Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of April 23, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 65 degrees; 2.14 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 4-15 feet on jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 68.08 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 4-6 feet of water on minnows and jigs. White bass are moving up river with a good bite off points with slabs, and trolling crankbaits or rattle traps. Catfish are great in murky water in 4-6 feet of water with stink bait. Black bass are good on swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and topwater baits early in the morning. Report by Shon Riley, Lake Amistad Fishing Guides. Some bass continue to be on beds with some males guarding fry in 8-12 feet of water. Numbers of post spawn that can be caught with slow moving plastics. The topwater bite should improve towards the end of the month. Report by Kurt Dove, Amistad Bass Guide.

Arlington

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are good with fish in all stages of spawn. Good topwater action in the morning, then target any kind of cover when the topwater bite ends. Water temperatures are in the upper 60 low 70s.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 5.22 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 2-12 feet of water shallow on fresh cut shad. Crappie are being caught off the piers at the state park and around bridges. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 74 degrees; 0.23 feet above pool. Bass are good in 5-8 feet in grass with Texas rig worms, wacky rig senkos and chatterbaits. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.

Austin

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.38 feet below pool. Bass are good with some fish on beds and a lot of bass fry in the back of pockets. Catching a lot of decent post spawn fish out deep around grass edges and breaks 10-15 feet of water. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Bass continue to be good with most bass finished with the spawn on the mid to lower end. There is still some spawning bass on the upper end that can be caught with Texas-rigged plastic, or a big swimbait. Concentrate on docks for some good bites or around deeper hydrilla. The watermilfoil has some fish in it, but not as good as the other grass. A small to medium swimbait and any soft plastics work around all of it. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stain; 65 degrees; 0.60 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.

Bastrop

GREAT. Water stained; 80 degrees. There are still some bass in the reeds, but fish are post spawn and starting to push to deeper water. There is some schooling action at the discharge in the evenings. The shad hatch is only about an inch long, because of this expect the schooling bite to be tough. Match the hatch with small profile baits like crappie launchers, clear topwaters, small Alabama rigs with small baits and small hard jerkbaits for offshore fish.

Belton

FAIR. Water stained; 67 degrees; 3.32 feet below pool. The annual threadfin shad spawn has now become very consistent and will typically remain so through about the third week of May. With so much forage consistently shallow the gamefish have moved shallower as well. Most morning action is taking place from the bank to 25 feet on areas impacted by overnight winds. Live bait will have an edge to catch white bass and hybrids over artificial presentations until the shad spawn begins to weaken. Fish found on sonar will typically not remain in one location very long as bait and fish move rapidly thanks to increasing metabolism as the spring season moves on. Fishing large, four inches or longer, live shad will help select for hybrid stripers, and keep smaller white bass at bay. Smaller baits will ensure more action, but for smaller fish, including white bass and blue catfish. Cut, fresh, dead shad is also an option when fishing gets tougher after cold fronts and during calm winds. Those gamefish spotted feeding on shad on the surface in the first hour of the day and or under cloudy skies, can be sight-cast to. The MAL Original or MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail are just the ticket for this scenario. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish remain excellent with a consistent bite. Anglers should search for blue catfish in river channels and around ledges in 20-30 feet of water. Larger cut baits have been effective for trophy size fish. Slow drifting with small cut shad along sand flats will produce eater fish under 10 pounds. Channel catfish are fair but can still be caught on warmer days using punch bait in 15-25 feet of water. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.34 feet below pool. Bass are in all stages of the spawn. Crappie can be caught on minnows and jigs. White bass are in the river on rattle traps and spoons.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. Crappie spawn is almost over pushing fish to roam offshore structure in 2-32 feet of water. Fish are hungry and can be caught on minnows or jigs. Channel catfish are feeding shallow gearing up for the spawn. Channel catfish are good on dough bait. Larger catfish can be caught on juglines. Blue catfish and flathead catfish are finished with the spawn. Fish are in 15-30 feet of water biting cut bait. Bass are primarily post spawn aggressively feeding. White bass are good with several limits reporting while trolling, and a few catches caught while fishing for crappie. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Black bass are shallow in creeks and shallow banks. Fly fishing with craws and clouser minnow patterns should produce bass. Crappie and catfish are moving shallow fly fishing with wooly buggers, slow-sinking small fish patterns, or clouser minnows on sunny rocky shores might draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Bois d'Arc

SLOW. water stained; 60 degrees; 1.68 feet below pool. The lake continues to be low. Shad spawns are key early morning to run numbers of bass up. Look for birds or shad flickering on the shoreline. DieZel chatterbaits and mini chatterbaits in white or Shad colors are best for bass in 1-3 feet. Squarebill chatterbaits are good mid morning on points and pond dams in 3-5 feet. Texas rigs and weighted wacky rigs are good around bushes and timber. Creature baits in green pumpkin are good. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Crappie are excellent in full post spawn in the mouths of creeks leading to the main river channels. Target timber in 10-20 feet of water fish with plastics over minnows or hand tied jigs. Focus on the lower half of the lake where timber has been flooded longer. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 14.70 feet below pool. The lake is very low and ramps are closed. There is a temporary use ramp available. It is possible to catch crappie and bass from the crappie house and from the bank.

