Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of May 22, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 71 degrees; 4.28 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 15-25 feet of water on minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 66.30 feet below pool. Black Bass are fair in 15-30 feet of water on points and near deep water access, using Texas rigged Senko in green pumpkin, watermelon red, pumpkinseed, red bug colors. Crankbaits, rattle traps and jerkbaits in shad colors are also doing well. White bass are good up the Devils River in 14-25 feet of water, using blades and spoons. Be vigilant for birds working bait. Crappie are also fair using crappie jigs and light line with small spoons. Stripers are slow. Happy Fishing! Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service.

Arlington

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool. More rain in the weekend forecast, be sure to check ramp status before heading out. The lake is flooded and there is floating debris. Reports that all species are biting in shallow cover. Channel catfish can be caught with shad off the banks.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 4.61 feet below pool. Fishing has been hit-or-miss. The influx of water that came into the lake has scattered the fish making it difficult to pattern the fish. They could be caught deep or shallow on fresh cut shad or prepared baits. Most of the crappie have finished spawning, transitioning to deeper water for the summer pattern, but some can be caught shallow. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.54 feet above pool. 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

GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Water temperature is in the lower to mid 70s. The bass bite has been decent, but not as good as previous weeks. The wave of spawning fish is over transitioning the bigger fish to deeper water leaving a few small fish shallow. Small soft swimbaits, wacky rigs and shaky heads have been getting some bites shallow. The bigger fish are in deep brush, deep docks and deep natural shoreline. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

GOOD. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.42 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 schooling early morning in the discharge, with some action on the main lake afterwards. Throwing small soft plastics on shaky heads, Texas rigged or Carolina rigged is working well. A clear topwater will get some bites too. Flukes and four or five inch stick baits on flats or near grass will get bites as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 14.26 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shutdown due to flooding. 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. 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; 64 degrees; 4.93 feet above pool. Fishing remains slow for all species while the water level is high. The ramp at Benbrook Marina is open.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 2.79 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. Bass are good on shallow points chasing the shad spawn with Texas rig worms, crankbaits, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, or flipping into flooded bushes. 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 stained; 74 degrees; 10.74 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. The water is stained on the main, and both creek arms are muddy due to runoff. Catfish are good on cut bait and worms shallow to 15 feet, on on jug lines or trotlines with live or cut bait. Black bass are slow with a few catches on spinnerbaits along rocky shoreline and brush. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. 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; 75 degrees; 11.94 feet below pool. Lake Bridgeport is now around 11 feet low. The water is stained with temps in the mid 70s. Most ramps are open, including Wise County Park, RAB Marina, the dam and the low water ramps. Catfish are closing in on their spawn. Try a rocky bank, shallow, with a prepared bait under a cork. Crappie fishing continues to be outstanding! Jigs and minnows around shoreline cover and offshore brushplies have been putting them in the boat. Some fish were reported around the 380 bridge. Hybrids and Sand Bass continue to wander the main lake area. Live bait and slabs have been putting them in the boat. Underwater humps and the areas around them continue to be the best bet. Largemouth bass have been good on topwater baits early. As the sun gets warm, back off the shore and try deep diving cranks and finesse baits around deeper docks and structure. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 4.28 feet below pool. Water is dirty on the main lake and muddy towards the rivers. Black bass to 6.41 pounds are slow on jigs, shaky heads and top waters in 2-10 feet of water. Crappie to 11 inches are fair under docks with black and chartreuse or white with a chartreuse head jigs in 9 feet of water, and on brush piles with minnows in 12 feet. White bass are fair on crankbaits and small swimbaits. Catfish are good to 5 pounds on cut or prepared bait at Thrifty Park.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees. The lake continues to be full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Report by The Bait Barn.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 11.46 feet below pool. It has been another exciting week as the water continues to rise. The water is extremely muddy on the North to mid lake and stained on the south end. Striper fishing is excellent using live shad as bait in the 25-50 feet of water. There has also been some good action early on topwater. White bass are biting excellent on live bait, jigging spoons, and topwater early. Use extreme caution while boating. There is a wide range of debris floating in the water and also just under the surface, and many of the exposed trees are now under water. Please exercise safe boating while on the water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing.

