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Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of September 7, 2022

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 80 degrees; 8.28 feet low. Catfish are being caught on the fishing barge with minnows and cut shad. Crappie are good 25-30 feet of water using live bait and jigs. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide.

Amistad

GOOD. Water clear; 80 degrees; 51.92 feet low. Channel catfish are great in 8-12 feet of water along the edge of grass, submerged structures, stick ups and points with punch bait. Bass should be moving to freshwater structure and vegetation. Check for ramp status before heading out. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T Guide Service. The lake level has risen with the recent rains and the Diablo East ramp has reopened. Bass are being caught on topwater baits in the morning. Move to the hydrilla grass when the sun is up using punch rigs and jigs. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service.

Arlington

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.15 below. Bass are grouped up chasing bait on main lake points and off the end of docks. Fish can be caught all day by chasing schools of fish and throwing spoons and spooks. While the sun is high, focus under docks and in structure using flipping jigs, ribbon tail worms, and squarebill crankbaits. Report by local angler Wes Molina.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 4.74 feet low. Fishing patterns are similar and the bite should be aggressive before the rain in the forecast this weekend. Catfish are good in deeper water drifting with fresh cut shad. Crappie are good at the Derrick’s, around the dam, and in brush piles 12-15 feet deep. No report on white bass or largemouth bass. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

FAIR. Water clear; 85 degrees; 1.04 feet below. Bass are fair, actively schooling on points throwing small chrome rattletraps, and yellow magics. Crappie are slow on small jigs in deep brush out to 25 feet of water. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water clear; 89 degrees; 0.54 feet low. Fishing patterns are similar and should improve with the forecasted weather. Bass are biting on dropshots near creek mouths and brush piles, and small crankbaits on rock structures. Slow bite for crappie and white bass. Lady Bird Lake is fair for Bass are good with topwater frogs around the grass laydowns along the banks, swimbaits over the grass, and dropshot in deeper grass. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.41 feet below. Bass are fair with dropshots and crankbaits along grass ledges. Crappie are fair using minnows and jigs on deeper main lake structures and brush piles. Catfish are good moving shallow biting cut and cheese bait.

Bastrop

GREAT. Water clear; 91 degrees. Work topwaters and small swimbaits around schools of bass blowing up the surface. Fish crankbaits and shaky heads down below the schools to get a lot of bites as well. Later, move offshore out from the dam and look for deeper schools of fish and drop small swimbaits or a jigging spoon to get some good bites there. Work the grass beds out from the banks with flukes and topwater frogs. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 8.91 feet low. An inconsistent morning and evening white bass topwater is about the only fairly reliable pattern going on in the temperate bass world right now. Things will likely stay this way until turnover. Topwater feeders will hit MAL Original lures, rattling hard baits, and various poppers equally well. Fishing has been fair from sunrise until 10:15 A.M., then again from about 40 minutes prior to sunset, and until about 20 minutes thereafter. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Crappie are good in timber 20-30 feet deep with ⅛ ounce Slab City Jigs tipped with a minnow. Report by Zach Minnix, JigNJerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 7.91 feet low. After the recent rains target freshwater currents for largemouth bass and catfish. Largemouth bass are fair in 8-20 feet of water points and rocks and standing timber with deep diving crankbaits and Texas rigged 10 inch worms. Catfish are good in standing timber under roosting birds and punch bait. Crappie continue to be good in standing timber in 14-25 feet of water with jigs, but best on minnows. White bass and hybrids are slow on main lake humps with slabs and live bait. Report by James Davis, James Davis Guide Service.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water clear; 82 degrees; 1.07 below. Fishing patterns are similar. Catfish are good on baited holes 15-20 feet of water using cheese bait. Crappie are fair on brush in 15-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are good early and late in the evening on topwater frogs shallow. White bass good on midlake humps with slabs or minnows. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Brady

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 10.23 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and crankbaits in the salt cedars and rocks early and late. White bass are good, schooling all over the lake biting on crankbaits and topwaters. Crappie are slow around the marina. Catfish are good on cut bait or live perch on trotlines or jugs in 5-10 feet of water.

