Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of December 3, 2025

Dunlap

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees. Bass are slow on spinnerbaits and wacky worms in the early morning. Crappie are slow with minnows. Report by Lee Johnson and Kenneth Linder, local anglers.

Alan Henry

FAIR. 56 degrees; 4.58 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 30-45 feet over brush with minnows. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water stained 59 degrees; 60.78 feet below pool. Water temperatures have likely cooled into the mid to low 60s with the recent stretch of colder weather, bringing lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s. Fish remain scattered, with catches coming from both shallow and deep water, but overall activity has improved and more fish are biting. Catfish anglers have been out in good numbers over the past 10 days and are reporting solid success, though specific details are limited. Crappie fishing has also been good, with fish holding in sunken brush in 5-15 feet of water and hitting â…›-ounce jig heads paired with small baitfish-style plastics. Report by Kurt Dove, Amistad Bass Guide

Aquilla

GOOD. Water normal stain; 62 degrees; 0.97 feet below pool. Crappie are good on brush piles in 20-25 feet of water with minnows or jigs. Bass are good on spinnerbaits in 5-10 feet of water. Catfish are good in the timber with prepared baits. Sand bass are fair in 20-30 feet of water on jigging spoons off main lake humps. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service

Arlington

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 66 degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. As we approach winter most of the shad are making the migration to deep water. Game fish like largemouth bass and sand bass will be around the balls of shad in 10-20 feet of water. The catfish are still in deep water and main creek channels. Crappie are beginning to suspend across the basin for winter. Around the warmer water at the discharge all game fish will sit facing the current feeding on shad. Report by Cade Rudiger, local angler.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.40 feet below pool. Catfish continue to be good anchoring or drifting with fresh cut shad in 5-25 feet of water. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 66 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool. Bass are feeding on shad and bluegill gearing up for winter. Shad are in the backs of the coves. There has been a decent concentration of fish shallow and out deep if you like to live-scope. If you are going to scope offshore, have an umbrella rig and a minnow on a jig head. The shallow bite continues to be on weightless 5 inch stick bait or 5 inch soft jerkbait in shad and bluegill patterns. Mix in a Texas rig worm, spinnerbait, or jig around docks. Crappie are schooled up on main lake brush piles hitting crappie jigs or minnows. Use a lighter jig head as the water cools down if the wind allows for it. Water clarity 3-4 feet of visibility. Report by Captain Kirk Pasalich, Artifishable Fishing Guide Service.

Austin

FAIR. Water clarity good; 60 degrees; 0.63 feet below pool. Bass are biting jerkbaits worked along the edge of submerged vegetation. Weightless senkos are producing catches around shallow cover in backwater areas. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 59 degrees; 0.09 below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Target bass in shaded areas or submerged vegetation with a slow approach.

Bastrop

FAIR. Water normal stain; 65 degrees. Bass should be in the reeds and shallow grass hitting Texas rigs, or squarebill crankbaits. When the water temperature drops below 60 degrees fish will suspend in deeper water.

Belton

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 64 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool. We are just past peak fall fishing conditions for white bass and hybrid striped bass. The fishing is still excellent and will likely stay this way until the water temperature drops below 60 degrees in a few weeks. Finally our migratory fish-eating birds, like gulls and terns, have begun to arrive and find fish primarily in the mornings. These birds should become more of a fish locating asset in the 3-4 weeks to come. So, for now, sonar still remains the staple for finding fish in 30-35 feet around sunrise and sunset, then 35-52 feet the rest of the day. The MAL Dense worked vertically by cranking it upward through the lower third of the water column assisted by viewing this on Garmin LiveScope is my go-to tactic. When the water temperature hits 60 degrees, we will be switching over to the 3/4 ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish bite remains consistent. Large numbers of blue catfish under 10 pounds can be found along shallow banks in 10-15 feet of water. To catch larger blue catfish drift in 25-40 feet with fresh cut shad. Channel catfish are excellent using punch bait around gravel beds and timber. Flathead catfish are slow, but can be found around large rock piles using live bait. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

FAIR. Water normal stain; 62 degrees; 1.87 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 18-30 feet on cut and stink bait. Hybrids are fair in to 20-30 feet on minnows and small jigs with lots of shorter fish being caught. Crappie are fair next to timber in 15-30 feet on minnows. Report by Hundley's Guide Service.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.21 feet below pool. Crappie are good in timber from 20-40 feet of water with minnows. Fish are migrating from the Highway 21 Bridge towards the dam. Fish are varying in the water column. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Bois d'Arc

FAIR. Normal stain; 57 degrees; 1.97 below pool. The morning bite has been a slower due to the cooler temperatures. Grass is the ticket, if you find it stay with it. Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and swim jigs are working over and around grass in 2-4 feet. Spinnerbaits or suspended jerk baits around bushes just offshore in 4-7 feet of water are fair. Starting to see groups of bass staging offshore in 10-17 feet around pond dams and high spots. Carolina rigs working best in these areas. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Crappie are schooling up, but the fish are not very active so the bite is slow. Anglers will have to cover water and really work to land catches. Minnows are preferred over jigs. Some reports of crappie in the creeks. Fish are tough to find while migrating from the 897 Bridge to the dam holding to the bottom of the lake. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Brady

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.06 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Braunig

SLOW. Water stained; 66 degrees; Catfish, stripers, and black bass are running slow this week, but redfish remain solid in front of the power plant, with most fish weighing 5-10 pounds. Bank fishing is still producing steady action for anglers willing to cover shoreline structure, and the lake currently sits about 1 foot low. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.