Braunig

FAIR. Water stained, 75 degrees. Redfish are being caught off the bank on crawfish and shrimp. Some redfish are being caught from boats trolling around the dam area on plastics and spoons. Channel catfish are being caught around rock lines on cheese bait. Bass are being caught in the weeds on plastics. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 68 degrees; 4.99 feet below pool. Lake Bridgeport is around four feet low. Recent heavy rains have brought the lake up and muddied the clarity. All ramps are open. Catfish are excellent on cut baits. The river and creek mouths would be a great place to start. Crappie are good but scattered around docks and up shallow on the southern end. Jigs and minnows are both producing. Largemouth bass good on Texas rigged plastics, jigs and pigs and topwater baits. Hybrids and sand bass can be found fairly close to shore chasing spawning shad. A small minnow imitator should work. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Black bass up to 8.36 pounds are excellent in 1-5 feet of water all around the lake in spawning pockets on Hag’s Tornados in green pumpkin, Tsunami Jigs and White Outlier Frogs. Last spawning wave has moved up on beds. Some bass are guarding fry and some are post spawn. Crappie are good to 10 inches on jigs in 2-10 feet with a few spawning on the gravel flats. White bass are excellent to 2 pounds on crankbaits around the lake spawning in the rocks and out of the lights at night. Catfish to 5 pounds are slow on jug lines with cut bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees. Bass continues to be good with a consistent bite pattern when around shad. As the shad spawn approaches the bite should continuously pick up. Fish are set up good on rock right now and can be caught shallow too. Bass are being caught on main and secondary points, especially when targeting rock with crankbaits. Shallow brush piles are also producing, with soft plastics and jigs performing well. Additionally, the wacky rig has been effective around grass lines, particularly in protected pockets and shallow flats. Report by the Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slight stain; 69 degrees; 20.77 feet below pool. The shad spawn continues at daylight on most sandy shorelines attracting the white bass and stripers. The striper are biting best on live shad in 15-52 feet of water. There has been some limited surface activity on the main lake, but the fish are not staying up long enough to target. Be aware the lake has reached the level where the submerged trees are starting to show and many others not far below the surface. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Chance of rain in the forecast but the patterns should remain consistent. Shad are spawning along wind blown shorelines and main lake points. Striped bass, hybrid and white bass are good on deeper in trees in 20-38 feet of water with live bait. White bass are also hitting jigging spoons, or small live shad midlake in 34 feet of water. There is a topwater bite at daylight. Catfish are mixed in with stripers. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service. Crappie fishing remains fair on brush in 10-20 feet of water with minnows. Channel catfish are good in 15 feet of water. Blue catfish are good in main lake timber in 30 feet of water with cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.35 feet above pool. Lake has fallen to a more normal level at around 170 so you can launch and load now with just one person and not get your feet wet at the ramp- if you know, you know. The fish have been good on trees with the spawn still going strong, wacky worms and fluke work good still in black and blue and watermelon red colors. A frog or topwater popper works well also around the trees. Try a swimbait or a buzzbait covering the grass and pads to catch post spawn fish. The lake is looking and fishing well with some decent current rolling in the river and bayou systems. This is a wonderful time of the year to come to this majestic and divine lake we call Caddo. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

SLOW. Water slightly stained, 84 degrees. Redfish are being caught off the bank by the dam on crawfish, shrimp and fish bites. Some redfish are being caught trolling on plastics 15-18 feet. Blue catfish are being caught towards power lines on rock piles with cheese bait and shad. Channel catfish are being caught under over hanging trees in the water on cheese bait. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 71 degrees; 30.95 feet below pool.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. stained; 69 degrees; 0.12 feet below pool. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Look for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the dam on edges of drop-offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinnerbaits with a very slow retrieve off the bottom in 17-26 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. The shad spawn is in full swing, so the early shallow wall bite is on fire all over the lake. Fresh caught shad tossed up to the walls on bottom or under a float are a sure way to catch good numbers of nice eating sized catfish. There is still a deeper drifting bite in 12-24 feet of water using cut shad, drum or carp drifted along the bottom. Many fish being caught in the 10-50 pound range. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

SLOW. Water stained; 70 degrees; 34.58 feet below pool. Few anglers on the water while the lake level is low and high winds. Call to check conditions before heading out. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water slight stain; 60 degrees; 12.96 feet below pool. Bass are good with soft plastics and catfish are good with worms and minnows in 12 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.40 feet above pool. Water levels are up so expect a slow bite until the water settles. Bass are in all stages of the spawn hitting creature baits and soft plastics. Crappie can be caught with minnows or jigs.