Braunig

FAIR. Water lightly stained, 88 degrees. Red drum have been good on live baits such as tilapia, perch and crawfish around the dam and far east shorelines. Boaters trolling rattle traps and small gold spoons are having good results. Recreational shoreline anglers doing good on live baits on Dead Tree Point. Channel Catfish have been fair on worms, cheese bait and frozen gulf shrimp. Hybrid Stripers no report.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 6.91 feet low. Both ends of the lake are stirred up after the recent rains. All ramps are good, but check ramp status before heading out. Sand bass have been active, chasing shad on top early and late. Hybrids are wandering but you may find some around the sand bass. Largemouth bass are good with topwaters early, switching to shad colored crankbaits close to main lake points later in the day. Crappie continue to be quite good around the 380 bridge, docks and main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs are the preferred baits. Catfish have been quiet, look for them to be quite active in the next few weeks as the water cools a bit. Cut Shad will be the best bet. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 79-85 degrees; 6.71 feet low. Bass excellent to 4.50 pounds on jigs, shaky heads, topwater lures, and crankbaits on docks with brush in 2-10 feet of water. Crappie to one pound are excellent on minnows 12-15 feet of water over brush piles and under docks. White bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs under the lights. Catfish are slow on prepared baits around baited holes and on jug lines.

Bryan

SLOW. Water normal stain; 83 degrees. Fishing will be slow for all species until the fall cool down begins. Catfish are slow on punch bait, and live or dead perch and goldfish. Crappie are slow on submerged structures off boat docks 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; 80 degrees; 13.90 feet low. Largemouth can be caught good around rock piles and shallow vegetation throwing topwaters, 10 foot crankbaits or squarebills and soft plastics. To target striper, hybrids and white bass look for surface action and get there quickly, throwing a topwater walking style bait, wakebait or a number of different crankbaits to run through the schools. If the topwater action slows down, look at your electronics to find big schools out deep and drop jigging spoons on them. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.78 feet above. Caddo has come up close to a foot, but continue to navigate with caution. Bass are good on topwaters early in the morning in the lily pads and grass in the shade of the river as the sun comes up. Texas rig or drop shot will produce once the sun comes up along the grass line in the river system or the bayou system. Enjoy the lily pad flowers are still out and the amazing sunsets and sunrises on this majestic body of water God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

FAIR. Water lightly stained, 86 degrees. Red drum have been fair to good in open water in the 15-25 feet range trolling spoons and rattle traps. Recreational shoreline anglers are having the best results on live bait such as crawfish, tilapia and perch on the far east and far west points of the recreational shoreline. Blue catfish and channel catfish are fair on cut bait, cheese bait and frozen gulf shrimp. Hybrid striper no report.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 6.31 feet low. Black bass are good near hydrilla with topwater lures colored silver and black or bone color, and using watermelon colored worms. Main lake points and brush in 12-18 feet of water using Carolina or Texas rigged green pumpkin worms. Striped bass are good in Turkey Cove, and by the dam. Birds are working and can lead you to active schools. Crappie are good up the river around hardwoods with live minnows. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 81-84 degrees; 3.11 feet low. Fishing will be slower with the rain and cooler temperature, but they will still be biting. Crappie are excellent in brush piles in 10-14 feet of water minnows and small jigs. The fish are starting to transition into the fall pattern. White bass and hybrid bass are excellent, surfacing on top chasing shad. Rattletraps and spoons are working good, but once the fish quit schooling, go to humps using a silver slab. Largemouth bass are excellent shallow feeding early in the mornings and late in the evenings, using chatterbaits and buzzbaits against rocks and docks. Some fish on brush but the better quality is coming shallow. Catfish are good on humps with live shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GREAT. Water stained; 86 degrees; 22.29 feet low. Bass are really good in shallow water with grass using buzzbaits, and weightless flukes. In 3-9 feet of water along grass walls with off colored water throw chatterbaits, spinner baits, and Texas rigged plastics. Crappie are excellent with live bait over brush piles from 8-15 feet and in 20-25 feet of water. Catfish are good on cheese or cut bait. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Cisco

GREAT. Water stained; 79 degrees; 6.95 feet low. Channel and flathead catfish are good on perch and frozen shad in 5-10 feet of water. Bass are fair along grass edges with crankbaits and topwaters. Report by Jason Miller, Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

