Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 12, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 79 degrees; 0.69 feet above pool. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet of water over brush with minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 81 degrees; 68.49 feet below pool. Black bass are good with catches 2-5 pounds. Fish are in 10-30 feet of water on main lake points, near submerged trees and brush structures, biting dropshots, wacky rigs,Texas rigged senko, plastic worms in Green Pumpkin, Watermelon, Pumpkin seed colors. Shallow running crank baits and small swim baits are hot also.White Bass are good up the Devils River and main lake channels and rock ledges in 15-40 feet of water using spoons or blades in shad patterns, chartreuse, coleslaw colors. Keep eye on bait balls and birds striking the water surface. Stripers are slow. Crappie are fair. Good luck, catch a whopper! Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service.

Arlington

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.15 feet above pool. the same Bass fishing is good around grass banks with topwaters, and on chatterbaits, crankbaits and Texas-rigs around dock and rocks. Catfish are shallow on rocks and grass as well and the white bass are starting to school in current related areas

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 3.68 feet below pool. Catfish are good drifting on the main part of the lake with fresh cut shad. The lake is on the rise. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.72 feet above pool. Looks like we are heading into our typical summer patterns. Bass are fair on top waters early and late, jigs and worms after the sun gets up. Crappie are fair as well, on small jigs and minnows on brush out to 25 feet. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.68 feet below pool. Bass are biting from first light to the early morning. The night bite is in shallow water with soft plastics. Lady bird lake water temperature is 83 degrees. Bass fishing has been pretty consistent. Topwater early in the morning and dragging grass lines with plastics in the afternoon. Bass have been concentrating around the deeper water near bridges. Overall the lake is fishing well. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

GOOD. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.81 feet below pool. Water level is high after recent flooding and rainfall.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees. The lake temperatures are in the mid 90s with water clarity around 2-4 feet. Creature baits are fair, or a dropshot with finesse worms are good near transitions in 8-15 feet. Report by Jason Hernandez, Bass Institute of Bastrop. Bass are biting in the discharge first thing in the morning using small swimbaits, shaky head trick worms and small Carolina rigs using small soft plastic jerk shad. Later the bass are schooling on the main lake put from the dam. Just look for the boiling water or boats surrounding them. Small clear topwaters, small swimbaits on ball head jigs and shaky head trick worms are working well on these. A frog around the reeds is catching some nice ones as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 13.41 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. Anticipate this to occur once the flood level reaches about 11.5 feet above full pool. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 3600 CFS resulting in about a 4 inch drop per day. Walk-in access to fish along the bank or from a kayak 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. Catfishing is excellent for anglers with access to boat slips. With the steady water currents coming in from the Leon River and Cowhouse Creek anglers should target the mouths of these creeks with fresh shad. Anchoring or drifting at slow speeds with smaller baits is best. Flatheads have been caught heading up rivers around structures.Catfish are excellent. With the steady water currents coming in from the Leon River and Cowhouse Creek anglers should target the mouths of these creeks with fresh shad. Anchoring or drifting at slow speeds with smaller baits is best. Flatheads have been caught heading up rivers around structures. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.35 feet above pool. Water is murky but clearing. Crappie are good with live minnows. Yellow bass are being caught on soft plastics in the shallows. Catfish with worms.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool. Channel catfish are excellent in 10-12 feet of water on standing timber and brush piles with stink bait. Blue catfish are good shallow rocky areas with fresh cut bait. Crappie are fair on brush piles in 20-30 feet of water with jigs or minnows. White bass are biting small white grubs or spinnerbaits. Largemouth bass are good on chatterbaits and creature baits. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Black bass are good on topwaters early and late in the day. Try small clousers around retaining walls. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Bois d'Arc

