Weekly freshwater fishing report || April 8, 2022

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Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 60 degrees; 5.07 feet low. Crappie are good in 4-28 feet of water on minnows and a few catches on jigs. Full of eggs but waiting for the Easter Bunny and the full moon. Bait balls all over the lake. Catfish are slow on liver, fresh cut bait and live perch. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide. Milder winds and warm days should bring some good fishing this weekend. Bass are good on crankbaits, worms, and jigs. Report provided by Phillip Pool, Gone Fish’n Guide Service.

Amistad

GOOD. Water clear; 62 degrees; 51.58 feet low. Catfish are good scattered in 75-82 feet of water with a soft bite on punch bait. Catching some with eggs indicating they should start to move shallower to spawn. Few reports on bass. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T’s Guide Service.

Arlington

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.24 feet low. Bass are fair on crankbaits, jerk baits, and spinner baits near spawning areas. Look shallow along grass lines. Report by local angler Wesley Molina.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 58-64 degrees; 2.80 feet low. Catfish are good shallow using punch bait or fresh cut shad. Crappie are still transitioning to the shallows. No report on largemouth bass or white bass. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

SLOW. Water clear; 62-66 degrees; 0.49 feet above. Bass are good shallow in 2-8 feet of water around grass edges and beds using small moving baits. Crappie are good in 6-8 feet of water, pushing shallow to spawn, on small jigs and minnows. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

GOOD. Water clear; 60 degrees; 0.74 feet low. Bass are good with many fish on docks, and some on beds, but seem to be deeper so hard to see. Look for the warmer water for the spawning bass and throw the regular arsenal, such as, soft plastic stick baits, lizards and finesse worms or trick worms. Shallow crankbaits along laydowns and rocks are getting a few as well as deep cranks around rocks and ledges in 12-18 feet of water. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service. Lady Bird Lake continues to have a good bass bite along the grass line using creature baits. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.69 feet below. Fishing reports are similar. Black bass are good shallow on creature baits. Crappie are fair using minnows and l jigs on the structure edges and above brush piles. Catfish are good on cut and prepped bait.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water clear; 69 degrees. Bass are fair to good with a majority of fish on the smaller size. Worms are producing the best bite in shallow water. Report provided by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 3.50 feet low. Lack of flow in all tributaries has kept fish in the reservoir this spring. The water has warmed to 60 degrees or more above the 30 foot level, and most of the fishing is taking place in increasingly shallow water for that reason. White bass fishing has been excellent in the first 3 hours of the morning and last 2 hours prior to sunset. When the fish are spread horizontally in shallow water, the MAL Heavy Lure with silver blade and chartreuse tail has been the bait of choice. If fish are heavily grouped together in deeper, cooler water, the 5/8 ounce, white, Bladed Hazy Eye Slab has worked well. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Crappie are good in the coves and creeks in 1-4 feet of water using the ATX Lure Company wicked shad 2.25 inch paired with Dan’s Jigs 1/16 ounce jighead. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 5.59 feet low. Water temperatures are warming and the bite should improve. Largemouth bass should be staging for the spawn shallow near rocky shorelines biting on your favorite plastics. Crappie are fair using minnows and jigs. White bass are fair around the mouths of creeks on small slabs. Catfish are good on cut baits.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water clear; 60 degrees; 0.84 feet low. Spring pattern is locked in and the fish are biting well. The cold snap may slow the bite, but it should pick back up. Crappie are good shallow on minnows or jigs. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of water on cut bait. Sand bass are good in the main lake creek channel. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Brady

Good. Water dirty; 56 degrees; 8.01 feet low. Largemouth bass are excellent up to 8 pounds on watermelon red senkos, chatterbaits in shallow water. White bass are good on crankbaits. Crappie are good in Brady Creek with live minnows. Catfish are good in 6-8 feet of water with cut bait.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 69-71 degrees. Red drum have been excellent for shoreline anglers and boaters alike, using crawfish and live perch, trolling and casting dark colored soft plastics and crankbaits. Largemouth bass have been good around shorelines with reeds or structure on dark colored soft plastics and spinnerbaits. Catfish have been good on cheese bait, minnows, and worms.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 62 degrees; 4.53 feet low. Sand Bass and hybrid striped bass are feeding off and on throughout the day. The north end has had some pretty good action mid morning around working birds. For now, deadsticking has been very effective, and the slab bite should pick up pretty quickly. Largemouth bass are heading toward their spawn. Check out points at the entrances to big coves. Craw colored crankbaits and craw soft plastics have been producing well. Crappie have certainly moved shallow, especially in the north end. Try dipping some minnows around the shallow cover between docks. The spawn will continue moving south as it gets warmer. Look for blue catfish to move up shallower near old timber where cormorants roost using cut shad. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