Caddo

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.46 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. Redfish are on good being caught 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; 80 degrees; 22.91 feet below pool. Bass are good in the hydrilla with a chatterbait, and with a dropshot in deeper grass or main lake points. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.01 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. Catfish are good on shad or punch bait around shallow points early then humps in 8-16 feet of water midday. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 29.01 feet below pool. Bass are good on shad colored moving baits in the morning on shallow flats. As the day progresses a Texas rig and Carolina rig on main lake points is producing. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing. Bass are good in shallow water using crankbaits, or spinnerbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait or stink bait in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet of water on minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 11.69 feet below pool. The largemouth bass have really been doing good this week hitting top water. A few people are having luck on flathead catfish in the creeks with goldfish. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 70 degrees; 3.05 feet below pool. The lake has risen 6 feet in a week which can slow the bite until the water stabilizes. Before the rise in water bass reports were good.

Comanche Creek

0.98 feet above pool. Closed.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Catfish are setting up to spawn and the bite is outstanding! Look for structure on ledges or humps. Some trophy fish have been caught with the eaters. A good area to look for trophy and eater cats would be on the inlets as the waters pour in. Hybrids are biting on points and humps 18 to 25 feet. Largemouth bass are doing well on offshore structure and bream beds. The lake is waking up for the season. Be safe and a little courtesy goes a long way. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Crappie are in 12-21 feet of water around structure and timber using plastics, hair or minnows, it’s been a light bite here lately. 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. The lake is on the rise with water being released at the spillway. Anglers are reporting good catches of sand bass and catfish.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 70 degrees; 9.70 feet below pool. Lake levels continue to be low. 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; 0.58 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. Water levels continue to be high so navigate with caution. Bass are good on fishing the boat docks, and shallow points chasing the shad spawn with Texas rig worms, crankbaits, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, or flipping into flooded bushes. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.15 feet below 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; 49.00 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; 75 degrees. Bass are good along the dam and in deep water with Carolina rigs, shaky head, or trick worms. Crappie are good in deep water 15-25 feet of water. Catfish are fair but the bite is improving on stink bait.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 72 degrees; 0.35 feet above pool. Bass are improving to good early morning on topwaters around flooded grass and weeds, an frogs working over pond weed. Yum dingers and flukes are really good at the edge of the grass. Texas rigs are working on the outside edge of the weed line in 3-5 feet of water. Some offshore fish are starting to show up on points and creek channel bends. The bite is fair on Carolina rigs with a 10 inch blue fleck in 14-17 feet. 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; 70 degrees; 6.17 feet below pool. The lake is still on the rise. This typically slows the bite until the lake stabilizes. Crappie were biting shallow on jigs and minnows.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 1.74 feet below pool. Lake is stained and the water level is on the rise. Catfishing is great on shad. Crappie is a little slower because of the muddy water. Bass fishing is good up shallow in the new vegetation in the water. Sand bass are schooling on the main lake with the hybrids.