GOOD. Slightly stained; 82 degrees; 4.80 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; 85 degrees; 1.45 feet below. Crappie are hit-or-miss but improving as the water temperatures decrease. Fish are starting to load up on brush piles, layovers and standing timber, using a jig head tipped with a minnow and clear, black/chartreuse, white/chartreuse jigs. Look for this type of structure in 12-18 feet of water with 13-15 feet of water being the most productive. Report by Justin Burns, Slab Donkey Guide Service. Catfish are good on shrimp and liver in depths of 14-22 feet of water. Hybrid striped bass have been active on points just off of the main lake channel, and flats trolling, jigging or using live bait. Seeing many juvenile fish around 17 inches. The smaller schools seem to produce the keeper sizes. Black bass are schooling in 9-22 feet of water with a 2-3.5 pound average. Biting on creature baits, crankbaits, and swimbaits close to, or in structure. Stay hydrated in this heat and always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Fishing Guide.

Cooper

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees. Fishing should improve after the cold front, but will definitely improve the temperature for cooler fishing. Catfish are good with juglines. White bass and hybrids are fair with large spoons. Crappie are slow on main lake brush piles and standing timber with jigs and minnows. Bass are fair along grass ledges and standing timber with crankbaits.

Corpus Christi Lake

GREAT. 80 degrees; 2.74 feet below. Catfish are great in shallow flooded grass on worms, shad, and soap baits. Largemouth bass are good on frogs in flooded grass. White bass are good holding in deeper water near the dam, with spoons, small jigs, and live minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over structure in 5-10 feet of water. Alligator gar are good in the river channel bow fishing shallow flooded grass. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.

Cypress Springs

Water stained; 81 degrees; 1.94 feet low. Fishing patterns are consistent fishing low light hours 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. The catfish are moving to a little deeper and cooler water in the mid 20 foot range in areas with a good wind blowing in on it.Your best bite will still be on prepared punch style baits over baited areas. Captain Mike Thompson, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normally stained, 84 degrees; 3.56 feet low. White bass are fair to good on main lake structure on chartreuse and white slabs with teaser flies. Some anglers have reported good catches trolling A-rigs and hellpets. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles, docks and main lake structure on jigs or minnows and shooting docks. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on main lake structure on Mr. Whiskers Punch Bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 42.52 feet low. Bass fishing is good shallow in the recently submerged vegetation with spinner baits, lipless crankbaits and chatterbaits. Catfish are good in 3-10 feet of water along banks using a float or bottom rig with cut bait, stink bait or shrimp. Gar are active at the mouths of rivers, and the middle of the channel using bow or rod and reel. Report by Ram Reyes, Texas Kings Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 89 degrees. Much needed rain continues to be in the forecast. Bass are fair in 10-20 feet of water on humps and rip rap throwing various jigs and plastics. Catfish are good, hitting punch bait in 12-20 feet of water on tight lines over chum. Bluegill and redear perch are fair on worms and crickets around structures. Water temperature is 89 degrees near the boat ramp. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 78 degrees; 5.64 feet low.Flooded grass can be seen throughout the lake. Bass have started to get near the new grass and can be caught on topwaters, chatterbaits and minus one type baits with shad patterns the most effective. After the sun rises target wooded areas in 5-7 feet of water with shaky heads or dropshots in june bug and watermelon red best colors. Square bills in a 2.5 are good in 5-7 feet around wood and points. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Pro. Lake Fork crappie are starting to stack up on trees in good numbers earlier this year than we normally see. The water temperatures have dropped to the low 80s and the fish are getting hungry. Best depths this week seem to be 18-24 feet of water with fish suspended 8-14 feet deep on the trees. Brush pile fish are beginning to bite here and there as well. Minnows are still the best bait, but soft plastics and hand tied jigs will work throughout the fall and winter months. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 5.97 feet low. White bass and hybrid bass are slow on artificial baits.Troll mainlake structure for best success as fish are scattered out. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Graham

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 2.87 feet low. Fishing patterns are similar. Largemouth bass are good with fish schooling and chasing bait balls. Target bass in 4-8 feet of water near grassy docks and mouths of creeks. Catfish are good off docks on punch bait. Crappie are slow. Hybrid stripers and white bass are schooling in the discharge area.