Coleto Creek

GOOD. Water normal stain, 68 degrees; 1.83 feet below. Bass fishing is consistent on soft plastic lizards and craw worms in 2-7 feet of water on reeds and stumps. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Comanche Creek

0.31 feet below pool. Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.

Conroe

GREAT. Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Fishing has been great in between the extreme winds. Catfish are good in 1-50 feet of baited holes, bulkheads and rocks. Trophy catfish can be caught drifting ledges and flats shallow at night. Bass are good on the banks early and late in 1-20 feet of water on structure and bream beds during the day. Crappie have been pretty good on brush 8-25 feet of water. Report by Bradley Doyle, with Bradley Guide Service. Hybrids can be caught in 17-29 feet of water on flats and drop-offs with slabs, spoons, and live minnows or goldfish. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 60 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Crappie are in full post spawn patterns pushing off bank lines to roam in 5-15 feet on timber. The bite is excellent with crappie still preferring plastics over hand tied jigs or minnows. There is low visibility, so the anticipate a slower until the water clears. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

SLOW. 70 degrees; 13.83 feet below pool. Few reports of gar being caught. Water levels continue to be low, but small flat bottomed boats with the motor completely lifted out of water are capable of launching. Even with a small boat, you would have to get into the water to push your boat out far enough to let your motor down and start your engine. Report by Weber’s Boat Landing. Reports from local anglers are slow for bass, catfish are fair and alligator gar are good.

Cypress Springs

FAIR: Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.51 feet above pool. Crappie spawn is almost over pushing fish to roam offshore structure in 2-32 feet of water. Fish are hungry and can be caught on minnows or jigs. Channel catfish are feeding shallow gearing up for the spawn. Channel catfish are good on dough bait. Larger catfish can be caught on juglines. Blue catfish and flathead catfish are finished with the spawn. Fish are in 15-30 feet of water biting cut bait. Bass are primarily post spawn aggressively feeding. White bass are good with several limits reporting while trolling, and a few catches caught while fishing for crappie. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Crappie are excellent, roaming 8-35 feet of water full post spawn. Focus River channels for open water crappie and main lake bank lines sloping to the deeper parts, stacked on brush the next few weeks. Plastics are out producing hand tied jigs and minnows. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 4.79 feet below pool. White bass are fair on windblown structure using paddle tail swimbaits, and inline spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good in boat slips and on brush on jigs and shallow on jigs. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad in multiple depths. Patterns may change daily with changing weather patterns. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 44.58 feet below pool. Black bass are great in 3-15 feet of water on hard bottoms with crankbaits, senkos or power worms. Spinnerbaits are good in shallow water along rocks. Keeper catfish are good in 10-20 feet of water using stink bait, shrimp, or small cut bait. Trophy catfish are fair while fish are in a spawn transition. Target 3-15 feet of water with live shad or fresh cut bait. Bow fishing for gar is excellent, and rod and reel is good with cut bait on the south end at the mouth of Tigers Creek. Crappie are slow with fish scattered. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees. Some topwater bass action has begun. There is a good early shallow bite on under spins and rattle traps, then target bass in 10-15 feet on points and ridges on shaky heads and Carolina rigs. Tilapia anglers are good with cast nets. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 63 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Bass fishing has been slow with some early morning catching near areas with the shad spawn using DieZel chatterbaits. Once bass move off the shore, switch to squarebill crankbaits in 3-5 feet, or Yum dingers and flukes around grass, and frogs in the grass. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are post spawn and the top water bite is on! Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation. The crappie are moving shallow, small clousers are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet biting clousers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is moving rapidly into the post spawn pattern. Fish are loading up on brush piles, ledges, underwater bridges, road beds, bridges and post spawn trees in 14-25 feet. The fish are hungry after the spawn and they will bite just about anything you out in front of them. We are having great luck with small hand tied jigs but minnows and soft plastics will also work for the next few months until water temps heat way up. Seeing a lot of small fish this year mixed in so some days you will catch and release a lot of short fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 5.70 feet below pool. Bass are in all stages of the spawn hitting creature baits and soft plastics. Crappie can be good with minnows or jigs in shade and brush.

