Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 81 degrees; 7.47 feet low. Fish are in that summer pattern biting the same as we head into another hot Texas weekend. Crappie are good in 25-40 feet of water over trees with minnows. There is a great night bite under green lights in 35 feet of water. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide.

Amistad

GOOD. Water clear; 83 degrees; 59.41 feet low. Channel catfish are good in 4-28 feet of water with punch bait. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T Guide Service. Black bass are good on Texas rigged plastics in craw patterns worked around hydrilla in 5-15 feet with bladed jigs and swimbaits. White bass and stripers are good below 30 feet following shad balls around the Rough Canyon area. Water is extremely low. Stay in channels and ditches when running. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service.

Arlington

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 2.68 feet low. Fishing is similar with many fish holding off the shoreline on points. Bass are great fishing rocks and main lake ledges with deep diving crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Fish are pushing into submerged grass and can be caught using Texas rigged bugs or worms. Few sand bass along the dam biting on small silver spoons. Report by local angler Wesley Molina.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82-85 degrees; 3.50 feet low. As the water temperatures increase fish are moving to deeper water. Catfish can be caught early shallow and then move out to deeper water on punch and fresh cut shad. Crappie are slow in deeper water on structure. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

FAIR. Water clear; 86-90 degrees; 0.35 feet below. Bass bite is fair early and late. As usual, fish grass edges and brush piles with flukes, shaky-head worms, and jigs. The thermocline is trying to form around 25 feet. Crappie are slow on brush piles to 25 feet of water. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.43 feet low. Texas heat has slowed the fishing, so head early in the morning and focus on submerged grass and structure. Bass are fair on senkos or jerkbait in the morning around bridge piles. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.33 feet below. Fishing patterns are similar as we head into the weekend. Bass are fair with some topwater action early morning, switching to your favorite plastics along grass lines midday. Crappie are good using minnows and jigs on main lake structures and brush piles. Catfish are good moving shallow biting cut and cheese bait.

Bastrop

GREAT. Water clear; 90 degrees. After the forecast rain this weekend look for bigger fish to move up some. Lake Bastrop continues to fish great for bass with strong schooling action. Start in the hot water discharge early at the mouth using small topwaters or tiny straight tail swimbaits to get the schooling bass. Work a Texas rig or shaky head to land bass related to the bottom. A Carolina rig with a shad colored fluke will work as well as it will swim nicely in the current where the fish will pick it up. Later, you can move out to the main lake out off the dam area for more schooling bass. These bass are much more aggressive and a full sized topwater like a walk the dog type lure will work fantastic. Got to get into them quick, as they will dive back down to deep water once the shad are eaten up. There is non-stop action all day on these. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.53 feet low. The mild cold front that blew through scattered the bait fish shifting the game fish locations. Summer cold fronts typically make the fishing tougher for a few days until winds return from the south, and this cold front was no exception. To target white bass, employ downriggers with 3-armed umbrella rigs equipped with Pet Spoons to both find fish and catch fish. Once a large collection of fish is found while downrigging, work a MAL Dense Lure vertically in that area to catch fish more efficiently until they either shut down or move, then return to downrigging. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Bass continue to be good early morning on topwaters lures. As the day goes on, move to deeper points with soft plastics and jigs. The best bite is after the sun goes down on shallow points with soft plastics. Report by Cord Zahn, Belton tournament organizer. Crappie continue to be good biting jigs and minnows in 25-40 feet of water suspended at 15-20 feet in the timber, and on brush piles anywhere from 18-25 feet of water. As the water temperatures increase, look for fish to move deeper. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 3.44 feet low. Bass are good on the edges of submerged grass with chatterbaits and senkos. Crappie are fair on deep brush piles and docks using minnows and jigs. White bass are good with some schooling action biting on shad imitations. Catfish are good shallow on cut baits.

