Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of May 29, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 74 degrees; 4.26 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 20-28 feet of water on minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 67.24 feet below pool. Black bass are good up to 2 pounds with occasional 5-6 pounder. Main lake points with rock structure are holding the most fish. 5-15 feet. Topwaters, senkos fished around wood and brush are also putting fish in the boat. Ned rigs, shaky head finesse worms and wacky worms are also doing good. White bass are good in 15-30 feet around working birds and bait balls on main river channels. Stripers are slow. Crappie are good on crappie jigs and small cranks fished around wood. Tight lines! Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service.

Arlington

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Inclement weather has kept anglers off the water. The lake is flooded and there is floating debris.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 4.57 feet below pool. Catfish are improving out in deeper water drifting with fresh cut shad. Crappie had moved out into the summer post spawning grounds. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.80 feet above pool. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Bass are fair, catching scattered fish on grass edges out to 12 feet with shaky head worms and jigs. Crappie have slowed down on brush with small jigs working best. Fish are easy to find but are finicky. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.68 feet below pool. Lake Austin has been slowing down during the daytime hours. First light and night time is the time to be fishing lake Austin. Some bass still spawning in lake Austin around full moons. Fish have been feeding offshore on small shad. Plenty of grass continues to grow around the banks that are holding a large number of baitfish. Overall the lake is fishing tougher right now. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

GOOD. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.93 feet below pool. Water level is high after recent flooding and rainfall.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees. Lake Bastrop water temperatures are in the lower 80s depending on location. The water visibility is around 2-4 feet. Bass have been good on flukes and swimbaits in shad or bluegill colors. The bite has been fair on creature baits in natural colors like watermelon seed and green pumpkin. Report by Jason Hernandez, Bass Institute of Bastrop. Bass are biting early in the morning in the discharge on shaky heads and small Carolina rigged super fluke juniors. Later in the day bass are moving to grass lines on the main lake hitting using flukes, worms and creature baits. Schooling bass action on small swimbaits and tiny clear topwaters. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 17.23 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. This lake rose another 2 feet over the course of this past week due to additional heavy rains on Thursday, 23 May. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically only reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. Although a post-flood release of water is now ongoing, it will likely be several more weeks before access is available to the public. As of Sunday, 26 May, the reservoir crested, and is now falling thanks to a release of about 5400 CFS. Walk-in access to bank fish and, or for kayak fishing is still permitted even in parks with gates locked as long as posted signage does not stipulate otherwise. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. All boat ramps are closed due to high water levels. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.91 feet above pool. The lake level continues to be high and access is limited, so call before heading out. Benbrook Marina ramp is open.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. Crappie are good in brush piles 20-25 feet with minnows or jigs. Sand bass are good at Blowhole with anything shiny, such as spinnerbaits or rattle traps. Catfish are good in 2-6 feet of water in flooded brush with worms, cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are good in 12-15 feet of water on points and brush piles with Texas rigged worms, jigging spoons, dropshots and jigs. Shad continue to spawn shallow so there is a topwater bite. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine. Black bass are slow on streamers and clousers fishing main lake points and flooded grass. Water clarity is murky and high water are slowing the bream bite. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 77 degrees; 10.74 feet below pool. Black bass bite is spotty. Crappie and white bass are slow. Channel catfish and flathead catfish are fair on live or cut bait on jug lines and trotlines.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Redfish are fair off the bank and boat fishing shrimp, crawfish and shad trolling is slow. Catfish are being caught around rock and reed lines with cheese bait and cut shad bass are still being caught in the reeds. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 11.30 feet below pool. Water clarity is stained in the main lake, and muddy on each end. The RAB Marina, WCP, the dam and all low water ramps are open. Catfish have been outstanding on shad and prepared baits. Running creeks should really hold the fish. In the main lake, look shallow around rocks. Crappie continue to be good around shoreline cover, brush piles and the U.S. 380 bridge. Minnows and jigs are producing well. Hybrids and sand bass are wandering the main lake structures. Chartreuse slabs will catch fish when they are under the boat. Try a topwater bait for early morning bass. As it warms up try flat billed crank bait across main lake points. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.63 feet below pool. Water is dirty main lake and muddy towards the rivers. Black bass to 7.71 pounds are slow on jigs, shaky heads and top waters in 2-10 feet. Crappie to 13 inches are excellent under docks on minnows in 6-12 feet. White bass to 12 inches are slow on crankbaits and small swimbaits with some top water action early and late. Catfish are good to 5 pounds on cut or prepared bait at Thrifty Park.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees. The lake is full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Report by The Bait Barn.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 9.73 feet below pool. North to mid-lake is still muddy and stained on the south end. Striper fishing remains good using live shad as bait in the 15-35 feet of water range. Some limited topwater schools have been showing up but have not been staying up for long. White bass continue biting excellent vertical jigging spoons. We have had some very strong east winds that have dislodged some debris from the east side of the lake so beware of floating obstacles. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing.