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 70 degrees; 10.74 feet below pool. Bass fishing remains consistent. Look for some spawning fish mid to up river and use soft plastics like lizards, creature baits and worms for those. Some bass are a bit deeper and a shaky head works wonders on this lake around off shore humps and ledges. Find some lay laydowns in around 3-5 feet and flip those for some good bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. Crappie are up in shallow water in the creek with minnows and jigs. Bass are moving up in shallow water feeding on shad. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling on main lake flats with a good bite on jigs and spoons. Catfish are good in 10 feet of water on main lake flats with cut shad and chicken liver.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Granbury water temperatures are in the upper 60s to low 70s. The recent rains have filled up Possum Kingdom and there is a lot of flow through Granbury, so watch out for floating debris. The sand bass action has been excellent on many areas of the lake from Blue Water Shores to Decordova to the Shores in town. Bouncing a slab or spoon will put sandbass in the boat. Crappie continue to be good in the backs of creeks on small minnows and jigs. Largemouth bass are also good on soft plastics, lipless crankbaits and spinnerbaits in the shallows on most every creek and slough. Blue catfish are good on cut shad fished on channel breaks from Decordova subdivision to near Water’s Edge. Striped bass are fair to good on live shad and trolled Alabama rigs from near the dam to near the Decordova subdivision. Striped bass to 10 pounds are possible. Hope to see you on the water. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters. Blue and channel catfish are good on cut bait in 40-45 feet of water. Report by Jeffery Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits fished in shallow water in areas where the shad are spawning. Crappie are fair on jigs fished in brush piles. White bass are fair along windy main lake roadbeds and points. Blue catfish are very good on jug lines baited with shad or Zote soap. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines fished up river. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water normal stain; 68 degrees; 0.84 feet above pool. Bird action is directing anglers to good size schools of white bass. Use a graph to determine the depth your jigging spoon needs to be. Still sifting through numbers of fish to find the keeper sized fish. White bass are still spawning. Catfish are mixed in with the white bass. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 49.36 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie. Call to inquire about launching conditions before heading out.

Hawkins

GOOD. Water slightly stained. 64 degrees. Chain Pickerel and black bass are spawning in shallow water. Focus on areas with stumps, brush, and vegetation. Bream should be making the move shallow for the spawn. Look for spawning crappie in weeds on sloping banks. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Bass should be shallow on spawning beds hitting soft plastics and creature baits. Post spawn bass should be in 8-12 feet of water hitting Carolina rigs or crankbaits. Crappie should be shallow or on brush piles be caught with jigs or minnows.

Hubbard Creek

FAIR. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 14.03 feet below pool. Bass are fair with primarily smaller sized fish up to 3 pounds. The best bite is early morning in shallow water spinnerbaits or chatterbaits. Crappie are good under docks hitting minnows or jigs. A bass was caught while targeting crappie.

Inks

GREAT: Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. Bass fishing remains consistent. Target bass in grass patches and work the area over with worms or creature baits. A shallow crankbait or a frog will get some big bites as well around bulkheads and rock piles. Look for deeper ledges and rock piles for some of those special sized bass. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Bass are biting soft plastics and swimbaits shallow, and out on brush piles. A lot of bass are now suspended in deeper water. Topwater bite is picking up.