Bridgeport

FAIR. Water clear; 57 degrees; 4.43 feet below pool. Crappie are fair on docks, and offshore brush piles in 8-15 feet of water or 25-35 feet of water with minnows or jigs. Largemouth bass are fair using deep crankbaits and swimbaits for deeper schooling fish, or along banks, main lake rock and docks in the morning with crankbaits and chatterbaits. White bass and hybrids are fair on main lake humps and points, deadsticking slabs or trolling with deep crankbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait and chicken liver on main lake humps, deeper holes in coves, and in the river on boulders. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 2.42 feet below pool. Black bass to 8 pounds are good in 13-28 feet of water on Alabama rigs and scope minnows, or along the shoreline on bladed jigs, crankbaits and jigs in 3-8 feet of water. The bite in the major creeks is starting to pick up on jigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are excellent to 12 inches on minnows and jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles in 10-15 feet of water. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds out of the lights at night. Catfish are fair on jug lines with cut shad or perch.

Bryan

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees. Bass bite is slow and inconsistent for most of the day, but starts to pick up in the late afternoon once the fish become more active. Brush piles and the dam have been the hottest spots lately with a shaky head, jig, or dropshot worked tight near cover. There have also been a few schools pushing up on offshore humps, and those fish have been eating a Carolina rig really well when you can get on them. Overall, the lake is still a little off, but the afternoon bite and key structure areas are starting to show some solid signs of life. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. The lake has received some good inflow, with the possibility of more to come this next week. There is an abundance of 16-17.5 inch stripers, but some solid keepers are mixed in. Vertical jigging has produced the best action with ½ ounce to 1 ounce slab spoons. The magnum sized white bass have shown up and are biting the same vertical jigging technique in the same areas. The gulls are working intermittently as the lack of wind the past week has made the bite a little slow depending on the time of day. Fish have been in the 18-36 feet of water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Fishing may improve after the cold front. There continues to be some bird action leading the way to topwater action for hybrids and stripers. White bass are good to excellent on jigging spoons or smaller live shad from midlake to the north end. Stripers are fair to good midlake to the south end trolling with umbrella rigs, downriggers, or live shad. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

GOOD. Water stained; 58 degrees; water level at 169.00 feet. Fishing has been good in the river system. Bass are starting to school up and bite in the main lake. The salvinia is thick in places and can get in your way, so be ready for that. Shad pattern baits are the way to go for black bass and the white bass. Try chrome traps, white crankbaits, white chatterbaits, white spinnerbaits, shad colored jerkbaits, flukes, ploppers and rooster tails for the white bass. The lake is in full fall mode so it is beautiful. It is always a wonderful time to come visit and fish this majestic and divine lake we call Caddo. Report by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GREAT. Water stained; 69 degrees; Redfish are biting well, especially in the back of the warm-water plant, with most fish ranging 5-10 pounds. Channel and blue catfish remain excellent in 5-25 feet of water on CJ’s Punch Bait, with average catches running 5-20 pounds. Black bass and stripers are slow this week, but bank fishing overall continues to produce solid action for those soaking baits and covering shoreline structure. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 19.72 feet below pool. Striper action is really starting to pick up with the best action in the first and last hour of the day. Look for schooling action under seagulls. Umbrella rigs, 3/4 ounce spoons, and big topwater walking baits worked quickly will get a bite. Search from mid lake to the dam. Largemouth bass are good on the deep edge of the hydrilla slowly working a weightless worm. Crappie are slow. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 3.03 feet below pool. Good stacks of hybrid striped bass and white bass are being found on mid-lake points and drop-offs along sandy flats throughout the entire lake including the dam area, Crappie Island, Key Ranch, and the spillway humps in 8-14 feet of water. Cast spinnerbaits and slabs, and watch for schooling fish on these flats as well as around deeper seawalls and shorelines. Fish any hump in 10-14 feet across the lake to find schools stacked up as the day warms. Schooling activity is best on cloudier days. Birds will show you the way and will become more consistent indicators of active fish as fall continues and throughout December. To target hybrids use spinnerbaits or work a slab vertically with a fast up-and-down motion. Strikes are immediate. A slow retrieve with a slab cast and reeled steadily back is also effective. Try rattle traps, spoons, umbrella rigs, slabs, or sassy shads to trigger bites. The crappie bite continues to improve. Target crappie with small jigs and minnows in 5–12 feet under bridge pylons, brush piles, and docks. Anglers are finding limits by moving from spot to spotâ€"catching several fish before relocating. Guides report conditions improving, with larger crappie showing up more frequently. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfishing is good in 2-8 feet of water on the north end, or drifting 10-36 feet of water throughout the lake with fresh gizzard shad and cut rough fish. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 38.93 feet below pool. All boat ramps are closed at this time–please contact Texas Parks and Wildlife for the most current information. Bank fishing remains excellent, with channel and blue catfish biting well. White bass are good, while crappie are running slow. Black bass are producing decent action but only from the bank. The lake is currently 47-percent full. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 16.09 feet above pool. Cooler weather and passing fronts have brought north winds and occasional light rain to Lake Cisco, making conditions a bit tougher but still producing fish. Catfish remain the most consistent bite, with anglers catching good numbers on cut shad and punch bait around creek channels. Crappie action is slowly improving on brush and timber in 12-20 feet using minnows. Bass reports are light, but a few are moving shallow on warmer afternoons and hitting spinnerbaits and squarebills around rocks. Wind can make the lake choppy, so use caution.

