Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 5, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 78 degrees; 2.44 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 20-28 feet of water over brush with minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 81 degrees; 67.52 feet below pool. Black bass are good with 2-4 pound catches in 10-30 feet of water near submerged tree limbs and shallow running points. Texas rigged senko, plastic worms in Green Pumpkin, Watermelon, Pumpkin seed colors. Shallow running crankbaits and small swimbaits are hot also. White bass are good up the Devil’s River and main lake channels in 15-40 feet of water using blades in shad patterns and spoons. Keep an eye on bait balls and birds striking the water surface. Stripers slow. Crappie fair. Good luck, catch a big one! Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service.

Arlington

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.04 feet above pool. Inclement weather has kept anglers off the water, but the forecast looks good heading into the weekend. Watch for floating debris. Catfish are good on cut bait.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 3.65 feet below pool. Catfish are good drifting on the main part of the lake with fresh cut shad. The lake is on the rise. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.90 feet above pool. Bass are fair with fish scattered on grass edges out to 12 feet with shaky head worms and jigs. Crappie have slowed down on brush, but fish are finicky on small jigs. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.67 feet below pool. Bass are biting from first light until about 9 a.m. then it seems to slow down quite a bit. If you plan on fishing Lake Austin I would recommend fishing at night as fish will move up shallow. Lady bird lake water temperature is 83 degrees. Majority of the lake below the First Street bridge has a heavy stain to it. The grass has started to top out in many areas of the lake. Early morning is good for topwater bites. Frogs and spooks are working good. Later in the morning fish have been seeking deep grass. Dragging a worm around these areas is the ticket. Overall it’s fishing decent. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

GOOD. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.29 feet below pool. Water level is high after recent flooding and rainfall.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees. Bass have been good on watermelon seed flukes, perch colored weightless, swimbaits, and creature baits in watermelon seed and pumpkin. Report by Jason Hernandez, Bass Institute of Bastrop. Bass are biting early in the morning in the discharge on shaky heads and small Carolina rigged super fluke juniors. Later in the day bass are moving to grass lines on the main lake hitting using flukes, worms and creature baits. Schooling bass action on small swimbaits and tiny clear topwaters. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 16.02 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically only reopens the boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. Anticipate this to occur once the flood level reaches about 11.5 feet above full pool. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE typically waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 5400 CFS resulting in a 3-4 inch drop per day. Walk-in access to bank fish or 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.

Benbrook

SLOW. Water stained; 74 degrees; 3.44 feet above pool. Water is murky but clearing. Crappie are good with live minnows. Yellow bass soft plastics in the shallows. Catfish with worms.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.70 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 fair on brush piles in 20-30 feet of water with jigs or minnows. White bass are schooling on the surfaces late in the evening busting the service chasing shad. Rooster tails and small swimbaits. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Black bass are slow around retaining walls and main lake points. Try shad and bream patterns, also, small clouser type baits. Bream are slow while the water is murky and water level is high. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees; 10.60 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to good on soft plastics, chatterbaits and minnows. Crappie and white bass slow, catfish good on live and cut bait on trotlines and jug lines, flatheads running late night with cut bait on rod and reel.

