Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of May 15, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 70 degrees; 4.15 feet below pool. Water them 68. Crappie are good shallow to 18 feet of water on jigs and minnows. Bass are still on beds. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 81 degrees; 66.18 feet below pool. Black bass are good on main lake points in 10-20 feet off chunk rock with Texas rigged senkos, Ned rigs, and shaky heads. Using light lines seems to be doing the best. Rattle traps, small craw color red crankbaits, spinnerbaits in white, are also producing good numbers. White bass are good in 5-10 feet of water on small swim jigs, small underspins, rattle traps, blades, spoons. Keep an eye on the birds, they will usually be feeding right over them. Striped bass are fair, in 50-60 feet of water on the main river channel around the dam. Tight lines. Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service.

Arlington

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.44 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; 74 degrees; 5.69 feet below pool. The lake has come up, and there is still water coming into the lake. The catfish bite has slowed, but can still be caught shallow by the river where the freshwater is coming in. Shad or punch bait work well. The crappie are still biting, but have slowed compared to weeks prior. Female crappie are still being caught with eggs, but a majority have spawned. Crappie are transitioning to the summer patterns on brush piles, and docks with shade. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.66 feet above pool. Rain in the weekend forecast, but the pattern should remain consistent. Bass are fair working the outside edges of grass with jigs and shaky-head worms. Schooling bass are starting to fire up. Crappie are good on small jigs and minnows on brush piles out to 30 feet. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.63 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; 70 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool. The lake continues to be high due to the recent rains. Catfish are biting in the shallows on cut bait and prepared baits. Largemouth bass can be caught on Texas rigged worms and crankbaits.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees. The water visibility is around 2-4 feet. Bass are good using shad or bluegill colored flukes and swimbaits. 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 in the morning in the discharge and out over grass flats on the opposite end of the lake as well. Small clear topwaters are getting slammed in those areas as well as soft plastic jerkbaits and shallow crankbaits. When the sun rises, work the grass lines inside and out will get you a bite using 4-5 inch stick worms and curly tail worms. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 11.35 feet above pool. A second round of May flooding occurred on May 12, making an already difficult situation even tougher. Lake Belton is now 11.35 feet high and slowly falling at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases at a rate of 4,100 cfs. Another round of heavy rain is expected on May 16. Unfortunately, the opening of the dam to release water sped the movement of the muddy water in the Cowhouse Creek arm and the Leon River arm such that even the main basin of the lake nearest the dam is now discolored. As of May 13 I temporarily stopped fishing on Belton until the situation stabilizes. Access to the lake is questionable and is on an hour-by-hour basis. When clear water was available to fish, the fishing for both white bass and both short and legal hybrid striped bass was good in under 32 feet and on slow-tapering segments of the bottom. The MAL Dense with chartreuse tail has been my go-to bait. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. The catfish bite is excellent, with the recent rains and steady water currents coming in from the Leon River 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. Channel catfish have become more active and can be caught in shallow waters using punch bait. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water stained; 64 degrees; 4.93 feet above pool. The ramp at Benbrook Marina is open. Water level continues to be high and fishing is reported to be slow for all species.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Crappie are good in brush piles 20-25 feet with minnows or jigs. Sand bass are good at Blowhole with anything shiny, such as spinnerbaits or rattle traps. Catfish are good in 2-6 feet of water in flooded brush with worms, cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are good 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. Bead heads and clousers should work well for bass around retaining walls and boat docks. Streamers in and around grass and brush will draw a strike. Look for crappie around brush and shallow banks, small wooly buggers are excellent. Bream are building beds and are aggressive. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 10.89 feet below pool. 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, 79 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Redfish are slow, trolling with bait near the dam. Channel catfish are fair around rock lines and against the weeds on cheese bait and liver. Bass are in the reeds on plastic worms. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 12.89 feet below pool. The low water ramps at Wise County Park and Runaway Bay are the best bet for launching. The main lake is stained but quite stirred up on both ends. Crappie continue to be hot, especially from the mid lake area south. Fish can be right on the shore or out to about 8 feet of water around cover with minnows and jigs. Sand bass and hybrids have been good. Fish are wandering, feeding hard on shad. Look close to shore early and back off into deeper water as the day warms up. Topwater baits and slabs have been putting them in the boat. Largemouth bass have been good on topwaters, flat billed crankbaits, finesse baits. Check main lake points near deeper water. Catfish action is picking up on! cut shad. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 4.52 feet below pool. The lake level continues to rise and the water carity is dirty on the main lake and muddy towards the rivers. Black bass to 5.79 pounds are good on chatterbaits, shakyhead and crankbaits in 3-12 feet of water. Crappie are good with catches up to 13 inches under docks in 5-9 feet of water with black and chartreuse, or white with a chartreuse head jig in 5-9 feet of water. Some crappie are on brush piles using minnows in 10-12 feet of water. White bass are good on crankbaits and small swimbaits. Catfish are fair on cut or prepared bait.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 70 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; 80 degrees; 14.71 feet below pool. It has been another exciting week with the water 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; 61 degrees; 1.68 feet above pool. Caddo Lake is still transitioning from the spawn to summer patterns. The muddy water in conjunction with the fast current has really slowed the transition down. You can still find bass on trees with senkos and flukes. Some topwater action can be had as the bream have started bedding up around the trees. A buzz bait and swimbait should be able to get a bite over and around the grass. Expect this bite to be mid lake or near Clinton, because areas near the river are muddy and stained. The lake itself is looking really good this year and it is absolutely a beautiful time to come out and enjoy this lake that God spoke into existence even if the bite is tough. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 80 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Redfish were being caught off the bank on crawfish and shrimp, or around rocky cove trolling plastics and spoons. Catfish are biting on rock piles out in the lake on cheese bait and cut bait. No report on bass. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 22.67 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; 0.12 feet above pool. Start early in the morning at daylight and hit the dam or the western shorelines of the lake and look for schooling hybrids and white bass 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 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. Some catfish are moving out deeper now that the shad spawn is about over. Blue catfish are good early in the morning along retaining walls. When this action slows focus efforts on points and humps in 10-20 feet of water with cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 28.89 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; 11.66 feet below pool. Bass are good on Model A Bomber crankbaits, and crappie are good on minnows in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 3.42 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