SLOW. Water stained; 60-63 degrees; 2.44 feet low. Bass are good up to 10 pounds on jigs, crankbaits and swimbaits in 1-10 feet of water. Crappie are excellent on Lil Fishies in 12 feet of water. White bass are excellent on crankbaits and swimbaits in 2-6 feet of water.

Buchanan

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 57-62 degrees; 4.92 feet low. Bass are good on beds using jerk baits, floating worms, and senkos. The river bite is good in the backs of creeks flipping hardwoods. White bass and striped bass are excellent at the mouth of the river towards the Silver Creek area. Channel catfish are excellent on fresh shad. Crappie are good midlake in 18-25 feet of water on brush piles. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours. White bass are good on crankbaits off the river channel. Crappie are good in 3-15 feet of water on jigs and live bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.68 feet high. The lake level on Caddo has fallen some, and we have had a large population of bass spawned out so the bite has slowed. Reports of big trophy catches being caught here and there, but for most the bite is slow with some numbers still being caught on flukes and wacky worms with natural colors in clear and dark colors in stained water. Few are hitting top waters now around the trees, and that will only improve as the bream start bedding and the temperatures get hotter. Still a good time when you get to come to Caddo and enjoy this majestic lake that God spoke into existence even if the bite is slow. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship

Calaveras

GOOD. Water stained, 68-70 degrees. Red drum are good on shrimp, crawfish, perch and tilapia in water 12 feet of water or less around and underneath schooling baitfish. Channel and blue catfish have been good on cheese bait, minnows and worms around the park shoreline, pier area, and the railroad trestle for boaters.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 58-60 degrees; 1.20 feet low. Bass are very good midlake and spawning in the backs of creeks. Throw your favorite plastic, such as, weightless senkos, flukes, and small swimbaits. White bass and striped bass are under the birds biting small swimbaits, topwaters, jigging spoons and live bait. Crappie are slow. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water lightly stained; 64-69 degrees; 1.59 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 in 5-10 feet of water on brush piles using Texas rigs and buzz baits. White and hybrid bass are excellent at the mouths of creeks and main lake humps biting on rooster tails, and silver slabs. Catfish are good spawning on shallow flats biting live or cut shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 64 degrees; 19.60 feet low. Bass are very good near grass and hydrilla on spinnerbaits, RatLTraps, and crankbaits. By the dam big Carolina rigs and deep diving crankbaits are producing. White bass are on humps by the dam using live bait or jigging spoons. Crappie are improving to good on main lake brush piles using live bait. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GOOD. Water clear; 62 degrees; 3.84 feet low. There are good fishing reports throughout the lake on crappie, bass, channel cat and carp. The crappie spawn continues and the bite is good on minnows and jigs. Bass are shallow on spawning beds biting creature baits, RatLTraps and divers. Channel and blue catfish are good on earthworms moving to shallower water. The carp have been coming to the shore surface creating easy hunting conditions for bow and blowgun fishing. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Slightly stained; 58 degrees; 2.10 feet low. The water is warming and fish should be moving shallow. Bass are fair shallow biting on crankbaits, chatterbaits and RatLTraps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs on brush piles. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