Joe Pool

GREAT. Water normal stain; 68 degrees; 0.25 above pool. All species are biting, bank anglers you are not fishing you are missing out! The big bass are shallow on beds, or waiting just off the bank to move shallow. Crappie are on shallow timber hitting jigs and minnows. Carp anglers are having a blast in the Lynn Creek area. Catfish are mixed in on wind blown banks. Let’s go fishing! Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 5.53 feet above pool. The lake level is up after the recent rains and the clarity is muddy. Bass can be caught flipping soft plastics into the bushes, or working the outside edges of willows with 10 inch worms or any bait that puts off a lot of action. The best colors have been black neon, or black and blue. Use a lighter weight, 3/16-¼ ounce, with a natural fall. Shad spawn should begin soon, drawing bass near chunk rock, boat docks and hard cover at daylight. When this happen cast natural colored topwaters in areas where shad are spawning. Once the sunlight pops up this bite will end. Crappie are biting slip cork minnows on flooded cypress trees and vertical cover near the river. Report by Brian Vickery Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are consistent. Hybrid stripers are in 3 feet of water in the creeks. The crappie spawn started over a week ago, but is still not in the height of the spawn. Crappie catches in 1-12 feet of water targeting the base of button willows with jigs. Get in the water with your back facing the lake and jig towards shore. Use a 8-10 pound mono 1/16 ounce to 1/8 ounce jig. The clarity is murky so use a darker colored jig such as black or red, white. Some female crappie are suspended around timber outside the spawning grounds. White bass spawn is in full swing in the creeks with running water. Fish can be caught on white, chartreuse, silver, black in-line spinners early morning and late evening, a 4 pound mono with 1/16 ounce jigs in minnow colors, live minnows with a size 6 hook and split shots or under small 2 inch peggable bobbers, or Carolina rig with the split shots. On the main lake, look for fish on points in 10-25 feet. Keep a swimbait handy because fish might blow shad out of the water randomly and have a feeding frenzy for a few short minutes. Black bass are in the creek systems, guarding nests, and in the back of the coves along with the crappie. Target bass are good early morning in 1-5 feet of water casting a white and chartreuse spinnerbaits to the bank then reel it slowly back to the boat. The rest of the day target bass from the bank to 7 feet around submerged button willows or shallow timber with a Texas rig, darker color worms, or senko. Catfish are in 4-15 feet drifting or casting cut shad, carp, and drum. A bobber on riprap is very productive. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 71 degrees; 0.36 feet below pool. The pattern remains consistent. Crappie are good 10-15 feet of water with chartreuse jigs or minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait in 20 feet of water. White bass are fair in coves and main lake points in 15-20 feet of water with jigging spoons. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good on flats, brush, rock piles or along bulkheads with shallow crankbaits, spinnerbaits, flukes and soft plastics like worms or creature baits. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 68 degrees; 1.60 feet below pool. White bass are fair to good on points and humps in 15-30 feet of water with jigs, slabs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair in similar depths. 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. With warming temperatures, check shallow flats in 1-5 feet near timber or brush on wind blown points or coves. The shad spawn has begun, and catfish are being caught on wind blown banks where herons are present as well. Crappie are slow to fair in 2-24 feet of water on brush piles, submerged timber, and submerged cover near drop-offs with minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 1.22 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent, but this should be the last week of creek fishing as fish transition back to the main lake. Crappie are in 10 feet of water on brush. Shad are spawning along the banks. Largemouth bass are in 4 feet or less on Texas rigs and chatterbaits. Catfish are 7 feet or less on cutbait and minnows. White bass are in the river for the anglers that like to fish the 164 Bridge with rooster tails and beetle spins. Mainlake white bass are in 12 feet or less with silver jigging spoons. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.

Livingston

GOOD. normal stain; 71 degrees; 0.24 feet above pool. White bass are great in 6-15 feet of water on wind blown points and ledges with white and chartreuse slabs. Catfish are in 1-4 feet of water on bulkheads with best action at daylight. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Marble Falls

normal stain; 74 degrees; 0.62 feet below pool. Bass patterns are consistent. Target bass in grass patches and work the area over with worms or creature baits. A shallow crankbait or a frog will get some big bites as well around bulkheads and rock piles. Look for deeper ledges and rock piles for some of those special sized bass. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.07 below pool. Bass are fair on swimbaits, bladed jigs and redbug Texas rigged worms fishing the hydrilla out to 10 feet. Crappie are good suspended in brush piles in 25 feet of water with minnows and 3 inch pintail jigs. Catfish are good on jug lines with cut and live bait. Reported by Hambone guide service. Reported by Hambone guide service.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 94.55 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 61 degrees; 47.56 feet below pool. Sand bass are great throughout the lake with silver spoon lures, and artificial grubs in chartreuse, pearl blue and yellow. Catfish are good near Rattlesnake Island with chicken liver, minnows, worms and shrimp. Crappie are good using chartreuse jigs and rosie red minnows fished in Sanford Yake area, off of the dock, and a few fish pulled out of Bugbee in the shallow areas. Bluegill and perch are slow underneath the docks and shallow areas around the lake with worms. Walleye are great in the evening hours and early mornings in many areas of the lake. Minnows, bottom bouncers or floating worm harnesses, chartreuse, red mouth jerkbait or slab spoons are great choices. Trout are great in Spring Canyon with a power bait and number 10 snell hook or split shots. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 3.02 feet below pool. Crappie have improved to fair in 3-4 feet of water. Fish are a few weeks from spawning. Sand bass are fair around the dam when shad are surfacing. Shad are spawning so the bite should improve the bite for all species. Channel and blue catfish are slow in 15 feet of water. Black bass are slow on main lake points with soft plastics.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.17 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina rigged plum or blue flecked worms in 12 feet of water on grass lines. Crappie are fair on chartreuse and white crappie jigs. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. Prior to the weekend rain, bass were stacking up in suspended mode 8 feet down over deeper water with a jerkbait. Some larger bites were possible in 8-10 feet near the bottom with a dropshot and Texas rig. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina rigged plum or blue flecked worms in 12 feet of water on grass lines. Crappie are fair on chartreuse and white crappie jigs. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 72 degrees. 0.47 feet below pool. The bass bite has been good flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water. The spawn is starting up and bass are beginning to flood the shallows. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Focus on holes in the reed banks where bass will set up on their beds. Crappie were fair around main lake 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

