresh caught shad both under a slip cork and bottom fishing. Always wear your kill switch and be prepared. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
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