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.82 feet below pool. Bass are fair to 3 pounds on small finesse worms in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie good to 2 pounds on jigs and minnows in 10-15 feet of water on the main lake docks and in the timber towards the creek.

Coleto Creek

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 2.91 feet above pool. The lake remains about 2.5 feet low with stained water and temperatures in the low 70s, though those are expected to drop throughout the week. Bass fishing has been slow, with most fish holding around timber in 5-10 feet of water. Soft plastics continue to be the most effective presentation. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake

Comanche Creek

80 degrees; 0.29 feet above pool. Comanche Creek stays warmer due to the power plant. This attracts many bass anglers from all over in the winter. Fishing is excellent with most folks reporting numbers of largemouth being caught with an occasional bigger fish to 8 pounds. Soft plastics fished on a Texas rigged worm or Carolina rigged for those deeper fish seems to be the baits of choice. Limits of eater-sized channel catfish are common on this lake. Tilapias continue to be caught on worms fished under a cork. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Conroe

GREAT. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.93 feet above pool. Lake Conroe remains about a foot and a half low, with water temperatures climbing back to 73 degrees before the recent front pushed them into the mid-to upper-60s. Catfishing has been excellent on baited areas in 10-40 feet using Catfish Bubblegum, liver, worms, and punch bait, while bigger fish are coming from drifting natural baits like cut bream and gizzard shad. Crappie are good on brush in 10-25 feet on minnows and jigs, with numbers improving, though many are undersized and fishing pressure is increasing as word gets out. Largemouth bass have been active along edges and schooling on shad, with crankbaits and creature baits producing well. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrid striped bass remains scattered but schooling at times, with fish found on flats in 16-34 feet using slabs, spoons, or shad. Anglers are catching many juveniles, so check the tooth-patch guide on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website for proper identification. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 3.56 feet below pool. Crappie are slow and difficult to find. Best bet is to target river channels with minnows. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

SLOW. Water stained; 71 degrees; 17.22 feet below pool. No fishing activity has been reported yet this week, likely due to holiday travel, but updates will follow as anglers return to the water. The lake has risen to 12.7-percent full after receiving 7.5 inches of rainfall. Expect some runoff from the the Nueces and Atascosa watersheds. Cooler weather will continue through the week, with only a brief warm-up into the low 70s next weekend before dropping again. North winds around 8 miles per hour, occasionally gusting to 14 miles per hour, make for damp, chilly conditions. Report by Glenwood Weber, Weber's Landing.

Cypress Springs

SLOW. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.79 feet below pool. Lots of small crappie are on timber and brush. Keeper crappie are coming off the bridge columns with minnows. Expect crappie to pull off structure within the next two weeks. Open water suspending crappie are easily spooked due to continuous boat traffic. The recreational traffic should decrease. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 1.56 feet below pool. Fishing patterns have been holding steady but with cooling temperatures dress warm to discern pattern changes as the water temperature drops. The eater catfish will start to slow, so switch the tactic to drifting. Trophy blue catfish bite should start to pick up. Blue catfish are good with cut shad on trot lines. Yellow catfish are good with live perch on trot lines. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows around boat docks and pushing shallow due to water temperature. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and jerkbaits. White bass are fair on slabs over humps and points Perch are good on nightcrawlers around docks. Carp are fair to good on manufactured bait around docks. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 61 degrees; 47.25 feet below pool. The catfish bite is picking up, with trophy catfish moving into deeper areas such as Pierces Cove and Marker 7 near the Mexican Watchtower. Anglers targeting 20-30 feet of water along the edges of the river channel–especially around submerged timber, big flats, and larger structural ledges–are finding excellent action on big fish. Keeper-size catfish have also been very good in 10-15 feet of water using fresh cut bait, shrimp, or stink bait. Alligator gar fishing is slow this time of year, and run fishing has tapered off with the winter weather. Crappie fishing, however, is improving, with fish holding on isolated man-made brush piles and vertical standing timber on flats along the river channel and at the mouths of creeks leading into spawning areas. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors

Fayette

SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; full pool. Overall the bite is off for what is typical for this time of year. The water is stained with lots of algae. Some baitfish are shallow. Bass are slow in shallow water with rattletraps and spinnerbaits, or in 12-15 feet of water on Carolina rigs. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen's Guide Service.

Fork

FAIR. normal stain; 57 degrees; 2.52 feet below pool. The morning bass bite has slowed but is fair with chatterbaits around clumps of grass or lipless crankbaits in the flats. Suspending jerkbaits have been fair on the outside edge of grass and around big wood. Viper XP jigs are also good on big stumps in 3-6 feet. Carolina rigs are fair on points and road beds in 12-20 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Black Bass are feeding in the backs of creeks and coves. Cooler nights have dropped water temperatures and bass are cruising the shallows. Streamers are enticing bass early and late in the day. Bream are shallow, try small hoppers. Sand bass are schooling mid-lake. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is about as hot as it has ever been going into the last week of November. Fast limits of crappie can be caught off all kinds of structure. The lake has tons of keeper sized black crappie congregated on brush piles, tire reefs, underwater bridges, regular bridges, road beds, humps, points, ledges and timber. Lots of big white crappie are on deeper timber and some brush piles in 14-40 feet of water. Crappie will bite anything you put in front of them as they feed hard and fatten up for the coming cold water. Small hand tied jigs, minnows and soft plastics are producing catches. This winter should continue to be some very good crappie fishing and a great time to fill your freezer up. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

