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Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of July 27, 2022

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 81 degrees; 8.56 feet low. Crappie are good in 30 feet of water in standing timber with minnows. The night bite is good under green lights in 25-35 feet of water. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide.

Amistad

GOOD. Water clear; 88 degrees; 61.02 feet low. Bass are active in the morning biting on topwaters, but swimbaits are catching better quality fish. FIsh ledges with a dropshot or Ned rig in 20-40 feet of water. Water is extremely low please use caution. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service. Channel catfish are good in 8-30 feet of water on drains and points with punch bait. When fish are shallow, look in murky water with grass, then they move out to deeper water when the sun gets bright and high. White bass are schooling but slow to bite. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T Guide Service.

Arlington

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 4.29 feet low. Fish continue to group offshore. Largemouth bass are good on dropshots, Carolina rigged worms and bugs, deep diving crankbaits, shaky heads, and football jigs. White bass are good schooling biting on small spoons. Report by local angler Wesley Molina.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 3.96 feet low. Summer patterns in full swing. Most of the fish and bait fish are in deeper water. Crappie are good in 15-20 feet of water on brush piles. Catfish are good on main lake flats drifting with fresh cut shad. White bass activity is limited to early morning and the evening. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

FAIR. Water clear; 89-92 degrees; 1.04 feet below. Bass are schooling early and late in the day biting small white moving baits and topwaters, and along main lake grass lines with jigs and shak head ribbon tail worms. Crappie are slow on deep brush out to 20 feet of water with jigs and minnows. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water clear; 89 degrees; 0.65 feet low. Summer fishing patterns continue to be slow, so fish early in the morning or in the evening for the best bites. Lady Bird Lake is fair with topwater frogs over grass, with a good early morning bite in the same area on weightless flukes. Perch and bluegill are bedding shallow biting on small live worms or grubs. Other species will be shallow feeding early in the morning. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.17 feet below. Bass are fair along grass edges with Texas and Carolina rigged worms, or deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair using minnows and jigs on main lake structures and brush piles. Catfish are good moving shallow biting cut and cheese bait.

Bastrop

GREAT. Water clear; 90 degrees. Lake Bastrop continues to have strong schooling bass action. Work the discharge early with topwaters, shallow crankbaits, small swimbaits and even shaky head finesse worms slow in the current. A frog will get a few bites around shallow grass or tight to the reeds. Later move out a bit or run to the main lake near the dam and look for surface activity. A topwater or even a jigging spoon will get you bites. Throwing a jigging spoon will also get you bit by crappie and maybe even catfish. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service. Bass are really good schooling all day with the best action early morning with small topwaters and small swimbaits in natural shad colors, 8-12 feet of water on watermelon or green pumpkin wacky worms. Crappie are fair with live minnows in 22-27 feet of water. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 7.18 feet low. The strong all-morning white bass topwater bite which ran for a solid two weeks is over. Some light topwater is still happening at dawn and dusk. Otherwise, fish must now be found with sonar. Downrigging with #12 and #13 Pet Spoons is an excellent search tactic. Once fish are found, anglers can capitalize by working MAL Dense Lures (white body/chartreuse tail) vertically or horizontally. Doing so with Garmin LiveScope is particularly effective. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Largemouth bass are good early morning on topwaters. As the day progresses they are moving to the drops and to the treetops in 15-20 feet or water. Wacky worms and Texas rigs are working well. The night bite continues to stay good with jigs being the best. Report by Cord Zahn, Belton tournament organizer. Crappie are good in 18-25 feet of water off points and brush with Dan’s jigs tipped with minnows. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 6.43 feet low. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady with the best bites coming early and later in the day. Bass are slow on the edges of submerged grass with dropshots and Texas rigs. Crappie are slow on deep brush piles and docks using minnows and jigs. White bass are fair with some schooling action under the birds biting on shad and spoons. Catfish are good with live bait and cheese bait.

Bob Sandlin

SLOW. Water clear; 92 degrees; 1.36 feet low. Fish are slow to bite in the triple digit heat and the lack of rain. Crappie are slow on brush in 20-25 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are slow on topwaters shallow early morning, deep water points after the sun rises. Catfish are slow on baited holes 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; 10.04 feet low. Brady lake is currently 10 feet low, and the low water level is starting to affect the largemouth bass fishing. Most of the salt cedars are now too shallow or completely dry. Good fish are still being caught in the remaining salt cedars with soft plastics. White bass are very good chasing schools with crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait or live perch on the lower end of the lake. Flatheads are slow on live perch.