1.04 feet above pool. Closed.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.24 feet above pool. Catfish continue to be outstanding! Shad are still spawning on bulkheads, so all species are chasing them at first and last light. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Black bass are in 10-17 feet of water near structure using crankbaits, jerkbaits, as well as worms. Hybrids are in 17-28 feet of water on flats or humps jigging slabs, swimbaits or minnows and shad. Many are trolling for them as well. Crappie are in 12-21 feet of water around structure and timber biting plastics, hair or minnows. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 68 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; 9.54 feet below pool. Fishing remains tough due to low lake levels. 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; 0.90 feet above pool. 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. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 0.41 feet below pool. The lake has risen 3 feet. White bass are good on main lake structures with slabs and cohos. Crappie are good shallow and mid depths on jigs. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Fairfield

Closed to the public.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 46.78 feet below pool. The best place to launch is at the State Park off the gravel and rock points while the lake level is low. Once you’re on the water, fishing has been phenomenal. 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 fair in shallow water along dam rocks with spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfish are fair but the bite is improving on stink bait.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 0.51 feet above pool. Bass fishing has improved this week. Topwaters are good early in the morning on grass lines. Flukes and Yum dingers good at the edge of the grass 2-4 feet of water. Midday points and drops are holding fish in 6-8 feet of water biting Carolina rigs and Texas rigs are good. Designated Hitters, rattlesnakes and beaver type baits are good on standing timber in 5-10 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are in a post spawn pattern and aggressive. Topwaters are excellent in the shallow grass, streamers are working in the shallow banks. Crappies are shallow catching them on the edge of banks, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. 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 is finally beginning to settle into its post spawn summer pattern. Black crappie are loading up on certain trees, brush piles and lay downs in huge numbers. White crappie should be loading up on their post spawn patterns over the next few weeks. If you can find the right structure you can load the boat quickly. Best depths have been 14-24 feet with lots of fish at the base of trees. Have seen some fish on bridges but it's been spotty. Swimming 1/16 hand tied jigs with a 1/4 ounce weight pegged above it has been a deadly pattern. You can also swim minnows with a 1/4 ounce weight about them as well. Soft plastics will work very well also. The catfishing has been super hot on baited holes around trees in 13-20 feet. Bait out an area with cattle cubes or sour grains. Then use any prepared catfish bait to catch them. Some fish are up shallow around grass spawning. Some are also shallow chasing recent shad spawns. Any bait of choice below corks will work to catch those super shallow fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 6.14 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; 2.71 feet below pool. Water is rising. Stained fishing is good. Crappie are on brush and biting. Bass are biting good up shallow in the new submerged grass. Sandbass and hybrids are schooling out deep. Catfishing is very good with the running water on shad.

