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Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 81 degrees; 6.88 feet low. 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; 82 degrees; 57.97 feet low. Summer patterns are here with fish biting in the same way. Black bass are good on craw patterned Texas rig plastics in 5-15 feet of water, bladed jigs and swimbaits around hydrilla. White bass and striped bass are good below 30 feet following shad balls around Rough Canyon. Water is extremely low, so stay in channels and ditches when running. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service. Channel catfish are good in 6-12 feet of water with punch bait. 24 feet of water. Black bass are fair on grass beds in 5-12 feet of water with soft plastics. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T Guide Service.

Arlington

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.99 feet low. 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; 80-82 degrees; 3.07 feet low. Fishing is locking into that summer pattern. Catfish can be caught early shallow and then move out to deeper water on punch and fresh cut shad. Crappie bite is good in 10 feet of water on rocks and brush with minnows and jigs. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

FAIR. Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.03 feet above. Bass are still shallow on small moving baits, and senkos in and over grass edges. Crappie are fair on brush 20-25 feet of water with minnows and jigs. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.55 feet low. High boat traffic on the lake has the fish scattered and suspended. Best bite will be early morning or night while the fish are feeding. On Lady Bird Lake bass are good wacky worms and small flukes in submerged grass in 10-15 feet of water. Catfish are good on juglines. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.24 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

GOOD. Water clear; 90 degrees. Fishing patterns are similar as the Texas heat warms the water. Bass are good in the discharge first thing in the morning, moving to the main lake near the dam later in the day. Use small topwaters such as a torpedo style bait, in clear or bone in color, and small, straight tail swimbaits as well as letting it sink down to the bottom. Working the grass edges with a fluke or small worm will get you some good bites as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 4.94 feet low. June is typically the single least productive month of the year on Lake Belton, and this June’s start looks to provide no exceptions. Fish are transitioning locations due to the thermal stratification of the water. Fish tend to be most active early and late under low-light conditions, and fish tend simply to be harder to goad into biting in hot water, and, as a result, fish counts drop significantly in June. Going early and late in search of topwater action right at sunrise and sunset can provide some fast action and high numbers, but otherwise, hunting small wolf packs of fish with sonar, fishing them vertically after Spot-Locking atop of them, and anticipating they will stay aggressive only for short whiles will be the norm until a true thermocline develops allowing for downrigging and other forms of trolling to kick in. The summer season is where the MAL Heavy Lure with silver blade and white tail far outperform slabs. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Crappie continue to be good on timber and brush piles anywhere from 10-20 feet of water using minnows and jigs. The 12 foot Outlaw crappie rods were the key enabling us to keep off the brush pile. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 3.08 feet low. Bass are good early morning with topwaters, moving deeper on submerged grass with crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on deep brush piles and docks using minnows and jigs. White bass are good chasing bait in deeper water on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut baits.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water clear; 84 degrees; 0.41 feet low. Fishing is good all day as long as you can stand the heat. Crappie are excellent on brush in 15-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are good on topwaters shallow early morning, moving to deep water, 20-30 feet, off points with your favorite plastics after the topwater bite tapers off. Catfish are good 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; 9.13 feet low. Largemouth bass are very good shallow on crankbaits. White bass are good schooling on the main lake biting topwaters or crankbaits. Crappie are fair around the marina and catfish are good on cut bait or live perch.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon red soft plastics around reed beds in the morings moving to deeper structures as the sun gets high. Red Drum have been good for boaters using frozen shrimp and live bait around the jetty at night on stink bait and worms. Boaters and shoreline fisherman alike are having success on live bait in 10-15 feet of water.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 2.76 feet low. The main lake is clearing nicely with the warmer weather. All ramps are open. Sand bass are schooling early and late, downsize your bait to try and tempt them to bite. Hybrid bass are cruising the lake, look around the main lake structure that has deeper water nearby. Crappie remain active around main lake brush piles and the 380 Bridge. Many smaller sized fish with a few bigger fish biting on minnows. Topwater baits fished early have been effective for largemouth bass. Switching to a Texas rigged worm as the day heats up. Work slowly around deep water docks. Catfish are good on cut baits in main lake structure. Look for all fish to gradually move deeper as the heat increases. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 82-85 degrees; 3.84 feet low. Bass are fair to good with catches up to four pounds using shaky heads, crankbaits and jigs in the stick-ups and between docks. The topwater bite is beginning to pick up. Crappie are slow 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 starting to spawn on the shallow flats. The bite is on cut bait, liver and perch.