Bob Sandlin

FAIR. Water clear; 92 degrees; 0.73 feet low. In the hot Texas summer fish early or late in the day for the best bite. Crappie are fair on brush in 15-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are fair on topwaters shallow early morning, moving to 20-30 feet off points midday with your favorite plastics after the topwater bite tapers off. Catfish are fair on baited holes 15-20 feet of water using cheese bait or cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Brady

GOOD. Water dirty; 85 degrees; 9.38 feet low. Largemouth bass are still good on soft plastics in the salt cedars with catches up to six pounds, but the majority coming in the 3-4 pound range. White bass are good schooling on the main lake. Crappie are slow around the marina. Catfish are good on cut bait and live perch.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on reed beds using spinnerbaits and pumpkinseed or chartreuse soft plastics. Red drum have been good on live perch and tilapia for boaters and recreational shoreline anglers fishing 10-20 feet of water range trolling small silver spoons has been good around the dam area. Channel and blue catfish have been producing at night along the Jetty and recreational shoreline using cheese bait and shrimp.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 3.50 feet low. While the main lake is clear, the river is slightly murky.Be aware of increased boat traffic, especially in the north end, near the Three Fingers area. All boat ramps are open. Sand bass and hybrid striped bass are setting up in deeper water around the main lake structure. Some sand bass schooling activity reported early in the morning. Crappie remain good on main lake brush piles and docks using minnows. Largemouth bass have been a bit elusive, but topwater baits are still the best bet at sunrise. Catfish are good drifting cut baits on flats and humps near deep water. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 81 degrees; 4.12 feet low. Bass continue to be fair with an early morning and late evening topwater bite then switch to shaky heads, crankbaits and jigs in the stick-ups and between docks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs from 10-15 feet of water in brush piles and under docks. White bass are slow on crankbaits casting and trolling. Catfish are good using cut bait, liver and perch on baited holes and shallow flats. Anticipate a slower bite while the spawn is on.

Buchanan

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 9.17 feet low. Bass are good with a topwater bite on walking style lures like a Berkley J-walker or Hijacker. Look for rock piles in 6-10 feet of water and the fish will bite. Throw 10 foot diving crankbaits, shaky heads and Texas rigs in the same areas. There are some good bass out to 20 feet in some areas on rock piles as well. Rocks are most important right now in this hot weather. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.54 feet high. Lake is in full summer mode with schooling action in places with some deep bites in the river on crankbaits and shaky head patterns. You can still catch some big ones on topwaters around grass and pads, or throw junebug or watermelon color flukes and worms around the trees and grass lines. A bass over 10 pounds was caught this past week, so there are still trophies biting. Come and enjoy the lake and view what God spoke into existence, and catch a few. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

FAIR. Water stained, 89 degrees. Red drum are fair on live baits, such as tilapia, perch and crawfish, on points with deep water access on the recreational shoreline and throughout the lake. Boaters trolling small silver spoons and dark colored soft plastics around the dam area have had fair results. Channel and blue catfish have been good on cheese bait, cut bait and shrimp in the 15-25 feet of water range. Hybrid stripers no report.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 3.34 feet low. Largemouth bass are good near the hydrilla in 12-25 feet of water using flukes and trick worms. Largemouth and striped bass are mixed near North Park biting on topwaters, swimbaits and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on brush piles and main lake structure. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 84-90 degrees; 2.27 feet low. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles in 15-22 feet of water using minnows and jigs. Largemouth bass are good on docks in 3-8 feet of water, and in 15-20 feet of water using shaky heads, crankbaits and Carolina rigs. White bass and hybrid bass can be caught surfacing all over the lake in the morning, moving to main lake humps using popper style baits and small spoons. Catfish are good on main lake humps with live or frozen shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GREAT. Water stained; 78 degrees; 21.37 feet low. Black bass are good shallow in the mornings around the hydrilla biting on frogs and flukes. On the outer grass Carolina rigs, Texas rigs and crankbaits are working in 12-18 feet of water. Up in the river towards 72 boat ramp good morning frog bite. Crappie are really good on live minnows over brush piles. White bass are very good on live minnows on the lower end humps. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GREAT. Water stained; 85 degrees; 5.23 feet low. Bass are good up to nine pounds on the north side in 20 feet of water with live perch fished off the bottom, artificials are producing as well. Perch are good up to nine inches long biting on worms. Crappie are in 10-15 feet of water all over the lake using minnows. Catfish are good on juglines with cut perch. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Slightly stained; 82-85 degrees; 3.56 feet low. Texas heat and fishing patterns are constant. Look for fish to seek deeper water and structure as the sunrises, with the bite active early and late in the day. Bass are excellent with fish to six pounds on a green pumpkin finesse worm on a shaky head, black and blue jigs, and shad color swim jigs.