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Most anglers are targeting crappie in shallow water and brush piles with minnows. Few reports of white bass, catfish and largemouth bass. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 36.83 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 68 degrees; 23.12 feet below pool. Black bass are fair with catches up to 12 pounds possible. Some fish are still spawning in 2-16 feet of water on long flat points with brush and back of small pockets on the main lake. Soft imitation shad or crappie plastic baits on a Shaky Head or wobble head have been working on beds. Best bite is on Texas rigged Hags tornadoes in F5 and F 6.5 on flipped around thick cover on main lake, but casting and dragging over the top of the brush will land catches. Crappie are slow with few catches to report. White bass schooling activity mid lake around the Lee Day area, with catches up the river on rattle traps and topwater baits. Catfish are good on drop lines, or rod-and-reel in 6 feet or less of water upriver. A variety of cut bait and stink bait is working best. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 18.16 feet below pool. Black bass bite is improving in shallow water on reaction baits like bladed jigs and shallow running crankbaits. A few reports of topwater action on frogs. Catfish have been caught on cut bait and stink bait. The water levels are very low, so boaters should proceed with caution and always wear a PFD. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles in 12-15 feet of water around docks. Bass are fair around shallow cover. Catfish are excellent on retaining walls and shallow cover where shad are spawning.

Palo Pinto

SLOW. Water normal stain; 73 degrees; 0.55 feet below pool. Blue catfish are good in shallow water on cut bait, fresh shad and liver. Hybrids are good on spinnerbaits. Crappie are biting in deep water biting on minnows. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.

Pinkston

GOOD. normal stain; 73 degrees. Largemouth bass are excellent on medium diving crankbaits. Crappie are good on a clear or white crappie jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

FAIR. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.32 feet below pool. Striper are slow suspending live bait 2 feet below a balloon or bobber fished in 5 feet or less water that is adjacent to the deep water. Other good places are deep ledges and main lake points. Sand bass are fair when you can find clear water with live shad or small white or silver slabs in 15-25 feet of water. Catfish are still fair to good on cut shad in 20-30 feet and 10-15 feet of water fished on the bottom. Baited holes are your best bet to catch numbers on punch bait. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Water clarity is steady at 1-8 feet of visibility and slightly stained, and near zero on the north end of the lake. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Few reports after the recent weather. Crappie can be caught in shallow water on jigs and minnows. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water.

Raven

SLOW. Water light stain; 67 degrees. Lake Raven is beginning to see a lot of hydrilla growth, which may impede some bank anglers. The bass are working the shallows with 10-12 inch worms along the edge of the hydrilla and water lines. Chatterbaits, dropshots, and wacky rigs are a good set of bait options for anglers seeking to join in on the bass fishing. No reports of crappie or catfish. Bluegill are good at the boathouse dock with hot dogs and worms.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. The shad spawn has started, so look on shallow points and flats early morning for feeding white bass in as little as 2 feet of water. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattle traps. You can also blind cast topwaters and catch numbers of fish. White bass are post spawn relating to structure on humps, long points and drop-offs around shallow flats. Crappie are relating to brush piles in 12-21 feet of water. Small numbers are showing up at bridge columns. Catfish are good on the north end of the lake on long points and around timber 15-24 feet using prepared stink baits. After these rains stage your boat in front of feeder creeks as the running water will bring the cats in. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.10 feet below pool. Crappie are still in all stages of the spawn from 3-20 feet of water shad imitation baits. crappie will be moving to brush. Catfish are on shallow flats cut bait. Some largemouth bass are on spawning beds. Largemouth bass continue to stage on secondary points hitting slow moving swimbaits, or along grass edges with chatterbaits. White bass are good in the creeks or chasing balls of shad beneath birds with moving baits. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan’s Crappie Co.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water normal stain; 69 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. The Lake is slightly above full pool with two spillway gates open. White bass are very good in 20-25 feet of water on points, roadbeds, and humps. A slab and jig combination is hard to beat, but the whites can be caught on any number of baits to include the MAL Lures, Mepps Spinners, and Lil' Georges. Still need to use your electronics to find the fish because there is no topwater action and very few gulls leading the way to schools. Hybrid striper action is good with live bait anglers catching fish on shad off the 309 flats and Pelican Island. Blue catfish are being caught on cut bait and shad in the shallow water on windy main lake points. Crappie are fair with spawning fish being caught in 2-4 feet of water in the Richland and Chambers Creek tributaries, shallow water coves and off boat docks with minnows. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service. Black bass are good in shallow was as some are still spawning while others are guarding fry. Shad spawn is happening also, look for birds on the banks ready to pick off shad. Shad will spread out on the points, and this is a great opportunity to catch bass with shallow crankbaits. Shad will also spawn on retaining walls and you can use topwater lures to cover water. Fishing the shad spawn is mostly a morning bite. After that you want to move to the first available cover, docks, grass, and laydowns. This pattern will continue for several weeks. Terry Hawkins Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are consistent. The best bite has been in 8-14 feet on ledges and humps with a big worm on a Texas rig or Carolina rig. Fishing around the old timber as fish are using it for structure. Very little grass or lily pads so far. Crappie and catfish are moving shallow and deep as they spawn. The magic depth has been 4-12 feet with minnows under corks and around trees on the bedding fish. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

