Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 26, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 81 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Crappie are good in 15-25 feet of water over brush with minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

FAIR. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 69.68 feet below pool. Black bass are good with catches up to 6 pounds on main lake points with wood, ledges, steep chunk rock banks. Topwater poppers, frogs, soft plastic jerkbaits, senkos, cut tail worms, Ned rigs, drop shots are all producing fish in 10-25 feet depths. Watch for birds chasing bait balls, bass are schooling on the surface. White bass are good around the main river channels. The largest concentrations of bait are in 20-40 feet of water. Spoons, white grubs, blade baits, and crankbaits in shad patterns are bringing the best results. Stripers are fair in 50-70 feet deep on channel ledges. Large flutter spoons, big swimbaits and bucktail jigs are producing quality fish. Tight lines and happy fishing! Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service.

Arlington

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 1.18 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass fishing is good around grass banks with topwaters, and on chatterbaits, crankbaits and Texas-rigs around dock and rocks. Catfish are shallow on rocks and grass as well and the white bass are starting to school in current related areas.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 3.92 feet below pool. Blue catfish in the summer pattern. Catfish can be caught drifting with fresh cut shad in deep water flats. Reports of crappie catches at the oil derrick. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.37 feet above pool. Bass fishing has settled in the normal summer pattern with the best bite early or late in the day. Bass are fair on the outside of grass lines in 8-12 feet of water with shaky heads, topwater frogs. Crappie are fair at night with minnows in 25 feet of water on brush. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.53 feet below pool. Bass are good early in the morning in shallow water on small swimbaits, plastic worms and topwaters. Seeing a lot of fish suspended around baitfish 15-25 feet of water. Small swimbaits on a long cast then reeled in slowly producing a few bites. Some schooling activity up on the surface. Small topwaters and flukes are catching them. Overall the lake is fishing pretty good. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. Bass are good on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over grass. Crappie are good with jigs in flooded timber. Catfish are fair.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees. Lake Bastrop is still going strong with schooling bass in the discharge early and later out from and close to the north end of the dam. Using clear small topwaters, small swimbaits and Ned rigs are working well. Working grass edges with worms and flukes work also. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 9.08 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 3600 CFS resulting in about a 4 inch drop per day. Walk-in access to bank fish and for kayak fishing is still permitted even in parks with gates locked as long as posted signage does not stipulate otherwise. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfishing has been great. Shallow water continues to be productive for nights and early mornings. Smaller blues and trophy size can be caught in 10 feet or less using live bait as well as fresh cut bait. As the sun rises drifting deeper water along river channels has been great. Flatheads have been caught near rock piles with live perch or shad. Channel catfish have been great in shallow water around timber using punch bait. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.76 feet above pool. Crappie are good in deeper water in 18 feet of water using minnows. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics. Catfish are good on shrimp and stink bait. Hybrid bass activity near Mustang. Report by Benbrook Marina.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 89 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Channel catfish are excellent in 15-20 feet of water on standing timber and brush piles with stink bait. Blue catfish are good shallow rocky areas with fresh cut bait. Crappie are good on brush piles and standing timber in 25-30 feet of water with jigs or minnows. White bass are biting small white grubs or spinnerbaits gravitating near structure. Largemouth bass are good on chatterbaits and creature baits. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Black bass should be receptive to topwater frogs in shad or bream patterns, and clouser type baits around grass and retaining walls. Bream are slow with water clarity and high water is not good. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Bass are fair with fish in transitioning to deeper water summer patterns. Target points with deep running crankbaits and perseverance in 15-20 feet of water. Night fishing around the lights is starting to pick up. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Bois d'Arc