Braunig

FAIR. Water lightly stained, 91 degrees. Red drum are fair to good downrigging around the jetty and dam area on spoons and soft plastics. Recreational shoreline fishermen are catching red drum in 10-15 feet of water with live perch and crawfish. Channel catfish are good on cut shad, livers and cheese bait. Striped bass no report. Blue Catfish no report.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 5.28 feet low. While the main lake is clear, the river is slightly murky. Be aware of increased boat traffic, especially in the north end, near the Three Fingers area. All boat ramps are open. Sand bass and hybrid striped bass are setting up in deeper water around the main lake structure. Some sand bass schooling activity reported early in the morning. Crappie remain good on main lake brush piles and docks using minnows. Largemouth bass have been a bit elusive, but topwater baits are still the best bet at sunrise. Catfish are good drifting cut baits on flats and humps near deep water. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85-87 degrees; 5.56 feet low. Fishing continues to be in the summer pattern. Bass are good with catches up to five pounds on shaky heads and crankbaits in 10 feet of water. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in 12-15 feet of water over brush piles and under lighted docks at night. White bass are good on crankbaits and jigs under the lights at night, with some schooling action. Catfish are good on cut bait, liver and perch around baited holes.

Bryan

SLOW. Water normal stain; 87 degrees. Fishing is slow for all species. Small channel catfish are fair on punch bait, and live or dead perch and goldfish. Crappie are slow on submerged structures off boat docks and in front of the restaurant with live minnows. Black bass are slow with the occasional catch using live minnows off Rocky Point, and the rocks under the bridge along the canal. Report by The Bait Barn.

Buchanan

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 12.89 feet low. Lake Buchanan is still going good for most species of fish. You can find largemouth bass around rock piles shallow early and deeper late out to 25 feet of water. If you look for surface activity, you can catch as many white bass as you want on topwaters, shallow or deep crankbaits or spoons. You also may run into a few big striped bass. Night fishing is producing good striped bass working lights around docks. You can run across some nice largemouth at night as well throwing crankbaits and swimbaits through the lights. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.02 feet high. If the heat does not scare you, then there are fish to catch on Caddo. Bass are good power fishing with a frog in the lily pads. Some schooling action around the river systems biting on topwater plugs, flukes and Texas rig worms. Dropshot and shaky heads will work around the cuts, points and interceptions. Dark colors will be best such as june bug or watermelon red. Look for shad on your graph or follow the birds as they will be hunting for the bait fish, if you find the bait you will find the bass. Lily pads are blooming right now, so if you just want to come out and see this beautiful lake God spoke into existence this is a good time. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water stained, 91 degrees. Red drum bite has picked up this week. Recreational shoreline anglers fishing points with deep water access during the day seeing mixed bags of red drum and blue catfish on live perch and crawfish. Boaters working points with rattletraps and gold spoons or trolling open water 20-30 feet have produced good results this week. Blue and channel catfish are good in the 20-30 feet range on live perch and cutbait. Channel catfish are good at night for recreational shoreline anglers using cut shad and cheese bait in shallow water.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 4.68 feet low. Bass are good, holding over brush piles and grass edges in 18-24 feet of water biting on Carolina rigs, drop shots and Ned rigs. Striped bass are schooling at first light near the dam with topwater and swimbaits. Crappie are slow. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 89 degrees; 3.82 feet low. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles in 15-22 feet of water using minnows and jigs. Largemouth bass are good on docks in 3-8 feet of water, and in 15-20 feet of water using shaky heads, crankbaits and Carolina rigs. White bass and hybrid bass can be caught surfacing all over the lake in the morning, moving to main lake humps using popper style baits and small spoons. Catfish are good on main lake humps with live or frozen shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GREAT. Water stained; 84 degrees; 22.27 feet low. Bass are really good on topwater frogs from 6-10 a.m. up river near the 99 bridge. The grass on the lower end is good in 18-25 feet of water using big crankbaits and Carolina rigs, or spinner baits. Crappie are good with live bait over brush. White bass good by the dam on humps with live bait and jigging spoons. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GREAT. Water stained; 85 degrees; 6.05 feet low. The crappie are good, tearing up the minnows around 11 p.m. Bass and perch bite throughout the day is best on worms. Blue catfish are hitting on cut shat at night. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

GOOD. Slightly stained; 85-87 degrees; 4.26 feet low. Crappie are good with jigs or minnows on brush piles. Hybrid striped bass are good on imitation. They are chasing bait fish all over the lake. Bass are good with fish to 6 pounds on a green pumpkin jigs, black blue jigs, shad color swim jigs.