Conroe

GOOD. Slightly stained; 88 degrees; 0.71 feet below. Catfish have been plentiful on catfish bubblegum shrimp and chicken liver, over baited holes, on ledges close to heavy structure in 10-25 feet of water. As the water warms you will have to sift through smaller fish to find the better sized eaters. Report by Bradley Doyle, Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrid striped bass are good with M. T. Pocket slabs. Larger fish are in 17-25 feet of water, and many undersized fish are schooling in big schools. Please check the Texas Parks & Wildlife website to see the tooth patch between hybrids and white bass. Crappie have been tough the last few weeks. Target standing timber and brush piles in 12-22 feet of water. Catching a few per pile with a soft hit on minnows, and black and chartreuse or monkey milk jigs. Black bass are good in 12-18 feet of water close to brush, using creature baits. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.50 feet low. Summer fishing patterns like triple digit weather is upon us. Catfish are good off docks and shorelines with cut bait. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles and standing timber with jigs and minnows. Bass are fair early morning with topwaters, transitioning to deeper water structures midmorning with chatterbaits and crankbaits.

Corpus Christi Lake

GOOD. 80 degrees; 6.80 feet below. The best bites are early morning, late afternoon, or at night. Catfish are fair in 5-10 feet of water on cheese bait, shad oil soap, and cut carp. Largemouth bass are fair at sunrise on topwaters. White bass are scattered across the lake under birds using spoons, minnows and small jigs. Crappie are fair in 5-10 feet of water on minnows and scented jigs around piers and structure. Freshwater drum are fair on worms and shrimp. Alligator gar are great on cut carp. Bow fishermen have found success on shallow flats. With summer heating up the daytime fishing will slow down tremendously. Early morning, dusk, and night when temperatures drop a little will be best. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.

Cypress Springs

Water stained; 82 degrees; 1.81 feet low. Bass and crappie have finished the spawn and have started moving out to main lake structure and are setting up in their summer patterns. For bass focus on main lake points, roadbeds and brush piles. Target the areas with soft plastics, both Texas rigged or Carolina rigs work well. Crappie are good in brush in 10-15 feet. Use jigs in bright colors or live minnows to target the fish. The catfish are still shallow and some fish have eggs, so only keep what you need this time of year. Cork rigs with punch bait over baited areas are producing best. Report by Captain Mike Thompson, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water stained, 85 degrees; 2.67 feet low. White bass are good on the main lake structures using slabs with teaser flies. Fish are moving fast. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles, docks and main lake structure on jigs with white and chartreuse color combinations and shooting docks. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits around docks and main lake structure. Blue catfish are fair to good on the main lake structures. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service. White bass are good on live bait, spoons, deep diving crankbaits and trolling umbrella rigs in 15-35 feet of water. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 44.02 feet low. Bass are fair on crankbaits and shaky heads. Catfish are good on cut bait throughout the lake. Crappie are fair on deep brush piles.

Fayette

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees. Summer heat is here and the bite is predictable. Bass are good with some topwater schooling action, and in 10-20 feet of water on humps and riprap with various jigs and plastics. Catfish are fair hitting punch bait in 12-20 feet of water, on tight lines over chum. Bluegill and redear perch are good on worms or crickets around structure. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 75 degrees; 6.17 feet low. Crappie are stacked up like crazy on brush piles, laydowns, underwater bridges and standing timber in 13-28 feet of water. Finally starting to see more white crappie loading in the deeper timber as well in numbers. The bite has been a little more up and down this week with the changes in the temperature. Some days double limits are super easy and some days we have to work harder. Straight minnows are still the ticket, but hand ties and soft plastics will put fish in the boat. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service. Largemouth bass are good early in the morning, but the bite ends by noon most days. Big worms Texas or Carolina rigged and big shaky heads are working best in 12-25 feet of water on points and humps. Best colors are plum, blue fleck, and tequila sunrise. Deep crankbaits are working well in creek channel bends and deep humps 22-30 feet of water. Best colors will be chartreuse, blue, black and shad patterned. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell and Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Pro.