stained; 85 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Bass are good on early morning topwaters like frogs and choppos on grassy points. Wacky rigs are very good in shallow water early. June bug and Mardi Gras colors best. Texas rigs are best in 3-6 feet around green bushes and the outside grass line and some small brush piles out to 8-10 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 11.02 feet below pool. Black bass, crappie and white bass are slow. Channel catfish are good using worms and cut bait. Yellow catfish are fair using live perch and fresh cut bait late at night.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 88 degrees. Redfish are fair from the bank on live bait and crawfish. Redfish are good from the boat with live shrimp Channel catfish are slow trolling around weeds on cheese bait. Bass are slow. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stained; 85 degrees; 9.19 feet below pool. All ramps are open, watch the ramp at the dam as it can be slippery. Catfish have been good on cut bait and prepared baits drifting shallow and deep flats. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around offshore brush piles, deeper water docks and the U.S. 380 bridge. Largemouth bass fishing has been tough, the best bite has been on topwater baits early in the day. As the day warms, try a flat-billed crankbait or swimbait around main lake points that have deeper water nearby. Finesse baits around docks have been catching a few fish as well. Sand bass have been wandering the lake in large schools, look for schooling action early and late in the day. Propeller topwater baits will put them in the boat. Hybrids have been scattered, but you may see some with the schooling sand bass. Try a slab deep to pick off the hybrids under the sandies. If they are not on top, check the main lake structure on humps, ridges and drop offs. These fish are moving fast! Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 1.94 feet below pool. Black bass to 6.42 pounds are good on Hag’s green pumpkin tungsten tsunami jigs, shaky heads and topwaters in 2-10 feet of water. Crappie to 14 inches are good around docks on minnows and jigs in 10-15 feet of water. White bass are fair on crankbaits and crappie jigs with some topwater action early and late. Fish are 10-12 inches. Catfish are slow with 5 pound fish being caught on grasshoppers or prepared bait and on jug lines on the main lake.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees. The lake is full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Report by The Bait Barn. Bass are biting on brush piles when it is overcast using jigs and crankbaits. Report by the Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees; 8.99 feet below pool.The water clarity remains clear for most of the lake, and the level is starting to fall a little each day. Striper fishing remains excellent using live shad as bait in the 15-45’ feet of water. There also has been good fish being caught trolling jigs and crankbaits. Some topwater action for striper schools, but they are not staying up for long. White bass can be caught vertical jigging spoons 20-38 feet of water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Bass are good on rock piles with topwaters, swimbaits and crankbaits. A Texas-rigged worm, fluke and baby brush hogs are working great right now. Crappie are good with crappie jigs or roadrunners. White bass are good with small crankbaits. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Caddo

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.25 feet above pool. The bass bite is starting to heat up now that the water level has fallen to just above normal levels for this time of year and the clarity is improving. Some morning topwater action with frogs, buzz baits or choppos and as always a chatterbait, fluke or senko around the trees are still a pattern to keep on your deck. The shaky head, dropshot or light Texas rig in the current and river spots should start really heating up when the current slows down some from what Pines is sending our way. This has been a tough year for consistency with the bite because of all the flooding but maybe we are done with all that and we can now just fish and enjoy this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 85 degrees. Redfish are good from the bank or boat on live bait, or trolling on gold and silver spoons. Blue catfish are good on drop-offs and rock piles with cut bait and shad. Channel catfish are good on rock lines and weeds with cheese bait. Bass are fair fishing along weed lines with plastic lures. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 23.71 feet below pool. Bass have a decent morning topwater bite on a spook or buzzbait. Then as the day progresses you can catch fish around deeper grass edges on a neko rig. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Stained; 82 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Water is partially stained but is clearing up quickly with hot calmer days. Start early in the morning at daylight and hit the dam for hybrids and white bass, or along the western and eastern shorelines of the lake in depths of 4-10 feet. Cast spinnerbaits and slabs and look for schooling fish close to seawalls and shorelines. After that fish any hump in depths of 8-17 feet throughout the lake to find fish stacked up in schools. Use spinnerbaits like a mepps #4 spinner or drop a slab down to the bottom and work it fast up and down and the fish will hit it immediately. Throwing out a slab and reeling it back with a slow retrieve is also working well. The evening bite from 5-8 p.m. has also been very good. Hit up seawalls close to points in depths of 7-12 feet and cast rattle traps, spoons or sassy shads to get the hybrids to bite. The crappie bite has been improving now that the water is receding. Target crappie with small jigs in 5-12 feet under bridge pylons or under docks. Quick limits are being reported. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Decent bite for eatersize catfish on humps and points in 16-24 feet on cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 29.49 feet below pool. Bass are good early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Target bass in 5-12 feet using soft plastic worms, shad colored or chartreuse and black medium crankbaits. Catfish are fair on cut bait or stink bait in 15-30 feet of water. Crappie are good in brush piles in 20-30 feet of water on minnows or grubs. A few catches of white bass on extended main lake points. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 12.24 feet below pool. Water temperatures are warm and the lake clarity is normal. Perch, crappie and bass are all biting good. The occasional channel catfish can be caught on minnows and worms. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.68 feet below pool. Expect the bite to slow, and fish to explore new submerged vegetation. Largemouth bass are biting topwaters in the morning.