Buchanan

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 7.53 feet low. Crappie fishing is fair in 22-27 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good on shallow rock and vegetation, and flipping shallow trees with worms and craw worms. The topwater bite is getting good as well. Crappie, white bass, hybrids and stripers are going strong using small jigging spoons or flutter spoons. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.88 feet high. The water temperature is heating up with weather, and the summer patterns are in full swing. Bass are good with an early morning topwater bite using frogs and pop r’s. Moving to the lily pads midday to continue the topwater action. You will see some schooling action midday day as well, try a small worm going deeper to land those bigger fish. Look for turns, cuts and grass in the river system, throwing a worm or crankbait. Come enjoy the lake and see the beauty that God created. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

FAIR. Water stained, 87 degrees. Red drum are fair around the dam area and the far northwest of recreational shorelines seeing best results for red drum on live perch and crayfish. Soft plastics and live bait for boaters and shoreline anglers alike are working in 15-25 feet of water. Catfish have still been good at night around reed beds using cut bait and cheese bait.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.79 feet low. Fishing patterns are similar as the Texas heat warms up the waterS Bass are good around hydrilla with tops, jerks and flukes. Crappie are good on corps of engineer brush piles using minnows or jigs. White bass and stripers under birds near the dam jigging spoons and topwaters or small swimbaits for surface action. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 78-83 degrees; 2.04 feet low. Crappie are good using minnows and jigs on brush piles in 10-16 feet of water, with the better quality fish coming in 10-12 feet. Largemouth bass are good using crankbaits on brush in 12-20 feet on brush piles and deeper docks. The best colors are natural shad or blue and chartreuse colors. The bridge also produces fish in the evenings on shaky heads with California 420 trick worms in Green Pumpkin, or blue colors work as well. White bass and hybrid bass can be caught surfacing at the dam and Key Ranch Flats at daylight using popper style baits and small spoons. After the sun comes up and fish quit surfacing go check deeper humps. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 21.06 feet low. Bass are good in shallow water in seven feet or less from Calliham to the dam around hydrilla. Good topwater bite with black colored bait while the may fly hatch is on. The may fly hatch creates a good topwater bite because it attracts the perch to feed on the surface, in turn bringing the bass up. Deep water crankbaits and Carolina rigs with your favorite plastics is working. Crappie are good in 16-22 feet of water in brush piles using live bait. Catfish are good moving up shallow with cheese bait under corks. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GREAT. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.33 feet low. Crappie are biting best in the evenings with minnows. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Slightly stained; 82-85 degrees; 3.14 feet low. 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; 83 degrees; 0.36 feet below. Catfish are good on shrimp and chicken liver in 20-28 feet of water. Hybrid striped bass in about the same depth as the catfish hitting jigged slab spoons and shad. Look for dense schools of shad on your electronics to find the more active schools. Some early morning topwater bite is happening in some areas. Please check the Texas Parks & Wildlife to see the tooth patch between hybrid and white bass. Crappie are slow in 15-23 feet of water on standing timber, and brush piles. Crappie have a soft bite on minnows or black and chartreuse jigs with crappie nibble, if you can get their interest, catching only a few per pile if any. Black bass are good deadsticking weightless senkos close to brush, or with creature baits Texas rigged in 14-25 feet of water. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 77 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; 6.35 feet below. Catfish are in fair 5-10 feet of water on cheese bait, shad oil soap, and cut carp. Largemouth bass are slow in 5-10 feet of water near drop-offs and points. White bass are great, get out early and watch for working birds. When you find the schools small spoons, swimbaits, and speck rigs work well. Crappie good in 5-10 feet of water on minnows and scented jigs around piers and structure. Freshwater drum are poor. 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; 83 degrees; 1.52 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, 82 degrees; 1.95 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; 79 degrees; 41.35 feet low. Night catfishing is excellent at the Zapata County boat ramp and the state park in 10-20 feet of water using cut carp, tilapia or shad. Bigger fish in main lake channel. Alligator gar are good with tilapia or carp heads in 5-10 feet of water. Crappie are good in 15-30 feet of water vertical timber and brush piles. Report by Ram Reyes, Texas Kings Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees. Summer heat is here and the bite is predictable. Bass are good on humps and rip rap with various jigs and plastics in 10-20 feet of water on humps. Catfish are fair hitting punch bait in 6-20 feet of water, on tight lines over chum. Bluegill are good on worms or crickets around structure. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 75 degrees; 5.84 feet low. The bass bite is good early for about a half hour after sunrise on square bills and spinner baits on main lake points in shad patterns. During the day 3/4 ounce shaky heads or football jigs are good in 14-25 feet on drop-offs or channel swings. Jigs colors working best are green pumpkin and orange, plum or red bug. Carolina rigs are best in the same areas with a 10 inch blue fleck in 15-25 feet. If that bite slows down, down size the worm. Deep crankbaits are fair over long points and channel swings. Citrus Shad or chart blue back XD 6 over 18-23 feet best. The full moon has the night bite turned on. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell and Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Pro. The crappie bite on Lake Fork has been as hot as the temperatures this week when the winds let us get to the fish and sit on them. Brush piles, laydowns, underwater bridges and ledges in 13-23 feet have been the best areas for numbers. You can still run timber along creek channels and timber line edges for some bigger fish as well. Minnows have still been the hottest bait with hand ties and soft plastics working as well. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 75 degrees; 3.79 feet low. White bass and hybrids are excellent in 10-20 feet of water in the spillway, Sailboat Cove, and main lake structure. Trolling crankbaits or fishing vertically over schools. Channel catfish are good along rocky banks. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Graham