Granbury

GOOD. Water clear; 74 degrees; 0.29 feet below pool. Granbury water temperatures are in the middle to upper 70s. Granbury is stained due to the heavy rains and releases from Possum Kingdom. There is a lot of floating debris, so be careful navigating the lake. There continues to be clear water on the lower ends. Sand bass fishing continues to be good to excellent on slabs and spinnerbaits when located. Best locations for sand bass are Indian Harbor and near Decordova subdivision. Big striped bass are good to 12 pounds on big live shad and trolled umbrella rigs on the lower ends. Some topwater action is possible early and late on feeding flats from Blue Water Shores to Decordova. Largemouth bass are fair to good with catches up to 7 pounds fishing crankbaits and soft plastics near docks and creek entrances where the water is clearer. The muddy water has concentrated the catfish bite where water is flowing in creek channels on many areas of the lake. Bigger blue and flathead catfish have been caught on the upper ends. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters. Lake can be very peaceful and the level is higher than normal. Largemouth bass are good from the banks, hitting medium sized minnows. Sand bass are slow with a light bite on slabs. Crappie are schooling through lake. Catfish are good on cut bait after dark. Catches of perch, bluegill, and sunfish are plentiful, so get the kids or grandkids and make some memories. Report by Terry Hodges, local angler.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 5.43 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 fished on 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; 9.62 feet above pool. 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; 46.06 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. 70 degrees. Black bass will chase small streamers and top waters above and around grass. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass. Make long casts as the water is clear. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

GOOD. Water clear; 67 degrees; 2.90 feet above pool. Lake continues to be above the pool and is muddy. Fishing patterns are consistent, but the bite may be slower while water continues to flow in. Crappie are good in deep water brush piles, standing timber and power lines in 12-15 feet of water with minnows. White bass started feeding at night around docks with lights and can be caught with beetle spins and super spoons. Largemouth bass are good in 1-7 feet of water with frogs, wacky worms, weightless Texas rigs, yum dingers or swim jigs. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 67 degrees; 12.08 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie fishing slowed on brush piles.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. Water is muddy and high due to the rain. Bass are biting crankbaits, soft plastics from the bank to 14 feet on ledges and drop-offs with Carolina rigs.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 5.65 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; 4.41 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; 55 degrees; 5.50 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; 0.43 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 20-25 feet of water on punch bait blues and channel. Crappie are fair in 20 feet of water on brush piles with chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 74 degrees; 3.84 feet above pool. Conditions and fishing patterns are similar white the lake is on the rise. White bass are fair to good on humps and points in 20-35 feet of water with slabs, jigs and live bait. Cast small swimbaits shallow to the birds on the bank. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair 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. Catfish are good drifting flats near the river channel and ledges of wind blown points in 12-30 feet of water. The shallow water catfish bite has been good as well with shad spawning. Anchor in 1-5 feet of water near wind blown points, timber, sticks, and creek and river mouths. Crappie are fair using minnows or jigs in 4-25 feet of water on brush piles, rock piles, stumps, standing timber, and laydowns. Cover near drop-off ledges has been productive as well. 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 slightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Lake continues to be above the pool and is muddy. Fishing patterns are consistent, but the bite may be slower while water continues to flow in. Crappie are in deep brush piles, standing timber and power lines in 13-17 feet of water biting minnows. White bass are feeding at night around docks with lights using beetle spins and super spoons. Largemouth bass are good in 1-4 feet of water in the creek channels using topwater frogs, swim jigs, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits, and chatterbaits. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Livingston