Comanche Creek

0.82 feet above pool. Closed.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. Largemouth bass offshore bite has been slow when there is no wind, but there are many of dock fish to be caught. Report by Roy Crush IV Fishing. Catfish are still spawning hanging tight to structures like rocks and tires on ledges. When you find them, you find a bunch. Stink bait, liver, catfish Bubblegum work well. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrids are schooling in 19-26 feet biting live bait, jigging with a spoon, or trolling with a deep diver with a pet spoon as a trailer. Crappie are in or around structure 12-21 feet using minnows or jigs. Always wear your life jacket & stay hydrated in this heat. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Water is being released at the spillway. Anglers are reporting good catches.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 85 degrees; 10.25 feet below pool. Despite receiving much needed rain, boat ramps continue to be closed. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Cypress Springs

GOOD: Water stained; 84 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. Channel catfish limits can be caught in 12 feet of water with stink bait. Crappie are good in 20 feet of water on electric chicken jigs, and minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Bass are fair with fish in transitioning to deeper water summer patterns. Target points with deep running crankbaits and perseverance in 15-20 feet of water. Night fishing around the lights is starting to pick up. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. White bass are good on main lake structures with slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service..

Fairfield

Closed to the public.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 46.61 feet below pool. The lake has risen 2-3 feet due to an influx of water from the Rio Salado with current running to marker 8. There continues to be limited launching at the Zapata County boat ramp, so most people are using the state park. There is no boat access from Arroyo Valeño to the main river channel, but this may change if water continues to rise. Catfish are excellent in 5-10 feet of water with fresh cut or live bait. Keeper catfish are in shallow timber in 3-5 feet of water with shrimp, stink bait or small shad. Alligator gar rod and reel is good with cut carp or tilapia. Bass are good in 8-20 feet of water on hard bottoms with plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water stained; 95 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are fair on Carolina rigs in 12-18 feet of water on redbug and watermelon red soft plastics. Perch fishing is really good on little jigs and earthworms in 5-7 feet. Report by Bob Green, Bob Green Fishing. Bass are fair along road beds with crankbaits, jigs, Texas-rigged worms and craws and Carolina-rigged finesse worms. You can also fish along the dam with jigs and Texas-rigged finesse worms to catch some or along the underwater rocks either in the intake side or discharge. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 76 degrees; 0.15 feet above pool. Bass fishing has slowed down some as the Texas heat settles in. Morning bite is good on chatterbaits and topwaters around main lake points in 2-5 feet. It can be a plus when wind is present. Carolina rigs and Texas rigs are good in 12-20 feet near drop-offs. Deep crankbaits are very good in 18-22 feet of water over offshore underwater high spots like humps and points. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are chasing topwater patterns early in the day and later in the day when it is dark. Check out the brush piles as big bass are using them to feed on crappie. Bream are excellent in the shallows on wooly buggers and small poppers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing continues to be excellent going into the dog days of summer. Fish are in all the places they should be for this time of year. Look for crappie holding on brush piles, summer time trees, lay downs, bridges and docks. You can find fish in 14-30 feet right now but it seems like those fish will be above 14-16 feet as that is where the thermocline is showing up. One of the biggest keys to loading the boat with crappie has been finding the fish that haven’t been pressured as much. We are still having a lot of success with very small hand tied jigs in 1/16 ounce. Cut the tails down shorter to get those finicky bites to hook up. Minnows are producing bites but it seems the hook up ratio is much lower and we end up losing a lot of minnows to those finicky fish. Soft plastics will work on the more aggressive crappie too. Staying off huge groups of fish, pitching and swimming jigs will also help to keep those fish put a little longer. If you get the boat right over fish with the really bright sunny skies they will move off most times and relocate. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 6.31 feet below pool. Hybrids and white bass can be caught trolling with crankbaits or live shad. Largemouth bass are good on topwaters along the rocks.