Caddo

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.31 feet above pool. Water levels are continuing to fall and the water is muddy with a strong current. Be conscientious of wake size while boating as the water level is right at and below the boat docks. Bass top water bite is starting to heat up with frogs, buzz baits and choppos plus pop r’s are working as the brim are starting to bed up. Flukes and senkos are still working well around the trees for you just remember dark colors in muddy water and your green and pumpkin colors in the clearer water. Really think things will calm down by June and the summer should be amazing out here. Caddo as the summer is a beautiful time to come visit this lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 90 degrees. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Redfish are on good off the bank with shrimp, crawfish and being caught trolling on dark plastics and spoons. Channel catfish are being caught on rock lines. Blue catfish are being caught out on the lake on rock piles and drop offs using cut bait bass are slow. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 23.13 feet below pool. Bass are good on spooks in the morning. Then as the sun rises target bass around grass edges with worms. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Hybrids and white bass start early in the morning at daylight and hit the dam or the western shorelines of the lake and look for schooling fish close to seawalls and shorelines. After that fish any hump in depths of 22-28 feet throughout the lake to find fish stacked up in schools. Use spinnerbaits like a mepps #4 spinner or drop a slab down to the bottom and work it fast up and down and the fish will hit it immediately. Also throwing out a slab and reeling it back with a slow retrieve is also working well. The evening bite from 5-8 p.m. has also been very good. Hit up seawalls close to points in depths of 7-12 feet and cast rattle traps, spoons or sassy shads to get the Hybrids to bite. The crappie bite has been getting increasingly better. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Quick limits are being reported. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Water is a little high and stained. Catfish are spawning and scattered. You can catch them shallow or deep with cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 29.14 feet below pool. Bass morning bite is really good on shad patterned spinnerbaits or crankbaits. Then as the sun rises switch to Texas rigs on main lake points. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing. Bass are good in shallow water out to 10 feet using flukes and soft plastic worms, shad colored crankbaits. A little bit of topwater action. Catfish are good on cut bait or stink bait in 20 feet of water. Crappie are good in brush piles in 20-25 feet of water on minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 11.79 feet below pool. Bass and crappie are good on minnows in 10 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 3.01 feet below pool. Lake Coleman has risen about 10 feet. Very few reports from anglers.

Comanche Creek

0.98 feet above pool. Closed.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Catfish are outstanding with many reports of limits being caught on bulkheads and on ledges and humps and rocks using Catfish Bubblegum, worms, liver, shad, and punch bait. Crappie have been hit-or-miss. There are some being caught but overall numbers are still down. Largemouth are good up shallow early and late. While the sun is high in the sky try pitching docks or offshore structures. Bream beds should be heating up as well. It's getting hot out there so stay hydrated and safe. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrids have been on flats and channels in 17-24 feet of water. Many anglers are trolling, or drifting live bait, or jigging for them. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees: 1.00 feet below pool. Water continues to be released at the spillway. Anglers are reporting good catches of sand bass and catfish.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 70 degrees; 10.01 feet below pool. Lake levels continue to be drop. Catfish are good on wind blown shorelines with nightcrawlers and cheese bait. Drum are good on wind blown shorelines on nightcrawlers. Alligator gar are good on cut carp in the river channel. Crappie are slow. Largemouth bass are slow. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Cypress Springs