Ft. Phantom Hill

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 84 degrees; 4.24 feet low. White bass are on structure in 10-15 feet of water biting blade baits and the Maindelle All Purpose lure consistently worked off the bottom. Look for hybrid bass in 15-25 feet of water trolling deep diving crankbaits over the main lake structure. Channel catfish are spawning along riprap banks. Fishing baited holes with a bobber and stink bait can be effective. Largemouth bass are being caught in shallow to moderate depths around cover. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Graham

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.49 feet low. Bite is slow at the crappie house and bridges with fish preferring minnows over jigs. Catfish are good in the shallows on cut and prepared baits and on baited holes. Bass are good in timber with crankbaits and flukes.

Granbury

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 1.19 feet low. Channel catfish are slow while they spawn, but can be caught on small shad and prepared baits in the shallows around brush and stumps. Report by Jeffery Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing. Striped bass and white bass are good moving fast, biting topwaters early in the morning throughout the reservoir in 15-60 feet of water. Lots of smaller sized fish being caught. Catfish are good in 20-50 feet of water on cut bait. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC. Granbury has slowed down a little with the hot weather. Bass are around deeper boat docks on Carolina rigged soft plastics, and 3/4 ounce jigs. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.62 feet low. Black bass are good on red shad power worms fished around structure. Crappie are good on minnows fished over structure in 4-13 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake humps and ridges. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines set in the river. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.51 feet above. Fishing is tough as the white bass bite turns off and on, but the fish are healthy when you find them. Very sporadic topwater action for white bass, some catches trolling break lines using a pet spoon with a hellbender. Work structures fish would hold to instead of chasing schools. Landing drum, catfish and crappie on artificials while targeting sandies. Smallmouth bass population is good biting on a downsized finesse jig. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina or Texas rigs and chatterbaits in the first or second break lines off rocky points. Night fishing along the edge of lights and marinas is producing. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 42.30 feet low. Best fishing is early morning and later in the evening. Catfishing at night is good with cheese bait and cut bait. Crappie are good using minnows and small jigs on brush piles and standing timber. Largemouth bass fair with an early morning topwater bite, and using crankbaits and spinner baits on grass lines. Sand bass are good schooling on humps biting silver spoons. Walleye are good scattered all over the lake on crappie jigs, buzz bait and minnows.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.46 feet below. Crappie are good on brush piles. Bass are fair with dropshots, crankbaits and flukes. Catfish are good on cut baits and juglines.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 4.49 feet low. White bass can be found schooling along islands and main lake points in 15-25 feet of water. Blade baits and MAL lure are very effective. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.48 feet below. Summer fishing patterns are here like the triple digit weather. Largemouth bass are good on topwaters early morning, transitioning to Texas rigs in vegetation and standing timber. Crappie are good on deeper main lake brush piles and structure with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait.

Joe Pool

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.74 feet low. Bass are good near the dam around the intake tower with a consistent bite on shaky head straight-tailed worms in a junebug color or a Texas-rigged Senko in red shad. The Cedar Hill State Park shoreline on the northern end of the lake has been good with the same lures as well as a Carolina rig and a drop-shot rig in whatever plastic you have confidence in. Concentrate in 10-20 feet of water along the shoreline rocky bottom with a sharp depth change and dragging uphill when possible. Report provided by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions.