Georgetown

GOOD. Water normal stain: 81 degrees; 3.91 feet below pool. Hydrilla is continuing to grow upwards with the clear, warming water. Particularly dense, isolated stands of hydrilla typically hold largemouth bass, out to the 20 foot mark. Work small, dark soft plastics for these fish. White bass fishing has been fair in the first three hours following sunrise on MAL Heavy Lures with chartreuse tail worked vertically and horizontally in 26-34 feet of water. White bass typically move through beneath the boat in suspended schools especially with low growing hydrilla carpeting the bottom out to the 26 foot mark. Some light topwater schooling activity has begun to occur as white bass and small largemouth school up and feed on young of the year shad they are pushing to the surface. Small silver lures like the smallest Pet Spoon excel for this application. Downrigging is becoming more effective as the summer heat increases water temperature. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 1.44 feet below pool. Water is getting hot. Crappie moving out to deeper brush good on minnows and jigs. Sandbass and hybrid are schooling out on main lake and around. Bass are deep but some are very shallow in the cattails. Bass are feeding early and later.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.13 feet below pool. Lake Granbury is currently full and water temperatures are in the upper 80s and even hotter in the back of sloughs. Thermoclines are present on many areas of the lake. Most fishing is better early and late in the day. Sand bass fishing continues to be good near Indian Harbor and near Decordova. Some surface schooling is occurring with fish chasing bait on many areas of the lake. Striped bass continue to be good to excellent on live bait or trolled Alabama rigs. Fish are suspended near the thermocline or are on ledges and drop offs near feeding flats. Good catches are reported near Blue Water Shores and near Decordova. Largemouth bass are fair to good with 6 pound catches on soft plastics and deep diving crankbaits worked near main lake points and humps. Deeper docks are also producing. Crappie fishing is good on small minnows or crappie jigs worked on submerged timber from Water’s Edge to Decordova. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait fished mainly at night near creek entrances. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.05 feet above pool. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and Insane plastic jigs fished in 8-16 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or Zote soap. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines. Water is still being released and the lake is a foot above normal. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water clear; 85 degrees; 18.92 feet above pool. Water is being released and the lake level is coming down. The lake is flooded and the water clarity is very stained. White bass are fair but scattered using jigging spoons. Target largemouth bass in the flooded brush, timber and structures with soft plastics. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris. Check ramps status before heading out. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 47.22 feet below pool. Crappie are in standing timber. Sand bass are good. Catfish are good on minnows and worms. Largemouth bass are good.

Hawkins

GOOD. Water slightly stained. 80 degrees. Black bass are in their summer pattern, try dropping baits at the edge of grass and slow moving streamers in shad colors. Early morning should draw strikes around grass beds and lily pads. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass. Bream will be easy to spot on beds, remember they can see you too. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are hitting square bill crankbaits or shaky heads on docks, and swim jigs in shallow water around vegetation. Crappie are on minnows around standing timber and offshore brush in 8-14 feet. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 12.15 feet below pool. Blue catfish can be caught on juglines and trotlines. White bass are schooling throughout the day. There is not any hydrilla in the lake for fish to relate to.

