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Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of April 22, 2022

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 62 degrees; 5.50 feet low. Crappie are good in 5-20 feet of water on minnows and jigs. They are full of eggs moving up to spawn. Catfish are slow on liver, fresh cut bait and live perch. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide. Bass are good and in prespawn mode biting on senkos, swimbaits and spinner jigs. Report provided by Phillip Pool, Gone Fish’n Guide Service.

Amistad

GOOD. Water clear; 66-69 degrees; 54.38 feet low. Windy, windy windy. Channel catfish are good in 35-49 feet of water on punch bait. Blue catfish are holding to 60 feet of water. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T’s Guide Service. Largemouth bass are around the edges of hydrilla. Some fish on beds however, most spawning is on deep ledges. Texas rigged plastics in craw pattern are working 5-15 feet. White bass and stripers are good below 30 feet following shad balls. Catfish are great on stink bait and cut bait. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service.

Arlington

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 70degrees; 1.28 feet low. Bass are fair on crankbaits, jerk baits, and spinnerbaits along the grass lines. Crappie are on brush piles using jigs and minnows. White bass are in the creek and under the bridge on minnows. Catfish are fair on points.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 62-65 degrees; 2.95 feet low. Fishing continues to be good with similar patterns. Crappie bite is picking up. Blue and channel catfish can be caught out in deeper water drifting with fresh cut shad, and in shallow drop-offs. Black bass fishing seems to be picking up. White bass are slow. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water clear; 71degrees; 0.42 feet above. Fish are shallow. Bass can be caught on beds in 2-4 feet of water with moving baits, jigs and craw imitation lures. Look for beds in 2-4 feet of water. Crappie are good in 4-6 feet of water around docks using small jigs. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

GOOD. Water clear; 66 degrees; 0.58 feet low. Bass are good in the canals with wacky worms, small paddle tail swimbait, or a shaky head senkos in shallow water. Cloudy days are producing the best bite. On Lady Bird Lake bass are fishing good on plastics in the grass and bridges in 1-15 feet of water. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.52 feet below. Bass are fair still shallow in cover, with some pushing out using senkos, chatterbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair using minnows and jigs on structure and brush piles. Catfish are good moving shallow on cut and cheese bait.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water clear; 68 degrees. There are some fish still on beds with the full moon coming this week but a lot are done and feeding up. Best bet is to run the grass lines in pockets and work the edges of those, either front side or back side where the grass starts from the sand. A lot of the bites are coming just in the grass from the sandy areas. Use 4-5 inch worms in those areas. A shallow crankbait will get the bite as well. There are some fish deeper as well and you can catch those around humps using Carolina rigged small worms and creature baits as well as small straight tail swimbaits on small ball head jigs, Ned rigs and shaky heads. If you want to catch bed fish, work the reeds in as deep of water as possible. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 3.70 feet low. Lake Belton white bass fishing is off the charts right now, and should continue to be excellent through late May. As fish metabolism rises with water temperature, the fish are feeding even under non-ideal weather conditions. A reliable shallow water bite is taking place each morning, fueled by spawning threadfin shad, then fish are transitioning out to deeper water as the skies brighten. For the first time since the spring warmup, the MAL Heavy Lure used vertically is now out-producing slabs. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 4.81 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.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water clear; 65 degrees; 0.48 feet low. Crappie are good up to 15 feet of water on brush piles using jigs or minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait or cheese bait in 5 feet of water. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Brady

Good. Water dirty; 72 degrees; 8.29 feet low. Most of the largemouth Bass have spawned but some are still on beds. Lots of 3-4 lb Bass are still being caught shallow with a few over 5 lbs on watermelon red yum dingers, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. Some being caught on the rocks with square bill crankbaits. Channel cat and blue cat are fair on live perch or shad in 6-10’. Yellow cat (flathead) are fair on live perch. White bass are fair on live minnows or small crankbaits all over the lake. Crappie are fair on minnows at the marina with a lot of undersized crappie being caught.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 73 degrees. Largemouth bass remain good around the reeds on dark colored jigs and soft plastics moving slightly offshore during midday sun. Red drum have been good for boaters and shoreline anglers alike using live perch, cutbait and shrimp. Channel catfish have been fair on shrimp, cutbait and cheese bait.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 62 degrees; 4.68 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; 62-65 degrees; 2.79 feet low. Bass are good with catches up to 7.5 pounds on jigs, crankbaits and spinner baits in 1-10 feet of water. Crappie are excellent with catches just under two pounds on minnow imitation soft plastics in 3-9 feet of water. White bass are excellent on crankbaits and swimbaits on rock in 2-6 feet of water.