Lake O’ the Pines

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 93 degrees; 1.19 feet low. In the hot Texas summer fish early or late in the day for the best bite. Crappie are fair on brush in 15-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are fair on topwaters shallow early morning, moving to 20-30 feet off points midday with your favorite plastics after the topwater bite tapers off. Catfish are fair on baited holes 15-20 feet of water using cheese bait or cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.47 feet below. The winds are down making it easier to get out on the water and land some fish this Independence Day weekend. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in timber or brush in 5-10 feet of water early in the mornings until 8 a.m., transitioning to 9-17 feet of water by 10 a.m. White bass are good with sporadic topwater action throughout the day in the middle of the lake, and in 15-25 feet of water on main lake points and humps. White or chartreuse slabs for deeper water and 3.5 inch swimbaits in shallow water. Black bass are good with white and chartreuse spinner baits early morning until 7:30 a.m. Then switch to divers such as swim jigs, swimbaits and Alabama rigs on structure. Target main lake points brush piles and shallow water timber with hard bottom such as sand. Concrete and rocks are key in 1-20 feet of water. Bluegills are great holding in 10-20 feet of water on brush piles with earthworms, crickets or pieces of bacon. Bacon will not fall off the hook as easily as other bait. Channel catfish are good in 15-25 feet of water using cut shad and sunfish. Biting under a bobber with punch bait, chicken liver, and cut shad. Cut shad chunks are doing well on large blue catfish in 5-15 feet of water. The north end of the lake in the shallows seems to be productive right now in less than 10 feet of water. The big blues are spawning, so the bite will slow. After the spawn it is difficult to catch monsters during the day, as they become nocturnal when the water warms up. Flathead catfish are around big structures in 1-20 feet of water. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.61 feet low. Bass are good shallow on worms and flukes along the edge of water lilies, bulkheads and docks near deeper water. In the river seek out coves with vegetation throwing a topwater frog. Later in the day, move offshore and look for rock piles in 10-20 feet of water and throw shaky head jigs, Carolina rigs and jigs in green pumpkin and watermelon colors. You can also throw swim jigs and crankbaits in bluegill colors as they are feeding on those right now as well. For bass on brush piles in 10-25 feet throw shaky heads, jigs, Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Lewisville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.22 feet above. White bass are slow on points and humps in 20-30 feet of water using slabs or live bait. There is some sporadic top water action. Hybrid stripers are slow, but can be picked off every once in a while. They will be 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 fair to good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts in 16-24 foot of water. Check near wind blown points, humps, and flats near creek channels. Crappie are fair to good. They can be caught in depths ranging from 6 to 25 foot of water. Rock piles, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, and bridge columns have all produced fish. Minnows and jigs are catching those fish. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

EXCELLENT. Water clear; 93 degrees; 1.28 feet below. Largemouth bass are good in 4-14 feet of water on Texas rigs, shaky heads and crankbaits. Crappie are good, suspended in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber using minnows. White bass are good in 7-17 feet of water on silver jigging spoons. Good luck and tight lines see y’all on the water! Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 85 degrees; 0.05 feet above. Bass are fair on grass ledges using Texas rigged worms and shaky heads. Catfish are good off docks and the bank with cut bait. White bass are schooling on main lake humps and points using silver jigging spoons and small swimbaits.

Martin Creek

SLOW. 80 degrees. Water lightly stained; 0.99 feet below. Catfish are good on baited holes and off docks with cut bait. Bass are good on chatterbaits and football jigs in flooded timber. Crappie are good on mid lake brush piles with minnows and jigs.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 63.68 feet low. Fish are in the summer pattern. Black bass are fair early morning on topwaters, switching to crankbaits near docks and vegetation. White bass are fair on slabs chasing bait balls around the lake. Striped bass are fair with some schooling action biting on slabs and Alabama rigs on humps. Catfish are good with stink bait and cut baits.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 75-80 degrees; 53.80 feet low. Bass are good on minnows and artificial baits. Catfish are good on live, stink and punch baits. Crappie are excellent with the ticket being minnows, but jigs, grubs and other artificials will get it done too. White bass are excellent on minnows, crankbaits, and any type of artificial. Trout are slow, slow, slow, some still being caught on power baits and small spinners. Walleye are excellent on minnows with a crawler harness, crankbaits, grubs, and other artificials. Overall the bite is in full swing and many anglers are catching limits anywhere from 5-40 feet of water. Please be safe, watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Hope this helps you enjoy Lake Meredith. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 2.91 feet low. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good in the upper lake with cut bait. Bass are good in timber with topwaters early, and Carolina rigged worms midday.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clear to stained; 89 degrees. Lake has settled into a typical summer pattern as we head into the Independence Day weekend. Good numbers of bass are schooling up over deeper water. Most fish are suspended just above the thermocline, so count your lure down to the thermocline depth and keep it in the strike zone. A mag-worm in Junebug color is getting bit in 8-12 feet of water, or small slabs to match the shad size. Try finding shade provided by standing timber or shoreline trees. The Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water murky; 86 degrees. 0.98 feet low. Bass are fair in the reeds and around boat docks using soft plastics and topwater lures. Crappie are good in the reeds, around docks, and the bridge using black and chartreuse crappie jigs and minnows. Catfish are good by the dam and in the river, using cut bait and stink bait. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. Stained; 80 degrees; 0.90 feet low. Catfish are good on frozen shad and perch on juglines. Bass are good in grass lines in mid depth water. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush piles near the dam and off the shoreline. Report Charlie Boze, Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 45.01 feet low. Largemouth bass are good in riprap and rocky points with swimbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs on main lake brush piles. White bass are fair with some schooling action biting on small shad imitations. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live, and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water clear; 81 degrees; 19.34 feet low. White bass are good with live bait, jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good with jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are good. Catfish are Good on prepared baits, live and cut bait. Report by Concho Park and Marina. Crappie are good in 42-44 feet of water suspending around 30 feet, with a few catches 12 feet below the surface using live minnows. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Oak Creek