Jacksonville

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.11 feet above pool. Early morning topwater bite is decent. Catching fish in 10-14 feet on brush and edges of humps with dropshots and Texas rigged soft plastics. Crankbaits and swimbaits are working well on schooling fish.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 6.07 feet above pool. Water level is still up. Bass are moving out to the summer deep spots biting soft plastics. White bass are popping up all over the lake in small schools for a few minutes then go down. Crappie are out on deep brush piles and submerged trees. Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 4.37 feet above pool. Channel catfish are good in 10-15 feet of water in the bridge shade. Crappie are good in 16-25 feet in standing timber with minnows on a cork. Several catches of white bass while targeting crappie. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Shad spawn has come to an end. Bass are good in the bushes along the banks pitching Texas rigged worms and jigs, or wacky rigs. Bass are good on brush piles on points on the south end of the lake in 18-20 feet of water with deep running crankbaits, jigs, wacky worms and Texas rigs. The north end of the lake is producing catches on the grass and bushes. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 7.82 feet above pool. Crappie are scattered in 10-30 feet of water. Seeing more in 10-20 feet on timber and bush hitting minnows and jigs. Color does not matter, you just need to match the profile the fish are feeding on. If you have live scope and they keep nosing down, put on a smaller profile jig. You will start seeing a whole bunch of tiny baits and clouds over the structure you are fishing. This tiny bait is what they are munching on a lot of the time. So 1/32 ounce jig head and something small for the tail should get it done. There is a specific lift you sometimes need to do a lot when crappie fishing, it is basically playing keep away with the fish on live scope. You drop down to the fish, touch them on the head with your jig then lift up slowly while keeping a gap between the fish and the jig. If fish come up and touch the jig they will usually go right back down after discovering it is not real. Only lift a half mile an hour. Fish can do short spurts of 10 miles an hour, so if they want the jig, they are going to eat it. White bass are busting on quarter inch shad fry. When sandies are on the move use 3-4 inch swimbaits, otherwise 1 ounce slabs will be good. One day fish are on shallow points, and the next day they are deep in 20-30 feet of water. There is a sediment line down at about 27 feet in some parts of the lake. We turned on the Bobo's Thumper and it took about 10 minutes and fish finally showed up. When the white bass vanish the yellow bass show up like a clean up crew to feed on the remnants. When they show up normally we leave, but a few white bass can be caught. Black bass are on submerged and flooded brush with worms, senkos, white and chartreuse spinnerbaits. Slow down when you catch one because they are schooling together. Channel catfish are still going strong in flooded brush near rocky bottoms. Chicken liver shed, earthworms or punch bait under a bobber as close to the bushes as you can get it without getting snagged. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 16-22 feet of water on brush piles in jigs or minnows. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 6.33 feet above pool. One ramp is open. White bass are fair on humps and points in 15-25 feet of water on slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid striper are fair as well in similar depths as the white bass. If you are keeping fish, please be aware that there are a lot of undersized hybrid stripers in the lake that look very similar to a white bass. Blue catfish are fair to good drifting with shad on main lake humps, points, and flats near the river channel in 12-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair to good, close to rip rap and on baited holes on punch bait. Crappie are fair in 10-34 feet of water. Check brush piles and submerged cover close to a drop off ledge. Cover close to drop off ledges has been best. Minnows and jigs are catching those fish. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 92 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady as the clarity begins to improve. Crappie are in 8-15 feet of water on timber, brush and power lines on minnows. White bass in 7-14 feet of water on silver war eagle super spoons. Target docks with lights at night using beetle spins. Catfish are in 10-20 feet fishing on the bottom with cutbait, minnows and shad. Drift in the creek channels, bottom of standing timber, or flats. Some are catching catfish noodling around boat ramps. Largemouth bass are biting on topwater at daylight, then off docks, standing timber, brush piles, bulkheads and rocks with Texas rigs, swim jigs, Carolina rigs. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Livingston