Buchanan

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 66-70 degrees; 5.05 feet low. Bass are excellent in backs of coves, find the shad and you will find the fish shallow. Striped bass are good with topwaters and swimbaits. White bass are good with some topwater action and using jigging spoons. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows. Catfish are good up river in the hardwoods where the cormorants roost. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.37 feet high. The bass bite on Caddo is beginning to transition to post spawn so the tree bite will get tough. The grass bite is starting to heat up with frogs and buzz baits, with some tree bites on flukes, swimbaits and wacky worms. Trees are turning green and pads are coming up, so this is a beautiful time to come and enjoy God’s creation as Caddo is one of a kind. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship

Calaveras

GOOD. Water stained, 71 degrees. Red drum have been good around the boat ramps for anglers using live perch, cutbait and shrimp. Trolling silver spoons and soft plastics around the dam and powerline areas is producing as well. Channel catfish and blue catfish have been fair on shrimp and cheese bait. Hybrid striped bass are slow.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.48 feet low. Bass are very good on the lower end and middle lake in the Corp of Engineer brush piles and around grass. Biting on dropshots, Carolina rigs, crankbaits, or your favorite plastic in watermelon candy color. Striped bass and white bass are good at night in the greenlights near marinas. Crappie are good up river in the hardwoods on live minnows. Catfish are slow. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water lightly stained; 65-70 degrees; 1.70 feet low. Fishing is excellent despite the high winds. 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. Quarter ounce crappie jigs and silver slabs. Catfish are excellent on fresh shad near retaining walls and rocks. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 19.88 feet low. Bass are excellent on square bill crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and Texas rigged 10 inch worms near grass. The frog and spinner bite is good up river. White bass are excellent on lower end humps with jigging spoons. Crappie excellent over brush piles with live minnows. Catfish are good 14-25 feet of water using live minnows and cheese bait. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GOOD. Water clear; 68 degrees; 4.17 feet low. High winds continue to blow, please check the forecast before heading out. Crappie are great in the evening and night on minnows and jigs. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Slightly stained; 64 degrees; 2.37 feet low. Bass are fair shallow along vegetation and structure flipping creature baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs on main lake brush piles. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

Conroe

GOOD. Slightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.19 feet low. Many folks are doing well on catfish in the bulkheads early and late, as the shad are in spawn. Shaded docks in the afternoon are producing decent catches using liver, shrimp, shad or minnows under a cork. Hybrids are schooling in 17-27 feet of water trolling with a hellbender and a pet spoon. Please check the Texas Parks & Wildlife to see the tooth patch between hybrids and whites. Crappie are good in 14-28 feet of water on orange/monkey milk crappie jigs, and crappie magnets in sho nuff on standing timber, lay downs, brush piles. Many hits on minnows in the deeper water. Black bass are good dead sticking weightless senkos close to bulkheads. Multiple buck bass off of beds using creature baits in 3-8 feet of water early morning then moving deeper in the afternoon creature baits and RatLTraps. Always wear your life jacket!Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 63-70 degrees; 2.50 feet low. Fishing for all species is good. Blue and channel catfish are great on fresh cut bait. Report by Johnny Ward, Ward’s Catfish Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

GOOD. Catfish are good in 2-8 feet of water on cheese bait, worms, soap baits, shad, and perch. Reports of good blue cats on trotlines on cut shad. Largemouth bass are good in 3-6 feet of water near structure on crankbaits, RatLTraps, and jigs. White bass good in 10 feet of water on small spoons and live minnows. Crappie are good in 6-10 feet of water on minnows and jigs near structure. Freshwater drum are good in 4-8 feet of water on shrimp and worms. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.