stained; 85 degrees; 1.28 feet above pool. It has been an interesting week with lots of high waters. Buzz baits are fair around points with mostly grass. Texas rigs are best around green bushes 3-5 feet, and some tree lines working as well. Flukes and Yum Dingers good 2-5 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 84 degrees; 10.73 feet below pool. Black bass bite is slow this week. Channel catfish are fair on worms and cut bait late afternoon around the marina area. White bass and crappie are slow. Yellow catfish are fair late at night using live perch on rod and reel mid lake.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 99 degrees. Redfish are slow trolling with spoons and plastic from the boat, and fair for bank fishing with live bait and crawfish. Catfish are good on rock lines and weeds on cheese bait and shad. Bass are slow. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water stained; 81 degrees; 8.93 feet below pool. Lake Bridgeport is around 8 feet low. Water temps are in the low 80s, water clarity is stained. All ramps are open. Crappie fishing has been great. The U.S. Route 380 bridge, docks and main lake brush piles are all holding fish. Jigs and minnows have been best. Catfish are shallow on the rocks spawning. Prepared baits under a cork will put them in the boat. Largemouth Bass have been quite good on cranks, topwaters and swimbaits. Start shallow early and work your way out to deeper main lake points. Hybrids and sand bass are as usual, wandering the main lake. Main lake structure will be holding more fish as it gets warmer. Live bait and slabs will put them in the boat. keep a topwater bait handy for surfacing fish early and late. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.64 feet below pool. Water is pouring over the spillway. Black bass to 8.87 pounds are fair on jigs, shaky heads and topwaters in 2-10 feet of water. Crappie catches up to 11 inches are fair under docks on minnows and jigs in 6-12 feet of water. White bass up to 10-12 inches are slow on crankbaits and crappie jigs with some topwater action early and late in the day. White bass are schooling. Catfish are good to 15 pounds on cut or prepared bait at Thrifty Park and on jug lines in the main lake.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 85 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; 85 degrees; 8.62 feet below pool. Water clarity on the north end to mid-lake is clearing some, and the south end is slightly stained. Striper fishing remains excellent using live shad as bait in the 15-35 feet of water range. There also has been good fish being caught trolling jigs. White bass are schooling on top early morning on most main lake points then move out and can be caught vertical jigging spoons.Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. The lake has come up and you can find some bass in the newly flooded brush. Bass are good throwing worms and creature baits are catching some good ones and swimbaits and walking style topwaters over and around rock piles are catching some big ones as well. A fluke works every time on that lake as well as crankbaits in 5-10 feet of water. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Crappie are fair on brush piles and standing timber in 20-25 feet of water. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Caddo

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.45 feet above pool. Caddo is still high and flooded, so navigate with caution watching wake size to be respectful to the homes on the river please. The bass bite is still tough and fish are scattered in the high water. A ribbit type frog over the grass has been doing good as well as a senko or fluke. Work a chatterbait around the trees, but the bites are few and far between due to the flooded waters. Be safe out here looking for floating logs when you’re running your boat. Flooded or not it is still a majestic lake to come see that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 95 degrees. Redfish are on fire trolling spoons and plastics, and from the bank Spider Island all the way to the dam with crawfish and live bait. Blue catfish are good out on rock pikes and drop offs on shrimp and cut bait. No report on bass. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 23.32 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Striper fishing is good in the mornings on swimbaits and spoons. Largemouth bass can be caught on topwaters in the mornings, then a dropshot or neko rig on deeper grass. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.28 feet above pool. Water is partially stained on the South end of the lake. North end of the lake is very murky and brown due to the heavy rains but is clearing up quickly with hot calmer days. Continue to watch for floating debris after heavy rains! Start early in the morning for hybrids and white bass at daylight. Start at the dam, the western and eastern shorelines of the lake in depths of 4-10 feet. Cast spinners and slabs and look for schooling fish close to seawalls and shorelines. After that fish any hump in depths of 8-17 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. Now that the water is receding target crappie with small jigs in 5-12 feet under bridge pylons or under docks. 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. Catfish are good on main lake humps and points in 16-30 feet on cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 29.43 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good in shallow water out to 10 feet using flukes and soft plastic worms, shad colored crankbaits. Very little topwater action. As the day warms fish in 8-12 feet of water. Catfish are good on cut bait or stink bait in 15-30 feet of water. Crappie are good in brush piles in 20-30 feet of water on minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 11.89 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; 2.37 feet below pool. Lake Coleman continues to rise receiving over 5 feet of water in the last week, and is off-colored. Expect the bite to slow, and fish to explore new submerged vegetation. Largemouth bass are biting topwaters in the morning.