SLOW. Stained; 75 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. White bass are great in 8-15 feet of water. Find clear water and good structure and you will find the white bass. Ducktracker slabs are the lures of choice. Catfish are good drifting flats with cut shad in 10-20 feet. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 91 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Bass are good fishing down the dam with crankbaits and shaky head rigged worms in either redbug or watermelon red. Using Texas rigged weightless senkos over the hydrilla is working too, or punching the grass mats with 1 ounce weight Texas rigged creature baits. Crappie have grouped together in deep brush and at railroad trestle on minnows. Catfish are good using live bait on jug lines, and drifting along the dam with nightcrawlers on rod-and-reel. Place 3/4 ounce weight on the end of line and hook about 16 inches above. Report by Hambone Guide Service.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 93.45 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 46.39 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. White bass are the easiest to target hitting pretty much anything you throw at them. Smallmouth bass are liking minnows on rocky points. 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. Trout are slow, slow and slow on powerbaits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are excellent on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. Lots of 14-15 inch fish being caught on trolling flicker shad. The bite on all species seems to be improving, with the exception of trout in the stilling basin. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.32 feet below pool. Few reports due to recent scheduled closure for maintenance.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.41 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on chartreuse deep diving crankbaits, or Carolina rigs in 15-20 feet of water. Crappie are excellent on brush piles with live minnows or chartreuse colored crappie jigs. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.50 feet above full pool. We have dried out and the heat is on with water temperature rising sharply. This should set up for the fish to be in full summer mode going forward. Keep an eye on the thermocline, as this tells you the exact depth to present your offering. Even over deep water, do not go below this line. The days of Mag-worm fishing are probably here for the next several months. Carolina or Texas rig will be the norm in 6-10 feet. If you catch them schooling, chunk an underspin at them. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent on dropshot and large swimbaits. Crappie are slow on live minnows. Catfish are slow on live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees. 0.59 feet below pool. The forecast is looking good for fishing this weekend. The best bite will be early morning and later in the evening. The bass bite has been good on white chatterbait or spinnerbaits early morning and evening. Midday flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water is the ticket to catch shaded up largemouth bass. Also look out for the shad spawn as predatory fish are keying in on this pattern. Crappie were good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 14.28 feet above pool. Lake continues to be flooded, with all boat ramps closed. There is a gate open releasing water. Bank angling opportunities are available.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 52.23 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees; 29.73 feet below pool.  Black bass are fair with catches up to 10 pounds. Some summer schooling has begun. Best bite is in the afternoon on 5-7 inch swimbaits in 8-22 feet of water. Whopper Ploppers are fair early before sun up. Crappie fishing is improving in the river around hardwoods in 12-18 feet. Small white jigs with red heads. White bass are fair trolling channels in the main lake on crankbaits. Catfish are good on chicken liver and stinkbait in shallow water .  Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 16.65 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass up to 5 pounds are being caught using deep crankbaits, soft plastic worms on ¾ ounce heads. Crappie reports are starting to improve with fish schooling on brush piles and trees using small jigs. Anglers utilizing forewarn facing sonar are reporting success. Catfish are being caught on jug lines and trot lines with live bait. The overall bite has been slow. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 89 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool. The combination of clear skies, light winds, and hot weather is raising the thermocline level. This weekend it should be between 13-16 feet in many areas of the lake, with the possibility of local warm-water turnovers. Some crappie guides are seeing the fish move out of the deeper water returning to 8-12 feet areas to feed. All species remain fair to good, favoring early and late bites. Minnow anglers should protect their live bait for the next month, by using on board, insulated and aerated containers. Also consider carrying extra ice on board to cool the fish in the live well, or an alternate suggestion is to put the keepers directly into a cooler with ice. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 1.06 feet below pool. Blue catfish are good on cut bait and fresh shad. Bass are good in shaded areas. Lake conditions are good with the water level near full pool and baitfish abundant throughout the lake. Crappie are very slow. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.

Pinkston

FAIR. normal stain; 92 degrees. Largemouth bass are good with large glide baits and 3 inch shad colored swimbaits. Crappie are slow on live minnows on standing timber and brush piles. Catfish are slow on live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service. Largemouth are heavily schooling. Thermocline up to 10 feet of water. Can catch fish using a jighead minnow, chatterbait, spook or a topwater frog. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.08 above pool. Striper is fair to good in 30-70 feet of water. Live bait is still the most consistent way to put fish in the boat, but some can be caught using white, silver or chartreuse spoons. Sand bass are slow in 20-30 feet of water with live shad or small slabs and jigs in white, or silver. Catfish are fair on cut shad in 5-20 feet of water. Water clarity is steady at 2-10 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Bass are tough in 20-35 feet of water on Texas rigged worms, deep diving crankbaits, Carolina rigs, dropshots, and shaky heads. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide.

Proctor

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 1.74 feet below pool. Low flow gates are open so there is a current flowing through the gate. Lots of newly submerged vegetation for fish to be scattered in. Hybrid striped bass were restocked. Hybrids can be caught along promontory point trolling.

Raven

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees. Catfish are good on worms Carolina rigged off of the bottom. Bass are biting good on worms and topwater lures in the early morning hours. Worms and crankbaits are successful in the cooler evening hours. Crappie are good on grubs and crappie bites fished near the bottom at prairie branch pier. Bluegill are excellent off worms and hotdogs at the boathouse dock.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. White bass are good on levees, long points and ridges in 16-27 feet of water. There has not been any early morning schooling but expect this to start within the next week.Crappie are good in 18-28 feet of water relating to brush. The best bite is on minnows. Catfish are fair drifting flats with cut shad in 10-15 feet of water. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 5.30 feet above pool. Ray Roberts boat ramps continue to be closed after recent storm damage. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool. Fishing patterns remain consistent as there continues to be an influx of freshwater flowing through the lake, and spillway gates are open. Water clarity is good on the main lake and stained up the creeks. White bass are fair with slabs on main lake points and humps in 15-20 feet of water. Fish are scattered and do not remain in any one place for long. Early morning topwater action on the south shoreline near Fisherman's Point Marina. Hybrid stripers are fair on the 309 Flats, Pelican Island and Windsock Point in 30 feet of water on live shad. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait in 10-15 feet of water. Chum them with Range Cubes. Crappie are slow on minnows over brush piles in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 7.68 feet above pool. Water level is slowly dropping, but fishing conditions and patterns are holding steady. Summer bite is just around the corner when we will see the bass draw to deeper water points and white bass schooling. Bass are good on topwaters, or flipping soft plastics into submerged brush and points, or deeper humps and points with Carolina rigs. Crappie are in 12-16 feet of water, 20-30 feet on timber and brush. Catfish are in 22 feet of water in the creek channels. White bass are in 26 feet of water off of points on jigging spoons. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Water temperatures are rapidly rising to the mid 90s. Thermocline is 15-25 feet of water depending on where you are in the lake. Morning until 10 a.m or after 3 p.m. Largemouth bass are good on submerged main lake points and ledges in 16-24 feet of water with crankbaits, jig head minnow or Carolina rig. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