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.05 feet low. Bite is slow at the crappie house crappie bite at the bridges minnows over jigs. Catfish are good spawning in the shallows on cut and prepared baits. Bass have spawned out and are feeding up. 15 feet of water using rattle traps.

Granbury

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.75 feet low. Bait fish have been a little more scattered than normal. Finding them in the main river channel in the heat of the day and shallower after sundown. Flathead catfish have been slow and hitting smaller baits than usual. Channel and blue catfish are picking up on cut buffalo, and small 2-3 inch threadfin shad outperforming gizzard shad currently by a large margin. Eater sized channels readily biting prepared baits. Most fish have been coming out of 2-5 feet of water. 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. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics around boat docks and deeper rock ledges. Still a decent topwater bite early on flats and shallow points, but the fish are moving deep quickly in the morning. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.08 feet high. Black bass are good all over the lake on red shad power worms. Crappie are very good over structure in 4-10 feet of water on jigs tipped with crappie nibble. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines set around timber. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.75 feet above. White bass are good on humps and edges of drop-offs in 16-24 feet of water with jigging spoons. Fish are scattered in deeper water submerged with no schooling or surfacing action. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 41.62 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; 80 degrees; 0.13 at pool. Fishing patterns are similar as we head into the weekend. Crappie are good on brush piles and docks using minnows and jigs. Bass are good with an early morning topwater bite, moving to grass beds biting on soft plastics. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits in mid depths.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 76 degrees; 3.97 feet low. White bass and hybrid stripers are excellent in 10-20 feet of water using live or artificial baits. Channel catfish are good along baited holes.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.17 feet above. 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; 78 degrees; 1.26 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; 84 degrees; 0.80 feet low. Fishing is good all day as long as you can stand the heat. Crappie are excellent on brush in 15-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are good on topwaters shallow early morning, moving to deep water, 20-30 feet, off points with your favorite plastics after the topwater bite tapers off. Catfish are good 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; 75 degrees; 0.53 feet above. 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 a sporadic topwater 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 still spawning right now on the rocks and rip rap surrounding the lake in 1-7 feet of water. 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 about to start 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 structure in 1-20 feet of water.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.69 feet low. Crappie are good in 18-24 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Fishing patterns are similar with bass shallow early transitioning deeper with the sun. Work a fluke and frog shallow around the water lilies, bulkheads and laydowns to get some good bites early and some throughout the day. The bigger ones are off shore on deep rock piles and brush piles in 10-25 feet. Throw shaky heads, jigs, carolina rigs and crankbaits on these fish. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Lewisville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.32 feet above. Water temperatures rise with the summer heat. White bass are good on points and humps in 20-30 feet of water biting slabs or live bait. Hybrid stripers are slow, but can be caught mixed in with the white bass. If you are keeping fish, please be aware that there are a lot of undersized hybrid stripers in the lake that look very similar to a white bass. Catfish are good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts in 16-24 feet of water. Check near wind blown points, humps, and flats near creek channels. Crappie are fair ranging from 6-25 feet of water on 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; 87 degrees; 0.79 feet below. Largemouth are good in 4-12 feet of water on wacky worm senko style baits, square bill crankbaits, Texas rigs and swim jigs. Crappie are good 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; 0.04 feet above. Bass are good early morning on topwaters, then pushing out to grass ledges with crankbaits and swimbaits. 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. 