Cypress Springs

Water stained; 60 degrees; 1.87 feet low. Recent rain and big wind has a lot of the shallow water stained. Main lake temperatures are in the upper 60s and the shallows are hovering in the low 70s. There are still fish moving and feeding in shallows. With the shad spawn approaching, look for the bass to be feeding heavy in the areas where they spawn. Fast moving baits like lipless crank baits and spinner baits are good choices but this is my favorite time to use buzzbaits to target these fish. Crappie are still good in the shallows around structure like dock pilings or retaining walls. Slip cork rigs with bright color jigs such as electric chicken are producing a lot of bites. Look for the catfish in the areas where fresh water runoff and creeks have flowed into the lake. These fish can be caught on multiple baits such as fresh cut shad, punch bait or even night crawlers work well in these areas. Report by Captain Mike Thompson, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normally stained, 68 degrees; 3.37 feet low. Fish are in the spring pattern fishing the same. White bass are good in creeks and in the river as well as on main lake points in shallow water on shiners 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; 41.64 feet low. Bass are good on chatterbaits, creature baits, and spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on submerged timber, and spawning by the dam. Catfish are good shallow. Carp are good bow fishing. Gar are in open water.

Fayette

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees. Bass are good on humps with craw jigs and crankbaits in 8-18 feet of water. Catfish are hitting punch bait on trotlines over chum. Perch are good on worms on shallow flats.. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

FAIR. Water Stained; 61-68 degrees; 6.00 feet low. Lake Fork crappie fishing has been really good this past week. We are seeing fish scattered from 2-25 feet of water for the spring spawn. Trees along main lake creek channels in 9-21 feet of water are producing numbers and big fish. Reports of shallow fish being caught in 3-8 feet on stumps, brush and lay downs. Finally catching some spawned out fish, but we should have plenty more time before the fish head back out deeper. Jigs will produce well this time of year, but minnows are still working. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service. Bass bite is good early mornings on square bills, chatterbaits, and spinner baits in a shad pattern on windy points 1-3 feet of water. Shaky heads are producing on timbered points in 2-5 feet of water. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell and Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Pro.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.37 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 and main lake brush piles. 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; 66 degrees; 3.60 feet low. Crappie are good near the crappie house, and on brush piles using minnows and jigs. Sand bass are good on slabs, and shad imitation baits. Catfish are good shallow on cut and prepared baits.

Granbury

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.42 feet low. Finding lots of good sized channel catfish in 6-14 feet of water using cut buffalo and shad. Flatheads are firing up in all depths using live or large pieces of cut bait. Best bite seems to be between 7-9 p.m. then falls off until after midnight. Report by Jeffery Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing. Bass are good in the backs of creeks and canals, and near the dam in the grass on soft plastics, the frog bite has started. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.38 feet high. Black bass are good to five pounds on red shad power worms fished up river around timber. Crappie are good on hand tied jigs fished in 1-4 feet of water all over the lake. White bass are fair on spoons and RatLTraps fished along shallow road beds. Blue catfish are very good on shad fished in 2-4 feet of water. Yellow catfish are fair on frontlines fished up river. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.34 feet low. Catching numbers of white bass, but most are on the smaller side. Look under birds in 10 feet of water using a paddle-tail with a quarter ounce jighead. Keep binoculars on board to scan the lake for birds. Catfish are good on cutshad. Largemouth bass are good first break in 3-5 feet, transitioning deeper with the sun. All boat ramps open. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 40.94 feet low. Bass are gair on shallow beds along rocky shorelines with creature 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; 63 degrees; 0.16 feet above. Crappie are good on brush piles and docks using minnows and jigs. Bass are good in shallow vegetation and rocks on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfish are good starting to transition shallow on cut and prepared baits.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 3.48 feet low. White bass are good on the upper end of the reservoir using slabs or silver jigging spoons. 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; 67 degrees; 0.11 feet above. Largemouth bass are fair along the shoreline with some pushing out on chatterbaits and flukes. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs on main lake brush piles. Catfish are fair shallow on cut bait.

Joe Pool

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 2.07 feet low. Fishing is good on Joe Pool. Bass are good, on windblown points using squarebills, dropshots, Carolina rigs, and senkos. Crappie are good near the dam on brush piles, and structure. Report provided by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions.

