Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of August 13, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 85 degrees; 1.80 feet below pool. Crappie are good over brush in 18-28 feet using jigs and minnows. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water very stained 82 degrees; 60.87 feet below pool. Lake conditions are holding steady with no significant changes from last week. Report by Shon Riley, Lake Amistad Fishing Guides

Arlington

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 0.75 feet below pool. The bite has been solid early in the morning on topwaters and crankbaits. As the day progresses, fish are transitioning to points and brush piles, where worms, creature baits, and jigs are producing well. Now is a great time to cover water early, then slow down and target structure once the sun gets up.

Arrowhead

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.97 feet below pool. Blue catfish can be caught drifting on fresh cut shad in open water in 25-35 feet. The white bass have been schooling up around the state park entrance out to open water and along the dam and over in Sailboat Cove. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.09 feet above pool. Bass are good and can be caught in grass 8-12 feet with Texas rigged worms, wacky rig senko and crankbaits. Bass are also good on brush in 15-18 feet with spoons and Texas rig worms. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush.

Austin

GOOD. Water clarity good; 81 degrees; 0.58 feet below pool. Fishing has been decent the last couple of weeks. Shallow grass early with a weightless bait and fishing deeper grass edges in 10-15 feet during the daytime. Dropshots around brush piles out deep have been decent. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.29 below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Target bass in shaded areas or submerged vegetation with a slow approach.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees. Look for bass shallow near reeds early and throw frogs, wake baits and other small topwaters to get bit. If you find any grass or lay downs, flip a craw or creature bait around those. Later, move to deeper water and look for any schooling bass and throw clear topwaters or small swimbaits and let it sink down to the school to get a bite. If they're not schooling, drag a Carolina rigged fluke or finesse worm or jig across humps and ledges. Watermelon colors work best. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

GOOD. 87 degrees; 0.82 feet above pool. Water is dropping about 0.06 feet per day with a 337 CFS release ongoing. The high pressure dome over Central Texas brought hot, clear, nearly cloudless and windless days causing white bass fishing to fall off sharply. Lots of popcorn activity, in which white bass churn the surface for just seconds and then disappear. Fish come and go so quickly there often is not enough time to see them, get to them, and then present a bait. Downrigging is the way to go, starting efforts in areas where abundant popcorn activity is occurring, then it's simply a game of "Battleship" in coming across feeding schools. Use number 12 Pet Spoons on downriggers and have a Cork Rig rigged with a Sandy Sandwich ready to go at all times in case a school erupts at the surface within casting distance. The 30 minutes before and after sunrise are the most productive of the entire day right now. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Benbrook

GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 1.29 feet below pool. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait in 20-40 feet with lots of undersized fish. Crappie are fair on live minnows and small jigs with lots of undersized fish. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait in 20-30 feet. Largemouth bass are fair on structure. Report by Hundley's Guide Service.

Bob Sandlin

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 89 degrees; 0.61 feet below pool. The overall bite has been hit or miss with the heat and windless days making an impact. Bass are early morning and late evening, finding more roaming points that have early evening shade. Seeing some topwater action. Crappie are loaded on most structures between 10-30 feet of water, but the best bite has been on brush piles and shallow timber. Did better this week on jigs than minnows. Catfish are still on fire. Channel and blue catfish are very active, seeing the most action in 20 feet of water. Catching them on minnows, stink bait and even some on artificial lures. White bass have been hitting topwater in large schools in the mornings and evenings. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Dock knockers and small clousers should be producing bass and crappie around retaining walls. Look for mid day shade near boat houses. Topwater patterns in lilies should be good at mid and late day. Look for larger fish cruising the brush piles and creek channels. Clousers on sunny rocky shores might draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Bois d'Arc

EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 86-89 degrees; 0.59 feet below pool. Bass early morning bite is short but weedless poppers or frogs on pond weed is best, work flukes on the edge. Pond dams seem to be good all day on Carolina rigs and deep diving cranks in 5-18 feet. Big worms and creature baits are best. Texas rigs are best all over the lake around bushes and big timber on road beds or fence rows in 5-10 feet. Creature baits rule on this lake as well as beavers. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service.

Brady

SLOW. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.35 feet below pool. The lake is low and ramps are closed. There is a temporary use ramp available. It is possible to catch crappie and bass from the crappie house and from the bank

Braunig

GOOD. Water normal stain; 94 degrees; Redfish action is good in parts of the lake, especially near the dam and in front of the power plant, with anglers having success trolling and casting golden or silver spoons as well as a wide variety of plastics, including H&H and Bass Assassin, in 10-15 feet of water. Stripers, black bass, and catfish remain slow, but bank fishing for redfish with live bait has been excellent at times. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.