Comanche Creek

0.82 feet above pool. Closed.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Largemouth bass can be found near bluegill beds, but a large majority are offshore in 12-20 feet of water. Big worms, Carolina rig, and crankbait are catching fish. Report by Roy Crush, Roy Crush IV Fishing. Catfish are spawning and easy to catch on just about any structure on points, ledges, and humps. Hybrids have been pretty good schooling up on points from 15-40 feet of water. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Crappie are in or around structure 12-20 feet of water using minnows or jigs. Hair jigs from Lone Star Crappie Jigs are out performing plastics jigs right now. Always wear your life jacket. 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. 80 degrees; 10.46 feet below pool. Fishing remains pretty slow, lake level is right around 35-percent and most of the boat ramps are dry, so call to check ramp status before heading out. Catfish are good on wind blown shorelines using 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 are slow. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Cypress Springs

GOOD: Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.68 feet above pool. The ramps were closed due to flooding last week, but the lake has since reopened. Fishing patterns should be consistent. Channel catfish are excellent in 12-14 feet of water on tire reefs and brush piles with stink bait. Crappie are fair on brush piles in 20 feet of water with jigs or minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. 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. Water level is high, so check ramp status before heading out. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.26 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 combinations. 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; 49.41 feet below pool. Limited launching at the Zapata County boat ramp, there is no boat access from Arroyo Valeño to the main river channel. Catfish are excellent with keeper to 35 pound fish on fresh cut bait with a Kentucky rig. Smaller catfish are good on stink bait, fish bites, and small cuts of fresh bait. Crappie are slow. Largemouth bass are excellent for numbers with a few trophy sized fish in the mix. Target hard bottoms with shad or tilapia patterned crankbaits, soft plastics, and dropshots. Gar bow fishing is excellent in Arroyo Valeño and on the main lake. Gar rod-and-reel is good in 3-5 feet of water on fresh cut carp and tilapia. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees. Bass are fair to good with an early morning shallow bite on soft plastics and imitation shad baits, switching mid-morning to Carolina rigs in deeper 12-18 feet. Worm colors watermelon red, shady watermelon candy. Report by Bob Green, Bob Green Fishing. Fayette County is fishing well. Bass are good around timber and you will get some good bites as well as near reeds throwing worms Texas rigged or on shaky heads. You can not go wrong with a frog around that vegetation. A crankbait off rocks in the intake or discharge works well as well as along the dam. A topwater over shallow flats with grass is working well also. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 76 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Bass fishing has been slower this week than last week. Topwaters frogs, Yellow Magics, and spook type baits are fair in and around flooded grass or weeds. Texas rigs and shaky heads flipped at the edge of grass in 2-5 feet are good with creature type baits and beavers. Chatterbaits are good also in front of the shallow grass. Sunny days you can catch fish out to the first break line. Cloudy days fish are best to fish tight to the grass edges. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are good morning and evening with top water frog patterns. Switching mid morning to noon streamers in shad and bream patterns. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is getting red hot like the weather this week. Really seeing the black crappie load up in big numbers on lay downs, under docks and on other structures they like in the summer months. Look for those black crappie in 14-22 feet of water mostly. We also are seeing the white crappie loading up on brush piles and those summer time trees they like. Best depths for the white crappie have been 18-26 feet. We are still catching good numbers of crappie on small hand tied jigs and I’m sure small plastics will work as well. Did see some fish on brush piles the last few days that minnows may help with. 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. Lake Fork catfishing continues to be superb on baited holes around roosting trees. Catfish are good in 13-25 feet with prepared bait. You can also bait holes with cattle cubes or sour grain in areas with good concentrations or shad. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.96 feet below pool. Lake has risen, and the clarity is off-colored. Hybrids can be caught trolling, or using forward facing sonar casting rattle traps, or bouncing spoons into a school. The lake has recently been restocked with hybrid stripers, and with about 11,000 Sharelunker largemouth bass fingerlings.