Braunig

GOOD. Water stained, 99 degrees. Redfish are fair trolling near the dam with spoons, and fair for bank anglers. Catfish around weeds and rock line on cut bait and cheese bait. Bass are fair in the weeds on soft plastics. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 9.07 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent. The RAB Marina, WCP, the dam and all low water ramps are open. Catfish have been outstanding on shad and prepared baits. Running creeks should really hold the fish. In the main lake, look shallow around rocks. Crappie continue to be good around shoreline cover, brush piles and the U.S. 380 bridge. Minnows and jigs are producing well. Hybrids and sand bass are wandering the main lake structures. Chartreuse slabs will catch fish when they are under the boat. Try a topwater bait for early morning bass. As it warms up try flat billed crank bait across main lake points. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.74 feet below pool. Black bass to 7.25 pounds are slow on jigs, shaky heads and top waters in 2-10 feet. Crappie to 11 inches are excellent under docks on minnows and jigs in 6-12 feet. White bass to 12 inches are slow on crankbaits and small swimbaits with some topwater action early and late. Catfish are good to 10 pounds on cut or prepared bait at Thrifty Park and on jug lines in the main lake.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees. The lake is full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Report by The Bait Barn.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 84 degrees; 8.71 feet below pool. North to mid-lake is still muddy and stained on the south end. Striper fishing remains good using live shad as bait in the 15-35 feet of water range. Some limited topwater schools have been showing up but have not been staying up for long. White bass continue biting excellent vertical jigging spoons. We have had some very strong east winds that have dislodged some debris from the east side of the lake so beware of floating obstacles. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Crappie are slow while the lake is flooded. Catfish are good in 10 feet of water cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Caddo

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.75 feet above pool. The lake is flooded again, so Caddo is muddy, high with lots of current. This seems to be the theme heading into summer creating tough fishing conditions. The fish in the river may be tough for a few weeks until the water stabilizes, so try finding clear water on the main lake. Try a fluke or senko around the trees or grass and a frog, buzz bait, Pop-R and Choppo type bait should work around the grass if it is windy or cloudy. Navigate with caution and watch wake size. Even with the flooding the lake is still beautiful and always worth coming out to see this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 95 degrees. Redfish are good from the bank with shrimp and live bait, or trolling plastics and spoons. Blue catfish are good out in the lake off drop-offs. Channel catfish are on rock lines cut bait and cheese bait. No report on bass. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 23.13 feet below pool. Striper fishing is good in the mornings on swimbaits and spoons. Largemouth bass can be caught on topwaters in the mornings, then a dropshot or neko rig on deeper grass. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.82 feet above pool. Hybrids and white bass start early in the morning at daylight and hit the dam or the western shorelines of the lake and look for schooling fish close to seawalls and shorelines. After that fish any hump in depths of 22-28 feet throughout the lake to find fish stacked up in schools. Use spinnerbaits like a mepps #4 spinner or drop a slab down to the bottom and work it fast up and down and the fish will hit it immediately. Also throwing out a slab and reeling it back with a slow retrieve is also working well. The evening bite from 5-8 p.m. has also been very good. Hit up seawalls close to points in depths of 7-12 feet and cast rattle traps, spoons or sassy shads to get the Hybrids to bite.The crappie bite has been getting increasingly better. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Quick limits are being reported. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Water is a little high and stained. Catfish are spawning and scattered. You can catch them shallow or deep with cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 29.14 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good in shallow water out to 10 feet using flukes and soft plastic worms, shad colored crankbaits. Very little topwater action. As the day warms fish in 8-12 feet of water. Catfish are good on cut bait or stink bait in 15-30 feet of water. Crappie are good in brush piles in 20-30 feet of water on minnows or grubs. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 11.81 feet below pool. Bass and crappie are good on minnows in 10 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 8.71 feet below pool. Lake Coleman continues to rise. Expect the bite to slow, and fish to explore new submerged vegetation. Bass should be off of vegetation on soft plastics.

Comanche Creek

0.91 feet above pool. Closed.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.27 feet above pool. Catfish are biting like crazy. Most are spawning and when you find them, you find a lot of them. Target structure, ledges, points, and humps. Baited areas from 5-40 feet of water are catching well using catfish Bubblegum, worms, cured liver, and punch bait. Seen some nice largemouth this week. Bream beds and offshore structures doing great

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees: 1.00 feet below pool. Water continues to be released at the spillway. Anglers are reporting good catches of sand bass and catfish.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 80 degrees; 10.21 feet below pool. Fishing remains pretty slow, lake level is right around 35-percent and most of the boat ramps are dry, so call to check ramp status before heading out. Catfish are good on wind blown shorelines using nightcrawlers and cheese bait. Drum are good on wind blown shorelines on nightcrawlers. Alligator gar are good on cut carp in the river channel. Crappie are slow. Largemouth are slow. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters. The boat ramp at Lake Corpus Christi State Park is scheduled to close Saturday, June 8, due to low lake levels. There are still opportunities to fish from the pier or the bank.