Granbury

GOOD. Water clear; 74 degrees; 0.01 feet below pool. Water temperatures are in the low to middle 70s. Water is clearing, but there is still a lot of debris in the water especially on the upper ends. Be careful navigating. Sand bass continue to be good on slabs on feeding flats early and late. Best sand bass reports are coming from Indian Harbor and near Decordova. Striped bass to 12 pounds are possible on live bait and trolled Alabama rigs mainly on the lower ends. Some top water action is available early on feeding flats by Blue Water Shores. Yellow and blue catfish are good on the upper ends on cut shad. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits and soft plastics worked near creek entrances. Some good topwater action for largemouth bass is possible near main lake points. Crappie are moving to their post spawn locations on structure and are good to excellent on small jigs and minnows. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 6.23 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; 62 degrees; 9.12 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady as the water levels continue to be high. White bass are good in 14-15 feet of water with shiny lures bounced of the bottom. Birds are leading the way to fish. Catfish are mixed in with the white bass. Launch from the high water ramp at Katie’s Wood Park. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’ the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 46.19 feet below pool. Fishing is 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. 72 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; 0.56 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; 70 degrees; 11.93 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie fishing slowed on brush piles.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.21 feet above pool. Lake is still muddy due to recent rains and the water level is high. Bass are biting soft plastics in brush piles at midrange depths. The topwater bite is improving in the mornings.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 4.34 feet above pool. 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; 71 degrees; 3.21 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.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 4.07 feet above pool. White bass will be along the banks if the sad are spawning. Paddle tail swimbaits, and topwater lures are filling the box. If they are not up on the banks, check in 20-35 feet of water on structure, slopes, rock, piles, or humps. Use 1 ounce or 2 ounce slabs in white or chartreuse with a jig tied about 18 inches above it for a double. Crappie are slow. Live scopers rule the lake on the single roaming fish. Very few fish piled up in numbers on structures. Catfish are spawning on the rocks in 3-10 feet of water using sour maze, Milo or chicken scratch fermented in a bucket for two weeks. Then use a barber with punch bait, chicken, liver, shrimp or shad. Black bass are loving the newly flooded brush and forest. Cast white spinnerbaits early in the morning. Cast white spinnerbaits into flooded structures early in the morning, this will work throughout the day when it is cloudy. Work wacky worms on the submerged button willows. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. 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. Bass are good grass beds and bulkheads with swimbaits, shallow crankbaits, wake baits and flukes. A frog can smash some fish right now as well in the backs of pockets or along dock edges. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 3.16 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; 80 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Crappie are good in 8-17 feet of water on brush piles, standing timber and power lines using minnows. 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. Catfish are shallow on beds, and out in 8-20 feet on cutbait in creek channels and flats. 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; 0.74 feet above pool. Conditions are still about the same with muddy water in most areas but some areas are clearing up. White bass are 5-10 feet deep on points. Fishing duck tracker slabs. Catfish are good on the bulkheads. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Bass are slow on senkos worked slowly over the hydrilla, or deep crankbaits in deeper water. Fishing in the standing timber will get a bigger bite. Crappie remain good over brush in 20-25 feet using minnows and blue and green Bobby Garland jigs.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 92.26 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 64 degrees; 45.97 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 good on just about anything. Trout are slow on powerbaits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are good to excellent on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. The bite on all species seems to be improving, with the exception of trout in the stilling basin. May and June are by far the best months to catch fish. 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; 2.77 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; 68 degrees; 0.57 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on topwater frogs, Carolina rigs, dropshots and medium diving crankbaits. Bass are consistently 3-6 pounds. Crappie are good on brush chartreuse and white crappie jigs. Catfish are good on live minnows and cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 2.00 feet above full pool. More rain, this has the water level just above all the dangerous stumps, so navigate with caution. Some fish have situated themselves near the roadbeds and some are starting to gather, suspended, over the deep creeks. The underspin always gets bit, but don't be afraid to throw a +1 jerkbait in these situations. With the water starting to warm, a faster twitch presentation can find some good fish. The frog and popper got the majority of the bites this weekend. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina rigs, dropshots or deep diving crankbaits. Bass are consistently 3-6 pounds. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Crappie are excellent on midlake timber with chartreuse and white crappie jigs. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 81 degrees. 0.58 feet below pool. 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; 74 degrees; 11.43 feet above pool. Fishing is slow for all species while the lake is flooded. Check ramp status before heading out.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 52.20 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 29.67 feet below pool. Lake is up 2 feet. Largemouth bass are good with catches up to 9 pounds on topwaters shallow early in the mornings then good on 10 inch worms, Hags F6.5 and F8, Rage MagCutters in PlumApple, redbug and green pumpkin off ledges and deeper timber later in the day. White bass are still around midlake on walking baits, flukes and square bills in shad patterns. Crappie slow and scattered in big timber on minnows. Catfish are still good in 5 feet or less on stink and cheese baits with rod and reels. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 16.23 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