Conroe

GOOD. Slightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.03 feet low. Water clarity is good, but a lot of pollen on the graph. Some catfish are being caught on bulkheads early and late as the shad are in spawn. Baited holes are not producing as well due to the shad spawn along the shoreline. Shaded docks in the afternoon producing decent catches using liver, shrimp, catfish bubblegum. Hybrid bass are schooling in 19-27 feet of water trolling with a hellbender and a pet spoon, or using your electronics to find them. Many have had success near the 1097 bridge. Some crappie are spawning in the shallows. We had success this week on ones that have already spawn in 14-27 feet of water using white/chartreuse hair jigs from Lone Star Crappie Jigs, as well as black/chartreuse plastics from Constant Pursuit Outfitters & Miss Bacon Baits on standing timber, lay downs, and brush piles. Not getting many hits on minnows in the deeper water. Black bass continue to be good with multiple buck bass biting creature baits on beds in 3-8 feet of water early morning. Transition into deeper water in the afternoon with creature baits and RatLTraps. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 4.25 feet low. Fishing is improving with the warmer water temperatures. Blue catfish are excellent on fresh cut bait. Channel catfish are good on prepared baits. Report by Johnny Ward, Ward’s Catfish Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 4.32 feet low. Fish are locked into the spring pattern and the bite is good. Catfish are good in 2 feet of water on worms, soap baits, shad, and perch. Largemouth bass are good 2-4 feet of water near structure on crankbaits, RatLTraps, and jigs. White bass good 4-8 feet of water near the dam on jigs and spoons. Crappie good 2 feet of water on minnows and jigs near structure in coves and creeks. Freshwater drum are good in 2-4 feet of water on shrimp and worms. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.

Cypress Springs

Water stained; 60 degrees; 2.42 feet low. Warm spring weather has had the surface temps on the rise. Main lake temperature currently sits in the low 60’s while shallow water temps have risen to the lower 70’s. These increasing temperatures will have the fish on the move in the shallows looking for spawning areas. As the bass move up to spawn they will become protective of bedding areas. Sunfish will typically move up looking to feed on the eggs and the hatchlings. Use baits such as shallow running crankbaits in a perch pattern to target these fish. Crappie will be in large groups up shallow as well. Where you catch one, you can typically catch several. Remember though that these fish are reproducing so if you are keeping fish, only take what you need. Jigs or minnows under a slip cork will be key. The channel catfish will be moving up as well. Use soured grain or range cubes to bait the area and then come back a few hours later, or preferably the next day and use a cork rig to suspend your prepared bait. Such as dough or punch style baits. Report by Captain Mike Thompson, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normally stained, 66 degrees; 3.17 feet low. White bass are good in creeks and in the river as well as on main lake points in shallow water on Johnson Min-O-Spins and Roadrunners. Crappie are good around marinas, brush piles, and walls in shallow water with minnows and jigs with white color combination on cloudy days. Some fish are being reported caught shallow in pre-spawn staging areas. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits around docks and main lake structure. Blue catfish are good on cut bait drift fishing and anchored in mid-depths and shallow as long as there is steady wind. Water levels have been dropping quickly, exercise caution as shallow mudflats and other shallow areas are starting to present hazards. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and Catfish Edge.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 41.18 feet low. Crappie see good in 10–15 feet of water on hardwoods. Catfish are shallow spawning. Carp and gar are good along the edges of grass. Report provided by Ram Reyes, Texas Kings Outdoors.

Fayette

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees. Bass are good on crankbaits and water dogs in 2-8 feet of water. Catfish are full of eggs and on nests. They are hitting punch bait around structure in 4-10 feet of water. Perch are good on worms or crickets on shallow flats. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

FAIR. Water Stained; 61-68 degrees; 6.36 feet low. Lake Fork just hosted two giant crappie tournaments on back to back weekends and really showed out for big fish.There has not been huge numbers being caught the past week, but big fish are being caught daily. Our spring pattern has finally arrived and we are catching fish in the trees on the north ends of the lake in 5-15 feet of water. Fish are moving north in 15-25 feet of water on trees along creek channels and the mouths of coves and creeks, with the best bite in 10-11 feet at the base of trees. Catching good numbers of fish on lay downs under 10 feet of water on slip bobbers set 3-5 feet deep with minnows. Many reports of fish in 1-2 feet of water in the last few hours of daylight. Jigs are working well on fish this time of year, but minnows will still load the boat for you. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service. Largemouth bass are spawning in flooded timber in 1-4 feet of water. The bite is good on Texas rigs and weightless senkos. Good Luck and good fishing. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell and Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Pro.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 57 degrees; 1.92 feet low. Hybrid bass and white bass are fair on structure using live bait. Crappie are reported to be good on jigs and minnows near the mouths of creeks. Catfish are good in shallow to moderate depths on cut bait. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Graham

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 3.31 feet low. Crappie are good near the crappie house using minnows and jigs. Sand bass are good on slabs, and shad imitation baits. Catfish are good on jug lines and cut bait.