SLOW. Water stained; 5.05 feet below pool; 62 degrees. Crappie are moving deeper as the water temp drops. Crappie are in 18-20 feet of water on structure with jigs and minnows. Catfish are moving shallower biting on cut bait. Hybrids are starting to group up. Troll windy banks with cut bait in 8-12 feet of water. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 65 degrees; 9.19 feet above pool. Reports of sand bass action from the bank. Bass are feeding up for the winter chasing shad. Target bass on points casting small shad imitation baits into the schools. When you can find grass, cast topwaters or spinnerbaits. Bait fish should be moving towards the creek channels.

Graham

SLOW. Water stained; upper 60 degrees; 3.68 feet below pool. Crappie are slow in 14 feet of water with minnows. Sand bass and hybrids are biting on main lake flats. Trolling a white crankbait around schools of shad works well. Catfish are biting on cut shad out on the main lake drop-offs. Bass are slow due to the cold water. Cast slow moving baits like jigs and Carolina rigs.

Granbury

GOOD. normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. Lake Granbury is at full pool and water temperatures are falling into the upper 50s and low 60s in some areas. Water is stained in the river above Granbury and is starting to clear after the rain and runoff. Largemouth bass continue to be fair to good for fish up to 5 pounds. Work crankbaits and soft plastics near points and ledges. Sand bass and small stripers are fair to good on slabs and spinnerbaits fished on flats near Ports-O-Call and near Indian Harbor. Look for the birds. Best striped bass action continues to be on the lower ends in 15-25 feet of water on swimbaits and live shad. Catfish action is great on the upper ends in the stained water. Best bait for catfish is cut shad. Crappie action continues to be good on the main lake on submerged structure using small minnows and jigs. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.42 feet above pool. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair up the river near the primitive campground. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or Zote soap. Yellow catfish are fair on live bait. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Before the cold front the white bass were feeding hard. White bass should be suspended 20-35 feet down over 60 feet of water. Now is the time to start deadsticking small slabs and small swimbaits. Crappie and catfish are mixed in with the sandies. There are plenty of baitfish for the fish to feed on. Gulls are still leading the way to fish. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O'the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 51.00 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hawkins

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 62 degrees. Small poppers fished around grass and isolated stumps should draw a strike from black bass. Small streamers should bring action from chain pickerel. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

FAIR. Water stained; 52 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. As the weather cools, bass should transition to shallow water to feed on bait fish. Cast reaction baits to land a catch.

Hubbard Creek

SLOW. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 13.93 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are slow with many smaller sized fish in soft plastics in brush piles. Crappie are on brush piles biting minnows or jigs. Find the bait fish to locate fish.

Inks

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.88 feet below pool. Bass are biting around shallow cover and structure following the recent refill after drawdown. With most aquatic vegetation gone, the best action has come from Texas-rigged senkos and finesse jigs around main lake docks and other shallow targets in less than 10 feet of water. Focus on visible structure for the most consistent results. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Jacksonville

SLOW. Water normal stain; 60 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Bass fishing is tough, but bass can be caught. Target docks with jigs and square bills crankbaits, or on brush and structure with soft plastics and jigs, and suspended fish on minnow style baits.

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water normal stain; 60 degrees; 0.24 feet below pool. As we approach winter most of the shad are making the migration to deep water. Game fish like largemouth bass and sand bass will be around the balls of shad in 10-20 feet of water. The catfish are still in deep water and main creek channels. Crappie are beginning to suspend across the basin for winter. Report by Cade Rudiger, local angler.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.21 feet above pool. Crappie are good with fish holding in timber from Watts Island up to Alley Creek. Anglers are also finding solid numbers in brush piles as fish stage to transition into deeper water as colder conditions set in. Expect the bite to stay strong in both the timber and brush for the next several weeks during this transition phase. Fish are biting 1/8–1/32 ounce jigheads with natural-color jigs or live minnows. Rain throughout the week will continue to raise the lake level, and as water temperatures drop, the bite should improve going into the winter pattern. Recent rains and cooler temperatures have pushed bass into deeper water. Bass are good on black-and-blue jigs and Alabama rigs fished around structure in 11–15 feet. Winter patterns should remain steady as cooler temperatures continue to settle in. Report by ETX Outdoors. Crappie are sitting on flats off the main channel in 6-20 feet of water. The best bite is small hair jigs topped with minnows. As the water temperatures drop look for these fish to start transitioning to deeper water. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Lavon

