Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of July 3, 2024

Alan Henry

GOOD. Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.21 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. With the hot days the best fishing is at night under green lights. Crappie are good in 25-35 feet of water on minnows. The crappie dock has been repaired, but there are no lights. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

FAIR. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 69.84 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Black bass are good with catches up fl 5 pounds on main lake points with wood, ledges, steep chunk rock and banks. Shallow squarebill crank mbaits, topwater poppers, swim jigs, soft plastic jerkbaits, senkos, Texas rigged worms,bNed rigs, dropshots are all producing fish in 5-15 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 seem to be in 5-15 feet of water with spoons, white grubs, blade baits, and crankbaits in shad patterns. Stripers are fair in 50-70 feet in deep 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; 1.50 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 87 degrees; 4.10 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Blue catfish bite is improving as the summer pattern continues to hold strong. 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; 87 degrees; 0.27 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing patterns are holding steady. 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. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 0.01 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 6.09 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is flushing water out of the lake at a rate of a half foot per day. The water is a turbid, green-brown tint. Although access is returning to most ramps this week, courtesy docks are still unusable at most locations. Fishing is very tough with fish of all species scattered and suspended. Primarily finding young of the year shad which are present in abundance. The best approach this week was downrigging just above the band of bait holding at 20-25 feet below the surface. I used the smallest Pet Spoon in silver with a white tail on a multi-rig, allowing me to troll four baits behind each downrigger. No surface activity whatsoever this week, which is unusual for this time of year and given that we have high pressure and a dark moon. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are fair but the action has slowed for blue catfish compared to prior weeks. Anglers can still be successful anchoring around underwater points and slow drifting deeper river channels has been best. Smaller baits have had the most success rates. Cut shad, perch and chicken can be used. Flathead activity has picked up around river mouths and structure. As the catfish continue to spawn, anglers should not be afraid to fish the shallow flats. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.64 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 0.01 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Channel catfish are excellent in 20-25 feet of water on baited holes with stinkbait. Crappie are good on brush piles and standing timber in 25-30 feet of water with jigs or minnows. White bass are schooling on the main lake in 35-40 feet of water. 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 good on points in 18-22 feet of water using deep water baits. Deep diving crankbaits, dropshots and Texas rigs. Night fishing has the best bite and is an escape from the heat and recreational boaters. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Bois d'Arc