Granbury

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.45 feet low. Granbury striped bass are slow. They can be caught trolling umbrella-rigs with white or chartreuse grub tails, trolling deep diving crankbaits but live shad seems to work the best drifting shallow flats on the south end of the lake. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Accessories Installation. Largemouth bass are good on the lay downs in the river on both frogs and Texas rigged soft plastics. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.54 feet low. Black bass are good on shad colored crankbaits fished up river and around hydrilla along the south shore. Crappie are very good to two pounds on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 4-10 feet of water. White bass are good to two pounds on slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad and Zote soap. Gaspergou are good on earthworms and crappie jigs fished in 3-15 feet of water. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.17 feet above. White bass are good with a mid morning bite using a white slab on cloudy days and a chartreuse slab on sunny days in 28-38 feet of water. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water stained; 83 degrees; 43.38 feet low. Fishing patterns are holding constant with few new reports. Catfish are good at night with minnows. Crappie are slow in 18 feet of water with minnows. Largemouth bass are slow using crankbaits. Sand bass are slow schooling deep biting silver spoons. Walleye are slow scattered all over the lake on crappie jigs, buzz bait and minnows.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 1.61 feet below. Crappie are good in standing timber and brush in 12-20 feet of water using minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 4-16 feet of water crankbaits, shaky heads and wacky worms on docks points and lay downs. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Hubbard Creek

GREAT. Water Stained; 77-85 degrees; 5.84 feet low. Bass are excellent to 8.22 pounds on crankbaits and topwaters on docks with brush 8-18 feet of water. Crappie to 1.5 pounds are excellent on minnows 12-20 feet of water over brush piles and under docks. White bass are excellent on crankbaits and jigs under the lights scattered around the entire lake. Report by Clayton Lohse, Respect the Fish Guide Service.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 1.56 feet below. Bass are very good with Texas rigged soft plastics and drop shots on humps and brush in 6-18 feet of water. The topwater bite is starting to pick up.

Joe Pool

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.86 feet low. Fishing is better in the afternoon and evening than in the morning. Bass are good in 15-20 feet of water on sharp bends in the creek channels with any kind of bottom structure such as rocks, stumps, and man-made brush piles. In deeper water use Texas or Carolina rigs, dropshots, or slowly drag a soft plastic worm or creature bait. In15 feet or less use Texas rigs and shaky heads. Report by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions. Reports of crappie are fair on brush piles, and near bridges with minnows and jigs.

Lake O’ the Pines

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.56 feet low. Catfish are good on baited holes 15-20 feet of water using cheese bait. Crappie are fair on brush in 15-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are good early and late in the evening on topwater frogs shallow. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 4.49 feet low. White bass are good with a sporadic topwater bite in the morning, but mostly smaller sized fish, and in 10-20 feet of water on structure. Larger fish will be 5 feet under the surface biting on one ounce white or chartreuse slabs and swim baits. Crappie are fishing best after 10 A.M. in 10-18 feet of water near structure using minnows and jigs. In the morning target fish in 5-7 feet of water on structure along the banks. Black bass are good with topwaters for the first half hour of light, then switch to white and chartreuse spinners with a paddle tail swimbait as a trailer. Target deep rock piles 15-25 feet of water with Alabama rigs, or brush piles in 10-20 feet of water with a live scope using Carolina or Texas rigs and crankbaits as the sun comes up after 9 A.M. Catfish are great in 10-20 feet of water on ledges and flats using cut bait, drum and gizzard shad. Find the huge bait schools where it blacks out your fish finder with so much bait. The catfish will be trailing and eating the main school of bait. Bobber your baits off the bottom or even use a Santi rig the fish are feeding great right now. Occasionally, they will mosey out to approximately 27 feet of water. Bluegills are great on brush in 10-20 feet of water using earthworms, crickets or bacon. Leave a strip of bacon outside for a couple hours and let it tighten up, then use a pinky nail size for bacon bait on a very small hook. That way you won’t have to re-bait every time you set the hook. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80-85 degrees; 0.76 feet low. Bass are good with topwater frogs, senkos and flukes around grass walls, brush piles in 8-12 feet of water with shad colored crankbaits, and watermelon or green colored plastics. Crappie are good over brush piles with live bait. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 3.13 feet low. Fishing patterns remain similar as the water temperature is cooling some after the recent rains. White bass are fair 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 drifting cut shad or chicken breasts in 16-24 feet of water on wind blown points, humps, and flats near creek channels. Crappie are fair in 6-25 feet of water near rock piles, stumps, laydowns, brush piles, standing timber, bridge columns, but best in brush piles and standing timber using minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water clear; 86 degrees; 3.94 feet below. Crappie are good suspended in 12-18 feet of water around brush and standing timber using minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 2-14 feet of water on docks and points using Texas or Carolina rigs, crankbaits, and topwater frogs. White bass are good on points and humps in 7-15 feet of water with silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good in 7-20 feet of water with cut bait. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 80 degrees; 0.15 feet above. Look for the water clarity to be muddy and flooding conditions on the North end as the freshwater runoff flows in from North Texas rains. White bass are good to excellent with the topwater schooling action, then jigging with slabs on points and humps. Catfish are fair to good. Crappie continue to be slow. Striped bass are slow with slabs and live shad. Report by Jeff Friederick, Fishin’ Addiction Guide Service.