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 2.11 feet below pool. Fishing patterns were consistent before the cold front. While it is raining fish like to hide under structure, such as underwater lay-downs, docks, or underwater rock shelves. Fish near creek mouths for catfish feeding on stunned baitfish, and other fish coming out of the creek system. Use cut shad drum or blue gill. Crappie are great in 15-20 feet on structure with igs and minnows. Some black bass are in 2-10 feet of water. A few bass have been caught on a ledge in 22 feet, but the best catches are in 10-15 feet when the sun comes up with a squarebill crankbait and 12 foot series 5 diver, watermelon red watermelon green creature baits, or plastic worms. White and chartreuse spinnerbait is good early. If you have live scope a small 5/8 ounce paddle tail jigs will land a bite. There are still a few white bass in 10-15 feet of water, but most of them are now in black water. Black water means the water appears black due to the abundance of gizzard shad. You should see this in 2-4 feet along the bank. Cast to the bank, almost hitting the bank and drag it across over their heads. After the third reel on your fishing reel, it is pretty much over and you have to repeat. It is a quick bite and accuracy matters. If you cast 2 feet from the bank, your cast landed on fish and they will not bite. White and chartreuse paddle tail swimbaits are best. While the water temperature is dropping in the mid 60s the catfish are primarily in 10-15 feet of water, but can be schooling deep. Bite is on cut bait. Bluegills spawned about a month ago because fish smaller than a pinky nail can be caught. Bluegill, shad and tilapia spawn multiple times per year. Bluegills are active on almost every brush pile in 15-20 feet. Worms are best with the white pieces of bacon, if they are very active as they will not pull the bait off the hook and you can reuse it multiple times. A big factor in this is using a two or four pound monofilament line anything more than that your catch ratio plummets. Tilapia can be found along the banks of the marinas, and 2 feet off the shoreline in schools of 10-30 every 20 feet apart. Use a small barber 2 to 4 pound line and a small piece of worm will catch them just as fast as you can catch bluegill on brush piles. Target sandy banks and rip rap, which is the Boulders surrounding boat, ramps, dams, railroad tracks. If you do not get anything after one minute, go ahead and make your bobber deeper until you start getting bit. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.30 feet below pool. Fishing patterns will hold steady until there is a very cold front. Crappie are fair in 20 feet of water on brush piles with minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good in 20-25 feet of water on midlake points with punch bait and cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Look for bass suspended around grass or isolated structure and throw an Alabama rig, underspin or minnow. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water normal stain; 60 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool. The fishing patterns should remain consistent until the water temperature reaches 50 degrees. Hybrid striper and white bass are slow on points and humps in 10-30 feet of water with slabs, spoons, spinnerbaits, and swimbaits. 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 on cut shad drifting humps, points, and flats in 15-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair on baited holes on humps and points in 15-30 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. Crappie are fair in 10-34 feet of water on brush piles, submerged timber, laydowns, and rock piles. Submerged cover close to a drop off ledge has been best. More crappie have been showing up around the bridge pilings as well. Minnows are working better than jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water clear; 63 degrees; 1.69 feet below pool. This cold weather should push the water temperature down in the mid 50s. Switch to red chatterbaits, red rattle traps, and Texas to catch largemouth bass in 6 feet of water or less on docks, bulkheads and rocks. White bass will get into tighter schools and gorge on shad. Target sandies on mainlake points and flats with silver super spoons. White bass will be in 6-20 feet of water, and periodically move shallower. Catfish will start piling up on mainlake and wind blown points to feed on shad. Crappie are will scatter on cloudy cold days and bunch up on warm sunny days. Target 8-20 feet of water with minnows. Some crappie will also start suspending on timber and in the middle of creek channels. Some crappie have eggs already. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.

Livingston

GOOD. Normal stain; 56 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Livingston Lake is holding steady with water levels near full pool and visibility improving after recent rains. Bass are active, especially around submerged timber and rocky points, with shallow water producing well early and late in the day. Topwater baits, crankbaits, and soft plastics are all working, with early mornings giving the best action. Crappie are scattered around brush piles and standing timber in 10-20 feet of water, biting on minnows and small jigs. Catfish are fair, with channel and blue catfish hitting cut bait or punch bait in 10-25 feet. White bass are schooling along the main river channel and producing on spoons or small shad-style lures. Cooler nights are slowing overall activity slightly, but the lake remains fishable throughout the day.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.68 feet below pool. Bass are feeding on shad to bulk up for the winter. Be sure to size lures to match the size of shad. Watch for birds to lead the way to topwater action.

Martin Creek

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 59 degrees; 1.80 feet below pool. Bass are good on most of the lake. Fishing the hydrilla is always good with bass moving into the creek’s. Texas rigged worms, senco’s, lipless crankbaits and chatter baits work good. Crappie are scattered more but also moving towards warmer waters. The Old Dirgin Bridge is holding a few with fish scattered on large trees from the railroad tressel to the scrapper cut. Minnows have been the best bait. Sand bass are good from the Dirgin bridge to the warm water outlet using slab spoons and tail spinners bouncing off the bottom. Large catfish should start moving towards the warm water outlet as temperatures get colder. Cut bait should work. Use caution while navigating towards the warmer water with cold temperatures due to the fog and low lake levels. Reported by Hambone Fishing.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 83.73 feet below pool. The lake is very low at only 5.8-percent full. Medina Lake is closed due to low water levels.

Meredith

GREAT. Water stained; 59 degrees; 43.60 feet below pool. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and sand bass are great and continue to flourish around many parts of the lake. Topwaters, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits along the banks of Sexy Cove and Bugbee, as well as minnows off the dock have been great. Catfish bite has slowed to fair on the dock, and Harbor Bay with livers, frozen shad and stink bait. Crappie are slow from Sanford Yake Dock, North Canyon, and Fritch Fortress with pearl white, pearl blue, grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are good on worms and corn. Walleye are great with jigs with pearl blue or white grubs, as well as bottom bouncers. Target walleye 60 feet down between Sexy Cove and the gas well. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 3.49 feet below pool. Crappie are good from the pier with nice size catches reported. There is still a thermocline so be sure to keep baits above. Quality sized bass are good in 2-5 feet of water with spinnerbaits, crankbaits and buzzbaits.