Georgetown

GOOD. Water normal stain: 80 degrees; 2.86 feet below pool. Water has risen about 2 feet in the past few weeks thus flooding terrestrial vegetation around the perimeter of the lake. This has brought an abundance of sunfish up shallow, as well as largemouth bass. Hydrilla are beginning to grow upwards with the clear, warming water. Particularly dense, isolated stands of hydrilla typically hold largemouth bass, out to the 20 feet mark. Work small, dark soft plastics for these fish. White bass fishing has been fair in the first three hours following sunrise on MAL Heavy Lures with chartreuse tail worked vertically and horizontally in 26-34 feet of water. White bass typically move through beneath the boat in suspended schools especially with low growing hydrilla carpeting the bottom out to the 26 feet. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.23 feet below pool. Bass are biting in the shallow water on plastic worms best in the morning and evenings. Crappie are out on brush on minnows and jigs. Sandbass and hybrids are schooling out on main lake flats good on spoons and jigs. Catfishing is good on cut shad and chicken liver.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Water temperatures are in the middle 80s on the main lake and even higher in the shallows. Black bass are good on main lake points on crankbaits and soft plastics. Look for topwater action early near feeding flats. Striped bass are good to 12 pounds on the lower ends near channel breaks and major entrances. Sand bass are good early as well near Indian Harbor and the Shores. Look for schooling sandies on shallow flats. Slabs and spinners are effective. Crappies are good on submerged trees and bridge pilings using small jigs and minnows worked about 15 feet down. Catfish are best at night on cut shad and prepared baits. Best action is near creek entrances on many areas of the lake. Some good sand bass and striped action has been reported in the river below the dam. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.54 feet above pool. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on 1/32 ounce jigs fished over structure in 7-12 feet of water. White bass are very good to 2 pounds on slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines fished up river. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water clear; 80 degrees; 19.59 feet above pool. The lake is flooded and the water clarity is very stained. The bite is poor for white bass because their normal areas are too deep. Target largemouth bass in the flooded brush, timber and structures with soft plastics. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris. Check ramps status before heading out. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 46.75 feet below pool. Crappie are in standing timber and shallow along the shore. Sand bass are good. Catfish are good sizes. A few catches of largemouth bass.

Hawkins

GOOD. Water slightly stained. 75 degrees. Black bass are good early and late on topwaters above and around emerging vegetation. Bream are bedding around the banks. 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; 11.80 feet below pool. Crappie are good in shallow water off of rocks or standing timber. Bass should be off of vegetation on soft plastics. The lake has not received as much rain as other area lakes and vegetation has not returned like in years past.