Martin Creek

GOOD. 85 degrees. Water lightly stained; 2.39 feet low. Bass fishing has improved over the last week working flukes, swimbaits, wacky worms and small spinner baits in shallow water but mostly along the edge of hydrilla. Topwater frogs are good early and late. Crappie are still excellent with limits coming in 20-25 feet of water over brush and standing timber. Catfish good on nightcrawlers from 10-18 feet of water fished off the bottom.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 75.74 feet low. Bass are slow with soft plastics, and an early morning topwater bite near grass and standing timber. White bass and striped bass are fair trolling slabs on deeper water humps. Catfish are good with stink bait and cut baits.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 68-70 degrees; 53.41 feet low. Bass are good in the shallows on minnows and artificial baits. Catfish are good on live, stinks, punch baits in Bugbee and Harbor Bay. Crappie are excellent in 5-30 feet of water on minnows, jigs, grubs and other artificials. Females are being caught with eggs in them. White bass are good on minnows. Trout are slow, with a few catches on power baits and small spinners. Walleye are excellent with limits coming on minnows, crawlers, crankbaits, grubs, and other artificials. Please be safe and watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey hole. Ken’s Report

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 4.29 feet low. Fishing continues to follow a constant pattern. Fishing at night along the shoreline is fair for channel and blue catfish using shad and punch bait. Hybrid bass are schooling early morning, biting on swimbaits from the bank or trolling. Crappie and white bass are slow with few reports.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84-88 degrees; 2.82 feet low. Summer fishing patterns continue. Largemouth bass continue to school in open water on the main lake. Topwater action along grass edges should pick up as we head into fall. Crappie bite is fair on minnows and jigs. Fish are grouped up in the main lake on timber. Overcast conditions and rainfall will help lower water temperature and improve the bite. Report by Blake Oestreich, Brushbuster Guide Service.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clear to stained; 83 degrees; 1.00 feet low. Water temperatures are slowly dropping, indicating the beginning stage of the fall transition. As long as there is not another heat wave, the lake should begin to turnover in a few weeks. The thermocline is still in effect at the 12 foot zone. A jerkbait plus-1 and shad style lures are working. A slow hopped underspin is getting bit in 8-12 feet of water. 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; 85 degrees. 0.94 feet low. Bass are fair in the reeds and around boat docks using soft plastics, jigs, and top water. Crappie are good using black and chartreuse crappie jigs and minnows in the reeds, around docks, and around the bridge pilings. Catfish are good down by the dam and up in the river using cut bait and stink bait. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

FAIR. Stained; 79 degrees; 2.43 feet low. Crappie are fair on brush and standing timber with minnows. Bass are fair along grass edges with crankbaits and soft plastics.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 81 degrees; 46.77 feet low. The lake continues to be low. Catfish are good in the river channel using cut bait and chicken liver. Black bass are good along brush edges dropshots with wacky rigged worms in pumpkin seed. Crappie and white bass are slow with the low lake level.

