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Arlington

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees;1.23 feet low. Crappie are transitioning to main lake brush piles using minnows and jigs. Bass are fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits shallow in the early morning.

Athens

GOOD. Water clear; 79 degrees; 0.57 feet above. Fishing is similar and so is the blowing wind. Bass are still shallow in 2-8 feet of water using small moving baits and senkos fished over the grass edges will get numbers up to 4 pounds. Some bass have moved offshore post spawn. Crappie are good using minnows and jigs on brush piles in 20-30 feet of water. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water clear; 79 degrees. Bass are good working outside edges of grass in 5-10 feet of water with flukes and worms in watermelon colors. A shallow crankbait will get you bit as well. Brush Piles and rocks out deeper will get you some bigger bites using jigs and crankbaits, so watch your electronics for those. Some topwater action around schooling fish. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 3.86 feet low. Threadfin shad continue to spawn every morning providing easy shallow topwater action from 6:15-7:00 a.m. Look for blue herons and white herons feeding on the shore to find these fish. Mature white bass are beginning to show up in good numbers in the lower ends of the tributaries and main lake. Fishing vertically with MAL Dense Lures is accounting for 200-300 fish morning trips. Afternoon results are still solid, but mornings are better. With the recent warmup, sunfish are now in the shallows to stay, and bass are becoming reliable on small, dark soft plastics fished on jigheads in the timbered coves. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Crappie are awesome fishing between 10-20 feet of water on standing timber. Brush piles are starting to hold some good numbers. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 3.63 feet low. Bass are excellent to 8 pounds on crankbaits, chatterbaits and weighted wacky rigs along the rip-rap and bluff walls. Crappie are fair on brush piles and docks using minnows and jigs. White bass are fair chasing bait on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut baits.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 68 degrees; 3.07 feet low. Lake Bridgeport is up about a foot after the recent rains and all boat ramps are open. The main lake is stained and the northern and southern ends are quite dirty. Threadfin shad are running the banks for their spawn. All species of fish are shallow along the banks looking for an easy meal. Try a shad type crankbait to reel these fish in. Blue herons are sharing their fishing spots, so watch and they will guide you to active fish. Sand bass are good moving back into the main lake, finishing their spawn. Slabs have been producing quite well. Crappie and largemouth bass are moving into their post spawn pattern. The southern end may still have some spawning fish though. Look for the crappie to return to summer time brush piles pretty quickly biting on minnows and jigs will rule. Getting some reports of catfish being caught shallow on cut shad. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 1.11 feet low. Crappie are excellent under docks and on brush piles in 6-18 feet of water using jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are excellent on rocks, docks, and in the shad spawn. As the fish feed up on the schools of shad in the early mornings you can catch them on chatterbaits and topwaters. White and hybrid bass are excellent schooling in the morning on main lake humps around the birds. Catfish are excellent on fresh shad near retaining walls and rocks. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.50 feet low. Fishing is similar this week. The threadfin shad continue to spawn on shallow banks during daylight. Large catfish will become harder to catch in numbers as the water temperature increases and the fish sit on nests. Blue catfish are excellent on fresh cut bait. Channel catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. Report by Johnny Ward, Ward’s Catfish Guide Service.

Cypress Springs

Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.42 feet low. The surface temps are mid to upper 70s and rising rapidly. The bass are still active up shallow at first light but spread out quickly as the sun comes up. Use fast moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits and also a variety of topwater baits to cover water. Crappie are becoming more stacked up on brush piles in 7-12 feet as they pull off the beds. These fish are usually very active and can be caught on a variety of soft plastics in bright colors. Use as light of a jig head as the wind will allow. The channel cats are still up shallow as well.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water stained, 75 degrees; 2.71 feet low. White bass are good on shallow points early and main lake structure later being caught on slabs. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combination on cloudy days. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits around docks and main lake structure. Blue catfish are good drift fishing and anchored with cut bait in mid-depths and shallow. The report was provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Fayette

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees. Bass have spawned and the bite is good on humps and riprap with crankbaits and plastics in 8-18 feet of water. Catfish are hitting punch bait, in 6-12 feet of water, on tight lines over chum. Catfish pattern should remain constant throughout the summer. Redear perch are good on worms and crickets around structure. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Graham

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 1.32 feet low. Fishing is on the up and up like the water temperature. Crappie are on main lake brush piles. Catfish are good shallow on cut and prepared baits.