Lake O’ the Pines

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.70 feet above. Crappie are good up to 15 feet of water on brush piles using jigs or minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait or cheese bait in 5 feet of water. 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; 0.36 feet low. The winds are still blowing, be mindful of the forecast before heading out. White bass and the hybrid striped bass are in the creek systems biting rooster tails and small crappie jigs. Live bait such as minnows crawfish and extra large minnows will attract both species. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.80 feet low. 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; 64 degrees; 0.44 feet low. White bass are on points and humps in 20-30 feet of water using slabs or live bait. Hybrid stripers are slow, mixed in with the crappie. Catfish are good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts on wind blown points and flats near creek channels. Anchor shallow near flooded timber in 1-24 feet of water. Crappie are fair to good from 2-35 feet of water on piles of leaves, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, and bridge columns using minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

GREAT. Water clear; 69-72 degrees; 0.11 feet above. Crappie are good in four feet or less on minnows. Largemouth bass are good in less than three feet of water jigs, Texas rigs and chatterbaits. White bass are good on main lake points in 7-14 feet of water on silver jigging spoons. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 65 degrees; 0.07 feet below. Catfish are good moving shallow with a steady bite on cut shad. White bass are good main lake humps using slabs. Bass are fair on shallow rocky shorelines using creature baits and senkos.

Martin Creek

SLOW. 68 degrees. Water lightly stained; 0.01 feet above. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles and structure. Bass are good in beds along the shoreline with plastics. 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; 58 degrees; 53.04 feet low. Black bass are fair shallow using chatterbaits and crankbaits. White bass are good on spoons on main lake points. Striped bass are fair following bait balls. Catfish are good with cut bait.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 54-58 degrees; 52.54 feet low. Bass are good in the shallows on minnows and artificials. Catfish are good on crawlers, minnows, stink baits, and livers. Crappie are still slow but should pick up with the warmer days in the forecast. Look deep in 25-30 feet of water using minnows and artificial baits. Trout are slow in Spring Canyon Stilling Basin on power baits, flys, small spinners. Walleye are good from bank to 30 feet of water, on minnows, crawlers and artificial baits. Walleye fry were stocked last week. Stay safe my friends! Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 2.65 feet low. Bass are shallow on beds biting on creature baits, crankbaits, and chatterbaits. Crappie are on main lake brush piles using jigs and minnows. Catfish are shallow on windblown points using cut shad and prepared baits.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clear to stained; 74 degrees. Many buck bass are up shallow and we’ve seen LARGE girls doing their “parade” along the shore and in the shallow ditches. Red colored lizards, craws, and creatures are in order. We are choking on the over abundance of grass. Good for the bass, but tough for the bass fishing. The crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water murky; 67 degrees. 0.57 feet low. Bass were good in the reeds and in the river. Flipping soft plastics. Crappie we’re good in the reeds, boat-docks, and around the bridge pilings, using crappie jigs and minnows. Catfish were good by the dam and in the river using stink bait and cut bait. Murky water color and a 72 water temp. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Stained; 65 degrees; 1.78 feet low. Fishing has been good shallow on the rocks in the marina. Crappie are shallow 1-5 feet of water with catches on blue/white jigs and minnows. Sand bass are good on main lake windblown points using jigs. Bass are fair off the bank with crankbaits. Catfish are good in shallow water around docks on cut shad and trotlines.

O.C. Fisher

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 43.20 feet low. Largemouth bass are good in shallow vegetation on crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and white jigs on main lake brush piles. White bass are fair on silver spoons and slabs on windblown points and humps. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live, and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water clear; 60-63 degrees; 17.52 feet low. White bass are good with live bait or jigs at the mouths of rivers in 18-20 feet of water. Crappie are slow suspended 15-30 feet of water on jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are good shallow as the spawn season is upon us. Catfish are good shallow on prepared baits, live and cut bait. Good time to bow fish for Gar and Carp.

Oak Creek

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 64-65 degrees; 6.66 feet low. Fishing is good when the winds allow. Crappie are good limiting on nice size fish in lights at night on minnows. Bass are good on worms and spinner baits. White bass are fair on slabs in 20-25 feet of water. Report provided by Randall Pate, Sportsman’s Lodge.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.10 feet high. Fishing is good when the winds allow it. Bass are up tight bedding in 1-2 feet of water. Crappie are good in the shallows on the north end using minnows and jigs. Success wade fishing through the bushes. White bass are slow on points and boathouses using Rat-L-Traps. Catfish are good around boathouses, river in baited holes on nightcrawlers. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Fishing Guide Service..