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 7.88 feet low. Fishing has slowed. Bass are good on worms in chartreuse and apple worm color. Catfish are good up to five pounds in deep water on shrimp, chicken liver and perch. Crappie are slow during the day, with a few catches at night in the lights. Few reports of white bass. Report provided by Randal Pate, Sportsman’s Lodge.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.65 feet below. Bass are good in 3-4 feet of water with Texas rigged worm, or senko straight or wacky style, and in 14-16 feet of water with Carolina rigs. Crappie are good in the river standing timber in 24 feet of water using chartreuse jigs. White bass are good off points with spoons or tail spinners, and along the 155 roadways. Catfish are good in 17 feet of water on baited holes with nightcrawlers and chicken livers. Smaller sized catches, but fun for the kids to catch. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.39 feet low. Bass are fair on deep points and humps early in the morning. Sand bass have been biting topwaters very early in the morning. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.69 feet low. Striped bass are fishing great with limits coming with live bait and trolling. Hearing reports of some being caught on large spoons, white and chartreuse are still good color choices. Sand bass are good early in the morning on topwaters when they are schooling. Catfish are starting to show back up. Cut shad fished on or near the bottom in 10-30 feet of water. Water clarity is dropping and is now eight feet on the south end of the lake and two feet on the north end of the lake. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 4.22 feet low. Black bass are slow. White bass and striped bass are fair with some early topwater action. Crappie are good on jigs around brush in 10 feet of water. Catfish are good on cut bait using jugs.

Raven

SLOW. Water stained; 91 degrees; 3.5 feet low. Bass have been great on topwater early in the morning, then fair on Texas rigs later in the day. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81-84 degrees; 0.51 feet low. White bass are fair on shallow points and flats in 8-12 feet of water throwing small tail spinners, and on humps and ridges in 12-28 feet using slab and jig combinations. Crappie are fair on brush tops in 25-35 feet water suspended mid way minnows working well. Catfish are excellent on the north end of the lake around trees and points using cut shad and prepared stink bait. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD; Water is clear; 82 degrees; 0.01 feet below. Sand bass are fair schooling sporadically on the surface, biting on small swimbaits with a single hook. They are also in 20-30 feet of water biting on slabs. Blue catfish are good in 40 feet of water using slabs or raw chicken mixed with kool aid. Largemouth bass are good on shallow grass beds early morning, pushing to 8-15 feet of water on Carolina jigs midday. Crappie are slow on brush piles, with few keeper sized fish. Report by Jim Walling, Ucatchem Guide Service.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 83 degrees; 2.96 feet low. Crappie are fair on brush piles and bridge columns in 15-20 feet of water using minnows. White bass are poor with some early morning topwater action on the 309 flats, then using slabs for schooling fish. When the schooling action ends fish are scattered and hard to find. Hybrid bass are fair on live shad. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait on a #4 treble hook. Blue catfish are fair mixed in with the white bass. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 2.45 feet low. Dock fishing is good for catfish, perch and a few bass. Bass are good early morning with topwaters over grass transitioning to points with soft plastics midday. White bass are good in the lake off points with chrome jigs. Crappie are good on brush piles with live minnows. Bluegill are mixed in with the crappie biting on worms. Catfish are in creek channels off ledges in 18 feet of water. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 98-103 degrees; 1.35 feet below. Crappie, bluegill, and catfish are good in Somerville Marina early morning and late evening. This pattern should persist throughout the summer. Black bass are good hitting slow moving jigs with plastics on drop-offs and brush in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are fair with many undersized catches on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. Catfish are good early morning, then the bite slows as the day heats up. Catfish are biting on punch bait with a rod and reel, or jug lines with shad. White bass are very good with larger fish showing up for summer. Hybrid bass are very good schooling. Both fish hitting jigs bounced into schools or trolling with pet spoons, shad, and pencil minnows in 8-10 feet of water. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees. 41.22 feet low. The Texas heat is here sending the fish deeper, looking for cooler water. Bass are fair off rocks and ledges with soft plastics. Crappie are fair on the main lake structure using minnows and jigs. White bass are fair off drops with slabs and swimbaits. Channel catfish are fair on live and cut bait.