SLOW. Stained; 67 degrees; 0.80 feet above pool. Water clarity is muddy. White bass catches are possible in 10-13 feet of water on secondary points. Catfish are good on the bulkheads. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.00 feet at pool. Bass are fair to good on Ribbit frogs, swimbaits and redbug worms over the hydrilla. Deep crankbaits are working well Fishing brush in 18-25 feet of water. Crappie are good in 25-30 feet of water at the top of brush with minnows and power bait minnows. Catfish remain good using jug lines in 10 feet on live bait.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 92.00 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 64 degrees; 45.89 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; 3.15 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; 4.26 feet above pool. Bass are good with good numbers of 2-4 pound fish being caught in shallow vegetation with topwater frogs and spooks, or swim jigs. Reports of good catches of catfish with cut bait or live shinners. Crappie are excellent on brush and standing timber with chartreuse crappie jigs. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; full pool. 2.00 feet above full pool. The water level is just above the stumps, 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 do not be afraid to throw a +1 jerkbait in these situations. As the water starts to warm a faster twitch presentation can find some good fish. The drop-shot rig 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 with good numbers on Carolina rigs, dropshots or deep crankbaits in 12-15 feet of water. Crappie are good with live shiners or natural colored crappie jigs roaming in schools in the middle of the water column. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees. 0.55 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Fishing patterns are holding steady. The shad are spawning so the fish are keying on white flashy lures in the mornings and evenings. Bass are good on white chatterbaits flipping soft plastics in the reeds in 1-3 feet of water. Look out for the shad spawn as fish are beginning to key in on this pattern. Crappie are good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait around the dam. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees; 12.20 feet above pool. Liberty Hill boat ramp is open, all other boat ramps are closed due to flooding. Reports of a nice size largemouth bass caught from the shore by a young angler.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 52.12 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 30.11 feet below pool. The lake is still on the rise after the recent rains. Largemouth bass are good on topwaters with catches up to 7 pounds. Big plum or red bug worms are good in 8-18 feet of water along ledges. White bass are good on the north island and mid lake using top waters and rattle traps. Crappie are fair, migrating toward deeper trees suspended 10-12 feet. Catfish are excellent with catches up to 18 pounds on cut shad and live bait up river in muddy water shallow. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

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

Palestine

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.86 feet above pool. All fishing has been on and off due to weather. The weekend forecast is showing frontal activity producing wind and rain. Should be less wind, but mostly out of the east for the next few days. Fishing in between the frontal activity has been good. Bass have been up in the flooded grass and under tree branches in the water hitting frogs and soft jerkbaits, or squarebill crankbaits fished in front. Trolling continues to produce whites and hybrids, but for surface feeding activity you have to be out there at sunrise. Channel catfish are in the shoreline rocks, fishing with a bobber 5 feet out will get them. Crappie reports remain the same, good in deep water, 16-24 feet, when you can get out there, scattered shallow bite early morning and again evening. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 6.15 feet below pool. The lake has risen a foot and continues to rise. Blue catfish are good with cut bait in freshwater. Crappie are slow. Carp are spawning. Drums are biting on minnows and worms.

Pinkston

GOOD. normal stain; 74 degrees. Largemouth bass are good in numbers of 3-5 pound fish in 18 feet of water with Carolina rigs, dropshot, soft plastic trick worms. In the evening topwater frogs are good in grass near the dam. Black crappie are fair in the east arm of the lake with natural colored crappie jigs and minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water clear; 76 degrees; 0.22 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 trolling lures on downriggers. Good colors are white, chartreuse, and silver if you decide to troll. Sand bass are slow, use live shad or small slabs and jigs. White, and silver are good colors. You will definitely have to look for scattered fish in 10-20 feet of water. Catfish are good in 30-50 feet of water with cut shad. 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. Fishing conditions are the same with a few bass in shallow water but transitioning deeper. Bass are good on topwaters in the mornings, then using worms later in the day in 12-15 feet of water. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 7.93 feet below pool. The lake level continues to rise as water runs into the lake. The Sowell Creek day use ramp and Copperas Creek west campground ramp are open. Reports of good catches of catfish in 1-6 feet of water with cut shad. Report by Jeffery Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing LLC.