Murvaul

GOOD. Stained; 67 degrees; 0.72 below pool. The water is muddy. Largemouth bass are fair with flat sided crankbaits and squarebill crankbaits shallow around rocky points. Crappie are fair on standing timber mid lake with a 1/32 ounce white and chartreuse crappie jigs. Catfish are excellent with cut bait, or live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 59 degrees; 1.83 feet below pool. Water is heavily stained after the rains. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs or medium diving crankbaits on creek channel beds on the south side of the lake. Crappie are fair with 1/32 ounce black and chartreuse crappie jigs in timber. Catfish are fair on live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; full pool. The lake is at full pool and has started to clear, with some good fish beginning to stack up. This is a great time to run power-fishing presentations such as square-bills, jerkbaits, glide baits, topwaters, and deep-divers. Early morning and late afternoon bites have been best, though mid-day action can still produce through the rest of the fall and winter. Crappie populations are strong, while catfish have been slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are fair on flukes with a light weight. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.90 feet below pool. The bass are heavily related to baitfish this time of year, so a good rule of thumb is find the bait and then you will find the bass. Bass are fair flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-5 feet of water. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Bass are holding back in the shade around heavy cover to escape the sunlight. Early morning and late evening topwater is also effective for targeting bass. Baitfish are in the backs of pockets and upriver with the bass close behind. It is important to slow down your retrieve during the winter months because the fish are more lethargic due to the colder water temperatures. Crappie are fair around main lake boat docks on chartreuse jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. 67 degrees; 0.16 full pool. All species are good, but the size of fish is down. White bass are good trolling with spoons. Crappie are good in 12 feet brush piles with minnows. Catfish are good throughout the lake on perch. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 31.48 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 57 degrees; 18.78 feet below pool. Black bass numbers are good with catches up to 8 pounds. Crankbaits have been catching some fish in shad patterns, but the mainstay is small jigs with swimmers or a flatliner worm in plumpkin or brown pumpkin. No reports for crappie. White bass are good. Fish are schooling on the main lake in 30-35 feet of water. Catches up to 2.5 pounds are being reported on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair to 20 pounds on jug lines, cut bait and stink bait in the river areas. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 22.23 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Palestine

GOOD. water stained; 60 degrees; 0.10 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are consistent, but this cold front should knock the water temperature to the upper 50s. Crappie will start to transition into the creeks. Crappie are good in 16-25 feet of water with jigs or minnows. Bass and hybrids should be more open water oriented chasing bait balls. Catfish are good in shallow water in the creeks with cut bait.

Palo Pinto

SLOW. stained; 60 degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. The lake is full. High winds and cold weather has kept anglers off the water. Before the front blue catfish were biting with cut bait and fresh shad. Crappie were biting in deep water with minnows. Drum and carp were biting on worms. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.

Pinkston

FAIR. Water light stain; 61 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on flukes and topwater around grassy points. Crappie are good with schools in deep trees on jigs. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.21 feet below pool. Birds have migrated in and are working mid lake on schools of striper and sand bass in the mornings and afternoons. The water clarity is just murky enough to make every fish think it is invisible. Catfish are very good, but do not waste time beating up the shallows. Catfish have slid off the river channel and are hanging 30-50 feet of water. If you are not bumping bottom or dragging bait through the deep edge, you are basically just sightseeing. Sand bass are stacking on shallow points 15-30 feet like folks waiting at Buc-ees gas pumps. The bite is strong. Silver and white slab jigs have been the magic ticket. Rip them, let them fall, try not to look smug. Stripers are where the chaos kicks in. Be careful there are tons of little stripers mixed with the sandies. Some keepers sprinkled in, but do not assume every head shake is payday. The largemouth bass winter pattern is starting. Bass are feeding on the shad around docks and structure. Bass are eating, but not in a hurry. Think slow presentations with a steady head, do not rush it like you are late to church. That is the rundown. Go catch fish, try not to fall in, and do not name every sand bass after your ex. Report by Captain Casey Armstrong, Hooked Up Outfitters. Stripers are slow in 20-35 feet of water with live bait. There are lots of smaller fish, and keepers are few and far between. Sand bass are good in 20-30 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats with white slabs. Catfish are fair to good fishing cut shad off the bottom in 10-20 feet of water. Baited holes are also producing good numbers but will not produce big fish. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Use punch bait for best results on baited holes. Water clarity is 6-10 feet of visibility Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 64 degrees; 2.28 feet below pool. Water is 57 degrees. Crappie are on ledges in about 18-21 feet. Bass are moved to deep ledges. Catfish moved deep to 18-21 feet. Hybrid are in the upper end of the lake main river channel. Report Juan Tienda, local angler.