Cypress Springs

GOOD: Water stained; 79 degrees; 2.94 feet above pool. Channel catfish are excellent in 12-14 feet of water on tire reefs and brush piles with stink bait. Crappie are fair on brush piles in 20 feet of water with jigs or minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Shad are spawning so bass can be caught along the banks on topwaters. There is a good bite under docks and off points with jigging spoons and dropshots. Water level is high, so check ramp status before heading out. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool. White bass are good on main lake structures with slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Fairfield

Closed to the public.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 49.30 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are similar and the water continues to drop. The best place to launch is at the State Park off the gravel and rock points while the lake level is low. Bass are excellent with numbers being caught in 15-20 feet of water casting to shallow rocky areas with deep diving crankbaits, football jigs, and dropshots. Catfish are good with catches up to 30 pounds on muddy flats leading into the river channel in 3-10 feet of water with fresh cut bait on a santee rig or Kentucky rig to keep the bait out of the mud. Keeper catfish are good using small shad or shrimp fished in 12-25 feet of water on deep structure in the river channel. Crappie are slow. Bowfishing for gar is excellent with numerous catches over 7 feet on the south end. Rod and reel anglers are catching gar up to 3 feet with cut carp and tilapia. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees. Bass are good near the dam and in 8-15 feet of water on the ledges with Carolina rigged worms, and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on stink bait or cut bait.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 76 degrees; 0.86 feet above pool. Lake Fork is high with all the recent rains and gates are open. Bass are good on top waters frogs early in the morning over grass, and Yellow Magics along the edge of the grass Texas rigs and Carolina rigs good around bream beds 3-7 feet. Squarebill crankbaits are good around bream beds 2.5 model bream patterns. Flukes are good on the edge of grass in watermelon candy . Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are challenging with constant weather extremes, look for the clearest water you can find. Fish points and main lake cuts. Top waters are working in the shallow grass, streamers are working in the shallow banks 0fished slow. Bream are excellent in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork was definitely moving into the steady summer pattern this week. We are still seeing great numbers of black crappie on lay downs and certain trees in 14-28 feet. You can also find black crappie on certain docks and bridges over the next few months. We have been seeing lots of small white crappie on brush piles but some bigger keepers showed up the last few days. These will continue to get better and better over the next few weeks. Focus on brush piles in 14-22 feet for the best fish. Some summer time trees are also holding white crappie and that will also get better over the next few weeks. Minnows are working well and small hand tied jigs in neutral colors are working just as well when you pitch and swim them over fish. Soft plastics will also get you a bite. The channel catfishing is excellent as it always is on Lake Fork. Bait you a hole near timber in 18-25 feet close to a creek channel. Use cattle cubes or sour grain to attract and hold those fish. Trees that have overnight roosting birds are a great place to make your hole. Use any prepared catfish bait of choice to load the boat once you get the fish loading up. You can still find some spawning catfish up shallow around all the new flooded grass, brush or rocks. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 6.03 feet below pool. Expect the bite to slow, and fish to explore new submerged vegetation. White bass are good at sunrise and sunset feeding on shad balls. Hybrid striped bass are fair scattered due to the influx of water. When the water stabilizes hybrids typically act like the sandies. Blue catfish are good. Crappie are near the water intake or near the dam on rocks.