O.H. Ivie

GREAT. Water stained; 80 degrees; 21.22 feet low. Fishing is similar and the water is slightly stained after the recent rains. White bass are great with live bait and crankbaits. Crappie good with jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 8-18 feet of water over grass with topwaters and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and live bait. Report by Concho Park and Marina.

Oak Creek

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 9.51 feet low. Channel catfish are good on chicken liver fished off docks. Crappie and white bass are good at night under the lights. Few reports of small bass catches. Report provided by Randal Pate, Sportsman’s Lodge. Crappie and white bass bites are better at night and early in the morning. White bass are running from the HWY 70 bridge up the creek. Troll with spinner baits, and gold or silver spoons around the brush.

Palestine

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.80 feet low. Bass are active in 4-6 feet of water working a �¼ ounce big eyed jigs or 3/8 ounce waddle head jig under boat houses, wood and points. Crappie are good in brush piles in 16 feet of water biting silver with a chartreuse tail jig. Catfish are great pitching under docks with chicken livers and hearts, and on baited holes in the river channel. White bass are slow suspended out in deep water. Try the 155 roadbed trolling big crankbaits, or tail spinner baits. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 4.41 feet low. Bass are fair on deep points and around docks with topwater lures early switching to Texas rigged soft plastics. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84-86 degrees; 3.72 feet low. Striped bass are good trolling with live bait, and pink or white artificials. Fish are very skittish, and don’t want to hang around too long. Sand bass are good on slabs and rattletraps fished on or near points and ledges. Silver and white spoons, slabs, and jigs are all working as well. Catfish are great fished on or close to bottom in 25 feet of water with cut shad and stink bait. Clarity is roughly 3-5 feet. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 82 degrees; 7.19 feet low. All fishing continues to be poor while the lake is down. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striped bass are slow. White bass are slow on bomber slabs. Crappie are slow on live bait. Catfish are slow on cut shad.

Raven

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.50 feet low. The water temp was down to about 85 with the rains, but expect it to creep back towards 90 until the next shower. Bass are really good on minnows and Texas rig stick baits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows. Catfish are fair on minnows and cut bait. Swimming is currently not allowed, until the lake returns to normal levels, for the safety of both our wildlife and our visitors. As a reminder, the park gates do not open until 6 A.M., and anglers arriving that early will have to fill out a day pass at the self-serve kiosk at headquarters.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83-85 degrees; 1.74 feet low. White bass are good and are moved shallow 3-8 feet slow rolling in line spinners or tail spinners with sporadic too water late and early morning. Crappie are fair on brush tops in 10-15 feet water minnows and jigs working equally. Catfish are excellent in shallow wooded areas baiting holes and using prepared stink bait, especially where the water is moving out of creeks. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD; Water is clear; 80 degrees; 1.44 feet below. White bass are good actively schooling in 30 feet of water catching limits with slabs. Blue catfish up to five pounds are mixed in with the white bass. Crappie are good on minnows in 20-30 feet of water. Largemouth bass are fair, look for the fall feeding frenzy when the water temperatures drop to the upper 70s. Report by Jim Walling, Ucatchem Guide Service.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water clear; 82 degrees; 4.09 feet low. Fishing patterns are similar when the weather allows. Crappie are fair on brush piles and bridge columns in 15-20 feet of water with minnows. White bass are poor and hard to locate. Hybrid bass are fair on humps in 20-25 feet of water near the 309 flats using live shad, best bite on gizzard shad. Small eater size channel and blue catfish are excellent using punch bait on a #4 treble hooks in the main lake and creek points in 10-20 feet of water, or chumming with fermented grain or range cubes. Best areas to fish are the 309 Flats, Midway and Ferguson Point. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 4.30 feet low. Bass are good early and late in the day off points and creeks. The bass are starting to transition into the fall pattern moving to creek channel pockets feeding up for winter. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Crappie will begin to migrate to the rivers in the next few weeks. Catfish are good off points with and in the creek channel. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 83 degrees; 4.09 feet below. White bass are good trolling with pet spoons, or using shad and pencil minnows in 6-10 feet of water. Hybrid bass are fair and scattered in deeper water. Black bass are fair hitting slow moving jigs with plastics on drop-offs and brush in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good with many undersized catches on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. Catfish and bluegill are fair on minnows and worms early morning and late in the evening at the Somerville Marina. Catfish are fair early morning in 6-12 feet of water on punch bait or jug lines with shad and cut bait. Lots of smaller fish mixed in. Many submerged rocks and structures are exposed, so navigate with caution. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 84 degrees. 42.92 feet low. The rain, cooler evening temperatures paired with cold fronts have cooled the water temperatures improving the fishing as the fish begin to transition. We are still getting a few good fish on plastics. Look for the edges of the salt cedars and slow down. Wear your life jacket and be careful out there. Report by Bill Brasher, Bronte Fishing Guide Service