78 degrees. Water lightly stained; 0.51 feet below. Fish are slow to bite with few reports. Catfish are fair mid depths and baited holes with cheese bait. Bass are fair with a good early morning topwater bite, switching to Texas rigs and wacky worms during the day. Crappie are on brush piles with minnows and jigs.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 61.28 feet low. Fish are in the summer pattern. Black bass are fair early morning on topwaters, moving to grass beds with soft plastics as the sun rises. White bass are good using slabs on main lake humps and points. Striped bass are fair on slabs and Alabama rigs on humps. Catfish are good with stink bait and cut baits.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 73-80 degrees; 53.37 feet low. Overall, the bite is in full swing with lots of fish being caught in 5-35 feet of water. Bass are good on minnows and artificial baits. Catfish are good on live, stinks, and punch baits. Crappie are excellent with jigs, grubs, artificials, but minnows have the best bite. White bass are excellent on minnows, crankbaits, and any type of artificials. Trout are slow, slow, slow with some still being caught on power baits and small spinners. Walleye are excellent catching limits on minnows, crawlers, crankbaits, grubs, and other artificials. Please be safe by watching 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; 82 degrees; 2.42 feet low. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good off docks in mid depths with cheese bait and cut bait. Bass are fair on grass beds with soft plastics.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clear to stained; 83 degrees. Fish are in that summer pattern biting the same way. Fish are feeding on shad, so utilize small baits similar to shad size. Good numbers of post-spawn bass schooling up over deeper water. Most fish are suspended just above the thermocline depth, so count your lure down to 10-14 feet and keep it in the strike zone. A mag-worm in junebug color is getting bit in 8-12 feet of water. Try a square bill crankbait over the grass during the midday heat. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water murky; 85 degrees. 0.97 feet low. Bass are good in the reeds and around boat docks using soft plastics and topwaters. 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. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. Stained; 80 degrees; 0.46 feet low. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush piles in 5-15 feet of water, near the dam and off the shoreline. Catfish are good on jug lines and trot lines. Bass are fair along the dam from the shoreline. Report Charlie Boze, Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 44.49 feet low. Fishing patterns are similar as the Texas sun heats up the lake. Largemouth bass are good early morning using topwaters, then throwing your favorite plastics along grass edges and docks as topwater bite ends. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs on main lake brush piles. White bass are good on points and humps using slabs. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live, and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water clear; 77 degrees; 18.76 feet low. White bass are starting to run with a good bite on 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.

Oak Creek

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 7.44 feet low. Night fishing is good. Catfish are good off the bank and docks with cut bait. Crappie are good on brush and standing timber with live minnows and jigs. White bass are fair trolling with live minnows. Bass are good with worms and deep running spinner baits in 10-12 feet of water. Report provided by Randal Pate, Sportsman’s Lodge.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.35 feet below. Bass on the north end are biting Texas rigged brush hawgs and tube jigs in 3 feet of water around brush and stumps. On the south end the bass are biting on points with Carolina rigs and deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are good on brush piles, and in the river channel in 18-22 feet of water, and beneath the 155 Bridge when the winds allow biting on minnows and jigs. White bass are in 6 feet of water on big eyed jigging spoons. Catfish are excellent in 17 feet of water on baited holes. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.87 feet low. Summer patterns are here with fish biting the same way. Largemouth bass are fair early around boat docks and rock points on soft plastics. 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; 78-83 degrees; 1.20 feet low. Striped bass fishing it on fire. Trolling white or chartreuse jigs seems to be the ticket for daily limits, but live shad is working too. Starting to see some schooling but very sporadic. Sand bass are fair to good using chartreuse slabs and spoons. Starting to see some schooling on the surface. Catfish will be slow for the next few weeks while they spawn. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 3.69 feet low. Crappie are good around brush piles on the Copperas Creek side. Sand bass and striped bass are poor due to high wind. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits. Catfish are fair in the back of the lake.