Georgetown

GOOD. Water normal stain: 79 degrees; 2.51 feet below pool. Water clarity is clear from the river to the dam. Small bass are abundant using dark natural live soft plastics in less than 4 feet of water. Sunfish are in the newly flooded terrestrial vegetation. White bass are fair during the first three hours of sunlight with MAL lure. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.17 feet below pool. The lake is stained, but starting to clear. Bass are up shallow bitting. Catfishing is good on cut shad. Crappie are on brush piles and biting on minnows. Sandbass and hybrids are schooling on shallow flats. The bite is better for everything early morning and late afternoon.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.20 feet below pool. The spring to summer transitions are in place. Topwater action for striped bass, largemouth bass and white bass species has been occurring early and late. Striped bass to 12 pounds are possible on the lower ends on large live shad and trolled Alabama rigs. White bass are also good on Alabama rigs, rattle traps and slabs. Best white bass action has been reported from Indian Harbor to Decordova on shallow flats. Largemouth bass continue to be fair to good to 7 pounds near laydown structure and near main lake points or creek entrances. Blue and yellow catfish to 30 pounds are possible on cut bait fished on the upper ends. Catfishing has been reported to be better in the evenings. Channel catfish are good on midlake humps and in the backs of creeks on many areas of the lake. Crappie action is fair to good on small jigs or minnows fished around trees and bridge pilings mid lake from Ports-O-Call to the City Beach. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 2.34 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits fished in shallow water. Crappie are good on 1/32 ounce jigs fished over cover in 8-15 feet of water. White bass are very good to 2 pounds on slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines set around the mouth of the river. The lake is around 2 feet above normal. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water clear; 77 degrees; 18.36 feet above pool. The lake is flooded and the water clarity is very stained. White bass are very slow to bite and fish will be scattered until the water stabilizes. One boat ramp is opened at Silver Lake Marina. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

FAIR. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 46.59 feet below pool. Crappie are in standing timber and shallow along the shore. Sand bass are good. Catfish are good sizes.

Hawkins

SLOW. Water slightly stained. 75 degrees. Black Bass are in their summer pattern, try dropping baits at the edge of grass and slow moving streamers in shad colors.. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass. Bream will be on beds and easy to spot, remember they can see you too. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are hitting square bill crankbaits or shaken heads on docks, and swim jigs in shallow water around vegetation. Crappie are on minnows around standing timber and offshore brush in 8-14 feet. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Hubbard Creek

GOOD. Water Stained; 79 degrees; 11.86 feet below pool. Crappie are good in shallow water off of rocks or standing timber. Bass should be off of vegetation on soft plastics. The lake has not received as much rain as other area lakes and vegetation has not returned like in years past.

Jacksonville

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.60 feet above pool. Water is still muddy after the recent rains and the lake level is high. Fishing has been tough all weekend. Bass can be caught on topwaters, soft plastics out in mid depths, and a few on chatterbaits around boat docks and the bank. Fish are starting to school in deep water.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 5.25 feet above pool. Water has risen to about 5 feet over the pool. With the high water bass can still be found shallow in the grass. Look for wind blown banks with grass and bushes. Crappie on deep brush piles and bridge piling. Catfish are slow on live bait. Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.27 feet above pool. Channel catfish are good in 10-20 feet on stink bait. Crappie are good in 25-30 feet timber and brush. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Bass are good on points and brush piles with jigs, Texas rigged worms, or dropshot. North of State Highway 155 bridge in the grass with buzz baits, whopper ploppers or chatterbait. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 8.58 feet above pool. Fishing patterns remain similar. White bass are out on the main lake humps 30-40 feet deep with a chartreuse or white slab 1-2 ounce slab with a jig tied 18 inches above for a two banger. Once you get on them, you should be able to limit them within an hour. Early in the morning fish will run in 15 feet of water on shallow points and then regroup in the deep water humps. Not a lot of surface action, but be ready to throw a 3-4.5 inch paddle tail swimbait or 3-6 inch topwater when you find some brief action. Channel catfish are spawning. Fish about 2 feet away from submerged button willow bushes with a slip bobber. Your bobber should be 6 inches to a foot outside of the bushes. Pre-baiting with sour grain in a place where there are lots of bushes and riprap nearby in 1-4 feet of water helps you out tremendously. Crappie remain slow while the floodgates are open but can be found roaming or on structure in 7-18 feet. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.22 feet below pool. Crappie are slow while the lake is flooded. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet on punch bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 7.95 feet above pool. White bass are fair to good on humps and points in 20-35 feet of water using slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair to good in similar depths as the white bass. If you are keeping fish, please be aware that there are a lot of undersized hybrid stripers in the lake that look very similar to a white bass. Blue catfish are fair on cut shad drifting mainlake humps, points, and flats near the river channel have produced in 12-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair to good near to rip rap on baited holes with punch bait. Crappie are fair in 10-30 feet of water in brush piles, rock piles, stumps, standing timber, and laydowns with minnows. Cover close to drop off ledges has been best. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing. Water continues to be on the rise and is dirty so fishing can be tough. Bass are in 4-10 feet of water with crankbaits, spinnerbaits or dragging a soft plastic. The best bite seems to begin at noon.