stained; 85 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Bass are biting on main lake points in 3-5 feet on spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and flukes. Windy points are best with grass present. Just out and off shore a bit flukes and senkos are good around bushes with shade. A few brush piles are starting to produce fairly good in 10-12 feet. Not all brush piles have fish, so just keep checking them and you will find the one that does. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 11.18 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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, 93 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing from the bank or boat is good using live bait and shrimp for redfish, or trolling from the boat using gold and silver spoons around the dam area. Blue catfish are good using live bait and shrimp on drop-offs and rock piles. Channel catfish are good around rock lines and weeds with cheese bait. Bass are slow. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water normal stained; 87 degrees; 9.42 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. All ramps are open, watch the ramp at the dam as it is slippery. bass have been surfacing around the main lake main points early and late in the day. Keep your favorite topwater bait handy. These fish are moving fast and may surface several times in an area. Use a slab in the same area when they go back down. Hybrids are near the sandies and moving fast, look around mid lake structure to find them. Live bait and slabs are putting fish in the boat. Largemouth bass have been good on topwaters, swim jigs and swimbaits. Start shallow and move out as the day heats up. Try around docks with plenty of shade as the sun gets higher. Crappie have been good for numbers around the U.S. Route 380 bridge, better for size on main lake brush piles and around deeper docks. Minnows and jigs are producing well. Catfish have been good shallow on prepared baits and deeper structure on cut bait. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 2.16 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Black bass to 6.06 pounds are fair on Hag’s tungsten tsunami jigs in Juice Box color and shaky heads in 6-20 feet. Crankbaits and top waters are landing bites in 2-8 feet of water. Crappie up to 12 inches are good around docks on minnows in 12-18 feet. White bass are slow, with 10-12 inch fish being caught on crankbaits and crappie jigs under the lights at night. Catfish are slow with catches up tk 7 pounds on grasshoppers, worms or prepared bait and on jug lines on the main lake.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The lake is full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Bass reports. 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; 9.26 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 1.12 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Caddo is really looking good and healthy after the wet spring. The lake level is still up a little with some current still flowing down the river, but it is not in a flood stage so it is safe to navigate and fish. Bass are starting to school and can be caught on top waters, flukes, Texas rigs or dropshot worms and even rattle traps. The frog bite, choppo or buzz bait bite is starting to produce some giants as it does every July and August around lily pads, grass and trees. You will not get numbers of bites but the ones you do will be big. Water is clearing nicely on the main lake but is still little stained near the river with all the current. July on Caddo Lake is beautiful every year, so prepare for amazing sunrises and sunsets when you come to fish this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 91 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing on the bank for redfish is excellent live bait crawfish and shrimp, and trolling is good on spoons and plastic lures around dam area. Channel catfish are fair around rock lines on cheese bait. Some bass are being caught around weed lines on plastic worms. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 24.00 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Bass are good in the morning on topwaters. As the day progresses we are catching fish on dropshots in deeper grass. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Stained; 84 degrees; 0.12 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing is outstanding and the water is clearing up quickly with hot calmer days. Hybrids and white bass are good. Start early in the morning at daylight and hit the dam, 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. 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 walls 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. 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. Catfish are good on humps and points in 12 feet of water with cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 29.65 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 82 degrees; 12.44 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Lots of channel catfish activity hitting whatever you throw at them. Few reports from anglers on other species. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.86 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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 slightly stained; 89 degrees; 0.65 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Largemouth bass fishing is good flipping under docks and around bluegill beds. Bigger fish are related to offshore structure and brush-piles. Texas Rigs, Carolina Rigs, and Crank-baits are still catching them. Report by Roy Crush IV Fishing. Catfish are great and near the end of their spawning patterns. With afternoon surface temperatures around 93 degrees, it appears that the dog days of summer have arrived. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Some hybrids are scattered while some 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. Hair jigs are outproducing plastics. Always wear your life jacket and stay hydrated in this heat. Happy July 4th! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Water is being released at the spillway. Anglers are reporting good catches.

Corpus Christi Lake

FAIR. 85 degrees; 9.52 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 88 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Channel catfish limits can be caught quickly in 13 feet of water with stink bait. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet of water on brush piles with electric chicken jigs, and minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Bass are fair on deep water points. Night fishing has the best bite and is an escape from the heat and recreational boaters. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.49 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 45.68 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Bass are good early until about 8 a.m. on shallow points with square bill crankbaits and underpins. Then target bass in 15-25 feet of water with Carolina rigs and shaky heads. Bluegill are biting good shallow rocky banks with nightcrawlers. Catfish are slow. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 81 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Bass are good shallow in the mornings on chatterbaits and flukes until about an hour after sunrise. Then there is a decent bite in 5-8 feet on crankbaits and light Carolina rigs. High spots are best with deeper water close by. June bug or green pumpkin are best on plastics and bream pattern square bills in a 2.5 are best. Offshore the bite continues to improve, if you can find the group of fish that wants to bite. Target humps, roadbeds, and long points in 18-25 feet of water with Carolina rigs with big worms. Blue fleck or watermelon red are best. Crankbaits are still good over deeper 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; 6.55 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 4.56 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Graham