Raven

GREAT. Water stained; 84 degrees; 3 feet low. Catfish are fair on minnows and cut bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around structure early in the day. Bass are good on topwaters and Texas rigs around the grass edges. The Prairie Branch fishing pier is open for visitors. While there are some finishing touches to be done, it is open and ready for people.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81-84 degrees; 0.15 feet low. White bass are good on shallow points and flats in 8-12 feet water throwing small tail spinners. Fish are chasing small shad fry. Transition to hump and ridges in 12-28 feet of water using slab and jig combination. Crappie are good on brush tops in 15-35 feet of water suspended mid way with jigs and minnows working equally well. Catfish are good on the north end of the lake around trees using cut shad and prepared stink bait Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD; Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.52 feet above. Catfish are good off docks and shorelines with cheese bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in submerged structures and main lake brush piles. Largemouth bass are good along grass lines using flukes and finesse jigs, with some early morning topwater action. White bass are good off humps and points using slabs and jigging spoons.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 76 degrees; 2.51 feet low. Windy weather, but the shoreline is producing good catches. Crappie are good on brush piles and bridge columns in 15-20 feet of water using minnows. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid bass are fair on live shad. Early morning and late evening topwater bite on the 309 flats and south shoreline near Fisherman’s Point Marina. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait on a #4 treble hook. Blue catfish are good on wind blown points with a few white bass mixed in. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.68 feet low. Some flipping bass shallow and in the grass with topwater frogs in the morning, moving to 15-18 feet off drops and ledges using Carolina rigs and crankbaits later in the day. White bass are good in the lake off points with chrome jigs. Crappie are good on brush piles and catfish are close by. Bluegill have started their game of hide and seek for the summer. 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; 0.85 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 jigs with plastics on rocky points, brush, and on drop-offs in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. The bite is starting to slow with more undersized catches as the water temperature increases. 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 good with larger fish showing up for summer. Hybrid bass are 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; 76 degrees. 40.71 feet low. Bass are good early morning with topwaters, pushing out to standing timber and docks using crankbaits, chatterbaits as the sun rises. Crappie are good on the 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; 80 degrees; 2.35 feet low. Fishing is in limbo as the fish spawn, and few reports are coming in. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs on main lake structure. Catfish are fair shallow on prepared baits. Bass are fair on minnows with some topwater action early morning moving to mid depths as the sun rises. Report by Anchor Marina.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 5.20 feet low. Largemouth bass are slow, with spurts of activity just before and just after dark producing the several limits. Creature baits fished on Carolina rigs on the outside edge of the rapidly expanding hydrilla beds is the key to consistency. Dark, natural hues seem to be working best right now. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Sulphur Springs

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 2.75 feet low. Bass are fair using crankbaits and Texas rigs, with some topwater action early in the morning. 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; 80 degrees; 1.62 feet low. The white bass and hybrid striper bite is good. Fish are moving a lot right now and require a lot of looking and moving. Slabs have been putting fish in the boat in chartreuse color. The catfish bite is wide open. Channels and blues 1-3 pounds are as good as it gets. Prepared baits are working best either in shallow water under floats or in 30-40 feet on baited holes. Crappie have been great seeing good numbers of large fish on brush piles, bridge pilings and rocks. Minnows are out fishing jigs right now. Largemouth bass have been slower than usual the last 2 weeks. The rapid warm up has them slower, but there is still a daylight bite on a frog in grass. Once the sun gets up a spinner bait or shallow crankbait near docks or rip rap will work best. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 2.73 feet low. Fish are in the summer pattern with the bite looking similar as we head into the weekend. Bass are good with an early morning topwater bite moving to grass beds and mid depth on deep diving crankbaits, spinners. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles, and submerged structures using minnows and jigs. Catfish are good throughout the lake on liver perch, cut bait and juglines.