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 1.21 feet low. Bass fishing is excellent on Palo pinto with fish still being caught shallow on beds. Reports of fish up to 8 pounds on soft plastics flipping rocks and heavy cover. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.00 feet low. Striped bass have been fair with live bait and large spoons. Sand bass are great using live bait and slabs bouncing off bottom, and chartreuse and white are good colors. Catfish are good on live and cut shad fished on bottom in 10-20 feet of water. Report provided by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees; 2.25 feet low. Wind is blowing hard, check the forecast before heading out. Crappie are fair on jigs main lake brush piles and from the bank. Black bass are fair on beds. Striped bass are poor. Sand bass are fair chasing shad shallow. Catfish are fair in creeks on cut shad.

Raven

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 72 degrees; 3 feet low. This week has been on fire! The lake is still low, but clarity has vastly improved. Bass have been great on a variety of soft plastics and cranks. Catfish are excellent on live bluegill and cut bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. This is the best time of year for lake raven and anglers are loving it. Also, a new lake record blue cat was brought from the north end of the lake. 45.06 lbs caught fishing from the bank by a gentleman using cut chicken breast for bait.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 64-66 degrees; 0.43 feet low. White bass are excellent on shallow flats in 3-8 feet of water throwing tail spinners and 3 inch spinner with half ounce jig heads. The spawn is almost over. Shad are beginning to spawn and fish are feeding. Crappie are showing up at the marinas and brush piles with jigs and minnows working equally well. Catfish are excellent in shallow points using mixed prepared baits and cut shad. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

SLOW; Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 0.52 feet low. 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. Largemouth bass are good shallow on rocky shoreline and grass lines on creature baits. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 62-68 degrees; 2.29 feet low. Reports of Crappie in the shallows around Fisherman’s Point Marina are coming in and some folks are catching a nice stringer of fish. Most report that minnows are the bait of choice in 2-4 feet of water. These fish will be there for the next week or so doing their Springtime Spawn. White bass are very good on slabs on main lake points in 15-25 feet of water. Watch for the gulls as they will lead you to the fish. If it’s catfish you’re after, you can often find the eater size blue cats in the same area as the feeding white bass and on windblown points. Catfish are fair on punch bait with a #4 treble hook or cut bait in timber and the Richland Arm. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 67-72 degrees; 1.39 feet low. Bass are good with some shallow on beds using soft plastics, and some transitioning back out to points and ledges using Carolina rigs, jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good shallow in the cypress trees, with some transitioning to main lake brush piles. Catfish are good spawning shallow in creek channels. Bluegill are showing up biting on minnows and small jigs. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 62 degrees; 0.79 feet high. Bass are good, on drop-offs hitting craw jigs and crankbaits in 5-12 feet water. Crappie very good moving on main lake brush piles using jigs in 12-18 feet of water. Catfish are good on the flats in 2-6 feet of water with shad, liver and punch bait. White bass and hybrids are good even with 20 mph winds this week. Biting on spoons for trolling or using shad and pencil minnows 8-10 feet of water. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees. 39.83 feet low. Bass are good shallow in vegetation on crankbaits, and soft plastics. Crappie are good on main lake structure using minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on windblown points and humps with slabs. Channel catfish are fair on live and cut bait on windblown points.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 59 degrees; 2.35 feet low. 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; 68 degrees; 3.79 feet low. The upper third of Stillhouse, which was muddied after the previous week’s tornadic storms, has cleared. The hydrilla is at the low point in its annual cycle, but will be greening and growing very soon. Largemouth bass fishing along the deep outer edge of the hydrilla in the lower two-thirds of the lake is providing consistent success on dark, natural colored soft plastics. Working spinnerbaits and lipless crankbaits over the grass is also producing fish under low-light conditions. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Sulphur Springs

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 3.51 feet low. Bass are fair along rocky shorelines using crankbaits and chatterbaits. Crappie are fair on submerged structure with jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair with punch bait and cut bait.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.65 feet low. With rapid warming water temps, all species of fish are active and thriving. The hybrid striper and white bass are in full swing spawning on shallow points and sandy wind blown banks. Easy limits are being caught on slab spoons and swimbaits in 6-22 feet of water, and watch your sonar for big schools of fish. Eater sized blue catfish bite is at its peak right now. These fish are feeding on white bass eggs and other larvae blown into shallow structures, such as willows, rocks and other points. Bait of choice right now is fresh cut shad. Channel catfish bite is much better now. With main lake temps in the 60s, these fish have really become active and prepared baits such as cheese punch bait are working best in 3-22 feet of water. Crappie continue to spawn and shallow stumps and docks are putting fish in the boat, or bank. Jigs or minnows are working equally as good under a bobber. Largemouth are still very reliable in rocks and the new grass growing in the backs of coves. Shallow crankbaits, deep cranks and even top waters are working right now. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.65 feet low. Crappie are fair, hit-or-miss on brush piles north of Sandy Creek and the Navidad River on minnows. Catfish are good throughout the lake on liver perch, cut bait and juglines.