Granbury

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.19 feet low. Striped bass are slow, but can be caught mid lake in 25-50 feet of water on deep diving crankbaits, slabs and live bait. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC. Blue catfish are biting good on cut shad. As water temperatures increase, anglers should fish shallower flats in 4-10 feet of water along main channels and shallower feeder creeks for the most active fish. Flatheads have become more active in early evening hours and can be caught on cut or live shad and live bluegills/perch. Look for flatheads to be holding in or near timber and around rock structures. Report by Mike Watkins, Personal Best Guide Service.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.58 feet high. Black bass are good on white spinner baits fished in very shallow water. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished under slip bobber in shallow water. White bass are good on white Roadrunners fished up river. Blue catfish are very good on shad fished in 2-3 feet of water. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 1.16 feet low. White bass are good chasing bait balls around the lake. Look for active birds then fish in the top ten feet of the water column with a slow retrieve using three inch Storm Largo Shad. When you find active troll within casting range so you don’t spook the fish. Bass are fair with reports of catches up to six pounds. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water stained; 58 degrees; 40.59 feet low. The bite has improved as we head into spring. Largemouth bass are good on shallow beds using spinner baits, Texas rigs, and minnows. Crappie and white bass are fair near gravel beds and brush piles using jigs and minnows.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.25 feet above. Crappie are good near brush piles and structure on minnows. Bass are good shallow on beds biting creature baits, and pushing to deeper water on crankbaits. Catfish are good on windblown flats with cut bait.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 58 degrees; 3.33 feet low. White bass are good in the creeks and upper end of the reservoir using a MALure. Catfish are good in shallow to moderate depths on cut bait. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.18 feet above. Largemouth bass are fair along the shoreline with Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs near the mouth of creek channels on brush piles. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 2.02 feet low. Bass are good, but not on spawning beds just yet. Some of the larger bass have moved up, but are really slow to take a moving bait. Windblown points and shoreline with bait present are high percentage areas to fish suspending jerkbaits and drag soft plastics slowly along any bottom structure. The mouths of coves and creek beds that are in 10-15 feet of water can also produce with a Carolina rigged Zoom trick worm or Texas rigged senko. White/chartreuse bellied crankbaits early morning and late afternoon working around any windy shoreline in 5-10 feet of water with structure present can also be productive. Report provided by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions.

Lake O’ the Pines

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.21 feet above. Spring pattern is locked in and the fish are biting well. The cold snap may slow the bite, but it should pick back up. Crappie are excellent shallow on stumps using minnows. Catfish are good shallow on cheese bait. Sand bass are excellent north of the 259 bridge and below the dam. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 55-58 degrees; 2.69 feet low. White bass and the hybrid striped bass have made their way up the creek systems. Rooster tails and small crappie jigs are working well. Live bait such as minnows crawfish and extra large minnows will attract both species. When targeting a white bass use a four pound line, and a 8-12 pound monofilament for hybrid striped bass. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.64 feet low. Crappie and white bass are good drifting jigging spoons in the creek. Largemouth bass are good sight fishing on beds using creature baits. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Crappie are good in 4-18 feet of water on chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 1.68 feet low. Fishing will be similar heading into the weekend. White bass are starting to show up on points and humps in 20-30 feet of water. Smaller white bass can still be caught deeper in 32-65 feet of water near river channels using jigs or live shad. Hybrid stripers are slow, but can be picked off every once in a while. They will be hanging around the white bass. Catfish are steady with a good bite most days drifting cut shad or chicken breasts. Check near wind blown points and flats near creek channels. Catfish can also be caught shallow this time of year near the creek mouths and around flooded timber in 1-24 feet of water. Anchor in the shallow water and drift the points and flats. Crappie are fair all over the lake in depths ranging from 2-35 feet of water. Piles of leaves, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, and bridge columns have all produced fish on minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water clear; 61-69 degrees; 0.10 feet above. Fishing has been awesome with water in the low 60’s in the morning and upper 60’s by the afternoon. Crappie and bass are bedding and the bite is really good right now. Crappie are good on minnows in 4 feet or less. Largemouth bass are good in 4 feet or less on chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, Texas rigs, finesse jigs, and topwater frogs. Whitebass are transitioning back to the main lake biting on silver jigging spoons in 5-12 feet of water. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 59 degrees; 0.10 feet below. The shad have moved into the bulkheads attracting the catfish. Catfish are good on cut baits in bulkheads all over the lake. White bass are improving to good on the lake using slabs and Ducktracker slabs. Report provided by Randy Reynolds, Randy’s River Adventures Guide Service.