GOOD. Water stained; 71 degrees; 2.38 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. At the Marina the crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait. On the lake Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water. Crappie are spawning. Catfish are excellent in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait. Catfish are a few weeks from the spawn. Black bass are good on crankbaits and shiny spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water. Bass are nearing the end of the spawn. White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are fair with many undersized fish being caught in deeper water using cut bait or mussels. Below the dam fishing is slow, since no water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees. 47.12 feet below pool. White bass are being caught on spinnerbaits and spoons in 25-30 feet of water. The most productive spoons have been the K.T. Slaps 1/2 ounce and the 6th Sense Divine jigging spoons 1 ounce. The reports have included some larger sized fish. Black bass are fair. Channel catfish are fair with numerous reports from bank anglers using cut bait and dough type baits. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.82 feet below pool. Bass are fair on shallow remote rocky banks with soft plastics. Target the cattails at the end of the reeds. Crappie are fair in mid depths on docks. Catfish are good on juglines.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 4.26 feet below pool. The annual white bass spawn has almost completely run its course, and the annual threadfin shad spawn is now well underway. These coinciding events bring white bass into shallow water to feed on spawning shad most mornings on slow tapering wind blown topographies. With the clear water, these fish quickly move to the 20-25 foot mark after the direct sun rays strike the water shortly after sunrise. In shallow water, the MAL Original works very well to imitate spawning adult shad. Once the fish move out deeper, the silver, three-quarter ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab has been the ticket to later morning fish. Dropping the slab to the bottom and cranking it smoothly and consistently 5 to 6 turns up off the bottom while observing for fish response on 2-D sonar or forward facing soar is the key to getting bit consistently. Largemouth bass are now consistently in 8-14 feet of water, especially on topographic irregularities with some form of cover present. Dark, small, naturally-colored soft plastics worked with Texas rigs or Carolina rigs are consistent producers here. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. A solid Spring pattern has settled in at Tawakoni. We are seeing the beginning of the shad spawn. Water temperatures are 62 degrees on the main lake and the fish are feeding. Hybrid striper and white bass are good on artificial lures such as slab spoons and smaller swimbaits. Fish have been in the 12-30 feet range. The trophy catfish bite finally ended, but the eating sized catfish bite is wide open. Big numbers of fish are being caught with small pieces of cut shad and cut carp and buffalo. Wind blown banks are key in 2-6 feet of water. Crappie are improving better. We are now seeing big groups of fish that are leaving the shallow water. Jigs and minnows are working on brush and bridge pilings in 10-14 feet of water. Largemouth bass are very good on buck brush in 1-4 feet of water with senkos and wacky rigged smaller flukes. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 4.06 feet below pool. Catfish are good, and crappie are slow throughout the lake.

Texoma

FAIR. Water stained; 62 degrees; 1.16 feet below pool. The striper fishing is great with the rise in water levels and surface temperatures. The shad spawn is in full force, look for fish shallow along rocky banks on Topwaters and swimbaits. Look for birds on the banks and surface activity. Crappie are still scattered and in spawning stages. Fish are suspended under docks and near the top of brush. Jigs and small shad are working in 12-15 feet of water near creeks and coves. Catfish are showing up along the rocks and shallow flats. Cut shad or prepared baits in 5-12 feet of water near points and drop-offs. Bass are at the backs of coves and for suspended fish near docks. The shad spawn and rise in lake levels will pull fish on to the banks as well. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass can be found in all depths under the birds. Some fish will move into the creeks searching for warmer water due to the rising water. Best baits are swimbaits in deeper water under seagulls, and topwater under egrets are working the banks. The water is muddy in the river so this will push fish to the main lake seeking better clarity. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