Raven

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

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. White bass are good starting early morning on flats in 2-6 feet of water using small bospinners and 3 inch swimbaits 1/2 ounce jig head. Look for birds on the shorelines picking up shad. White bass relating to humps, levees and long points in 17-29 feet of water using 3/4 ounce Bovee slab with a jig 12 inches above. Crappie are good, relating to brush in 14-18 feet using minnows and jigs. Catfish are good along rocky shorelines using a slip cork with prepared stink bait moving shallow. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees; 3.86 feet above pool. High water. White bass on the bank and flooded areas in the mornings. Shad are spawning pretty heavy. Look for the birds. Catfish are good in the creeks and near any current. Crappie is good 15-20 foot of water, brush piles. Minnows. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.67 feet above pool. Water clarity is stained on the main lake and muddy up the creeks. White bass are good with slabs on main lake points and humps in 25-35 feet of water. Some early morning topwater action in shallow coves. 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. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.15 feet above pool. Rivers are flooded and the lake water level continues to rise and is off-colored. Bass are fair with catches up to 7 pounds possible on points and deeper water with Carolina or Texas rigs. The frog bite is picking up bass in shallow lily pads and brush. Crappie are good on brush piles, minnows and jigs. Catfish are good in deeper water channels with cut bait, minnows and worms. Blue catfish are good in 18-22 feet of water. White bass are schooling on points biting minnows, jigging spoons, and small crankbaits. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

GOOD. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.05 feet above pool. The fast bite at the marina just has not materialized this year. Catfish and crappie fair and bluegill 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 also being caught from shore at the Dam and Welch park areas. 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. 47.85 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; 0.16 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; 72 degrees; 4.48 feet above pool. A second round of May flooding occurred on May 12, pushing Stillhouse to 4.48 feet high. As of May 14, it was still rising slowly even with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releasing 788 cfs. Fishing in general has been hindered in the upper half of the lake due to large fields of debris, especially during wind shifts. The upper third of the lake is muddy, with gradual clearing from mid-lake near Dana Peak Park and downstream from there. With flooded terrestrial vegetation now around the entire perimeter of the lake, largemouth bass are now scattered both in that brush, and in the shallower hydrilla. In water over 26 feet, hydrilla is starting to droop and die off as it is denied sunlight by the depth and color of the flood water. White bass fishing has been made difficult in the 20-40 feet depths these fish typically inhabit due to fouling of lures by the dead and dying hydrilla strands on the lake's bottom. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 1.34 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish good as we set up into a solid early summer pattern. The hybrid striper and white bass bite has been good. We are seeing transitioning fish currently. Very few fish we are cleaning have eggs and the post spawn pattern has been solid. Fish are staging up on humps and points in 12-20 feet. Artificial lures, such as slabs are working good and so is live bait. The eating sized catfish bite for both blues and channels has been excellent. Both the shallow water blue catfish bite and channels prefer cut shad and punch bait in 1-3 feet or 12-25 feet. Crappie are good on minnows in 10-15 feet on brush piles and bridge columns. The largemouth bite is great in 1-5 feet of water. Plastics and shallow crankbaits are the key right now. An early morning shad spawn is key for multiple bites in the same location. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.99 feet below pool. Lake is turbid, but the upper portion is starting to clear. Bass are fair north of the U.S. Route 59. Crappie are slow.