Texoma

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 2.09 feet low. Fishing is similar with limits and good sized stripers biting. Striped bass are feeding up now that the spawn is closing. Alabama rigs and swimbaits are producing, and there is some surface action. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water stained; 64 degrees; 1.03 feet low. The water level is 171.1 with no generators running. The main lake is clear and 64 degrees, and the back feeder creeks are stained. The lake has come up a foot this week and the water is up in the buck brush and the freshly mowed yards.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. Crappie are disappearing from the shallows and are heading back to the deeper water and brush piles. The shad are starting to spawn along the shores and wood structures, and the catfish spawn should not be far behind. The catfish are biting in 2-4 feet of water from first light to 8:30 a.m. using a slip cork rig with shrimp, live or frozen shad, chicken livers and Captain’s garlic (chicken flavored) weenies. The bluegill are beginning to move up shallow as the water warms to start building their beds for their first spawn. The air is starting to warm at night and summer is coming, 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 still cold, and hypothermia is dangerous. Captain’s tip, be aware, the deeper the water the bigger the swells. Don’t take a chance crossing any lake when high winds are forecasted. 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; 71 degrees; 23.74 feet low. Bass are good using a spinning rod with small swimbaits on a small jig head along rocky shorelines with wind, docks and marinas. White bass are good on windblown banks using small swimbaits and little slab spoons. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 68-71 degrees. 13.28 feet low. Channel catfish are fair on prepared baits, and nightcrawlers. White bass are good on crankbaits and live bait chasing bait balls all over the lake. Crappie are slow on main lake brush piles in 12-30 feet of water with minnows. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.14 feet above. Fishing continues to be good and shallow. Bass are good on trick worms and crankbaits starting to come off beds. Crappie are slowing to fai using minnows and jigs. Bluegill are good on red worms. Still waiting for the catfish to move shallow. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 68-70 degrees; 5.18 feet low. The crappie were biting in 2-4 feet of water on minors or soft plastic crappie lure in electric chicken with a chartreuse 1/16 ounce jig heads under a small cork about a foot and a half down. The shad spawn has started and the largemouth and white bass are feeding heavy early morning. Topwaters, spinnerbaits and squarebills will get the job done early and then switch to flipping or finesse later in the day when things die down. White bass and hybrids are getting back to the main lake and will be feeding heavy early with the largemouth during the shad spawn. Catfish are full of eggs mixed in with the crappie shallow. Report by Justin Prisock, Prisock’s Fishing Guide Service. Fish are moving back out to the main lake from the river in 3-12 feet of water using crappie rods with a 1/16 Slab City jig. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water clear; 65 degrees. Bass are good early morning on wacky worms, Texas rigs, senkos and some topwaters. Bass guarding fry shallow in the grass lines in 5-10 feet of water. Crappie are good on brush piles and grass near the dam. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Weatherford

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 3.64 feet low. Bass are good shallow along rocky shorelines and grass lines using finesse jigs and wacky worms.. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair using cut bait on shallow points.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 58 degrees; 23.20 feet low. Windy weather has the water murky slowing the bite. Crappie are fair with many smaller catches on jigs. Catfish are good on shrimp. Largemouth bass should be migrating shallow to beds biting on creature baits.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.41 feet low. Striped bass are good using live bait and artificials, such as swimbaits and umbrella rigs, in 20-40 feet of water. Striped bass can be caught throughout the reservoir. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

Worth

GOOD. Water normally stained; 65 degrees; 1.92 feet low. Fish are biting the same way as we head into a weekend with a full moon. 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 shiners 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; 5.86 feet above. High winds are keeping boats off the water. Catfish are good in Herron Creek. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows on brush piles. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.