GOOD: Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.66 feet above pool. Crappie are good on brush piles 15-20 feet of water on minnows or jigs. Catfish are good in 2-6 feet of water on worms or cut bait. Sand bass good on main lake points with jigging spoons. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Shad are spawning so bass can be caught along the banks on topwaters. There is a good bite under docks and off points with jigging spoons and dropshots. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. White bass are good on main lake structures with slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combos. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Fairfield

Closed to the public.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 49.96 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are similar and the water continues to drop. The best place to launch is at the State Park off the gravel and rock points while the lake level is low. Bass are excellent with numbers being caught in 15-20 feet of water casting to shallow rocky areas with deep diving crankbaits, football jigs, and dropshots. Catfish are good with catches up to 30 pounds on muddy flats leading into the river channel in 3-10 feet of water with fresh cut bait on a santee rig or Kentucky rig to keep the bait out of the mud. Keeper catfish are good using small shad or shrimp fished in 12-25 feet of water on deep structure in the river channel. Crappie are slow. Bowfishing for gar is excellent with numerous catches over 7 feet on the south end. Rod and reel anglers are catching gar up to 3 feet with cut carp and tilapia. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees. Bass are good near the dam and in 15-20 feet of water with swimbaits and Texas rigged worms. Crappie are good in deep water 15-25 feet of water. Catfish are fair on stink bait or cut bait.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 76 degrees; 0.48 feet above pool. The morning bass bite is good for the first of hours of the day then slows on buzz baits, frogs, and swimbaits around shallow grass. Then switch to shaky heads along the edge of grass or bream beds in 3-5 feet. The offshore bites comes into play on bright and sunny days with big worms Texas rigged or Carolina rigs in 15-18 feet. Crankbaits over deeper water are slow but improving. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are in a summer pattern. Top waters are excellent in the shallow grass, streamers are working in the shallow banks and creek channels. Bream are excellent in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork was definitely moving into the steady summer pattern this week. We are still seeing great numbers of black crappie on lay downs and certain trees in 14-28 feet. You can also find black crappie on certain docks and bridges over the next few months. We have been seeing lots of small white crappie on brush piles but some bigger keepers showed up the last few days. These will continue to get better and better over the next few weeks. Focus on brush piles in 14-22 feet for the best fish. Some summer time trees are also holding white crappie and that will also get better over the next few weeks. Minnows are working well and small hand tied jigs in neutral colors are working just as well when you pitch and swim them over fish. Soft plastics will also get you a bite. The channel catfishing is excellent as it always is on Lake Fork. Bait you a hole near timber in 18-25 feet close to a creek channel. Use cattle cubes or sour grain to attract and hold those fish. Trees that have overnight roosting birds are a great place to make your hole. Use any prepared catfish bait of choice to load the boat once you get the fish loading up. You can still find some spawning catfish up shallow around all the new flooded grass, brush or rocks. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 6.30 feet below pool. Hybrid striped bass are good drifting with shad. Largemouth bass and white bass are good with spinnerbaits off rocks, especially when it it wind swept.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 1.82 feet below pool. The lake is still a little bit stained but the fishing is pretty good. Bass are up shallow bitting. Catfishing is good on cut shad. Crappie are on brush piles and biting on minnows. Sandbass and hybrids are schooling on shallow flats. The bite is better for everything early morning and late afternoon.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.08 feet below pool. Granbury is stained and is difficult to fish. Trolling rattle traps over points is probably your best chance to get active bass to chase on Granbury. Despite the muddy water, the pleasure boaters are out in abundance. Hopefully the lake will settle out in the next couple of weeks and the fishing will return. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 3.80 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits fished in shallow cover. Crappie are good on jigs fished over cover in 12-18 feet of water. White bass are fair on slab spoons fishing windy points and roadbeds. Blue catfish are very good in the shallow flooded areas. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water clear; 77 degrees; 12.50 feet above pool. White bass are good with catfish mixed in 6-30 feet of water with inline spinners, light weight jigheads with a swimbait, or shallow running crankbaits. Search drop-offs and contours for fish. Birds are leading the way to fish schooling on bait. If you see birds diving into the water, head that direction. Check ramp status before heading out. The water has stabilized and no water is being released. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’ the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 46.48 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are fair in shallow water on jigs and minnows. Sand bass are good in shallow water. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics. A few catfish are being caught. Walleye are slow but the quality is good.