Limestone

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Conditions are holding steady on the lake. The crappie are stacked up in 6-12 feet this week on brush piles and standing timber. A lot of people have started noodling for catfish around boat ramps, bulkheads, and other places with washouts. White bass are being caught on the docks with lights at night on beetle spins. During the day white bass can be caught in 8-17 feet on points and flats with silver war eagle super spoons. Largemouth bass are still in 3 feet or less on Texas rigs, frogs, and jackhammer chatterbaits. Some largemouth bass have also moved back to the main lake brush, bulkheads, docks in 4-8 feet using Texas rig, and jackhammer chatterbaits for the deeper bass. Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Livingston

SLOW. Stained; 75 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. Fishing is good for white bass up shallow on points 5-10 feet of water. Finding clearer water is key. Water is on the rise. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water sightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Bass are good using underspin swimbaits, senkos and redbug colored worms in the hydrilla. Crappie are good at railroad trestle and brush piles in 25 feet using minnows. Catfish are good at intake using night crawlers.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 92.70 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 46.26 feet below pool. High winds in the forecast for the weekend. Bass are good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are fair with crawlers, minnows, chicken liver and frozen shad. Crappie are fair with artificial baits and minnows. White bass are excellent on just about anything. Trout are slow, slow and slow on powerbaits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are excellent on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. Lots of 14-15 inch fish being caught on trolling flicker shad. The bite on all species seems to be improving, with the exception of trout in the stilling basin. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.43 feet below pool. Water levels have risen in the last few weeks, totaling close to 8 feet so far for the year. Crappie are good shallow along the edges of the shore and should start to transition to brush piles. Blue catfish are good in the rocks near the dam, and on jug lines near creek channels. There is a scheduled closure to spray the trees in order to control the brush on the dam and emergency spillway from June 16-22.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.89 feet above pool. Bass are good on soft plastic trick worms on a Carolina rig or dropshot, and deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are good using ⅛ ounce chartreuse and white crappie jigs. Catfish are fair with live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.50 feet above full pool. After a nice stretch of good weather, we were hammered with severe storms. This has the lake on the rise and the clarity dirty. These conditions tend to warrant lures with flash and vibration. A large thumping spinnerbait or rattling square-bill crankbait in less than 6 feet of water would be my techniques. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Bass are excellent with numerous catches between 4-6 pounds. Crappie are fair on chartreuse crappie jigs and live minnows. Catfish are slow on live minnows on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 84 degrees. 0.45 feet below pool. Conditions have been consistent, but there is some rain in the forecast. The bass bite has been good on white chatterbait or spinnerbaits early morning and evening. Midday flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water is the ticket to catch shaded up largemouth bass. Also look out for the shad spawn as predatory fish are keying in on this pattern. Crappie were good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 16.48 feet above pool. Lake continues to be flooded, but the Liberty Hill boat ramp is open. Few anglers on the water due to high water level.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 52.23 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 28.92 feet below pool. Lake level is on a slight rise. Black bass are fair with catches up to 8 pounds. Good numbers on small swimbaits, crankbaits and 10 inch worms shallow early and late in day. Lots of schoolers around deeper trees during the middle of the day. Crappie are good on minnows in rivers with some limits 6-12 feet. White bass are fair on rattle traps and topwaters early down by the dam area. The bite is good at night. Channel catfish fair in 3-6 feet. On a variety of stink baits and earthworms. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 16.24 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are similar. Black bass are good on plastic creature baits and stick baits in watermelon purple swirl or green pumpkin, and squarebill crankbaits. Crappie bite is improving on crappie jigs. Catfish are good on cut carp and shad. The trot line anglers are having success with live bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 2.46 feet above pool. Frequent thunderstorms continue to keep lake level high and stained. Lake level bas been 2 feet above pool twice in the last month, despite this no boat launches are shut down. Lake Palestine Resort should have a phased reopening this week after tornado-damage sustained last week, so please call ahead. Crappie are very good for the deeper water fishermen with Live Scopes, and fair for conventional and night anglers. Bass are very good, especially working the flooded shorelines with creatures and frogs. White, yellow and hybrid bass are good. Remember there is not a minimum size and bag on yellow bass. They do not have the red meat that the other striped species have. Small channel catfish remain excellent near rocky banks. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.65 feet below pool. Catfish are biting cut bait, worms and shad in the freshwater. Crappie are slow. Carp are biting worms and dough bait. Carp are spawning in shallow water. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.