Conroe

GOOD. Slightly stained; 90 degrees; 1.30 feet below. As the thermocline gets stronger the catfish will usually be found on ledges and points where the thermocline meets the bottom. The fish can be above the thermocline but not below due to lack of oxygen. There should be good numbers, but you will have to be patient to find better sized eaters. Catfish have been plentiful from 8-20 feet on points and ledges near structure, if you chum too much with range cubes or bream and kitten fish will take over. Catfish Bubblegum, liver, worms, and stink bait are producing. Trophy catfish are starting to be caught more as the spawn plays out. Drifting flats and ledges using live or fresh cut bait, but the hot water has the fish scattered. Remember the new regulations on these fish and in this heat be extremely careful and return them to the water fast if you plan to release them. That goes for any fish you wish to release. Report by Brad Doyle, Bradley’s Guide Service. Crappie are good in 16-24 feet of water on brush piles, lay downs and vertical structure like standing timber. Downsize to a 1/16-1/32 jig head and a small profile jig in monkey milk, all chartreuse, bright green and chartreuse and black. Report by Justin Burns, Slab Donkey Guide Service. Hybrid striped bass are good in 18-25 feet of water. Some schools are slow to bite, but jigging should land you a bite. Please check the Texas Parks and Wildlife to see the tooth patch between hybrids and white bass. Black bass are good in 10-22 feet near brush using creature baits, jerk baits and rattletraps have been working. Stay hydrated in this heat & Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 3 feet low. Fishing is best early and late in the day. Catfish are good off docks and shorelines with cut bait. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles and standing timber with jigs and minnows. Bass are fair along grass ledges with Texas or Carolina rigged worms.

Corpus Christi Lake

GOOD. 80 degrees; 8.03 feet below. Catfish are slow in 2-10 feet of water on wind blown shorelines. Largemouth bass are slow, early morning in shallow water using topwater frogs and small finesse rigs. White bass are slow with a few catches in deep water with spoons. Crappie are slow early morning bite in 5-10 feet of water, be ready to move around due to the dropping lake levels. Alligator gar are great on cut carp. Bow fishing on shallow flats early morning, late afternoon, or at night. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.

Cypress Springs

Water stained; 89 degrees; 2.53 feet low. Low light and nighttime hours are still your best bet for bass and crappie. Dark colors lures around lighted areas will produce bites for the bass. Crappie prefer mid depth brush, if you have underwater lighting then you increase your bite substantially. Catfish are wrapping up on the spawn and moving to a little deeper and cooler water. Your best bite will still be on prepared punch style baits, but big nightcrawlers can produce as well. Captain Mike Thompson. Lake Tawakoni Guide Service

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water stained, 89 degrees; 4.19 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 slow on the main lake structures. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 89 degrees; 46.88 feet low. The lake level continues to drop, so exercise caution when navigating. Gar fishing is good in 3-10 feet of water with cut carp, tilapia and shad. Catfish are good along main lake points feeding in the evenings throughout the night. Crappie are fair in shallow riprap in 8-10 feet of water with fast moving bait. Largemouth bass are good with big plastic worms, crankbaits in citrus shad and soft plastics in cherry seed on natural hard bottom structure and brush piles in 10-25 feet of water. Report by Ram Reyes, Texas Kings Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees. Summer fishing patterns continue to hold steady as July comes to end. Bass are good with some topwater schooling action, and in 10-20 feet of water on humps and riprap with various jigs and plastics. Catfish are good on chicken liver bait in 12-20 feet of water, on tight lines over chum. Bluegill and redear perch are good on worms or crickets around structure. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 81 degrees; 12.03 feet low. Bass are fair early off points using square bills in bream patterns in 2-5 feet of water. Mid morning throw Texas rigs and football jigs in June bug, or big worms in green pumpkin orange on jigs in 12-22 feet of water. Crankbaits are still working, but it is hit-or-miss on location. XD 6 and DD 22 best in citrus Shad or baby bass are working in 19-25 feet of water and in the creek channel bends and long deep ridges. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell and Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Pro. Lake Fork crappie fishing continues to be almost as hot as the temperature. Seeing lots of fish on the usual summertime structures around the lake in 13-23 feet. Good numbers of eater size crappie are still really good, picking a few larger fish off the timber. Minnows are the dominant bait this time of year, but you can still catch good fish on hand tied jigs and soft plastics. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 84 degrees; 5.30 feet low. White bass are on structure in 10-15 feet of water biting blade baits and the Maindelle All Purpose lure consistently worked off the bottom. Look for hybrid bass in 15-25 feet of water trolling deep diving crankbaits over the main lake structure. Channel catfish are spawning along riprap banks. Fishing baited holes with a bobber and stink bait can be effective. Largemouth bass are being caught in shallow to moderate depths around cover. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Graham