Jacksonville

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.27 feet above pool. Water temp around 80, muddy from heavy rains. Bass are biting shallow on frogs, spinnerbaits, and square bill, or brush piles with soft plastics in 8-18 feet.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 6.14 feet above pool. Bass can still be found shallow in the grass. Look for wind blown banks with grass and bushes. Crappie on deep brush piles and bridge piling. Catfish are slow on live bait. Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 7.56 feet above pool. Channel catfish are good in 3-6 feet, bigger in 15-20 feet of water on stink bait or fresh cut bait. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet timber and brush. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. 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. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 10.56 feet above pool. Fishing patterns remain similar. White bass are out on the main lake humps 35-40 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 them 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 in this submerged brush and rocks 1-7 feet. 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 are in 25-30 feet on brush. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 18-24 feet of water on jigs or minnows. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 9.01 feet above pool. Little Elm boat ramp is still open. Most ramps are closed due to flooding, so call to check status before heading out. White bass are fair on humps and points in 20-35 feet of water with slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair to good 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 fair 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 riprap and on baited holes on punch bait. Crappie are fair in 10-30 feet of water on brush piles, rock piles, stumps, standing timber, and laydowns with minnows and jigs. Cover close to drop off ledges has been best. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.15 feet above pool. Water clarity is muddy and water level is high. Crappie are stacked up in 6-12 feet on brush piles and standing timber. Catfish can be caught noodling near 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. Fishing patterns are consistent. Fishing is good for white bass up shallow on points 5-10 feet of water. Finding clearer water is key. Water is on the rise. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water sightly stained; 86 degrees; 0.03 feet below pool. Bass are fair along the hydrilla with watermelon red senkos and Texas rigged redbug trick worms. Try along the dam with square bill crankbaits with south wind. Crappie are good in brush and standing timber in 24-28 feet with minnows and Bobby Garland Cajun cricket jigs. Catfish are good using night crawlers drift fishing along the dam and out from the cool water power plant intake.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 92.96 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 46.26 feet below pool. High winds in the forecast for the weekend. 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, slow and 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 being 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 save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.40 feet below pool. Water levels have risen in the last few weeks, totaling close to 8 feet so far for the year. Crappie are good shallow along the edges of the shore and should start to transition to brush piles. Blue catfish are good in the rocks near the dam, and on jug lines near creek channels. There is a scheduled closure to spray the trees in order to control the brush on the dam and emergency spillway from June 16-22.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.45 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on deep crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and live minnows on the south end of the lake. Crappie are excellent number wise with lots of smaller fish with natural colored crappie jigs midlake north of the power lines. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.50 feet above full pool. We continued to get hammered with severe storms earlier in the week. This has the lake level on the rise and dirty. These conditions tend to warrant lures with flash and vibration. A large thumping spinner bait or rattling square-bill in less than 6 feet of water would be my techniques. Some quality fish can be caught on a chatterbait in the 6-8 feet zone. This was after a few days of dry weather. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent large swimbaits, Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 84 degrees. 0.42 feet below pool. Consecutive days of triple digit weather in the forecast. The best bite will be early morning and later in the evening. 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; 16.48 feet above pool. Lake continues to be flooded, with all boat ramps closed. Bank angling opportunities are available.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 52.24 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 29.12 feet below pool. Lake level steady. Black bass are fair and moving into summer transition areas. Bass are being caught primarily on 10 inch worms and plums in plum apples and red bug colors. Also Jigs and topwater early 8-18 feet depths. Crappie are slow on minnows. White bass are fair on crankbaits, rattle traps and spinnerbaits. Catfish are good on jug lines and still some being caught on cheese bait and cut shad.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 16.31 feet below pool. Anglers are reporting success using several methods. We have received reports of bass being caught using deep crankbaits, and Excite Maximus worms on ¾ ounce jig heads. Crappie reports are starting to improve. Crappie are schooled up on brush piles and trees being caught on small crappie jigs. Anglers utilizing forward facing sonar are reporting success. Catfish are being caught on jug lines and trotlines with live bait. Shore anglers are reporting good catches using stink bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.87 feet above pool. Water level is high and stained from heavy rains last week and runoff. Lake is currently about 2 feet high, down from the 4 feet at peak on the 7th. Boat ramps and marinas appear to all be open again, except Lake Palestine Resort. Lots of floating debris in the lake. All species are slow as a result of very high and very stained water, and an unprecedented 4 days of blue bird weather 6th through 9th. Fishing should be improving, looking for all species to be at least good by this weekend. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 1.36 feet below pool. Blue catfish have been great on cut bait and live perch in shallow water. Crappie have transitioned to deeper water and are harder to find, but some can be caught on minnows and jigs. Water clarity is murky after the recent rains. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.

Pinkston

FAIR. normal stain; 83 degrees. Largemouth bass are great on dropshots and Carolina rigs in 13-18 feet of water. Crappie are slow on live minnows in 15-20 feet of water. Catfish are slow on cut bait in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.19 above pool. Striper are fair to good on live bait, but some can be caught using artificial baits in 30-70 feet of water. Spoons are putting a few fish in the boat. Downriggers are not catching any fish at all. Good colors are white, chartreuse, and silver. Sand bass are fair with fish scattered in small groups. Look for them in 10-20 feet of water with live shad or small slabs and jigs white, and silver are good colors. Catfish are fair in 30-40 feet of water with cut shad. Water clarity is steady at 2-10 feet of visibility. The north end of the lake is still muddy but clearing up. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Largemouth bass are in 20-30 feet of water on ledges and points with crankbaits, Texas rigged worms, jigs and swimbaits. There is an early topwater bite. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide.

Proctor

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. The lake is finally over 87-percent full. Catfish are good on trotlines with shad, or fishing with cut bait or stinkbait. Fish newly submerged structures for bass.