Somerville

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.03 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie, bluegill and catfish are fair at the Somerville Marina. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnow, over brush, 10-20 feet of water. Catfish are good 3-10 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. The spawn nearing an end. White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good in deeper water, if you locate them, using cut bait. Discharge is about 380 cfs at the dam. Various species are good below the dam while water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees. 48.71 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are being caught in brush along shorelines in 4-12 feet with soft plastics. Some topwater action has been reported using walking baits and frogs. The catfish bite has been fair. Reports of blue catfish and yellows are being reported on cut bait such as carp and shad. Stink bait has also been working. The yellow catfish are being caught on live bait as well. White bass bite has been reported as fair on spoons. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool. Bass are tough as fish seek clear water hitting buzz baits, spinnerbaits or flipping creatures or stick baits. Catfish and crappie are slow. White bass are good, blowing up and schooling hitting small squarebill crankbaits. Not seeing any trolling action yet. The lake continues to be high with water draining at the spillway.

Stillhouse

SLOW. Water stained; 81 degrees; 8.83 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers typically reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 1300 CFS resulting in a about 4 inches drop per day. Walk-in access to bank fish and for kayak fishing is still permitted even in parks with gates locked as long as posted signage does not stipulate otherwise. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to settle in a solid summer pattern and is fishing very well. The hybrid and white bass bite is good. These fish are settling into a deeper pattern as most fish are being caught 20-30 feet on the edges of ledges and humps are best right now. Live bait and slabs are working well. The eating size catfish bite is as good as it gets. Prepared baits such as punch bait and dip bait are working in 18-25 feet. The crappie have been fair on brush tops in 16 feet have been the ticket. Both minnows and jigs are fishing equally good. You can’t rule out bridge pylons in daylight. Largemouth bass have been good at day light on frogs. As the sun comes up shallow water crank bait on dock pylons and riprap have been good. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.58 feet below pool. The lake is at full elevation again and inflows have the usually clear north portion muddied.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.82 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is great using topwaters along rocky banks and flats catching a lot of 10-16 inch fish with a few bigger fish mixed in. Trollers are catching them driving through the middle of the schools of fish pushing them down. Live bait is working well along river channels and ledges in 20-40 feet of water for bigger fish. Crappie fishing is decent fishing brush piles in creek channels 12-18 feet of water seeing a lot of fish but they are gorging on smaller shad right now and harder to catch. Catfishing is great for channel catfish along shallow flats in 10-20 feet of water and blues on deep flats in 40-60 feet of water using cut shad and prepared baits. Bass fishing is slow fishing top waters early on main lake points. Fish structure 10-20 feet of water using jigs or worms with a finesse approach. Fish shaded docks in creeks and coves late in the day. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Striped bass are good on slabs in deeper water. Box fish can be caught on the surface with swimbaits and small slabs. A few stripers can still be caught on topwaters early in the morning. Water clarity has improved and lake levels are normal. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 91 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady as Texas heat raises the water temperature. Bass are good shallow to deep all over the lake however you like to fish. The best baits for shallow water are frogs, pop r’s, buzz baits and senko. The mid range fish are good on Texas rig and mid running crankbait in 8-12 feet range. The deep fish are coming on big crankbaits, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. With the full moon coming, the night fishing will be back on fire with buzz baits and spinnerbaits around the shallow water. Watch for snakes in the flooded bushes at night. Crappie are fair while there continues to be a current from the influx of freshwater coming down the lake. Fish deep docks and lighted docks at night and shallow brush piles with jigs and live bait. Thanks Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