Martin Creek

SLOW. 61 degrees. Water lightly stained; 0.01 feet above. Bass are good along the shoreline near cover on Texas rigs, crankbaits, and swimbaits. Crappie are good on brush piles, and submerged timer. Catfish are fair on punch bait and liver.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 51.90 feet low. Fish are moving shallow as the water temperature increases. Black bass are fair shallow using chatterbaits and crankbaits. White bass are good on spoons in the creeks. Striped bass are fair. Catfish are good with cut bait.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 48-52 degrees; 52.32 feet low. Bass are good in the shallows on minnows, and artificial baits. Catfish are fair on perch, minnows, and nightcrawlers. Crappie are starting to move in, but are slow on minnows and artificials. Walleye are good shallow early morning and evening on minnows, nightcrawlers, grubs, stick baits and other artificials. Still some trout being caught in the Spring Canyon Stilling Basin on power baits and small spinners. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 61 degrees; 2.42 feet low. The water is warming and fish should be moving shallow. Bass should be migrating shallow to spawning beds biting on creature baits. Crappie should be transitioning back to the main lake structure biting on jigs and minnows. Catfish should be moving shallow biting on cut bait.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clear to stained; 69 degrees. We are in the early-to-mid stages of the bass spawn. Many buck bass are up shallow and some egg-filled girls are moving in. Red colored lizards, craws, and creature baits are in order. A red square worked just off the shore has produced some nice bites. The Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water murky; 66 degrees. 0.70 feet low. Bass are good flipping the reeds and hardwoods in the river biting on soft plastic baits. Crappie have been good in the reeds, rivers, and around the dam, using black/chartreuse crappie jigs and minnows. Catfish have been good in the rivers and by the dam using stink bait. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Stained; 58 degrees; 1.63 feet low. Fishing has slowed. Crappie are shallow with catches on jigs and minnows. Bass are fair off the bank using crankbaits. Catfish are fair in deep water on cut shad and trotlines.

O.C. Fisher

FAIR. Water stained; 57 degrees; 42.86 feet low. Largemouth bass are good and should be migrating shallow to spawning beds. Crappie are good on minnows and white jigs near structure. White bass are fair on silver spoons. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live, and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water clear; 50-54 degrees; 17.10 feet low. White bass are on fire with live bait or jigs at the mouths of rivers in 18-24 feet of water. Crappie are slow 18 feet of water jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are good shallow. Catfish are good shallow on prepared baits, and cut bait for those bigger fish. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Oak Creek

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 6.35 feet low. With the water temperature warming look for fish to move shallow. Catfish are fair on cut bait on windblown points. Crappie are fair in brush piles using minnows and jigs. Bass are good moving shallow to spawn biting on creature baits.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.29 feet high. When the wind allows it the fishing is good. Bass are good shallow on the north and south end biting big eyed spinnerbaits, senkos, and jigs. Crappie are good in the creek channels on jigs, some catches on minnows. Sand bass are slow while transitioning into the main lake. Catfish are good in the river channel on baited holes and under boat houses on nightcrawlers, liver and chicken hearts. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Fishing Guide Service. Crappie bite continues to be good on jigs with fish suspended in 2-12 feet of water. Report provided by Mark Standrige, Three Nails Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.97 feet low. Fish are up shallow in the warmer water. Bass are fair along shorelines with Texas rigs. Crappie are good on the main lake submerged structure using jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on commercial baits and cut bait.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 1.75 feet low. Water temperatures have finally hit 60 degrees on the main lake. Striped bass are fair to good on live shad. Some can be caught trolling jigs and umbrella rigs. Sand bass are fair and starting to show back up in the lake. Chartreuse, white, and silver slabs on main lake points seem to be the best. Catfish are good in shallow water 10 feet or less using cut shad. Lots of eater size catfish with the occasional big cat being caught. Report provided by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water clear; 62 degrees; 1.96 feet low. Sand bass are fair on RatLTraps off points. Crappie are good in shallow water. Catfish are fair at the back of the lake. Black bass are fair. Hybrid striped bass are slow. Black bass are fair in less than 6 feet of water.