FAIR. Water stained; 90 degrees; 1.85 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing can be tough during the heat of the summer. Night fishing is going to be better than the day. Crappie are out on deer brush. Bass are deep on rock and brush. Sand bass and hybrid are good, schooling out on the main lake.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.13 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Lake is full and the water is hot. Upper 80s in the morning and low 90s in the afternoon. Thermocline is between 15-20 feet down. Crappie fishing continues to be good on jigs and small minnows on submerged structures from the Peninsula to Water’s Edge. Whitebass are good on spinnerbaits and trolling pet spoons near the thermocline. Look for sand bass schools chasing bait in open water. Striped bass are good to 14 pounds but can be hit and miss. Striped bass continue to be best on trolled Alabama rigs and live shad fished near ledges and drop offs on the lower ends. Largemouth bass are good near deeper docks and near main lake points with structure. Crankbaits and soft plastics are your best choice. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits fished mainly at night. Channel catfish are abundant on shallow humps on cut bait fished near Decordova. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.70 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Black bass are good to 5 pounds on black plastic worms fished around the cover. Crappie are fair on minnows fished in 8-17 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake points and humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with cut bait, shad, and Zote soap. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water clear; 85 degrees; 15.15 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The lake continues to be high and water continues to be released. 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; 47.42 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 0.05 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 12.35 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 92 degrees; 0.12 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Water temperatures are in the 90s and the water is clearing up. Thermocline varies from 16-20 feet. Bass are slow, but can be caught from the bank to 14 feet on brush with soft plastics and crankbaits.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 3.43 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 2.75 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Channel catfish are good in 15-20 feet of water in the bridge shade. Crappie are good in 16-25 feet in standing timber with minnows on a cork. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. 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 15-25 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; 3.23 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The lake is still about 3 feet over pool and the gates are closed while areas downstream continue to be flooded. 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; 0.33 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Crappie are good in 16-22 feet of water on brush piles in jigs or minnows. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Lake LBJ bass are good in the evenings, but some mornings are producing. Throw moving baits like spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and small swimbaits in the underwater lights around the lake to catch plenty of bass. There can be lots of white bass in those lights as well. If this is not what you are after, just keep moving lights until the largemouth bass bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 5.65 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. White bass are fair on humps and points in 15-25 feet of water on slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers 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. Dragging for bass in 6-12 feet of water is the best approach. Bass are migrating around brush piles feeding on bluegill and crappie. Crappie are related to brush piles.

Limestone

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 94 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Catfish have moved to 15-20 feet this week. Crappie are in 12-18 feet of water. Fresh willow trees for brush piles in 18 feet of water is the best way to attract crappie. Thermocline is around 20 feet. White bass are in 7-14 feet of water on silver war eagle super spoons. Target docks with lights at night using beetle spins. 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. Alot of Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 87 degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The bite is as good as it gets! White bass have been schooling and have been mainly in 10-20 feet of water. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 101 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The water temperature is 101 degrees mid lake. Bass are good targeting the edge of the hydrilla around points at night and early morning. Weightless senkos and Texas rigged worms with 1/8 ounce weights are catching fish. Crappie are good in 20-28 feet on brush and standing timber with fish suspended around 15 feet. Minnows and electric chicken pintail jigs are catching fish. Seeing many jug lines out for catfish from 8-20 feet of water using live bait. Report by Hambone Guide Service.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 93.69 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 46.45 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing patterns are holding steady. White bass are excellent on just about anything. 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; 0.12 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Few reports due to recent scheduled closure for maintenance.9404224663