Hawkins

SLOW. Water slightly stained. 75 degrees. Black bass are challenging around grass and brush. Try dropping baits at the edge of grass and slow moving streamers. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass. Bream will be on beds and easy to spot, remember they can see you too. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are hitting square bill crankbaits or shaken heads on docks, and swim jigs in shallow water around vegetation. Crappie are on minnows around standing timber and offshore brush in 8-14 feet. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 79 degrees; 11.90 feet below pool. Crappie are slow. The lake has not received as much rain as other area lakes and vegetation has not returned like in years past.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.21 feet above pool. Conditions on the lake were tough over the holiday weekend due to increased boater traffic. Bass can still be caught on topwaters in the morning, then on Carolina rigs later in the day on rocky points and ledges. Catching a few fish around boat docks with texas rig and dropshot.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 2.97 feet above pool. Inclement weather has kept anglers off the water, but fishing patterns should remain similar. Bass can be found shallow in the flooded brush caught with your favorite soft plastic. Crappie are on the brush piles and in the grass edges on minnows or crappie jigs. Bream are shallow in the flooded brush. The water is clearing but is still muddy in some areas. Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.35 feet above pool. Crappie are good in 15-25 feet of water on brush with minnows or jigs. Catfish are excellent 2-6 feet of water cut bait or worms. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O’ the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are good with catches up to 8 pounds flipping into flooded bushes with creature baits. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine. Bass are good on points and brush piles with jigs, Texas rigged worms, or dropshot. North of State Highway 155 bridge in the grass with buzz baits, whopper ploppers or chatterbait.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 4.07 feet above pool. White bass are out on the main lake humps 30-40 feet deep with a chartreuse or white slab 1-2 ounce slab with a jig tied 18 inches above for a two banger. Once you get on them, you should be able to limit within an hour. Early in the morning fish will run in 15 feet of water on shallow points and then regroup in the deep water humps. Not a lot of surface action, but be ready to throw a 3-4.5 inch paddle tail swimbait or 3-6 inch topwater when you find some brief action. Channel catfish are spawning. Fish about 2 feet away from submerged button willow bushes with a slip bobber. Your bobber should be 6 inches to a foot outside of the bushes. Pre-baiting with sour grain in a place where there are lots of bushes and riprap nearby in 1-4 feet of water helps you out tremendously. Crappie remain slow while the floodgates are open but can be found roaming or on structure in 7-18 feet. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.39 feet below pool. Rainy weekend forecast, but patterns remain consistent. Catfish are good in 20 feet of water on punch bait. Crappie are fair in 15-20 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 4.22 feet above pool. White bass are fair to good on humps and points in 20-35 feet of water with slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair to good as well. They will be in similar depths as 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. Blue catfish are good on cut shad. Drifting mainlake humps, points, and flats near the river channel have produced in 12-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair to good, close to rip rap and on baited holes on punch bait. Crappie are fair in 4-25 feet of water. Brush piles, rock piles, stumps, standing timber, and laydowns, have all produced fish. Cover close to drop off ledges has been productive. Minnows and jigs are catching those fish. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing. Water continues to be on the rise and is dirty so fishing can be tough. Bass are in 4-10 feet of water with crankbaits, spinnerbaits or dragging a soft plastic. The best bite seems to begin at noon.