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 3.39 feet low. Largemouth bass are good at the crappie house. Catfish are good on crappie minnow with reports of nice sized yellow and blue catfish biting off jugs. Crappie are hit-or-miss with jigs. Report by Anchor Marina.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 8.58 feet low. White bass continue to concentrate on both breaklines and slow-tapering bottoms in the 36-45 feet range. Downrigging to find fish, then working the MAL Dense Lures vertically, and after that bite tapers working horizontally continues to produce morning limits of fish. The long-running topwater action fueled by smaller, “schoolie” largemouth bass was non-existent this past week. The upper third of the reservoir remains stained, but not muddy, from recent rains which only lifted the lake level by 0.4 feet. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 3.22 feet low. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish good as the summer pattern comes to an end. Each week we are seeing the fish get more active as the water temperatures continue to fall. Hybrid stripers and white bass have become active on the lake in several different areas sometimes feeding under birds and other times feeding deep where we are catching them throwing spoons and slabs. Best depth has been between 12-24 feet. Crappie are picking up as the water temperatures continue to cool off. Standing timber has been best and active fish have been suspended 12-16 feet down over trees in 25-30 feet of water with jigs out performing minnows. The channel catfish bite is still wide open. Prepared bait such as dough and punch baits are working great over baited areas. seems like the best depth has been 25 feet of water. The blue catfish bite is also picking up. We are starting to see fish over 20 pounds caught drifting large pieces of cut Shad. For those wanting to fill the box, small pieces of cut bait drifted over large mud flats in 18-25 feet of water has been working well. The largemouth bite is also starting to pick up. Topwater bait right at daylight have been working well, then switching over to a baby brush hog after the sun comes up is what is putting fish in the boat. Focus on shallow boat docks and shallow rocks. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.94 feet low. Bass are good in timber and structure with crankbaits and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair in deep water 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 slabs and spoons.

Texoma

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.23 feet below. Next few weeks the birds will start working the fish. Striped bass are good early in the morning on topwaters, then chasing big schools in the middle of the lake and in the river with slabs. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striped bass are good with quality catches on secondary ledges in 35-45 feet of water using live threadfin shad on a three foot fluorocarbon leader. Afternoon trips have been better than the morning trips. Crappie are good and reactive to minnows. Starting to warm up on jigs. 8-25 feet of water. Seeing lots of small 7-8 inch crappie on piles indicating a good fall to come. Blue catfish and channel catfish are excellent on prepared baits fishing flats in 20-30 feet of water. Seeing a lot of small fish with the occasional keeper. We’re getting closer to trophy catfish season. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are fair on topwater spooks the first few hours of the day. Switching to soft plastics or fast moving crankbaits mid day.Report by Jacob Orr Lake Texoma Guaranteed Guide Service.

Toledo Bend

FAIR. Water stained; 77-79 degrees; 3.88 feet low. The water level is 168.0 with two generators running from 2-8:00 P.M. Water temperature at the Dam is 77-79 degrees with surface temperature around 79. The back feeder creeks are starting to clear up a little this week. The black bass are just starting their winter transition as the aquatic grasses start discoloring. This is an indicator that the oxygen is starting to dwindle in the plant. The bass will leave this area quickly for greener pastures in deeper water. You might have a pattern one day and the next day it’s all changed. Bass have been caught on traps, bladed baits, and smaller crankbaits in shad colors. Here is another pattern, smaller jerk baits and baby flukes. Fly casters, use hollow body flies three inch in colors shad/white and chartreuse/white or a Dahlberg Diver Frog fly, and a Wilson’s top water popper in a baby bass pattern. Find the bait balls and you will find the bass. Get on them quick and catch a few and keep moving. The Crappie catch has been picking up this week in 20-25 feet of water using small minnows. Bluegills are still mixed in with Crappie in the brush piles in deeper water. Catfish are in 20-25 feet of water off the breaks in the main river channel. Safety tip – if you hear lightning, get off the water. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Master Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak Sales, Fishing Guide Service & Rod Repair