Texoma

GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 4.91 feet above pool. Striped bass fish are great using live shad on deep flats 50-60 feet of water and on humps along river ledges in 30-50 feet of water. Small schools of post spawn stripers with a lot of over 20 inch fish. Topwaters early along the rocks where shad are spawning as well. Bass fishing is good using live shad and top waters along the bluffs and dam wall in the clear water. Mudline is north and west of Washita Point with clear water on the southern end of the lake. Catfish are good on live shad and cut shad along the bluffs in 20-30 feet of water. Channel catfish are on the rocks in 5-10 feet of water, prepared baits and live shad are working. Crappie fishing is good on brush piles in 12-18 feet of water using jigs and live minnows catching them suspended around the structure and boat docks. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Lake is flooded with floating debris so navigate with caution. Stripers can be caught along the mudlines, where the clear water and muddy water converge, with swimbaits and topwaters. Fish are moving around a lot but limits daily can be caught. Bait anglers are reeling in larger sized fish catches in deeper water. As the water starts to drop back down fish should return to the banks. There is sporadic bird action. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.78 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady as the water level continues to rise due to the rain with more in the forecast. The wind has been high, so it has been hard to stay out there on these fish. Bass are good with lots of action on top water baits for the first hour of daylight. Once the sun rises over the trees, time to back out either in front of the flooded bushes or 8-10 feet of water with wacky-worms, light Texas rigs and shallow running crankbaits. There are a few fish on deep main lake points and ridges in 12-18 feet with Texas or Carolina rigs, and big crankbaits. Crappie bite if off due to the high water and current. A few fish can be caught on brush, but the best bite has been on docks in 8-12 feet of water with jigs and live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water stain; 70 degrees; 48.61 feet below pool. Bass are very active with numbers being caught in open water schools with swimbaits and jerkbaits. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Bass are on the verge of schooling action with fish feeding shallow along the bank and up in the water column off shore and around marinas. The bite will only improve as the water temperature rises. Topwater baits are working well as well as shallow crankbaits and wake baits. Worms and craws around grass are working as well as a small swimbait in those same areas. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 78 degrees; 33.70 feet below pool. Catfish are good on cheese bait off of the channels. White bass are good on live minnows and artificial baits in the main lake basin beneath schools of shad. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Fishing is fair throughout the day. Bass are fair in all depths on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and trick worms. Crappie are fair, scattered in 16 feet of water with minnows. Bream are fair on red worms. Catfish are fair on shrimp and nightcrawlers in shallow water grass and rock lines. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 70 degrees; 17.42 feet above pool. The Bosque Park ramp is open. A few reports of catches of crappie, white bass, largemouth bass and blue catfish. The U.S. Corps of Engineers parks and ramps are closed.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees. Big groups of shad in the back of many coves, but bass are not blasting them. Bass are spread out between the reeds, grass, with bigger fish are biting on the deeper edges of grass, but there are not as many bites. The worm is still catching the most fish. Many techniques are working giving us options for going after them, but worms are still catching most of the fish. The weather has been cloudy and rainy with similar rain in the forecast. Panfish bite is still going strong. Crappie bite is good in deeper brush tops, and in the grass. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide. Crappie are good in 5-10 feet of water with black and chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good with the best bite on stick worms, but a small swimbait or jerkbait is getting some of the bigger fish. Bass are chasing big baitfish schools all around the lake. A deep crankbait or jig will catch some of those deeper fish off the deeper grass lines. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water heavily stained; 76 degrees; 1.02 feet below pool. Catfish are fair transitioning to shallow water for the spawn. A few catches with shrimp and cut bait. Crappie are fair with mostly smaller sized fish being caught on deeper water brush piles with minnows or jigs. Bass are slow in transition deeper to the summer pattern depths hitting crankbaits and chatterbaits.

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; 19.99 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; 73 degrees; 8.28 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut shad in the mouth of creeks. The 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 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. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 1.92 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. White bass are good on main lake structures with slabs and cohos. Crappie are good shallow and mid depths on jigs. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.49 feet above pool. Crappie are loading up on brush tops all over the lake. Crappie are biting best on points with minnows and jigs. Catfish have slowed down, but still can be caught with range cubes, blood or cheese bait. Report by Jerry Gennings, local angler and guide.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Water level is still high, but starting to clear at a rapid pace. Crappie are rebounding quickly eating hand tied jigs and small plastics in 8-14 feet of water tight to structure. White bass are starting to rebound being caught on swim jigs. Largemouth have recovered the fastest with reports of several big bass being caught on grubs and worms by docks and structure. Catfish are on fire being caught on live shad by the bulkheads. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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