Limestone

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. The crappie are stacked up in 6012 feet this week on brush piles and standing timber. A lot of people have started noodling for catfish around boat ramps, bulkheads, and other places with washouts. White bass are being caught on the docks with lights at night on beetle spins. During the day white bass can be caught in 8-17 feet on points and flats with silver war eagle super spoons. Largemouth bass are still in 3 feet or less on Texas rigs, frogs, and jackhammer chatterbaits. Some largemouth bass have also moved back to the main lake brush, bulkheads, docks in 4-8 feet using Texas rig, and jackhammer chatterbaits for the deeper bass. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Livingston

SLOW. Stained; 75 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. White bass on secondary points. 5-12 feet of water using slabs. Catfish are still shallow, but late morning push out to drop-offs. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 89 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Bass are good fishing the hydrilla with senkos and redbug worms Texas rigged. Deep brush is also productive on deep crankbaits and hair jigs. Crappie are good at railroad trestle and deep brush using minnows and jigs. Jug lines are producing nice sized catfish on live bait.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 92.49 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 46.20 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent with some rain in the forecast to start the weekend off. Bass are good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are fair with crawlers, minnows, chicken liver and frozen shad. Crappie are fair with artificial baits and minnows. White bass are excellent on just about anything. Trout are slow on powerbaits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are excellent on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. Lots of 14-15 inch fish bring caught on trolling flicker shad. The bite on all species seems to be improving, with the exception of trout in the stilling basin. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests saves lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 2.89 feet below pool. Water level increased 3-5 feet in the last week. Gar are spawning near the dam. Blue catfish have been caught near the dam while anglers were targeting crappie with jigs. Crappie are fair in brush piles in 10 feet or more. Largemouth bass are slow, targeting recently submerged areas shallow. Hybrids and white bass can be caught trolling crankbaits.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina rigs, dropshots and deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair on brush and some timber with chartreuse crappie jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.50 feet above full pool. After a nice stretch of good weather, we ended May with a bang. Despite the increased boater action due to Memorial Day, nice quality fish were caught. Between the spinnerbait, chatterbait and the BrushHog, we were able to find some nice quality fish in 8-10 feet of water near creeks and roadbeds. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent on dropshots and large swimbaits. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Crappie are excellent on midlake standing timber live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees. 0.58 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. The bass bite has been good on white chatterbait or spinnerbaits early morning and evening. Midday flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water is the ticket to catch shaded up largemouth bass. Also look out for the shad spawn as predatory fish are keying in on this pattern. Crappie were good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 10.55 feet above pool. Lake continues to be flooded, but the Liberty Hill boat ramp is open. Few anglers on the water due to high water level.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 52.23 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 29.80 feet below pool. Black bass are good to 10 pounds on large worms Texas rigged and on shakey heads. Topwater bite is slowing down on big bass, but numbers are still good. Best depths are 8-18 feet. Better bite has been in the evenings last week. Crappie fair. White bass are still good mid lake and main lake chasing schools of small shad that have recently spawned. Catfish are good on rod-and-reel to 15 pounds on cut shad, shrimp and cheese bait. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 16.31 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are similar. Black bass are good on plastic creature baits and stick baits in watermelon purple swirl or green pumpkin, and squarebill crankbaits. Crappie bite is improving on crappie jigs. Catfish are good on cut carp and shad. The trot line anglers are having success with live bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

PALESTINE: GOOD. Water slightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.16 feet above pool. Channel catfish, though small, are excellent near shoreline rocks, all other species remain good to excellent. Please note that Lake Palestine Resort took a direct hit from a tornado on May 23, and sustained major damage. The marina is currently offering very limited services. Please call ahead before going there. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 3.92 feet below pool. Rain in the forecast should have the water on the rise over the next week. The catfish has been biting well on worms and cut bait in shallow water. Seems like the catfish are starting to spawn. You can see them swimming around in the weeds. Crappie are slow in 6 feet of water. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.