Granbury

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.07 feet low. Bass continue to be good with the best area being mid lake rocky points using crankbaits and soft plastics. Deeper boat docks with rocky banks are producing. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services. Fishing patterns are holding steady with good numbers of catches. Striped bass can be caught on deep diving crankbaits, umbrella-rigs and live bait in 20-40 feet of water. Catfish are good on live and cut shad in 30-50 feet of water. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

Grapevine

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.43 feet above. Fishing has slowed as most catches continue to be undersized. Start fishing early along shorelines as the shad spawn at first light. Fish will be actively feeding on the bait. In-line spinners will attract the attention of the fish. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.18 feet above. Largemouth bass are fair in standing timber and boat houses using crankbaits, worm. Crappie are fair in main lake brush piles and structure with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good, spawning in shallow water biting on cut bait.

Joe Pool

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.84 feet low. Bass and crappie fishing continues to be great at this time. Bass can be caught on white or shad-colored crankbaits or spinnerbaits on most shorelines with a rocky bottom or any type of cover. Slow dragging a Texas rigged senko-style bait off main lake points can be a great choice for larger fish. Fish the bait in 1-10 feet of water in or around coves and secondary points. Report provided by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.71 feet above. Crappies are good between 1-18 feet of water, suspending around 14 feet. Minnows or ⅛-1/16 ounce jigs in any color are producing in brush piles and standing timber or submerged timber. Black bass are slow in 1-5 feet of water early morning using chartreuse/white spinners, then moving to 3-15 feet of water using crankbaits. Sunfish are good in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles. Hitting earthworms and pieces of cut shad or cut minnows with 2-4 pound line. Catfish are good in 2-14 feet of water early in the morning when the shad are running the banks and spawning. Cut bait under a cork or stink bait is producing eaters. Bigger trophy fish are up in the timber in 3-10 feet of water using cut carp and shad. White bass are good running the banks early in the morning, 1-4 feet deep, when the shad are spawning. Small rooster tails ⅛ ounce, or 3-4 inch swim baits are working shallow. Then move out to 10-15 feet on main lake points to find them with one ounce slabs. Make a lot of noise, they will come to your boat. If you have a thumper that will keep them under the boat. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

Lewisville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 1.39 feet above. White bass are good on points and humps in 20-30 feet of water using slabs or live bait. Hybrid stripers are slow, hanging around the white bass. 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. Catfish are good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts in 16-24 feet of water. They can also be found shallow near the creek mouths after a rain, near wind blown points and flats near creek channels. Crappie are fair in depths ranging from 6-25 feet of water. Rock piles, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, and bridge columns have all produced fish using minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

GREAT. Water clear; 76 degrees; 0.07 feet above. Fishing has been awesome. Crappie continue to be shallow from 7-15 feet of water using minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 2-7 feet of water using chatterbaits, frogs, weightless yum dinger, and spinnerbaits. White bass are good in 7-14 feet of water using silver jigging spoons, and small crankbaits.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. Stained; 73 degrees; 0.48 feet low. Crappie fishing is great in 6-13 feet of water using hand ties. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service. Fishing has slowed some after the recent rains, and the spawns seem to have come to an end. Fish are transitioning to deeper water and structure. Bass are good near the dam using your favorite plastics.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.60 feet high. Bass are good with deep diving crankbaits and Carolina rigs in creek channels in 16 feet of water. White bass are good off points and in the 155 road bed using crankbaits and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on timber in the creek channels and along the edge of the river. Channel Catfish are excellent on baited holes, boat houses, and brush piles in 12-15 feet of water “on nightcrawlers. Great time to bring the kids out because you’ll be sure to catch a catfish. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Fishing Guide Service. Crappie are good on jigs in 12-28 feet of water. Report by Mark Standridge, Three Nails Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.22 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair biting crankbaits and Carolina rigs. The fish have moved back out to points and are a little deeper than they have been.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70-72 degrees; 0.05 feet low. White bass are excellent on shallow flats in 3-5 feet of water. Throwing tail spinners and 3 inch artificials with a half ounce jig head. When the shallow bite stops focus on humps and ridges in 18-24 feet using a combination of slabs and jigs. Crappie arw good on brush tops in 12-21 feet of water with jigs and minnows working equally well. Catfish are good and spawning on the rocks. Use a bobber with a 2 feet leader using prepared stink bait. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