Raven

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees. We are filled with joy and grateful to have the chance to open our waters back up to the public. The water is heavily stained, water temperature is hovering around 80 degrees. There are lots of floating brush piles on the lake, so anglers are advised to use caution. Catfish are excellent on Carolina rigged live worms near the prairie branch fishing pier. Largemouth bass are good on artificials in the morning and evening hours. Sunfish are excellent on worms and hot dogs at the fishing piers & from the shore.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. White bass are biting later mornings in the levees, long points and ridges in 16-27 feet of water. Early morning schooling is very sporadic. Crappie are good and relating to brush in 18-28 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; 7.14 feet above pool. Due to flooding and storm damage all boat ramps are closed.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.71 feet above pool. Overall, fishing continues to be fair to good with freshwater flowing through the lake and spillway gates open. Water clarity is good on the main lake and stained up the creeks. White bass are fair on slabs on main lake points and humps in 20 feet of water. Fish are scattered and do not remain in any one place for long. Early morning topwater action on the 309 Flats and South Shoreline near Ferguson Point. Hybrid stripers are fair on the 309 Flats and Windsock Point in 30 feet of water on live shad. Catfish are fair on shad on windblown points. Crappie are slow on minnows over brush piles in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 7.67 feet above pool. Due to the rise in lake level there is a lot of submerged vegetation scattering the fish.Those anglers that like to flip brush for bass this is your time to shine. Small bass are biting off points with Carolina rigs and jigs. Some crappie are shallow in flooded brush, and in stand ups in 12-15 feet of water. White bass are good on points with jigging spoons. Catfish are in deeper creek channel points. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. After the recent rains the water is still on the rise, but we should start to see the lake level off because there is a break in the rainy weather. 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; 86 degrees; 0.90 feet above pool. Summer is setting in. Lake is 1 foot high and the discharge is about 380 cfs at the dam. Crappie are good, and bluegill and catfish are fair in the marina. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush in 10-20 feet water. White bass very good, trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids, good, in deeper water, if you locate them, using cut bait. Various species good below the dam while water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees. 48.31 feet below pool. Bass are good on soft plastic baits in the brush along shorelines in 4- 12 feet of water. Reports of fair topwater action using walking baits and frogs. The catfish bite has been fair to good. Reports of blue catfish and yellows are being reported on cut carp or shad, and stink bait. The yellow catfish are being caught on live bait as well. White bass bite has been reported as fair. Some anglers are reporting catching WB on spoons. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are slow with three fish stringers up to 8 pounds. Target the cattails with straight worms or creature baits. Very little crappie or catfish action on the water. Another influx of water in the lake this week, so expect the bite to be slow until the water stabilizes.

Stillhouse

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 12.44 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers typically reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. Anticipate this to occur once the flood level reaches about 11 feet above full pool. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 1300 CFS resulting in a about 4 inches drop per day. Walk-in access to bank fish and 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; 80 degrees; 2.05 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to settle in a solid summer pattern and is fishing very well. The hybrid and white bass bite is good. These fish are settling into a deeper pattern as most fish are being caught 20-30 feet on the edges of ledges and humps are best right now. Live bait and slabs are working well. The eating size catfish bite is as good as it gets. Prepared baits such as punch bait and dip bait are working in 18-25 feet. The crappie have been fair on brush tops in 16 feet have been the ticket. Both minnows and jigs are fishing equally good. You can’t rule out bridge pylons in daylight. Largemouth bass have been good at day light on frogs. As the sun comes up shallow water crank bait on dock pylons and riprap have been good. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.54 feet below pool. High winds and stormy weather have anglers off the water. The lake is at full elevation again and inflows have the usually clear north portion muddied.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 4.70 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is great using live bait fishing shallow humps and ledges in 25 feet of water or drifting main lake flats watching for schooling fish on top. Topwaters early right place right time or swim baits on shallow humps near creeks. Crappie fishing is fair on brush piles in 15-20 feet of water near creeks and inflow. Use minnows on shallow rocky banks for black crappie. Catfish are good on shallow flats 10-20 feet of water for channel catfish using cut shad or prepared baits. Blue catfish are in 40-50 feet of water on ledges and deep flats. Bass fishing is fair fishing top waters early in the banks of creeks and along the edges of main lake points. Downsize baits for the shad fry that are 1-2 inch long right now and very thick throughout marinas and docks. Fish a crankbait near shaded docks late in the day. Lake is clearing up some as well. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Key on the shad to find the stripers. Small threadfin shad, about .5-1 inch are midlake, so look for nervous water and throw swimbaits. Slab season is almost here. When we see bigger fish beneath the smaller fish feeding on the shad bring out the slabs. Anglers fishing with live bait are doing well. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.77 feet above pool. The lake level is over full and flood gates are back open. They have five gates open at 1 foot each. It is flooding north of the lake now, so lots of water is still to come. Bass fishing has been fair, lots of fish being caught in the flooded bushes and hay grass from 1-4 feet with topwaters, frogs and spinnerbaits been best. There are still lots of fish out in 10-18 feet, but with water back on rise, they have got harder to catch. Crankbaits and Texas rigs will catch these. We just need some sunshine for a week or so to get it back to normal. Crappie fishing has been hard. Most reports are 12-18 fish per boat. Deeper docks and brush piles are the best with jigs and live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