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 2.30 feet low. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady. Catfish are good in the shallows on cut and prepared baits and on baited holes. Bass are fair in standing timber with dropshots and topwater frogs.

Granbury

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 90 degrees; 1.90 feet low. Bass are in deeper water biting on jigs and soft plastics worked very slowly around deep ledges and deep boat docks. Any type of structure in 18-25 feet of water is holding fish. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services. Stripers and sand bass are moving fast. Catch them shallow early in the morning, but once the sun rises fish in deeper water. Striped bass are good on live bait, crankbaits and jigging spoons early in the morning from mid lake south towards the dam on flats and near the shallow edge of the river channel. White bass are good on live bait, jigging spoons and Alabama rigs in 12-25 feet of water. Catfish are good on cut bait during the day in 15-40 feet of water. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Accessories Installation.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 1.75 feet low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows fished in standing timber in 3-8 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake humps and ridges. Blue catfish are good on cut shad fished in 5-15 feet of water. Yellow catfish are slow. Gaspergou are good on jigs, minnows and earthworms. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.89 feet below. White bass are good under the birds. While the thermocline is strong horizontal presentations with a MAL lure or swimbaits. Crappie are good on brush piles in 10-12 feet of water no deeper than 20 feet due to the thermocline. Bass are good off rocky points seeking deeper water, and shaded structure as the day heats with soft plastics. Catfish are good by the dam with punch bait on slip cork. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 42.69 feet low. Fish are moving to deeper water, and the lake is low. Catfish are good at night with cheese bait and cut bait. Crappie are good with minnows and small jigs on brush piles and standing timber. Largemouth bass fair using crankbaits and spinnerbaits on grass lines. Sand bass are fair schooling deep biting silver spoons. Walleye are good scattered all over the lake on crappie jigs, buzz bait and minnows.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 1.21 feet below. Crappie are fair in standing timber and deeper brush piles with live minnows. Bass are fair with dropshots, crankbaits and flukes off rock ledges. Bream are near the white bass biting on worms. Catfish are good on cut baits and juglines.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 5.30 feet low. 80. White bass are excellent relating to structure in 15-25 feet of water, or chasing shad in open water. Look for schools surfacing in the mornings and evenings. Bladed baits and MAL lures are deadly. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Jacksonville

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.11 feet below. Largemouth bass are fair ledges and between docks with Texas or Carolina rigged worms. Crappie are slow on main lake brush piles and structure with minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait in 10 feet of water.

Joe Pool

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.76 feet low. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady. Fish for bass in deeper water, 15-30 feet, and concentrating on main lake points and bends in the creek channels with a hard bottom. Fish the pylons under both bridges using dropshots rigged with a dark colored soft plastic in the 20-30 feet of water and a Carolina or Texas rigged 10 inch ribbon tail in all depths of water. Keep a �¼ ounce shaky head jig with a Junebug straight tailed worm handy. Report by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions.