Raven

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees; 3 feet low. Catfish are good, with a hot bite on live bluegill. Bass are active early morning on top waters and tubes around the grass. Crappie are good on minnows around structure.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 61-65 degrees; 1.34 feet low. White bass are good on shallow flats and drop-offs in 10-24 feet of water. Throwing tail spinners for shallow fish, and slabs with 1 ounce jig for deeper fish. Fish are moving fast in deeper water, when the shallows warm they will move up to spawn. Crappie are showing up at the marinas with jigs and minnows working equally well. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

SLOW; Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.75 feet low. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in submerged structures. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, craws and swimbaits. White bass are fair on slabs.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 50-56 degrees; 2.20 feet low. Crappie are slow as they move to the shallows for their spawn. A few nice catches on minnows and minnows in 20 feet of water. White bass are slow on main lake points and humps in 35-40 feet of water using slabs.Catfish are fair on Danny King’s punch bait Catfish on a #4 Treble Hook in timber on the Richland Arm. The larger blue catfish are good in 5-10 feet of water near a slope, drop-off, and back of coves. Fish on the bottom and you will find fish. Best days will be breezy with clouds. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 1.85feet low. Waves of fish are coming shallow to spawn and then heading back out. Bass are good on soft plastics, flukes and frogs. Crappie are bedding shallow biting corks and minnows. Catfish are good and hungry moving shallow to 12 feet of water on cut bait, and shiners. White bass are fair, not schooling in the main lake yet. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 62 degrees; 1.41 feet high. Bass are very good starting to nest shallow. Hitting broken back crankbaits in 3-8 feet of water. Crappie are good moving into the main lake brush piles in 12-18 feet of water. Catfish are good on flats in 2-6 feet biting on shad, liver, and punch bait. White bass and hybrid bass are good trolling with green slabs and pencil minnows in 8-10 feet of water. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 53 degrees. 39.40 feet low. Crappie are good using minnows and jigs. Bass are fair on creature baits, and should be migrating shallow to beds. Channel catfish are fair on live and cut bait on windblown points.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 58 degrees; 2.02 feet low. Windy Texas days but the fishing is good and shallow. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, chicken liver, and cut perch. Bass are good shallow biting bass minnows, crankbaits, and RatLTraps. Crappie are good near the crappie house and shallow using live minnows and jigs. White bass are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 3.55 feet low. White bass are returning to the lake after a very weak spawn with lots of small fish now making up the catch. Trolling small, shad-imitation crankbaits is effective. Once an area is found with a concentration of fish present, casting the MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail works well to add numbers to the catch. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Sulphur Springs

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 4.96 feet low.. Bass are fair along the shoreline with creature baits, senkos and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on submerged structure with jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair with punch bait and cut bait.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 2.26 feet low. Lake Tawakoni has warmer up to the lower 60’s and fish are really beginning to feed well. The white bass and hybrid striped are feeding on large schools of shad on main lake points. Slab spoons and swim baits have been a solid choice to put large amounts of fish in the boat in a short amount of time.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.23 feet low. Crappie are fair on brushpiles north of Sandy Creek and the Navidad River on minnows. Catfish are good shallow on liver perch, cut bait and juglines.