Texoma

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 73 degrees; 2.55 feet above. Striped bass are excellent with an incredible topwater bite early and late in the afternoon. Trolling in deep water with large swimbaits producing larger striped bass. Fish are surfacing everyday and the warmer it gets the better the bite will become. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water stained; 76-78 degrees; 1.24 feet low. The water level is 170.8 with one generator running from 12-3:00 p.m. Water temperature at the dam is 76 degrees with surface temperature around 78. The back feeder creeks are stained with no current flow, and the thermocline is showing up on boat electronics at 14 feet. The main lake is clear with no rain this week. Bass are in the full summer patterns going to river bends and points. Early in the mornings as the sun comes up use top water 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. This week we have the full strawberry moon, so we can fish all night with cooler temperatures.Cast 8-12 inch dark colored worms to entice a bigger bass to bite. Crappie and bream are in the brush piles and lay downs. Crappie are biting best on crappie jigs on the T-Bend favorite colors of monkey milk, T-shad in MGS and pie yow, and live minnows. Bluegill are good using live crickets, grasshoppers, and earthworms. Catfish continue to be slow this week due to the thermocline. Summer is here with air temperatures in the 90’s, so don’t forget to wear sun protection and gear. It is important to stay hydrated when on the water to avoid heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Bring the family out to explore the beautiful Toledo Bend on kayaks or canoes. Remember to always keep your life jacket on while on the water, and to fasten the engine kill switch lanyard to your life jacket, if you are 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; 74-77 degrees; 28.39 feet low. Bass are good in the mid to upper section of the lake early morning topwaters. Drop shots around docks in 20-40 feet of water Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Bass are good and predictable in the marinas. Largemouth bass schooling biting on topwaters spooks and small swimbaits along Guadalupe bass bluff walls and edges. Switching to drop shots in 20-40 feet of water to land crappie, largemouth and white bass. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

EXCELLENT. Water stained. 81-84 degrees. 15.57 feet low. The cooler the surface temperature the better the bite. White bass are fair with smaller fish on the surface, the largest suspended 20-30 feet of water. Crappie are fair in 32-37 feet of water holding tight to structure using live minnows. Night fishing for crappie should be good under the lights using live shad or minnows. Channel catfish are excellent up to nine pounds 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; 77 degrees; 0.27 feet below. Bass are fair on topwater frogs or trick worms early morning and late in the evening. Crappie are fair in 16 feet of water pushing into deeper water on brush piles and submerged structures using live minnows and jigs. Bluegill are good on red worms. Catfish are good along the rocks using stink bait, nightcrawlers, and livers. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 6.16 feet low. Crappie are good on timber and brush piles anywhere from 10-20 feet of water using minnows and jigs. The 12 foot Outlaw crappie rods were the key enabling us to keep off the brush pile. 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

GOOD. Water clear; 82degrees. Bass are fair when you get an early start. Pattern is still strong with fish suspended off the bottom chasing bait balls in 10-15 feet of water using jig heads with a swimbait, and drop shots. Hybrid striped bass are good in 15-25 feet of water on crankbaits or umbrella rigs. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Weatherford

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 5.01 feet low. White bass are fair using slabs and silver jigging spoons on main lake humps under the birds. Bass are fair with some schooling topwater action early morning, switching to soft plastics along grass lines. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good off docks using cut and prepared bait.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 22.85 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 are good at night under the pier lights on trout flies and small jigs

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 3.48 feet low. Striped bass are on fire still good biting topwaters and 6 inch spoons from McCown Valley Park all the way to King Creek. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services. Follow the birds to find schooling fish throughout the day. Catfish and crappie are still active, but in deeper water. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC.

Worth

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 1.96 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 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; 83 degrees; 2.52 feet above. Fishing is good as we enter into the summer heat. Crappie are good in on main lake points using jigs and minnows. Limits of catfish are good in the main lake using punch bait. White bass are good hitting most everything such as swimbaits, and fluke style baits. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.