Pinkston

GOOD. normal stain; 80 degrees. Bass are excellent on dropshot and big swimbaits. Crappie are slow on live minnows. Catfish are slow on live minnows on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.10 feet below pool. Striper are fair to good in 30-70 feet of water on live bait, but some can be caught using artificial baits. Spoons are putting a few fish in the boat. Look for them in 30-70 feet. Good colors are white, chartreuse, and silver. Sand bass are fair with fish scattered in small groups in 10-20 feet of water. Use live shad or small slabs and jigs white, and silver are good colors. Catfish are still fair using cut shad in 30-40 feet of water. Water clarity is steady at 2-10 feet of visibility. The north end of the lake is extremely muddy. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Bass are good early in the morning with topwater lures. Fish are transitioning to early summer patterns with fish shallow to 14-20 feet of water. Just about any lure choice is working. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 6.30 feet below pool. Shad are running the shorelines attracting predator fish shallow. The only ones that are not open are Copperas Creek Day Use and Promontory Campground.

Raven

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees. Lake Raven is temporarily closed due to flooding. The lake is projected to open June 4.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. White bass are good early in the morning on flats with fat shad tail spinners and inline spinners. Blue herons will show you where the fish are at. Later in the morning look in deep water, 32-35 feet, around structures. Crappie are good and relating to brush 18-26 feet deep with some fish suspended mid depth minnows working best. Catfish have moved along long points, using a prepared bait or cut shad working best in 17-24 feet of water. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 3.55 feet above pool. As of Sunday the lake and state parks are shut down due to the tornado damage. Fishing prior to that had been excellent. White bass were biting live bait and slabs 30-55 feet of water on the banks at daylight day to day. Should start seeing some schooling fish on top roaming around as the shad begin to hatch. Corp piles are starting to hold some crappie 20-30 feet hitting minnows or brighter jigs. Catfishing should be excellent in the creeks with all the prior and future rain forecasted. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Overall, fishing is just fair with lots of freshwater and lots of fishing pressure while other area lakes are flooded. Water clarity is good on the main lake and slightly stained up the creeks. Spillway Gates are and have been open for several weeks. White bass are fair on slabs on main lake points and humps in 25-35 feet of water. Fish are scattered and do not remain in any one place for long. A bit of early morning topwater on the south shoreline has begun. Hybrid stripers are good on the 309 Flats and Windsock Point in 30 feet of water on live shad. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.56 feet above pool. Bass are in the flooded bushes and trees with soft plastics. Few bass are on points and creek Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Some crappie are shallow and some are roaming in open water. Crappie are best on brush in 12 feet of water, but while the lake level is high the brush piles are 16-18 feet deep. Catfish are good on creek channels and deeper points with minnows and cut baits. White bass on deeper points Jahn jigging spoons and little George’s. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Expect rising water levels due to the forecasted rain. Bass are shallow in flooded bushes and trees in 4-10 feet of water. Large population of fish off shore on primary and secondary points in 12-18 feet of water in relation to shoreline flooded bushes. Use Texas rigs, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and topwater frogs shallow. The offshore bite is on deep diving crankbaits, Carolina rigs, and jigs. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