Pinkston

GOOD. normal stain; 79 degrees. Bass are excellent on large swimbaits and trick worms on Carolina rigs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow on minnows or cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water clear; 84 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Striper are fair to good in 30-70 feet of water on live bait, but some can be caught using artificial baits. Spoons are putting a few fish in the boat. Look for them in 30-70 feet. Good colors are white, chartreuse, and silver. Sand bass are fair with fish scattered in small groups in 10-20 feet of water. Use live shad or small slabs and jigs white, and silver are good colors. Catfish are still fair using cut shad in 30-40 feet of water. Water clarity is steady at 2-10 feet of visibility. The north end of the lake is extremely muddy. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Bass are good in 20-30 feet on trees and ledges near points with Carolina rigs, shaky heads, glide baits, deep crankbaits. Post spawners are eating very good right now. Topwater action early near points and shad spawn areas. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.79 feet below pool. Shad are running the shorelines attracting predator fish shallow. The only ones that are not open are Copperas Creek Day Use and Promontory Campground.

Raven

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees. Lake Raven is temporarily closed due to flooding. The lake is projected to open June 11.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. White bass are good early in the morning on flats with fat shad tail spinners and inline spinners. Blue herons will show you where the fish are at. Later in the morning look in 16-22 feet near humps and levees. Crappie are good with minnows 15-28 feet on brush with some fish suspended mid depth. Catfish have moved along long points, using a prepared bait or cut shad working best in 17-24 feet of water. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 5.74 feet above pool. Ray Roberts is open after a brief closure due to recent tornado damage. State Parks are letting people in for boat ramp use only after 8:00 a.m. Jordan Park is the only ramp open prior to 8 AM. Crappie are starting to get in a summer pattern relating to 15-25 feet on small jigs or minnows. Should be seeing some white bass up on top as the shad fry begin to grow. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.19 feet above pool. Overall, fishing continues to be fair to good. Freshwater continues to flow through the lake and the spillway gates are open after the continual rains. Water clarity is good on the Main Lake and stained in the creeks. White bass are fair on slabs on main lake points and humps in 20-30 feet of water. Fish are scattered and do not remain in any one place for long. Recent reports of early morning topwater action on the 309 Flats. Hybrid Stripers are good on the 309 Flats and Windsock Point in 30 feet of water with live shad. Catfish are fair on shad on windblown points. Crappie are slow with minnows over brush piles in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.56 feet above pool. The water is off-colored with floating debris. Bass are scattered from flooded bushes and grass. Target bass in the flooded bushes and trees with soft plastics. Few bass are on points and creek Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie continue to roam in open water. Crappie are best on brush in 12 feet of water, but while the lake level is high the brush piles are 16-18 feet deep. Catfish are good in 20 feet of water off points and creek channels with minnows and cut baits. White bass on deeper points with slab spoons and little George’s. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. After the recent rains the water is still on the rise, but we should start to see the lake level off because there is a break in the rainy weather. Bass are shallow in flooded bushes and trees in 4-10 feet of water. Large population of fish off shore on primary and secondary points in 12-18 feet of water in relation to shoreline flooded bushes. Use Texas rigs, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and topwater frogs shallow. The offshore bite is on deep diving crankbaits, Carolina rigs, and jigs. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