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Water is still stained in some areas from local runoff. Bass have been very good, with soft plastics working well at the flooded edges, shallow crankbaits and small spinners in the shallows. Catfish have also been very good, with the small channels about 5 feet out from rocky shorelines or breakwaters on worms, shrimp, and cut bait fished under a bobber. Blue catfish have been fair, larger fish caught at night on trots and jugs using black salties, perch, and cut bait, rod and reelers catching the 1-3 pounders in the daytime on live minnows and cut bait around roadbeds and rocks. White bass and yellow bass are excellent now, you just may have to hunt around to find the humps they are holding on. Trolling with a Coyote or Pet spoon or a Bomber Model A crank has been productive in this hunting. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 4.01 feet below pool. The lake is finally on the rise and the creeks are flowing after the rain with more rain in the forecast. Catfish are good on cut bait and perch. Swift water gar are biting in shallow water. Drum are biting in shallow water on minnows and worms. Crappie bite has slowed down, due to the rising water. Carp are trying to spawn in shallow water. Bass are improving. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.

Pinkston

GOOD. normal stain; 83 degrees. Bass are excellent on a topwater spook or frog. Bass are consistently 2-5 pounds. Crappie are poor on timber with natural colored crappie jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water clear; 76 degrees; 0.24 feet below pool. Stripers are fair to good in 30-70 feet of water. Live bait is still the most consistent way to put fish in the boat, but some can be caught using white, chartreuse, and silver artificials. Sand bass are fair and 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 with 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; 65 degrees; 6.34 feet below pool. People are having good luck right now with stripers and channel catfish. Crappie and shad have been a little scarce. Five boat ramps are open. The only ones that are not open are Copperas Day Use and Promontory Campground (SW).

Raven

GOOD. Water stained; 71 degrees. Lake Raven is temporarily closed due to flooding.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. White bass are excellent relating to humps and long points in 17-26 feet of water using 3/4 ounce Bovee slab with a jig 12 inches above. Watch for blue herons working deep water later mornings in 35-40 feet of water. Crappie are good and relating to brush 18-26 feet deep with some fish suspended mid depth. Catfish have moved along rocks and long points, using a slip cork and prepared bait working best along rocks. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 3.22 feet above pool. Several of the boat ramps are closed due to high water. Sand bass and catfish are good with live or cut bait in 30-35 feet of water. Crappie are scattered in 15-25 feet of water with minnows. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool. Water clarity is stained on the main lake and muddy up the creeks. Spillway Gates have been open for the past couple of weeks and probably will have at least four open for the next month as Bardwell and Navarro Mills Lakes are 12-14 feet above full pool. White bass are good with slabs on main lake points and humps in 25-35 feet of water. There is an early morning topwater bite on the south shoreline. Hybrid stripers are fair on the 309 Flats and Pelican Island in 30 feet of water on live shad. Catfish are fair on windblown points with shad. Crappie fair on minnows over brush piles in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.29 feet above pool. Water clarity is muddy up the river and creeks, clearing south on the main lake. Lots of freshwater with bass in the brush and trees. Jigs and soft plastics are standard, but spinnerbaits and small crankbaits in some areas. Bass on humps and pockets Carolina rigs and big crankbaits. Crappie are moving around a lot because of the freshwater. Some are still shallow and others are on timber and brush in 20-27 feet using minnows and jigs. Catfish are moving to the points and creek channels on cut bait. White bass are roaming the points using crankbaits and spoons the best. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Water is currently 5.1 feet high and rising 2 inches every 12 hours. Large populations of fish, shallow and flooded bushes and grass using a hollow body frog, quarter, three eights, and half ounce Texas rig to flip bushes. Also targeting secondary and main Lake shallow points for offshore schools using deep diving crankbait or Carolina rigs. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