Somerville

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 1.67 feet above pool. Fishing pattern continue to be steady while water is being released at the floodgates at 980 cfs. Expect there to be a good bite for all species at the spillway. Catfish, and bluegill are fair while crappie are good on minnows, worms, and stink bait at Somerville Marina early morning. Black bass are fair hitting soft crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 6-10 feet of water. Crappie good on the brush piles in 10-20 feet of water and pilings biting minnows and small jigs. Catfish are very good in 2-8 feet of water. Larger catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait. White bass are very good trolling in the lake using Pet spoons and jigs, and when anchored with ghost minnows or shad. Hybrids are very good, finding schools is the key, caught on cut shad and 2 ounce jigs. Hybrids are good, finding schools is the key, caught on cut shad and 2 ounce jigs. Hybrids are also being caught from the shore at the dam and Welch Park areas. Water is slightly off color near the dam and very muddy in the upper lake area. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees. 48.02 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent. Black bass are good flipping jigs or vibrating jigs into the shallows. Crappie are reported to be slow. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait in deeper pockets. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Fishing is fair and the pattern is steady as water continues to come into the lake. Crappie are good at the crappie house. Largemouth bass are in similar areas as the crappie hitting the crappie jigs. Channel catfish are fair casting minnows on the rocks.

Stillhouse

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 15.52 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. This lake rose another 5 feet over the course of this past week due to additional heavy rains on Thursday, 23 May. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically only reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. Although a post-flood release of water is now ongoing, it will likely be several more weeks before access is available to the public. As of Sunday, 26 May, the reservoir crested, and is now falling thanks to a release of about 1900 CFS. Walk-in access to bank fish and/or for kayak fishing is still permitted even in parks with gates locked as long as posted signage does not stipulate otherwise. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.96 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish great and is setting up on a solid summer pattern that should continue through most of the summer. The hybrid striper and white bass bite is very good. Big fish have been running humps and ledges in 15-25 feet. Live bait and swim baits are catching fish. The eating size blue catfish bite is winding down but the channel cat bite on prepared baits such as punch bait is cranking up. We are seeing limits of fish daily in 18-24 feet of water. The crappie bite is also good. Fish are solid in 8-14 feet on minnows and jigs near bridge pylons and brush piles. The largemouth bass bite is fair. The early morning frog bite has been good on newly emerged lily pads. Square bill crankbaits are also catching fish in 1-4 feet on the edges of rip wrap and dock pylons. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.33 feet below pool. Fishing patterns remain similar. Bass and bass are fair north of the U.S. Route 59. Catfish are fair throughout the lake.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.82 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is good on live bait fishing ledges and humps in 25-40 feet of water. Also still seeing suspended fish in 70-90 feet of water. Topwaters are working early along rocky banks and the backs of coves on the east and southern ends of the lake. Crappie are good on jigs and live minnows on structure and docks in 15-20 feet of water. Slow lift and sometimes adding a crappie nibble fish are hitting suspended through the brush. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared baits. Blues are plentiful on deep flats in 40-60 feet of water and along the rocks for channels in 15-30 feet of water. Bass are fair on top waters early on points and in the backs of coves at daylight. Water is stained everywhere but less on the southern end of the lake. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Recent rains have the lake level on the rise with the clarity muddy. Target areas that are clearer. The topwater and slab bite should begin and be the way to go for the summer. Shad are spawning along the banks with some topwater bigger striper catches on topwaters. Stripers are schooling midlake in deeper water hitting swimbaits, or trolling. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.05 feet below pool. The lake is full pool, with five flood gates open at 1 feet each and both generators running 24 hours a day. More rain is in the forecast. Bass are good in 1-15 feet of water hitting just about how ever you like to fish, from top water frog, spinnerbait, chatterbait, anything around the flooded bushes. Other fish come on Texas rigs and crankbait in 8-15 feet, main lake ridges and points. Most of these fish are following the shad around, some of these storms we get have big wind in them and just break the bait up, then it takes a few days for the shad to get grouped back up. The best bite has really been at night, buzz baits and spinnerbaits have been on fire! These fish came around flooded bushes. Several anglers say you have to watch it if you get hung up, with the high water, several of the bushes have snakes in them. Be best to shine your light in the bush before reaching in and getting you bait unhung! Crappie fishing has been just ok, with the water still fallen and still getting these bugs storms, it is really needed to calm down before it really helps. Still some being caught on bushes and around docks close to deeper water. Both live bait and jigs are working. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water stain; 80 degrees; 48.04 feet below pool. Bass are fair with mostly bigger fish over numbers in the marinas with shad imitation topwaters, swimbaits or jerkbaits. There is a very slow bass bite on dropshots or craws fishing very slowly on bluff walls or points. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Lake Travis is continuing to produce bass. Topwaters are working well along the banks with chunk rock and in the marinas and deep coves along with a crankbait and spoons. Working ledges and drops with shaky heads with trick worms and Texas rigged four and five inch worms are working as well. Drag worms in jigs out on deeper ledges to get some big bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 76 degrees; 34.19 feet below pool. Catfish are fair in 8 feet of water and deeper. Crappie are still scattered and slow. White bass are occasionally chasing shad on the surface, but can be found in open water hugging the bottom. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Inclement weather in the forecast. The bass are good all over the lake on crankbaits, topwaters, and trick worms. Catfish are good in the shallows on cut bait. Crappie are good in 16 feet of water on the brush piles. Bream are good on red worms. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 11.99 feet above pool. Bank angling opportunities off of McLaughlin Road. The Bosque Park ramp is open. Anglers are catching crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, yellow catfish, white bass, hybrids, stripers and largemouth bass. Catfish are being caught on cut and prepared baits. Most other species are being caught on live bait including shad. The U.S. Corps of Engineers parks and ramps are closed due to flood damage. The lake is still over 16 feet above conservation and releasing about 6700 cfs.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees. Bass are good with numbers being caught mainly on worms, but a swimbait, moving baits like crankbaits, wakebaits and spinnerbaits are working as well when there is a good amount of bait in the water. The frog bite is picking up as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Bass are good with a top water bite early in the morning until the clouds burn off. Fishing around grass beds with plastics and soft swim baits has been the ticket as well. Some schooling activity out in the deep water. Fish have been staying up on the surface longer when there is minimal wind. Small shad imitating baits has been working well on the schoolies. Overall, the lake is fishing very well right now and you can catch them a number of ways. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. The shell cracker, crappie and panfish anglers all seem to be catching good numbers. Bass fishing has been good, averaging around 30 a trip using worms in the grass. Some can be caught throwing spinnerbaits, some glide baits for bigger fish, some jerkbaits over the grass. The water clarity still pretty good 3-4 feet. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water heavily stained; 78 degrees; 0.96 feet below pool. Catfish are good shallow off the rocks on cut bait and nightcrawlers with a cork. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles on minnows and jigs. Bass are slow on deeper water drop-offs with crankbaits, and chatterbaits.