Stamford

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 2.64 feet low. Spawning season is over and the bites are up at the crappie house. Most catches on minnows in deeper water as the temperatures increase. Drum biting good off the bank. Perch and crappie are good over brush piles. Catfish are good on chicken yum liver. Report by Anchor Marina.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 5.79 feet low. White bass are good downrigging unweighted 3-armed umbrella rigs with Pet Spoons helps cover water while scrutinizing sonar for concentrations of fish. Once large groups of fish are found, create commotion by working MAL Heavy Lures vertically to try to draw fish in beneath the boat, keep them there, and catch them. Largemouth bass relate in the abundant hydrilla year ’round. The hydrilla is steadily growing toward the surface as the water level is falling, creating large mats of vegetation. Consistent fishing is coming at the deep edge of hydrilla, now found in 17-19 feet of water. Texas rigs are getting the nod with dark, natural hues of soft plastics attached in thick grass. White spinnerbaits worked over more sparse hydrilla also produced this past week. Some light topwater by schoolies was beginning, but the cold front shut that down. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Sulphur Springs

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 3.09 feet low. Bass are fair on the edge of grass lines with flukes and senkos. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles and structure with jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair with punch bait and cut bait.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 2.03 feet low. Lake Tawakoni is in full summer pattern this week and the fishing has been good. White bass and striped bass action has been good early with random schooling fish. After the morning bite, the fish are staging on humps or deeper points. Live bait or slab spoons are both working. Crappie action is very good with minnows out fishing jigs for limits. Fish in 12-18 feet of water over brush piles and other submerged structures. The eating-sized blue and channel catfish bite is off the charts. Prepared bait such as cheese based punch baits are putting the most fish in the boat fishing shallow and deep. Largemouth bass bite has slowed some. Still seeing fish caught on frogs early in the grass then transitioning to a shallow crankbait or fluke bite in 1-4 feet near docks, isolated rocks or other isolated structures. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.30 feet low. Bass are good in the standing timber in the jungle using artificial worms. Crappie are good on submerged structures using minnows and jigs. Catfish are good throughout the lake on liver perch, cut bait and juglines. White bass are in the Navidad River biting on crankbaits and rattletraps.

Texoma

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 83 degrees; 1.96 feet above. Striped bass are excellent with slabs, live bait and trolling. For larger fish, target deeper water fishing under the surfacing fish. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water stained; 80-82 degrees; 2.03 feet low. The water level is 170.1 with both generators running from 1-7:00 p.m. Water temperature at the dam is 80 degrees with surface temperature around 82. The back feeder creeks are clearing, and the main lake is clear with no rain again this week. Bass have been caught schooling on the surface of Palo Gaucho and Lowes Creek in the late evening. Early in the mornings as the sun comes up use topwater baits like Pop Rs, buzz baits, popping frogs, and spooks. Mid-morning as the fish go deeper transition to 8-12 inch ribbon tail worms and crankbaits in 12-20 feet of water. Cast 8-12 inch dark colored worms on a Texas or Carolina rig to entice a bigger bass to bite. Crappie, bream and yellow bass are in the brush piles and lay downs in 15-25 feet of water. Crappie are biting best on live minnows or crappie jigs in T-Bend’s favorite colors like monkey milk, blue ice, T-shad. Catfish are in the channels and breaks. The shallow bluegill bite has been spotty as the water temperature increases. Summer is here with triple digit weather, so remember to wear light clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen.When on the water it is important to stay hydrated so that you do not experience heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Be alert to heavy boat traffic and kayaks on the water over the Fourth of July weekend. Remember to always keep your life jacket on while on the water, and to fasten the engine kill switch lanyard to your person when operating a motorized vessel on the water. Play it safe on the water, always inform your loved ones or a friend of your expected return time to port or home. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak and Fishing Guide Service