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 0.49 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and dropshots in 18 feet of water. Crappie are good on brush piles with live minnows or natural colored crappie jigs. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.50 feet above full pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The heat is on so the fish should be in full summer mode. Keep an eye on the thermocline. This tells you the exact depth to present your offering. Even over deep water, don't go below this line. Found quality bass holding tight to submerged timber with a Texas rigged Mag-worm. The days of Mag-worm fishing are probably here for the next several months. This is a common approach, so do not be afraid to do something different like Tokyo-rig instead. If you catch them schooling, chunk an underspin at them. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina rigs and large swimbaits. Crappie are slow on live minnows. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees. 0.51 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 12.43 feet above pool. Lake continues to be flooded, with all boat ramps closed. Bank angling opportunities are available.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 52.23 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 30.06 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Black bass are fair to 10 pounds on 10 inch RageTail Thumper Worms and Hags Tornado F 6.5 inch Redbug and green pumpkin colors. Some big bass also on WhopperPloppers 8-18 feet near timber. Crappie are good suspended in tree tops near river channels. White bass are excellent at night on the main lake with minnows and jigs. Catfish still good on cut shad and chicken liver.  Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 16.87 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Anglers are reporting success using large plastic worms and creature type baits in 10-12 feet of water. Some reports of success using deep diving crankbaits such as the XD10. Crappie are good using live bait and BoneHead jigs in submerged brush piles. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, chicken liver and punch bait. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Some warm water turnovers are occurring in areas of the lake. Look for the bubbles on top of the water floating. This is a good indication there has been a turnover in the area. Try to avoid these areas as the bite will be off due to mixed water oxygen levels. The Texas heat is upon us. Please be sure to hydrate and take water with you, wear sunscreen and seek shade cover while on the water. The white bass have been good with some schooling action in the morning and the evening. Hybrid stripers, yellow bass and largemouth bass are slow throughout the day and good in the early morning and at night. Hybrid stripers are best trolling with spoons. Yellow bass are best on crappie jigs and minnows on humps and roadbeds. Largemouth bass can be caught near shoreline points with Texas rigged soft plastics. Channel catfish are always good on Palestine, but the fish are smaller in size. After the recent storm damage, the boat launch and fish cleaning station is now powered up at Lake Palestine Resort. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 1.17 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The water level is slowly coming down. Crappie and hybrids are in about 10 feet of water. Catfish are slow. Target black bass in shaded areas. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.

Pinkston

FAIR. normal stain; 89 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Largemouth bass are excellent 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 cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 0.03 above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Striper are fair to good in 30-70 feet of water. Live bait is still the most consistent way to put fish in the boat, but some can be caught using white, 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 4-12 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; 2.02 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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 slightly stained; 88 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The weather is very hot this week, so the ideal fishing hours are in the very early morning and late evening to avoid heat exposure. Bass are good using flukes and spinnerbaits. Artificial lures and worms meant for stained water are a good bet when working vegetation lines and bait balls at the surface of the water. Topwater frogs and baits are best reserved for very early morning fishing. Crappie are good on white artificial grubs fished off of the bottom of the lake near the structure. Anglers are reporting success using this method just 3-4 inches off the bottom of the lake. Catfish are good on worms fished Carolina rigged off the bottom near fishing piers. Bluegill are excellent off of worms and hotdogs at the fishing piers and boathouse docks.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 83 degrees; 4.08 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. White bass are schooling around the dam and random open water. Anything you can throw at them when fish are surfacing. Crappie should be stacked in brush piles 15-30 feet hitting minnows or the smallest jig you can stand to use. Channel catfish are great on punch bait in 15-25 feet. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 88 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing continues to be fair at best with lots of freshwater flowing through the lake and spillway gates open. Lake level is three inches above full pool level. White bass are slow. Fish are scattered with very few being found or caught on the main lake. There has been sporadic morning topwater action on the south shoreline and 309 flats. Hybrid stripers are good on the 309 Flats, Pelican Island and Windsock Point in 20 feet of water on live shad. Channel catfish are fair chumming with range cube and using punch bait in 10-15 feet of water. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 6.56 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 90 degrees; 0.74 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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 slow 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; 85 degrees. 48.97 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The fishing has been tough for black bass. Anglers are reporting success with plastics in the brush from 8-10 feet. The colors have been green pumpkin and motor oil. The baits have varied from creature baits to worms. I would recommend crankbaits in addition to the above such as the XD10 later in the morning. No report for crappie. Catfish reports are good using cut bait and shrimp. Anglers should try those baits using the Santee Cooper rig. This technique allows the bait to suspend from the bottom. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff. Channel catfish are excellent roadbeds, old creek channels and throughout the lake on cheese bait, nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.38 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The water is starting to stabilize and clear. Bass bite is improving to fair to good on soft plastics. Reports of noodling for flathead catfish. Channel and blue catfish are fair to good.