Welsh

SLOW. Water stained. 80 degrees. No report due to very few anglers on the water.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 20.34 feet below pool. Crappie are fair using minnows on brush piles. Catfish are being caught on cut bait, minnows and worms from the docks or banks. White bass can be caught trolling near the island with a crankbait.

Whitney

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.72 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut shad on windy shorelines. Striped bass bite is improving. Some limits being caught on live shad in 20-35 feet of water. Crappie continue to be fair on small jigs and minnows fished near deeper structure. White bass are fair moving out of the creeks in deeper water. Largemouth bass continue to be fair along structures and docks. Most boat ramps are closed as are state parks due to high water. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 2.71 feet below pool. White bass are good in shallow water main lake points and fish are reported being caught on main lake structure on slabs. White bass are good on main lake structures on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combos. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.42 feet above pool. Fishing patterns remain similar. Crappie are good and still favor brush and points. The catfish have slowed down a lil but people are catching bigger ones now. Report by Jerry Gennings, local angler and guide.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. Water clearing up and lake level dropped 1 foot. White bass are starting to bounce back and will be schooling up very soon. Largemouth bass are really starting to pattern on docks and structure using worms and grubs. Crappie are tight to structure in Luces Bayou and East Fork using hand tied jigs in 8-14 feet. Catfish are in abundance on the bulk heads being caught on fresh shad. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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