Travis

FAIR. Stained; 80 degrees; 35.77 feet low. Bass are good off points, in the backs of creeks, and off bluff walls with spinner, chatterbaits, or anything imitation shad fishing fast. Bait fish are shallow at the banks in 10-15 feet of water. Visibility is less than two feet after all the rain, so the bite is active. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Bass are moving shallow to feed on shad so any shad imitation bait will work. Bass are good with topwaters early in the morning. Throwing spooks, poppers, buzzbaits and weightless flukes near windy shorelines. Dropshots near the mouths of creeks, and backs of pockets with small topwaters and weightless flukes. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained. 81 degrees; 20.85 feet low. Fishing patterns are in a transition period. White bass are slow, suspended in open areas of the lake. Look for the bite to improve in about a month as the water temperature cools. Channel catfish are fair to hit-or-miss in 18-24 feet of water with cheese bait. The shallow bite has slowed with only smaller sized fish. Crappie are slow, slow, slow. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.18 feet below. The bite will improve as the water temperature slowly cools along with the weather. Bass are slow on topwaters and minnows in submerged vegetation around piers. Crappie are fair in 16-20 of water on brush piles and submerged structures using live minnows and jigs. Bluegill are good mixed in with the crappie biting red worms. Catfish are fair in the mouths of creeks using nightcrawlers and minnows. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 9.50 feet low. Crappie are good on brush piles in 8-24 feet of water, and under boat docks with trees with minnows or soft body jigs tipped with minnows. Smaller groups of fish are more aggressive to bite. Catfish are mixed in with the crappie. Black bass are fair. Sand bass and hybrids are good on the old road beds early in the morning with topwaters. Report by Robert Stover, Workingman Crappie Guide. Crappie are good in 14-18 feet of water with two inch wicked shad tipped with a minnow. Report by Zach Minnix, JigNJerk Guide Service.

Walter E. Long

FAIR. Water clear; 84 degrees. Bass are good with weightless flukes and topwater poppers early in the morning over vegetation. Fish are scattered at all depths. Some schooling fish off the shorelines, look for the surface breaks to locate fish. Fishing weightless senkos around grass lines, and throwing a chatterbait through the grass. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Weatherford

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 7.59 feet low. Catfish are fair with cut bait and shad off rocks and main lake points. White bass are slow on slabs. Bass are slow off main lake points and rocks with crankbaits and worms. Crappie are slow on main lake brush piles with minnows and jigs.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 22.90 feet low. Catfish are fair on minnows and frozen shad off the shoreline. Black bass are fair near the dam and island with rattletraps. Crappie are good moving in shallow water as the temperature cool water using minnows and jigs. Walleye are slow holding close to the sandy bottoms and chasing crappie biting on bottom lures.

Whitney

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 6.79 feet low. Striped bass are good trolling umbrella-rigs with white or chartreuse grub tails or swim baits attached throughout the reservoir in 12-40 feet of water. Live minnows are working as well, but fresh live shad is still prefered. Top water lures work as well, if you can find the fish schooling, but the stripers don’t stay up long and are moving fast. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton’s Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Accessories Installation. Striped bass continue to be good on topwater lures in the mornings and late afternoon. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.

Worth

GOOD. Water normally stained; 84 degrees; 1.86 feet below. White bass are fair to good on main lake structure on chartreuse and white slabs. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles, docks and main lake structure on jigs or minnows and shooting docks. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on main lake structure on Mr. Whiskers Punch Bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service. The report was provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.32 feet above. The bite improves with some wind in the forecast. Catfish continue to bite fair on punch bait. White bass are good on points with tail spinners with fish on the smaller size. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.