Somerville

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 1.67 feet above pool. Summer patterns are beginning. Flood gates open at 980 cfs, releasing about 2 inches per day. Crappie are good, catfish and bluegill are fair on minnows, worms, and stink bait at Somerville Marina early morning. Black Bass are fair hitting red sparkle crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 6-10 feet off drop-offs. Crappie are good on the brush piles in 10-20 feet of water and pilings biting minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good in 2-8 feet of water. Larger catfish on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait. White bass are very good trolling in the lake using Pet spoons and jigs, and when anchored with ghost minnows or shad. Hybrids are good, finding schools is the key, caught on cut shad and 2 ounce jigs, white, lime green. Hybrids are also being caught from shore at the Dam and Welch park areas. Various species can be caught at the spillway while water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees. 48.07 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent. Black bass are good flipping jigs or vibrating jigs into the shallows. Crappie are reported to be slow. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait in deeper pockets. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.24 feet above pool. Shad spawning shallow. Waiting for the weather to settle and the water to clear. Blue catfish are good casting minnows on the rocks. Crappie are good. Largemouth bass are fair but keep patience in the tackle box, along with soft plastics pitched into the reeds. Lots of flooded vegetation for fish to hide in. White bass are good at sunrise and sunset feeding on shad balls.

Stillhouse

SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 14.70 feet above pool. All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically only reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. Anticipate this to occur once the flood level reaches about 11 feet above full pool. After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 1900 CFS resulting in a 3-4 inch drop per day. Walk-in access to bank fish or 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; 76 degrees; 2.82 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish great and is setting up on a solid summer pattern that should continue through most of the summer. The hybrid striper and white bass bite is very good. Big fish have been running humps and ledges in 15-25 feet. Live bait and swim baits are catching fish. The eating size blue catfish bite is winding down but the channel cat bite on prepared baits such as punch bait is cranking up. We are seeing limits of fish daily in 18-24 feet of water. The crappie bite is also good. Fish are solid in 8-14 feet on minnows and jigs near bridge pylons and brush piles. The largemouth bass bite is fair. The early morning frog bite has been good on newly emerged lily pads. Square bill crankbaits are also catching fish in 1-4 feet on the edges of rip wrap and dock pylons. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.17 feet below pool. High winds and stormy weather have anglers off the water. The lake is at full elevation again and inflows have the usually clear north portion muddied.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.64 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is great using live shad fishing humps in 20-30 feet of water or ledges in 40-50 feet of water. Also seeing smaller fish schooling on top near the end of Preston peninsula in the early mornings. Crappie fishing is slow using jigs and minnows on brush piles near creeks in 15-20 feet of water using electronics. Catfishing is good on the rocks and shallow stump flats in 15-20 feet of water using cut shad and prepared baits. Blue catfish are on the river ledges in 30-40 feet of water on cut shad and prepared baits. Bass fishing is slow as they continue to lower the lake levels and draw water off the banks. Top waters early in the backs of coves and soft plastics off the banks in 10-15 feet of water near stumps and brush. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. The lake continues to be on the rise after continual rainfall. Striped bass are good on topwaters in the morning, switching to swimbaits in the afternoon. Key on threadfin shad on the surface in open water. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.77 feet above pool. We got another 6-8 inch of rain since last week and the lake level is over full and flood gates are back open. They have five gates open at 1 foot each. It is flooding north of the lake now, so lots of water is still to come. Bass fishing has been fair, lots of fish being caught in the flooded bushes and hay grass from 1-4 feet with topwaters, frogs and spinnerbaits been best. There are still lots of fish out in 10-18 feet, but with water back on rise, they have got harder to catch. Crankbaits and Texas rigs will catch these. We just need some sunshine for a week or so to get it back to normal. Crappie fishing has been hard. Most reports are 12-18 fish per boat. Deeper docks and brush piles are the best with jigs and live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