FAIR. Water stain; 82 degrees; 46.26 feet below pool. Largemouth bass fishing can be tough. The bite is in the marina slips and corners with flukes, small swimbaits, and very small topwater Pop-R’s. The baitfish are about 1 inch so downsize baits. No schooling action or fish on bluff walls. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 84 degrees; 34.82 feet below pool. Early morning for a few hours is the best bite. White bass busting on shad at daylight hitting topwaters, or slabs. Under the lights at night with minnows or shad. Catfish are fair early in the morning with cheese bait. Mostly catches of smaller sized fish due to the warmer water. Water level is very low, so launching may be difficult. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.27 feet above pool. Crappie are good using minnows on brush in 16 feet of water. Catfish are slow on shrimp and liver. Bream are good on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 10.35 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. Army Corps of Engineers parks and ramps are closed due to flood damage.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees. There is better visibility since the winds have slowed down. Bass fishing has been good in 5-15 feet of water with swimbaits and crankbaits. There is some bass up against the reeds biting small spinners and worms. A little bit of schooling action is happening on calm days. Crappie fishing seems to be fair to good but it can be hard to get a limit of keeper size. Bream are good. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide. Crappie are good in 15-18 feet of water in brush on minnows. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good catching numbers and some quality as well. Worms in the grass are working best but we are also catching some on topwaters like frogs and walking baits and some on swimbaits and shallow cranks. When the shad are thick in places/coves, we are catching good bass and hybrids mixed in as well. If it's Crappie you are after, we are catching those and huge bluegill and sunfish as well using crappie jugs and inline spinners. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water heavily stained; 78 degrees; 0.66 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Catfish are good shallow off the rocks on cut bait and nightcrawlers. Crappie are slow with mostly smaller fish. Bass are slow on deeper water ledges with crankbaits and soft plastics.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 92 degrees. Channel catfish are in 20 feet of water on the inlet side of the power plant in the cooler water with fresh cut bait and stink bait. Bass are good in 15-20 feet of water on senkos in the cooler areas of the lake. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 20.19 feet below pool. Catfish are good with a 38 pound catfish caught with blood bait. Crappie are fair.

Whitney

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 4.55 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut shad in 28-30 feet of water. Striped bass bite is improving with some limits being caught on live shad in 20-35 feet of water. Crappie continue to be fair on small jigs and minnows in timber in 15-25 feet of water on the north end of the lake. White bass fishing is slow. Largemouth bass fishing is slow. Most boat ramps are closed as are state parks due to high water, so call before heading out. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.08 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 combinations. 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; 13.00 feet above pool. The lake level is high and water is being released 9960 cfs. Crappie are biting and loading in tops from 5-20 feet but tight lipped after weather changes. Catfish are good on trotlines and noodles. Put out bait next to brush in 3-5 feet of water and give it about an hour. Report by Jerry Gennings, local angler and guide. Elliott Bluff boat ramp is closed and Malden Lake day use ramp, Monument ramp are closed due to flooding. The lake is projected to rise until the weekend, so be sure to check ramp status before heading out.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.48 feet above pool. Water clarity is muddy but clearing on the southeast shoreline rapidly. White bass are being caught in the main lake on WACky kickin’ shad in the work truck white color paper with a 3/16 ounce jig head. Largemouth bass are around ducks and riprap biting worms rigged up Texas rig style. Crappie are holding tight to structure in the East fork and Luces Bayou. Crappie can be enticed to bite with small jigs and hand tied jigs over brush. Catfish are in abundance around bulkheads and jug lines with fresh caught shad. Navigate with caution watching for stumps. There are at least 20 new submerged hazards in this area. Take the time to mark them and or safely identify your navigational route prior to running in the plane and always wear your kill switch. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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