Lake O’ the Pines

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 93 degrees; 2.07 feet low. Fish are slow to bite in the triple digit heat and the lack of rain. Crappie are slow on brush in 20-25 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are slow on topwaters shallow early morning, deep water points after the sun rises. Catfish are slow on baited holes 20 feet of water using cheese bait or cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 2.77 feet low. Crappie are good in 5-10 feet early mornings until 8 am. Moving to 9 -17 feet, with the magic number closer to 14 feet in timber and brush with minnows and jigs. White bass are good with a sporadic topwater bite throughout the day in the middle of the lake. Then in 15-25 feet of water on main lake points and humps. White or chartreuse slabs for deeper water and swimbaits in shallow water 3.5 inch. A thermocline has settled in, so be on the lookout at about 7:30 a.m. in the middle of the lake just outside of the dam for topwater action.Black Bass are biting on white and chartreuse spinner baits early morning until 7:30 a.m. Then switch to divers, swim jigs, swimbaits, and Texas or Carolina rigs midday in 10-20 feet of water on main lake points, brush piles and shallow water timber with hard bottom such as sand. They do like squishy bottoms like sediment. Concrete and rocks are key in 1-20 feet of water, but do not overlook the brush piles. Blue gills are great, holding to 10-20 feet of water on brush piles using earthworms, crickets or pieces of bacon as it will not fall off the hook as easily. Catfish are good, with eater sized fish 1-8 pounds biting on baited holes and 10-20 feet of water. Slopes and points that are wind blown hold schools, baited holes on top rap in 15-20 feet are great for channel catfish. Big fish are better at night on cut shad in 10-20 feet of water on points and flats. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.68 feet low. Crappie are good in 18-24 feet of water on brush piles with chartreuse jigs, and live bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. The lake is still producing some good bass super shallow at the start of the day around laydowns and water willow using a small swimbait, or soft jerkbait like a super fluke and a frog. Later on, go out deep on rock piles and throw a shaky head, jig or Texas rigged craw worm or power worm in watermelon or green pumpkin colors to get those bigger fish to eat. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service. Bass are good with Texas rigged big worms over brush piles 2-5 feet of water and topwater lures near docks. Crappie are fair with live bait. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Lewisville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 1.62 feet low. Summer fishing patterns are constant. White bass are slow on points and humps in 20-30 feet of water using slabs or live bait, with sporadic top water action. Hybrid stripers are slow, but can be picked off every once in a while 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 fair to 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 to good in 6-25 feet of water near rock piles, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, and bridge columns using minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water clear; 92 degrees; 2.74 feet below. Crappie are good suspended in 12-18 feet of water suspended over offshore brush piles and standing timber. Largemouth bass are good in 4-15 feet of water on docks and points using Texas rigs, and crankbaits. Whitebass are good in 7-17 feet on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good in 8-19 feet of water on cut bait off the bottom. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 85 degrees; 1.32 feet low. Bass are fair on grass ledges using Texas rigged worms and shaky heads. Catfish are good off docks and the bank with cut bait. White bass are schooling on main lake humps and points using silver jigging spoons and small swimbaits.

Martin Creek

SLOW. 81 degrees. Water lightly stained; 1.91 feet low. Crappie action is good with limits coming before 11:00 a.m. on jigs fished in 15-20 feet of water on brush piles. Some brief surface schooling just after sunrise, close to the dam. Lake level is falling, so exercise extreme caution as numerous stumps are now just below the surface.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 68.75 feet low. Black bass are slow off ledges and points with Texas rigged watermelon and pumpkin worms. White bass are fair on slabs chasing bait balls around the lake. Striped bass are fair on slabs on humps. Catfish are good with stink bait and cut baits.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 54.70 feet low. Bass are good on minnows and artificial baits. Catfish are good on live, stinks, punch baits. Crappie are good on minnows, jigs, small crankbaits, and other artificials. White bass are good on minnows, crankbaits and topwater baits. Trout are slow, so good luck out there. Walleye are fair on minnows and nightcrawlers. Try pulling a bouncer and crawler harness. 25-35 feet of water. Please be safe and watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.54 feet low. Fishing at first light and the evening will bring more fish in the boat. Crappie are good suspended in standing timber with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good with cut bait along rocks. Bass are good in timber with topwaters early, and Texas or Carolina rigged worms off ledges. White bass are chasing bait balls biting on slabs.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clear to stained; 89 degrees; 1.5 feet low. Would someone turn on the water faucet, please? We need some wet stuff to fall! The lake has settled into a typical summer pattern. Good numbers of bass schooling up over deeper water. Shad are small, so down-size your presentation. Most fish are suspended just above the thermocline depth, so count your lure down to the thermocline depth and keep it in the strike zone. A Mag-worm in Junebug color is getting bit in 8-12 feet of water. Stay hydrated out there, and sunscreen is a MUST! The Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water murky; 86 degrees. 0.99 feet low. Bass are fair in the reeds and around boat docks using soft plastics and topwater lures. Crappie are good in the reeds, around docks, and the bridge using black and chartreuse crappie jigs and minnows. Catfish are good by the dam and in the river, using cut bait and stink bait. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