Somerville

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.58 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are consistent. Catfish, crappie and bluegill 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. Flood gates open at 95 cfs and various species are good at spillways while water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees. 47.88 feet below pool. 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; 0.32 feet above pool. Fishing is fair and the pattern is steady as water continues to come into the lake. Crappie are fair in shallow water with crappie jigs. Largemouth bass are in similar areas as the crappie hitting the crappie jigs. Channel catfish are fair casting minnows on the rocks.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 10.12 feet above pool. Only one public boat ramp is currently accessible at the Union Grove Park. It is a four lane ramp. Fishing for largemouth bass in the newly flooded terrestrial vegetation and along the inside edge of what was the shallowest hydrilla stands has been excellent for quality fish on soft plastics, including sunfish imitating soft plastics. White bass fishing has also been very good, with my clients landing over one hundred fish per trip on each of my last several outings. Fishing 24-33 feet in clear water and on bottoms free of dying hydrilla has been the key to success. Dying hydrilla is making side-imaging difficult to find fish with, so 2D and down-imaging are very useful now. We've been using MAL Dense Lures vertically until fish lose interest, then changing over to using MAL Heavy Lures with a sawtooth retrieve to continue catching white bass. Best bite for white bass has been 8:15-11:00 a.m. wind and gray cloud cover definitely enhances the bite. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.80 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

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 1.12 feet below pool. Bass and bass are fair north of the U.S. Route 59. Catfish are fair throughout the lake.

Texoma

GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 2.82 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is excellent on live shad and topwaters. Anchoring on deep river ledges and flats in 60-80 feet of water fishing suspended around 40 feet catching quality and quantity on live shad. Top waters early along rocky banks where shad are still spawning. Catfishing is good using cut shad and prepared baits along the rocks in 20-40 feet of water. Free line dead shad or fish vertically along the rocks. Bass are fair using top waters early along the bluffs and on long points. Water temps in the mid 70s look for fish under docks and tires near marinas. Clear water is along the southern end of the lake. Crappie are fair using jigs fishing structure using electronics to locate active fish in 12-18 feet of water. Clear water is from TI point to the Dam and in the little mineral arm of the lake. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Stripers are good, catching the better fish starting with topwaters early, then switching to swim baits in 10-20 feet of water to get smaller fish. Water is starting to clear up from the recent rains on most of the lake. The lake has dropped 3 feet over the last week, and should return to normal, if it does not rain too much later this week. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Water level still above normal pool, with eleven flood gates open and still more water coming down from up north. Bass are good in 1-20 feet of water hitting your favorite way to fish. There was a big bass tournament this past weekend and there was four bass over 10 pounds caught. Shallow fish coming on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits and little top water baits for the first couple of hours in the morning. Then you can pick up a shallow running crankbait and Texas rig and fish from 8-12 feet. The next depth is from 14-20 feet, these fish coming on big crankbaits and Carolina rigs. The crappie fishing is just fair due to the current running in the lake. There are some crappie shallow, around docks, but most are running from 12-18 feet. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water stain; 70 degrees; 48.01 feet below pool. Inclement weather has kept anglers off the water. Expect the bite to start to pick up in the marinas. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 76 degrees; 33.88 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

FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. The bass are good on crankbaits, topwaters, and trick worms. Catfish are slow but catches can be had on liver and shrimp. Crappie are in 16 feet of waters on the brush piles. Bream are good on red worms. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 74 degrees; 16.18 feet above pool. 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. The lake is still over 16 feet above conservation and releasing about 4538 cfs.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees. Bass are great with fish coming on four and five inch stick worms, craw worms and small swimbaits around the grass in 5-10 feet off the reeds. Some nice bass are coming out further throwing deep crankbaits and jerkbaits in shad colors. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water heavily stained; 78 degrees; 0.96 feet below pool. Bass are slow. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles on minnows and jigs.

Welsh

SLOW. Water stained. 77 degrees. Welsh is a power plant lake and is primarily fished in the winter months. No report due to very few anglers on the water.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 20.56 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; 76 degrees; 8.80 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut shad in the mouth of creeks. 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 shallow waters. 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; 2.28 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; 0.60 feet above pool. Water is being released at 6862 cfs. 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; 1.11 feet above pool. Water is stained and current is back to moderate. With good weather in the forecast, we should have a fantastic season ahead of us due to several factors including less pressure on the fish. Great time to get safety gear in order and be prepared for boat checks. A lot of debris is floating, so take your time and be safe while navigating. Largemouth bass are hitting in the back lakes off the main channel on frogs and dark worms. White bass are around bulkheads and docks early in the morning hitting on small spins and small jigs. Catfish are in abundance on live shad. Crappie are north in 8-14 feet of water being caught around structure with small hand tied jigs. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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