Texoma

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.40 feet low. Striped bass are fair on Alabama rigs and swimbaits on the west and north end of the lake on humps, drop-offs, and points and ledges. Peak of the spawn, and those that have spawned are aggressive and ready to bite. The birds are starting to work, so keep an eye out. Sand bass are mixed in with the stripers. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water stained; 59 degrees; 1.98 feet low. The water level is 169.5 with two generators running 24 hours each for the last week. The buck bass are bedding and the female should move up on the next full moon. The magic spawn temperature for a bass is 68-72 degrees. The weather forecast says that rain is on its way again. After a rainfall, head to the back of the creeks and find clear, shallow, calm and stable water out of the current. The bass will be feeding in the new vegetation along the banks where insects and bugs have washed into the lake. Use topwater imitations like popping frogs, buzz baits, spinnerbaits, wacky worms, lizards, and don’t forget them swim jigs and BIG swimbaits. The Crappie are hitting the banks now, in 2-5 feet of water biting on live minnows under a slip cork rig, roadrunner style bladed jigs and plastics with or without an indicator. Best colors for plastics are monkey milk, bluegrass blue and chartreuse. Fly fishers are casting a white/red collar fly jig and a white/chartreuse Clouser minnow. The magic spawn temperature for the crappie is 65 degrees. Catfish are still holding in 2-4 feet of water early in the mornings at the base of cypress trees mid lake. The catfish are biting on a slip cork rig from first light to 8:30 A.M. with shrimp, chicken livers and Captain’s garlic (chicken flavored) weenies. The air is crisp, and the campfires are warm so get the family and go fishing for those good times and wonderful memories! Remember to always keep your life jack on while on the water because the water is cold, and hypothermia is dangerous. 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; 65 degrees; 21.72 feet low. Largemouth bass are good using jigs and worms around boat docks in 12-18 feet of water. On a windy day cast an Alabama rig or a jerkbait. Crappie are good up the river with live bait. White bass are slow. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours. Largemouth bass are good along cove banks and main lake bluffs. Dropshots are producing the best bite, but crankbaits and chatterbaits will put fish in the boat too. The bass spawn is wrapping up. Crappie and bluegill are spawning. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained. 62 degrees. 12.95 feet low. White bass are on fire with live bait or jigs at the mouths of rivers in 18-24 feet of water. Crappie are slow 18 feet of water jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are good shallow. Catfish are good shallow on prepared baits, and cut bait for those bigger fish. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.21 feet above. Crappie jigs and minnows shallow and bass are shallow trick worms and crankbaits. Carp spawning shallow. Catfish are good on frozen shad. Bluegill are good on red worms. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 62 degrees; 4.89 feet low. Crappie are good in the coves and creeks in 1-4 feet of water using the ATX Lure Company wicked shad 2.25 inch paired with Dan’s Jigs 1/16 ounce jighead. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service. Blue and channel catfish are good with an assortment of cut bait on shallow windblown banks and flats near main tributaries. The flathead bite is picking up at night. Report by Jason “SPUD” Barton, Cattin’ Around Adventure’s Professional Guide Service.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water clear; 64 degrees. Bass fishing has slowed, but is still good on Yum Dingers and senkos. Report provided by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

Weatherford

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 3.49 feet low. Bass are good along shorelines with your favorite plastics. Crappie are good on structure and submerged brush with minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on punch bait.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 58 degrees; 22.78 feet low. Crappie are good on white jigs, should move up shallow soon. Catfish are good on shrimp. Largemouth bass should be migrating shallow to beds biting on creature baits.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.40 feet low. Striped bass are good in 20-60 feet of water. Look for fish suspended off the bottom as those are the ones that are feeding more actively. Artificials like deep diving crankbaits are working, but live bait is preferred. Fish are scattered throughout the reservoir from the dam all the way to the river. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

Worth

GOOD. Water normally stained; 66 degrees; 2.04 feet low. Fishing patterns are holding steady. White bass are good in creeks and in the river as well as on main lake points in shallow water and in the river on Johnson Min-O-Spins and Road Runners. Crappie are good around marinas, brush piles, and walls with minnows and jigs with white color combination on cloudy days as well as in the river. Bass are fair on boat docks and in standing timber on crankbaits and finesse baits. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut bait in all depths both drifting fishing and fishing anchored both mid-depths and shallow. Report provided by Chad Ferguson, North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 5.99 feet above. White bass are fair on main lake points trolling with a crankbait and RatLTrap. The bite should pick up any day now. Catfish are good on cut bait. Crappie are good in the mainlake jigs and minnows. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.