FAIR. Stained; 83 degrees; 1.85 feet low. Catfish are good on frozen shad, minnows and worms. Bass are good in grass lines in mid depth water, and the drop-off at Crappie Point using jigs and minnows. Crappie are fair, seeing lots of fish but they are slow to bite on jigs and minnows. Report Charlie Boze, Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 45.93 feet low. Summer fishing patterns are sticking like the heat. Largemouth bass are fair in riprap and ledges with worms, spinners and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs on main lake brush piles. White bass are fair chasing bait balls biting on small shad imitations. Catfish are good on stink bait, live, and cut bait.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water clear; 86 degrees; 20.14 feet low. White bass are great with live bait and crankbaits. Crappie great with jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are good. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and live bait. Report by Concho Park and Marina.

Oak Creek

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 8.67 feet low. Bass are good using watermelon worms. Blue catfish up to 9 pounds are good on perch and magic bait. White bass are good in 25 feet of water on the main lake using minnows, with some scattered surface action. Report provided by Randal Pate, Sportsman’s Lodge.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.49 feet low. Bass are good on shimmy shakers, swimbaits, and bomber crankbaits in shallow water and on brush under docks. Crappie are good in the standing timber in the river on jigs and minnows. White bass and hybrid bass are slow with tail spinner baits. Channel and blue catfish are good with nightcrawlers in the river. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 3.54 feet low. Bass are in deeper water biting on jigs and soft plastics worked very slowly around deep ledges and deep boat docks. Any type of structure in 18-25 feet of water is holding fish. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 3.12 feet low. Striped bass fishing has slowed down. Still catching a few with artificials in white, pink, and silver. Sand bass are slow, but still catching a few mixed in with the stripers with chartreuse and white slabs. Catfish are decent using punch bait or cut shad fished over or in tree topspin 30-40 feet of water. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Stripers and sand bass are moving fast. Catch them shallow early in the morning, but once the sun rises fish in deeper water. Striped bass are great on live shad, strolling umbrella-rigs and trolling down riggers with artificials. White and chartreuse seem to work best. Fish can also be caught early morning on topwater lures. Most fish are being caught from Hogs Bend and south towards the dam. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Accessories Installation.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 89 degrees; 5.54 feet low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are good early in the morning with topwater lures. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad.

Raven

FAIR. Water stained; 90 degrees; 3 feet low. Best bite is early for all species. Bass are fair on topwaters, and good on Texas rigged soft plastics around laydowns and grass edges. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live bluegill. Crappie are fair to good on minnows. Key this week and for the foreseeable future is going to be fish early and fish hard. The bites are scattered, so covering a lot of water is the key to finding active bites. The boathouse near coffer dam is finished and the bluegill and bass are swarming the grass that grew while construction was being done. There are also 4 new fish attractors, 2 under each pier at the boathouse.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 86-88 degrees; 1.88 feet low. White bass are good on flats early mornings in water 8-15 feet of water. Later in the day suspended fish in 22-28 feet of water are biting on slabs raised high. Crappie are fair on brush tops in 25-35 feet of water suspended midway biting on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on ledges and points using cut shad and prepared stink bait. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD; Water is clear; 87 degrees; 0.79 feet below. Shad are still tiny so downsize presentations. Sand bass are good schooling during the first hour of the day with topwaters, some sporadic schooling throughout the day. Crappie are slow, undersize catches on brush piles with some keeper sized fish in the timber. Bass are good early during the first hour of the day on topwaters, switching to dropshots and Carolina rigs in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Jim Walling, Ucatchem Guide Service.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 84-89 degrees; 3.57 feet low. Crappie are fair on brush piles and bridge columns in 15-20 feet of water with minnows. White bass are good on tiny torpedoes surfacing on the south shoreline near Ferguson Point. When the topwater bite ends the fish are scattered, biting on slabs off the bottom. Hybrid bass are good on live shad. Channel catfish are fair with lots of small eaters coming on punch bait on a #4 treble hooks. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 89 degrees; 3.64 feet low. Fish are stuck in the stubborn summer patter. Best success at daybreak and in the evenings. Dock fishing is good for catfish, perch and a few bass. Bass are good early morning with topwaters over grass transitioning to points with Carolina rigs and big crankbaits midday. White bass are good in the lake off points with chrome jigs. Crappie are good on brush piles with live minnows. Bluegill are mixed in with the crappie biting on worms. Catfish are in creek channels off ledges and brush piles in 15 feet of water and 20 feet of water near the bridges. Navigate with caution as stumps are surfacing. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 98-103 degrees; 2.17 feet below. Summer fishing patterns are steady, and water is being released. Crappie and bluegill are fair in Somerville Marina early morning and late evening. Black bass are fair hitting slow moving jigs with plastics on drop-offs and brush in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are fair with many undersized catches on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. Catfish are good early morning in 6-12 feet of water using punch bait or jug lines with shad and cut bait. White bass are excellent trolling with pet spoons, or using shad and pencil minnows in 6-10 feet of water. Hybrid bass are very good hitting jigs bounced into schools. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees. 42.05 feet low. Bass are fair between docks with early morning topwater action, switching to Texas or Carolina rigged worms as the sun rises. Crappie are slow in deep water structure with minnows and jigs. White bass are slow on points with sporadic topwater action. Channel catfish are fair on live and cut bait.