FAIR. Water stain; 87 degrees; 46.31 feet below pool. Guadaliupe bass can be caught on bluff walls between marinas. Bass are very active chasing shad in the marinas. Cast spoons and small swim jigs in 30 feet of water. Bass are good in the shaded areas of the marinas biting small swimbaits, and slowly working small topwaters. Continue to downsize baits to match the small 1 inch baitfish the bass are feeding on. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Bass are schooling up early with a good bite on small belly weighted straight tail swimbaits in shad colors, walk the dog style topwater lures, jerkbaits and spoons. The topwater action is great starting out in those deeper marinas and coves. After the quick hitting topwaters, try dropping jigging and flutter spoons down to the deeper schools. After this action stops, work ledges and deeper points to get some good bites using deep cranks, jigs, shaky heads and Texas rigged worms and craws. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 84 degrees; 35.50 feet below pool. Summer patterns are in play so fishing is consistent. Very light light winds in the forecast so the water temperature should be on the rise. Best bite continues to be early morning for a few hours. White bass busting on shad at daylight hitting topwaters, or slabs. Under the lights at night with minnows or shad. Catfish are fair early in the morning with cheese bait. Mostly catches of smaller sized fish due to the warmer water. Water level is very low, so launching may be difficult. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.00 feet full pool. Crappie are good with many undersized catches using minnows and jigs on brush in 16 feet of water. Catfish are good in the shallows on shrimp, nightcrawlers and liver. Bream are good on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake. Bass are good on crankbaits, plastic worms and topwater frogs.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 4.83 feet above pool. Twin Bridges boat ramp, and the Speegleville Park boat ramp are scheduled to reopen Saturday, June 29 at 6:00 a.m. Use the winter boat ramp entrance for Speegleville Park boat ramp. Bank angling opportunities off of McLaughlin Road. The Bosque Park ramp is open. Anglers are catching crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, yellow catfish, white bass, hybrids, stripers and largemouth bass. Catfish are being caught on cut and prepared baits.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees. Bass are good on topwater frogs and worms early in the day. Later in the day switch to swimbaits and spoons. Most bass are in 10-25 feet of water with some schooling almost every trip. Finding the schools is the key so you can catch a bunch in the same place. Bream fishing seems to be good. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

Weatherford

SLOW. Water heavily stained; 85 degrees; 0.90 feet below pool. Catfish are slow. Crappie are slow on brush piles with jigs and minnows. Bass are slow on deeper water ledges with crankbaits and soft plastics.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 92 degrees. Fishing patterns are consistent. Channel catfish are in 20 feet of water on the inlet side of the power plant in the cooler water with fresh cut bait and stink bait. Bass are good punching through grass with a creature bait. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 20.92 feet below pool. Catfish are good. Crappie are good on minnows. Largemouth bass are biting in deeper water on soft plastics.

Whitney

FAIR. Water stained; 84 degrees; 0.74 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut shad in 28-30 feet of water. Striped bass bite is improving. Some limits being caught on live shad in 20-35 feet of water. Crappie continue to be fair on small jigs and minnows in timber in 15-25 feet on the north end of the lake. White bass fishing is slow. Largemouth bass fishing is slow. There are still several boat ramps closed, as are state parks due to high water. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.05 feet below pool. White bass are good in shallow water main lake points and fish are reported being caught on main lake structure on slabs. White bass are good on main lake structures on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 10.49 feet above pool. The lake level is high and water is being released. Be sure to check ramp status before heading out.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.10 feet below pool. Water clarity continues to clear, and the lake is slowly returning to pool level. Coming off this full moon should get the fish going quite a bit. Largemouth bass are patterning up on structure shallow early and in the shade around docks and drop-offs late being caught on worms, grubs and crankbaits. Crappie are being caught on small jigs tight to structure in 8-14 feet of water in Luces Bayou and the East Fork. Catfish are on fire near the power lines and on the bulkheads close to the train tracks being caught on fresh caught shad. White bass are schooling up at the mouths of rivers and will be headed south very soon being caught on slabs and swim baits. Gar are thick in the creeks being caught on red rattle traps. Pay attention to the weather and always wear your kill switch when operating a vessel. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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