Stillhouse

SLOW. Water stained; 83 degrees; 6.12 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. Anticipate this to begin occurring within the week. Once the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 1700 CFS resulting in about a 5-6 inch drop per day. Walk-in access to bank fish and 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

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Lake Tawakoni continues the fish good as water temperatures rise to almost 87 degrees. We are experiencing a solid summer pattern which includes white bass and hybrid striper occasionally feeding on the surface on schools of shad. This pattern is not consistent but when found is extremely fun. Slabs and swimbaits are the ticket when this happens. There is a more consistent bite on white bass and hybrid stripers on humps and drop offs in 12-25 feet. The eating size channel and blue catfish bite is wide open. Prepared bait such as punch bait and dip baits are working best in 8-22 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows around bridge columns and docks. The best bite has been early in the morning in 12-14 feet of water. Largemouth are good early on frogs. Switching an hour after sun up to shallow crankbaits and soft plastics such as flukes or trick worms are working well. Shallow is the key in 1-3 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.80 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The lake is at full elevation again and inflows have the usually clear north portion muddied.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.44 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Striped bass fishing is good using topwaters at daylight near rocky banks and main lake points. Look for birds and surfacing fish. Catching a lot of fish on live shad on ledges and humps in 30-45 feet of water. Crappie fishing is slow using jigs on structure and brush piles in 15-20 feet of water. Fish near points and in ditches in the backs of coves. Catfishing is good using punch bait for channel catfish in 15-25 feet of water on rocky points. Blue catfish are in deep water near river channels in 40-50 feet of water using cut shad. Bass fishing is slow using topwaters early on main lake points and the mouths of coves. Slow the approach in the afternoon on shaded docks. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Topwater action is excellent for big stripers. When this bite ends live bait and slabs are producing catches. Look for white egrets feeding on fish midlake to direct the way to fish. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 92 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing patterns are holding steady with a tougher bite this week. 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; 46.65 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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. Lake Travis bass fishing is good early in the mornings and late in the evenings and dark. Start early in deep marinas on main lake working topwaters and swimbaits to get after those schooling fish. Later, move to grassy areas on the lower end to get into those fish using creature baits, swimbaits, hard and soft jerkbaits, and Texas-rigged 4-5 inch worms. There are also plenty of fish deeper in 12-30 feet of water. Throw jigs, Texas-rigged craw worms, and shaky heads with trick worms in watermelon and green pumpkin colors. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 87 degrees; 35.97 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Channel catfish are good on cheese bait and fresh cut bait on the main lake humps in deeper water. Target slightly above, in and just below the thermocline. Crappie are related to deep structure on humps and brush. White bass hanging near the thermocline in the open lake. Look just below the shad balls. Some early morning surface action while sandies chase shad. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.07 feet full pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Crappie are good using minnows and jigs on brush in 16 feet of water. Catfish are good all over the lake on shrimp, 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; 3.08 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Twin Bridges boat ramp, and the Speegleville Park boat ramp are now open. 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. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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. Lake Decker is fishing well for bass. There is a bit of schooling action, but usually a bit later in the morning. To start, find some nice thick grass and throw Texas-rigged 4-5 inch straight worms to catch ya some. If you notice any action such as bait fish being chased or jumping. Get a rod with a swimbait on it and start chunking. There are hybrids in this lake, and those can be a blast to catch. Big largemouth bass can be mixed in, so be ready. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Weatherford

SLOW. Water heavily stained; 85 degrees; 1.14 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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. 95 degrees. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 30.76 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Catfish are good. Crappie are good on minnows. Largemouth bass are biting in deeper water on soft plastics.

Whitney

FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.31 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Catfish are fair using cut shad in 28-30 feet of water. Striped bass bite is fair on live bait in 25-35 feet of water. Very few being caught on artificial baits. 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. All boat ramps are now open. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.63 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. 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; 8.05 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The lake level is high and water is being released. Be sure to check ramp status before heading out.

Houston

GOOD. Water normal stained; 83 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Largemouth bass fishing is really picking up, especially in the early morning on crankbaits and grubs around trees and stumps. Boat docks seem to the key when it heats up. Crappie are in abundance hanging tight to structure in 8-14 feet of water using small jigs. White bass are slowly but surely making their way to the south end and will be schooling soon. Catfish are on fire around the power lines and by the train track bridge being caught on fresh caught shad and live perch. Pay attention to the weather and always wear your kill switch! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

« Fishing Report Search