Stamford

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.30 feet low. Fish are slow to bite while the triple digit heat persists. Catfish are good on jug lines and trotlines with big bass minnows, shad and perch. Bass are slow with soft plastics. Drum, perch and crappie are slow to bite and have moved to deeper water. White bass are fair in deeper water with slabs and jigs. Report by Anchor Marina.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 7.27 feet low. A very consistent morning white bass bite is taking place on Stillhouse. Fish are typically found in the greatest numbers between 35-45 feet of water. Downrigging with #12 and #13 Pet Spoons is an excellent search tactic. Once fish are found, anglers can capitalize by working MAL Dense Lures, with a white body and chartreuse tail, vertically or horizontally. Doing so with Garmin LiveScope is particularly effective. Largemouth bass continue to school sporadically on topwater over open water, feeding on shad. This typically kicks off around 7:30 a.m. and wanes around 9:30 a.m. Small, clear baits, like soft plastic grubs are working well when thrown fast and accurately while the fish are still near the surface disturbance created. Larger bass continue to haunt the deep hydrilla edge around 22-24 feet of water with dark soft plastics presented with Texas or Carolina rigs. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 89 degrees; 3.12 feet low. Lake Tawakoni continues to warm up just like all of the Texas lakes this week. The white bass and hybrid bite has slowed some since last week but we are still catching some on artificial baits like slab spoons and swimbaits. The fish have been active in shallow water including long main lake points and big flat areas next to deep water. The catfish bite still proves to be the best bite on the lake. Blue and channel catfish are good on prepared baits such as punch baits are the ticket fished over baited holes in 25 feet of water. Crappie are still being caught on brush piles in 12-15 feet of water with minnows out fishing jigs. The largemouth bite has been very early at daylight and lasts about two hours. White frogs up in the grass are working at daylight, then switch over to shallow crankbaits or weightless flukes. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 4.35 feet low. Bass are good in the standing timber in the jungle using artificial worms. Crappie are good on submerged structures using minnows and jigs. Catfish are good throughout the lake on liver perch, cut bait and juglines. White bass are in the Navidad River biting on crankbaits and rattletraps.

Texoma

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.28 feet above. Fishing patterns are holding steady in the summer heat. Hybrid bass are good with pencil popper topwaters early near the dam, moving midlake to deeper water with slabs midday. Larger fish will be deeper under the box fish. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