SLOW. Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.36 feet below pool. There are still numbers of bass on the bank in 1-5 feet biting wacky worms and senko. A few bass are starting to move out to 6-12 feet hitting Carolina rigs, Texas rigs and mid running crankbaits. The shad spawn should start any day, as hot as it has gotten the last couple days. When this starts, target points with spinnerbaits, swimjigs and topwaters. Most days this pattern lasts for about an hour in the morning. Crappie action is finally picking up in 5-9 feet of water, shallow timber, brush piles and shallow docks with jigs. Few reports came in this week at night on lighted docks. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 74 degrees; 45.49 feet below pool. Shad spawn are spawning throughout the lake, where there is shade there are shad. On the main lake there are massive amounts of shad on bluff walls. Conditions on the main lake are tough for bass fishing due to clear water, blue skies and the lack of wind. Bass are tucked into shaded spots out of the sun and sight of predators. Some bass can be caught along the grass with swimbaits. The best bite has been in the creeks targeting shady water in 5-25 feet or less. Downsize baits and slow your approach dragging small Ned rigs dragging slowly to catch 2-3 pound bass. Some bass are still on spawning beds. Report by Randal Frisbee, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Largemouth are great in the shallow grass near the inside grass line. Throwing worms and creature baits are getting the most bites. Small swimbaits and glidebaits and wakebaits are catching some big ones as well. Moving out deeper on the outside grass li especially in 10-20 feet of water you might get the even bigger bites throwing creature baits, jigs or shaky heads. Watermelon and Green pumpkin colors are working well. Dying the tails with chartreuse dye and garlic scent helps. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Twin Buttes

SLOW. Water stained. 72 degrees; 34.10 feet below pool. The lake has received over 5 feet of water over the last week so the clarity is murky. Navigate with extreme caution watching for floating debris and obstacles below the surface. Expect the fish to be scattered and slow to bite due to the rapid rise in water. Once the water settles the bite will be good. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.11 feet above pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with minnows and jigs in 12-16 feet of water. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with stink bait. Bass are fair hitting crankbaits and plastic worms. Bream are good on red worms throughout the lake. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Water Temperature dropped to 66 degrees after the recent cold snap, but will warm back up quickly. Water Clarity is light stain to stained depending on how close to runoff or feeder creek areas you are. Bass and crappie are being caught in good numbers all over the lakes. Many bass are actively spawning with weightless plastics or Texas rigs working well right now. Crappie are being caught shallow in grass and in 5-10 feet as different waves of fish move in and out from spawning. Minnows are still outperforming jigs. Report by Holton Walker, Holton Walker Fishing.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 2.24 feet below pool. Crappie are nearing the end of the spawn with half the fish being caught post spawn. Crappie are on good from 18 inches along the banks out to 3 feet and spawned out fish are in 12 feet of water in the creeks and channels hitting blue and chartreuse jigs or minnows. White bass are good heading towards the main lake biting rooster tails or live minnows. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water slightly stain; 77 degrees. The boat ramp is still closed and blocked off to anything but kayaks and small craft. Launching from the ramp is challenging due to the numerous potholes and large rocks, but small watercraft can be launched from the shoreline. The warmer temperatures seem to be helping the grass make a comeback, but it is still submerged and not yet matted up. Find and concentrate on areas where submerged vegetation has a few feet of water above it. Moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and Alabama rigs are working well as fish are chasing bait. Texas-rigged soft plastics are always effective, with senkos, dropshots, and shaky heads consistently getting bit. Report by Team YAKUSA.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water stained; 67 degrees; 5.25 feet below pool. Crappie are good spawning as shallow as 1 foot on the rocks. Bass are fair along shallow banks spawning on beds hitting plastics and crankbaits. Catfish are slow. Water clarity is 8 inches.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 70 degrees. A few reports and anglers on the water.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 66 degrees; 24.19 feet below pool. Crappie are good 2-12 feet on jigs and minnows. Catfish slow in cut and prepared baits. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Whitney

GOOD. Water normal stain; 66 degrees; 0.31 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut bait in shallow water. The striped bass bite is good on live bait in 25-30 feet of water. Some Stripers have been caught using topwater baits. Crappie are up the river spawning. White bass fishing is good on slabs in 25-30 feet of water. Largemouth bass fishing is good using soft plastics on deep structure. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 69 degrees; 2.65 feet below pool. White bass are fair on windblown structure using paddletail swimbaits, and inline spinners. Crappie are fair to good in boat slips and on brush on jigs and shallow on jigs and good reports have been coming from the river. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad in multiple depths. All fish patterns are changing with warm nights and cool days so patterns may change daily. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service

Wright Patman

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 12.94 feet above pool. Bass should be shallow on spawning beds, and post spawn or staging in deeper water near spawning areas hitting soft plastics. Crappie should be spawning or staged on brush in 8-12 feet.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. Recent rains have drawn down some muddy water but there aren’t areas in the back lakes with great visibility. Largemouth bass will be snapping in these areas eating frogs, lipless crankbaits and grubs Texas rigged. White bass are decent up river still if you can find eddies and slack water. Catfish bite is literally on fire on the bulk heads using fresh caught shad. Be safe and always wear your kill switch! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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