Raven

FAIR. Water stained; 59 degrees. Not much has changed from last week, with fishing patterns holding steady across the lake. Bank anglers continue to see the most consistent action, while overall conditions and species activity remain similar to recent reports. Report by Aric Brooks, Huntsville State Park.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water normal stain; 64 degrees; 1.05 feet below pool. Before the cold front white bass were fair all throughout the day in shallow water on long points and coves. Later in the morning white bass are shallow in 18-21 feet on long points, coves and ledges. White bass will start to group back up and as the water temps get into the mid high 50s they are also in the deeper water out from structure. When the water drops into the 50s, deep water fishing will improve and dead sticking while thumping will be the ticket. Crappie are slow and in brush piles in 18-25 feet of water, and on bridge columns. Catfish are good in wooded timber in 18-22 feet on prepared punch bait. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Some reports of big blue catfish on the deep flats mid lake. Drifting with large cut bait best. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 0.89 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are fair to good running in pockets, ditches and draws with a swim jig. Crappie are good with natural colored jigs or minnows. Orange and chartreuse or green and chartreuse jigs when the clarity is muddy. Target fish in the middle of the creeks channels in deep holes and pockets, on flats with timber in 12-18 feet or in 25-30 deep brush. Channel catfish are good on baited holes. Blue catfish can be caught on flats with 18-24 feet of water with cut bait. Sand bass are fair on humps with live bait, or slabs. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan's Crappie Co.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 67 degrees; 1.94 feet below pool. Good, water is stained and in the low 60s. Catfish are excellent for eater size fish. Big catfish good and will improve with the cold weather. White bass are good on slabs and spinnerbaits. Overall size is very good size this year. Hybrids are starting to group up and feed up. This is a great time to catch big hybrids deadsticking or on an Alabama rig. When fish hug the bottom you want to deadstick a fluke, and when fish are suspended use the Alabama rig. As the temperature cools the black bass will seek hard cover, such as rock, stumps, and dock poles. Bass can still be shallow, but will use the hard cover. Bass can be caught on jigs, squarebill crankbaits, and chatterbaits. Good Fishing, Terry Hawkins Guide Service Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

SLOW. Water muddy; 59 degrees; 9.03 feet below pool. The lake is 9.3 feet below pool and rising with the recent rain, and water temperatures are in the low 60s and continuing to drop with the cooler air. The creeks and upriver areas have turned a bit muddy, but bass are moving shallow to chase shad in the new water. Spinnerbaits and traps are producing well when covering water and targeting feeding fish, and any remaining grass is holding bass. With water levels rising, most fish are pushing shallow or moving upriver. Crankbaits and swim jigs are good for covering ground, while crappie and white bass are also trending upriver. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Late summer patterns were easing into the fall pattern with water in the mid to low 70s. Expect the water temperature to get in the mid to high 60s after this next cold front. The major populations of bass are in 10-15 feet of water or 20-25 feet of water on main lake drains, or secondary points and creek channel swings. Fish are staging to chase bait in the main lake or creeks. The shallow bite is on quarter ounce rattle traps, switching to square bill crankbaits or deep diving crankbaits around timber on main lake flats. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

Somerville

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees; 2.74 feet below pool. The cooler 34 degrees nights are here for the first time this fall, this means the water temperature will start to decline. At the marina all species are fair. On the lake crappie are fair with various jigs and minnows holding tight to brush in 8-12 feet of water. Catfish are good in 5-12 feet of water on drop-offs with cut shad, punch bait or using jug lines. Black bass are fair on craw jigs and slow plastic baits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are slow trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are slow with jigs or cut bait in deeper water. Bite is slow below the dam. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 50.83 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are good on fresh cut shad and punch baits in 10-30 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.23 feet above pool. Bass are fair using crankbaits and spinnerbaits on rocks from the shore to three feet, with the occasional deeper catch. Catfish are fair with juglines in 5-8 feet of water on flats. Crappie are good to excellent with pink and white or black and chartreuse jigs in 9-11 feet of water on brush or concrete structures. Some crappie can be caught in the crappie house.

Stillhouse

FAIR. Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.81 feet above pool. We are just past peak fall fishing conditions for white bass and hybrid striped bass. The fishing is still excellent and will likely stay this way until the water temperature drops below 60 degrees in a few weeks. Finally our migratory fish-eating birds, like gulls and terns, have begun to arrive and find fish primarily in the mornings. These birds should become more of a fish locating asset in the 3-4 weeks to come. So, for now, sonar still remains the staple for finding fish in 30-35 feet around sunrise and sunset, then 35-52 feet the rest of the day. The MAL Dense worked vertically by cranking it upward through the lower third of the water column assisted by viewing this on Garmin LiveScope is my go-to tactic. When the water temperature hits 60 degrees, we will be switching over to the 3/4 ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab. Bass are being caught from nomadic schools following shad in open water, best located with forward-facing sonar. Mid-strolling minnow-style soft plastics and Alabama rigs are producing fair and steady action in open water and over submerged vegetation. Football jigs are also catching bass around rocky structures. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.49 feet below pool. Fish are heavily feeding after a significant drop in water temperature. Hybrid striper and white bass action has been good. Seeing limits of big hybrids, most trips and white bass. The best depths have been 10-20 feet. Swimbaits and slabs are working best, however, be looking for these fish to move offshore and into deeper water soon. Eatier-sized catfish are very good. Limits of quality channel catfish have been reliable on cheese based punch bait in 16-25 feet. Trophy catfish are good and will improve as water temperatures drop. So far we have seen fish to 65 pounds caught on cut bait. Best depths have been 10-25 feet. Crappie fishing is better this week than weeks previous. Target bridge pilings, docks and vertical timber in 15-20 feet of water. Largemouth are very good with squarebill crankbaits in super shallow water next to dock legs and shallow stickups. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

GOOD. Water stained; 62 degrees; 5.42 feet below pool. Cold conditions have kept anglers off the water this week, with no fishing activity reported. The lake elevation is currently 38.8, and the weather continues to limit access and opportunities. Report by Chad Kinsfather, Lavaca Navidad River Authority