FAIR. Water stain; 82 degrees; 48.24 feet below pool. Bass are fair in the marinas throwing flukes under the floats. Bass are not straying far from structure. Subsurface lures and jerkbaits are working best. Very little action on topwaters. Bass are not schooling. Be prepared to bounce around main lake marinas in the deepest water catching 1-2 fish in each. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Lake Travis is continuing to produce bass.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 84 degrees; 34.51 feet below pool. Early morning for a few hours is the best bite. White bass busting on shad at daylight hitting topwaters, or slabs. Under the lights at night with minnows or shad. Catfish are fair early in the morning with cheese bait. Mostly catches of smaller sized fish due to the warmer water. Water level is very low, so launching may be difficult. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.57 feet above pool. The lake is closed after recent storm damage. Call before heading out. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 16.95 feet above pool. Bank angling opportunities off of McLaughlin Road. The Bosque Park ramp is open. Anglers are catching crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, yellow catfish, white bass, hybrids, stripers and largemouth bass. Catfish are being caught on cut and prepared baits. Most other species are being caught on live bait including shad. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers parks and ramps are closed due to flood damage.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees. Target areas protected from the winds, or banks the wind is blowing directly on to. Bass are good and the most productive lure seems to be plastic worms. Water visibility is 2-4 feet. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide. Crappie are good in 15-18 feet of water in brush on minnows. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water heavily stained; 78 degrees; 0.58 feet below pool. Catfish are good shallow off the rocks on cut bait and nightcrawlers. Crappie are slow with mostly smaller fish. Bass are slow on deeper water ledges with crankbaits and soft plastics.

Welsh

SLOW. Water stained. 83 degrees. Channel catfish up to 10 pounds can be caught on the inlet side of the power plant in the cooler water with fresh cut bait and stink bait. Bass are good in 15-20 feet of water swimbaits, topwaters early in the morning. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 21.84 feet below pool. Catfish are good with a 38 pound catfish caught with blood bait. Crappie are fair.

Whitney

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 7.22 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut shad on windy shorelines. 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. Most boat ramps are closed as are state parks due to high water. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.79 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; 4.43 feet above pool. The lake level is high and water is being released 9960 cfs. Crappie are biting and loading in tops from 5-20 feet but tight lipped after weather changes. Catfish are good on trotlines and noodles. Put out bait next to brush in 3-5 feet of water and give it about an hour. Report by Jerry Gennings, local angler and guide.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.40 feet above pool. When the lake starts to settle down we receive another round of showers that gets correct going again. Water stained and floating debris everywhere. Crappie are being caught in Luces Bayou in 8-15 feet of water in minnows and small jigs hanging tight to structure. Largemouth bass are in docks and riprap biting grubs and worms. White bass are starting to school up a bit in the main channels on structures East Fork and Luces Bayou. Cast WACky kickin shad in the white color. Catfish are being caught in abundance on fresh cut shad on rod and reel and jug lines. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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