FAIR. Water stained; 80-82 degrees; 3.69 feet low. The water level is 168.3 with both generators running from 1:00-7:00 p.m. Water temperature at the Dam is 80-82 degrees with surface temperature around 82. The back feeder creeks are clear, and the main lake is clear with some rain this week. It’s the same summer hot pattern. Bass are in the same pattern with early morning topwater bite with topwater baits like Pop Rs, tiny torpedoes, buzz baits, popping frogs, flukes, and spooks. Then mid-morning as the fish go deeper to 12-30 feet of water transition to 8-12 inch ribbon tail worms in plum apple, June bug, or June bug red. Carolina rigs for bass have been working with four or six inch worms in chartreuse/pepper and Tequila Sunrise. Black bass, yellow bass, and catfish are in the main lake biting vertical jigging spoons in 1/2 ounce or 3/4 ounce from War Eagle and Cotton Cordell in chrome or gold in deep water creek channels and ridges.Crappie bite is hit-or-miss. Summer is here with triple digit weather, so remember to wear light clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen. When on the water it is important to stay hydrated so that you do not experience heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Remember to always keep your life jacket on while on the water, and to fasten the engine kill switch lanyard to your person when operating a motorized vessel on the water. Play it safe on the water, always inform your loved ones or a friend of your expected return time to port or home. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak Sales, Fishing Guide Service & Rod Repair.

Travis

GOOD. Stained; 89 degrees; 33.52 feet low. Bass are good working deep marinas and pockets with small swimbaits, jigging spoons or topwaters. Later work deep bluff walls and ledges in 10-35 feet of water throwing a jig, shaky head trick worm, Carolina rig worm or a dropshot. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service. Water is murky with a 3-4 feet clarity versus the typical 10 feet. Bass are good in the marinas, and deep bluff walls along the banks with dropshots and shaky heads. Some early morning topwater action. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

GREAT. Water stained. 85 degrees; 18.58 feet low. Fishing is best in the morning when the water temperature is slightly cooler before heating up during the day. Crappie are fair with minnows. White bass are fair using crankbaits and spoons in 25-30 feet of water. The larger fish will be deeper in the school. Catfish are good on cheese bait in 4-15 feet of water. Use slip corks to catch the catfish in 4-5 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 91 degrees; 1.53 feet below. Bass are good on topwater frogs and finesse worms. Crappie are good in 12-30 feet of water on brush piles and submerged structures using live minnows. Bluegill are good mixed in with the crappie biting red worms and nightcrawlers. If you find the bluegill you will find other species feeding. Catfish are good in 10-12 feet of water using nightcrawlers. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

FAIR. Water stained; 82 degrees; 8.13 feet low. Fish are biting in the typical summertime patterns, feeding shallow early morning and moving to deeper, cooler water as the sun rises. For white and hybrid bass follow the birds feeding on bait fish. When you find some surface or schooling action slabs and spoons should get you a bite. Catfish are good on live bait. Largemouth bass are fair early morning on topwater lures, throwing soft plastics as the day heats. Report by Johnny Matthews, local angler. Crappie are good in 18-25 feet of water off points and brush with Dan’s jigs tipped with minnows. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Walter E. Long

FAIR. Water clear; 87 degrees. Bass are good in isolated grass beds in 10-15 feet of water with dropshots. Good early morning topwater bite with some schooling action biting on weightless flukes over the grass. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Weatherford

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 7.44 feet low. Catfish are fair with cut bait and chicken liver off the banks and docks. White bass are slow on slabs. Bass are slow off points and rocks with crankbaits and worms. Crappie are slow on main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 24.04 feet low. As the summer heat increases fishing continues to be slow. Carp are biting on dough bait off the banks and docks. Largemouth bass are fair on the edge of deep grass and rocks with watermelon or pumpkin green wacky worms. Crappie are slow on brush. Catfish are fair in the channel and on rocks with shad and perch.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 6.85 feet low. Stripers and sand bass are moving fast. Catch them shallow early in the morning, but once the sun rises fish in deeper water. Striped bass are great on live bait, crankbaits, swimbaits and jigging spoons from mid lake south towards the dam on flats and near the shallow edge of the river channel. White bass are good on live bait, jigging spoons and Alabama rigs. Look for schooling fish then anchor outside of the school and cast into them. They are moving fast. Catfish are good on cut bait during the day in 15-50 feet of water. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Accessories Installation. . Striped bass continue to be good early morning with topwaters and slabs. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Worth

GOOD. Water stained; 89 degrees; 2.34 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 slow on the main lake structure, channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 1.37 feet above. Fishing early and late to beat the heat is key Catfish are good on punch bait. Black bass can be caught on main lake points on crankbaits. No reports on crappie or white bass. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.