SLOW; Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.18 feet above. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait shallow on windblown points. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in submerged structures and main lake brush piles. Largemouth bass are good shallow on rocky shoreline and grass lines using flukes, flipping jigs, and jerkbaits. White bass are good under the birds using slabs and jigging spoons.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 62-68 degrees; 1.99 feet low. We’ll be chasing white bass and hybrid stripers with slabs until the fish decide to switch to the summertime topwater schooling. It is hard to believe spring is coming to a close and the good ol’ summertime is near. Crappie are good as they finish their spawn in the south end of the lake. Nice catches on brush piles using minnows in 15-20 feet of water. White bass are excellent on slabs. Hybrid bass are fair on live shad and swimbaits on main lake points in 15-25 feet of water and Pelican Island. Watch for the gulls as they will lead you to fish. Eater size channel catfish are fair on punch bait on a #4 treble hook. Blue catfish are good mixed in with the white bass, and on wind blown points. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 79 degrees; 0.41 feet high. Crappie, bluegill, and catfish are good in the Somerville Marina early morning and late evening. Black bass are fair on rocky points hitting craw jigs and crankbaits in 5-12 feet of water. Crappie are very good moving on main lake brush piles biting minnows and various jig colors in 8-18 feet of water. Crappie are mostly spawned out. Catfish are good early morning, and the smaller fish are spawning. Bite is on shad, liver, and punch bait. White bass and hybrids are excellent since water temperatures are about 80 degrees. Using Pet spoons for trolling or using shad and pencil minnows in 8-10 feet of water. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 3.85 feet low. White bass are hit-or-miss in the middle third of the lake on MAL Lures and slabs as they make their way to deep, clear water for the summer. Sunfish are abundant in the sprouting, shallow hydrilla. Largemouth bass fishing is consistent using dark-colored soft plastics along the deep, outside edge of stands of hydrilla in 12-14 feet of water. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Sulphur Springs

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 2.29 feet low. Bass are fair using chatterbaits, and flukes in fallen timber. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles with jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair with punch bait and cut bait.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.00 feet low. Lake Tawakoni continues to be a super strong fishery daily. The white bass and hybrid striper bite has been as good as it gets. Huge herds of fish mixed together have been feeding on giant schools of threadfin shad in shallow water. Artificial baits in chartreuse color such as slab spoons or swim baits work best. The blue and channel catfish bite red hot in shallow water. Prepared baits for the channels and fresh cut shad for the blues in less than five feet. Crappie are finishing up their spawn and can still be found in one foot of water, but can also found on bridge columns and docks. Jigs seem to be working best right now. Largemouth are setting up on their post spawn pattern. Tawakoni fishes super shallow, so stick to the banks and focus on rocks and isolated shallow underwater structures. The shad spawn is in full swing and the bass are in ambush mode. Shallow crankbaits are putting fish in the boat. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 0.62 feet low. The top water bite is on for striped bass. Banks with egrets are producing bigger fish, and the north and west end are holding box sized fish. The slab bite is starting, but our swimbaits and Alabama rigs are still working. Recent rainfalls have muddied water near river entrances pushing fish out of the river system. Shad are spawning around boat houses. The crappie spawn has ended and the fish are transitioning back into the main lake creek entrances. Catfish on rock structure reports of. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Weatherford

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 4.03 feet low. Fish are biting in the traditional fashion. Look for birds to point out schooling fish. White bass are good using slabs and silver jigging spoons. Bass are good using crankbaits, swimbaits and the topwater bite is picking up. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good shallow using cut and prepared bait.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 2.28 feet low. Fish are finally in a good pattern so we can fish them the same way. Striped bass are great in 22-45 feet of water throughout the reservoir using deep diving crankbaits, umbrella-rigs, but best on live shad. Catfish are great on live and cut shad in 30-40 feet of water along creek channels. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

Worth

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.95 feet low. White bass are good on shallow main lake points and structure using slabs. Crappie are fair to good on standing timber and brush piles with minnows and jigs with white color combinations. Bass are fair on boat docks and standing timber on crankbaits and finesse baits. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut bait in all depths both drifting fishing and anchored. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.