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Striper fishing is good on live bait and sassy shad. Gulls will be working shallow flats early with bigger fish feeding below them. Big schools of fish are moving down main lake river ledges throughout the day in 35-55 feet of water. Drifting has been the best way to keep fish active under the boat. Catfishing now is the time to drift for big blues and catch them on big baits. Whole gizzard shad or rough fish in 40-55 feet of water on deep flats off of the river channels. Eater-sized fish are still piled up in the backs of ditches and deep coves. Look for bass in coves with brush and structure. Bass should start to chase big gizzard shad. Water temps will stay consistent this week near 60 degrees with the cooler nights and warmer days. Main lake points throughout the day will hold fish off the banks in 8-15 feet of water. Still seeing a lot of undersized crappie this fall. Bigger fish will start to move in on brush and structure with the cooler temps and continue to roam flats feeding on gizzard shad. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Stripers are good under the birds or ledges and drop-offs in 10-30 feet of water with slabs. Some reports of anglers using live bait or swimbaits. Some sand bass are mixed in. Sifting through quite a bite of smaller fish to complete a box. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

FAIR. 71 degrees; 4.33 feet below pool. Water temperatures have dropped back into the low 60s and upper 50s, and although the lake didn’t receive as much rain as expected, bass fishing remains strong. The shallow bite in 2-5 feet is productive on swim jigs, traps, and wacky worms, while mid-range fish in 8-15 feet are best targeted with Texas rigs and crankbaits. For deeper bass in 22-28 feet, Carolina rigs, drop shots, and spoons are producing the most consistent action. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

FAIR. Water normal stain; 68 degrees; 12.67 feet below pool. Fishing on Lake Travis this past week has been decent. After the recent cold fronts the water temperature is down to the high 60s. Day to day weather conditions make a huge difference for the bite. Post front days have been slower, but those pre front days when it is overcast and stormy out can be good. The most consistent fishing has been slowing down with a Texas rigged craw or a drop shot targeting steep bluff walls adjacent to large coves. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service. Bass are fair using a variety of techniques, though main lake areas have been the most productive. Shaky head finesse worms and suspending jerkbaits are working well along rocky shorelines where shad are present on electronics. In more stained water, finesse jigs and squarebill crankbaits are catching around shallow brushy cover. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 35.10 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are good on fresh cut shad and punch baits in 5-20 feet of water in flats and deep water structures. Crappie are fair scattered in 14-18 feet of water on brush piles. No catches of white bass to report. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

SLOW. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 1.33 feet below pool. Bream are slow on red worms 6-8 feet. Channel catfish are slow on cut bait and nightcrawlers in 6-8 feet of water. Crappie are slow on minnows or jigs in old creek beds, grouping up in 20-25 feet of water or brush piles in 16 feet. Bass are fair on spinnerbaits, trick worms and crankbaits. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.35 feet above pool. Crappie will be slower after the cold front. Target deeper brush piles in 15-25 feet of water with minnows. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees. All boat ramps remain closed to boats and water levels are extremely low. Kayaks and small watercraft can be launched from the bank but expect challenging muddy conditions. After the recent cold front, slow your presentations down. Weedless presentations tend to be the most effective. Where possible, moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and swimbaits. Texas-rigged worm, craw, and creature bait soft plastics also continue to be effective. Report by Team YAKUSA Report by Team YAKUSA.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 5.33 feet below pool. Bait is starting to transition to the creeks. Bass are slow around docks with crankbaits. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs. A few crappie are showing up in the crappie house. Catfish are fair around rock with stinkbait, cut bait and shad.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 65 degrees. Crappie will start roaming as the weather cools.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 18.60 feet below pool. As the water temperature drops expect crappie to move to deeper brush and use minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait or cut shad.

Whitney

FAIR. Water normal stain; 64 degrees; 1.30 feet below pool. Catfish are good using punch bait in 20-30 feet of water. Striped bass are fair on live bait in 25 feet of water. Crappie are fair on main lake brush 20-30 feet of water. White bass are slow on slabs in 20 feet of water. Largemouth bass are fair using soft plastics on deep structure and around docks. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

GOOD. Water normal; 62 degrees; 1.52 feet below pool. Bass are slow with a few catches using slow bait presentations. Crappie are slow. Sand bass are good bouncing jigs and slabs off bottom near schools of shad. Catfish are good on shad off points. Report by Michael James, local angler.

Wright Patman

FAIR. Water normal stain; 55 degrees; 3.68 feet above pool. Crappie are good on deeper timber and brush. You can also find crappie roaming and suspended. Fish are biting on 2 inch shad colored plastic jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Houston

GOOD. Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Recent rains have reduced water clarity in both the East and West Forks, while the south end of the lake offers the clearest and most productive water, with some back lakes off both forks still holding good fishable conditions. Flow is present, so boaters should stay in marked channels and watch for debris. Largemouth bass are moving shallow with the warming water and biting spinnerbaits, topwaters, crankbaits, twitch baits, grubs, and Texas-rigged plastics in green or dark colors. Crappie are tight to structure in main channels and overlooked areas, hitting minnows and hand-tied jigs. Catfish are coming on stinkbait and fresh shad fished on the bottom, though jug fishing has been only fair. White bass remain the most active species, feeding on paddle tails, trolled Pet Spoons, and live shad around humps on the south end where clarity is best. Always wear your kill switch and be safe! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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