Travis

GOOD. Stained; 79 degrees; 30.27 feet low. Fishing is similar as we head into the Fourth of July weekend. Start in the marinas in the morning and end in the marinas in the evening. Largemouth bass schooling biting on topwaters spooks and small swimbaits on bluff walls and edges. Drop shots in 20-40 feet of water will land crappie, largemouth and white bass. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Bass are good early morning around the marinas. Schooling off main lake points and inside marinas. On drop shots and small swimbaits. Finding shade for yourself will land you fish seeking the same relief from the Texas heat. Crappie are good on brush piles in 15-25 feet of water. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Twin Buttes

GREAT. Water stained. 86 degrees. 16.61 feet low. White bass are fair watch for sporadic surface action, the largest suspended 10-12 feet off the bottom. Crappie are good in deep water holding tight to standing timber using live minnows. Night fishing for crappie should be good under the lights using live shad or minnows. Channel catfish are excellent up on cheese bait, live bluegill, and fresh cut. Target open water in 24-30 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.66 feet below. Bass are slow on trick worms. Crappie are fair in 16-18 feet of water pushing into deeper water on brush piles and submerged structures using live minnows and jigs. Bluegill are good in 16 feet of water on red worms. If you find the bluegill you will find other species feeding. Catfish are good in 16 feet of water with minnows and stink bait. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 6.74 feet low. Crappie continue to be good biting jigs and minnows in 25-40 feet of water suspended at 15-20 feet in the timber, and on brush piles anywhere from 18-25 feet of water. As the water temperatures increase, look for fish to move deeper. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service. Black and white bass are good on topwaters early morning, then schooling throughout the day chasing shad. Catfish are good on live bait. Good numbers of crappie on brush piles and standing timber. Report by Johnny Matthews, local angler.

Walter E. Long

FAIR. Water clear; 82 degrees. Bass are fair in 10-15 feet of water along grass lines with a drop shot. Hybrid bass are fair in 20-25 feet of water on small swimbaits and Alabama rigs. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Weatherford

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 5.78 feet low. White bass are good with some schooling action under the birds and some fish suspended biting imitation shad. Bass are fair with Texas rigs and wacky worms. Crappie are fair on deeper main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good off docks using cut and prepared bait.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 23.27 feet low. Fishing off the pier in 4-6 feet of water is reeling in catfish and white bass. Catfish are good on cut shad. White bass and crappie are fair with many small sized catches under the pier lights on trout flies and small jigs.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 4.55 feet low. Catching largemouth in shallow cover on Coda Lures Apex Jigs off main lake points with drop shots and shaky heads rigged with a 254 Fishing finesse worm in motor oil candy. The main lake fish are fairly consistent early with some schooling fish, but they scatter out and suspend under bait for a majority of the day. Fishing any shallow cover available will produce some solid largemouth right now. Stripers are primarily schooling early, but there have been catches throughout the day. Large schools can be found on the main river channel in the 30 feet of water btiting on live shad. Report by Justin Prisock, Prisock’s Fishing Guide Service. Striped bass continue to have a good early topwater bite, and are schooling along the river ledges and near the dam fished off the bottom throwing big spoons and slabs. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Worth

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 2.00 feet low. White bass are good on main lake points and structure on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combination. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits around docks and main lake structure. Blue catfish are fair on the main lake structure, channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 2.13 feet above. The Texas heat has slowed the bite some. Crappie are good on main lake points using jigs and minnows. Limits of catfish are good but slowing some in the main lake using punch bait. Stay close the shoreline off points in evening to land feeding catfish. White bass are good and the heat has them schooling biting on anything imitating shad. Bluegill are good with red worms and crickets. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.