Bridgeport

FAIR. Water clear; 88 degrees; 1.35 feet below pool. Crappie bite is fair on dock poles and brush piles on minnows. Largemouth bite is decent using jigs, deep crankbaits, and wacky rigged baits near deep rock and points. White bass bite is good and hybrids are fair on main lake humps with slabs or live shad. Catfish bite is good on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 86-88 degrees; 0.41 feet below pool. Black bass are good to 5.65 pounds in 4-25 feet of water on dropshots with a 6-inch worm in Morning Glory, 7-inch worms and square bill cranks and topwater around the grass. Crappie are good to 12 inches on minnows and jigs in 8-25 feet on deeper large docks with brush on the main lake and on scattered brush piles. White bass are fair to 1.25 pounds on crappie jigs and minnows out of the lights at night. Catfish are good to 15 pounds on jug lines with cut shad on the main lake flats and minnows around the docks. Some catfish are being caught on artificial lures.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees. Bass continue to be good on brush piles and the dam. Shaky head and jig has been the most effective technique. Few fish are up shallow but you may come across a few if fishing slow. The evening bite continues to be most productive. Report by Landon Hernandez, Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

GOOD. Water slight stain; 87 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Striper fishing in 18-20 feet of water on main lake points and humps, trolling with downriggers and live shad. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

GOOD. Water stained; 87-88 degrees; water level at 168.60 feet. The lake is setting up good with the pads and grass finally coming out thick as the level of the lake falls to more normal levels after all the rain this year. Have a frog, fluke, worm or a buzzbait ready to throw around the edge of the pads or up in the pads and grass. Look for the birds or listen for pads that pop to help find productive spots that would be holding bass because of the bait. Around the trees try a Pop-R or a Texas rig worm in a junebug color, a Senko is still good and a shaky head is also good. In the river you can use a dropshot, shaky head or light Texas rig to catch them - just look for cuts and turns in the river where the shad are holding up. Lake looks good and is fishing good and is always a good 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 normal stain; 95 degrees; The lake is about 2 feet low, but redfish action is excellent across all parts, especially in shallow waters 5-10 feet deep, with anglers finding success using plastics (H&H, Hoagie Bait, Bass Assassin in various colors), gold and silver spoons, both trolling and coasting. Catfish action is also excellent, with channel catfish and blue catfish being caught in 15-25 feet of water on tilapia, stink bait, punch bait or cheese bait. Stripers and black bass are slow at the moment, but bank fishing overall has been outstanding. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 16.38 feet below pool. The lake continues to stabilize following recent flooding. The Corps of Engineers has opened ramp 17, providing better access for anglers. Bass fishing is showing signs of improvement with some good catches being reported. It's been tough since the flood, but fishing patterns are starting to emerge as the lake stabilizes

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 86-88 degrees; 0.75 feet below pool. Big numbers of white bass and several trophy-class hybrid stripers have hit the deck. We are consistently finding the best action in 15-22 feet of water. Good go-to setups include a variety of slabs, spinners and the always-reliable yellow bladed Bo Blade spinner using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling Pet Spoons with a hellbender set-up at 3 mph in 13-17 feet of water is absolutely crushing the white bass. Water temperatures are currently holding around 86-88 degrees and will continue to rise as summer heats up over the next couple of weeks. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck's Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are good anchoring on humps in 12-24 feet using small shad or cut shad on the bottom. Drifting larger cut bait like carp, drum or big gizzard shad on flats in 10-25 feet all around the lake. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water normal stain; 97 degrees; 36.48 feet above pool. Bank fishing of the lake is producing crappie, white bass, catfish, and freshwater drum. All boat ramps remain closed, for the latest updates and conditions, contact Texas Parks and Wildlife. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 14.33 feet above pool. Fishing has been good, with catfish, bass, and especially crappie biting well at night. While there is still some action in the mornings, the bite is noticeably stronger after dark. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals

Coleman

FAIR. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 1.33 feet below pool. Black bass to 2 pounds are slow in 10-20 feet of water around the lake off points with a scope minnow. Crappie are excellent to 14 inches on minnows in 8-15 feet under docks in Rattlesnake Cove on the right side going in. Hybrid bass are good to 6 pounds on squarebill crankbaits in the lighted docks. Catfish are slow on prepared bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

Coleto Creek

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 93 degrees; 0.63 feet above pool. The lake is near normal pool level, and bass fishing is slow overall, though some early action can be found off extended points and around standing timber in 7-10 feet of water, with plastics continuing to produce the best results. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake

Comanche Creek

Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.

Conroe

GREAT. Water stained; 89.6 degrees; 0.40 feet below pool. Finding a thermocline sitting at 32.5 feet. Catfish action has slowed recently, especially in baited areas. Still, some good catches come off ledges near structures and across flats. Drifting may be most effective. Largemouth bass are biting consistently around offshore structure and deeper docks on crankbaits, jigs, and soft plastics. Bream are excellent just about everywhere from 1-20 feet deep on docks, rocks, brush, and structure using worms and crickets. Crappie are fair to poor, holding tight to brush piles, standing timber, and submerged structure in 15-25 feet using slower presentations with minnows or jigs. Report by Bradley Doyle, Bradley's Guide Service. Hybrid stripers are schooling well and providing solid action, though heavy boat traffic from late morning through afternoon can make them elusive. Being productive using slabs, spoons, or live shad on flats and drop-offs in 14-30 feet. Check the tooth patch to see if it's a white bass or hybrid on the Outdoor Annual app. Always wear your life jacket and stay hydrated. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.77 feet below pool. As the summer temperatures increase, target crappie are in deeper timber along the river channel and brush piles. Start on the edge of the timber line working towards the dam then to the timber in coves. Summer bite is typically best on live bait. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

SLOW. Water stained; 88 degrees; 14.80 feet below pool. This past weekend’s fishing was slow under hot, calm conditions. This past Saturday, two anglers launched at Weber’s and fished for a few hours before the heat and lack of wind drove them in, managing only a Gaspergoo and a blue catfish. The next day, a shore angler from Orange Grove fished for a few hours, with evidence suggesting he caught at least a small channel catfish and a carp. Winds were minimal both days, only picking up slightly late Sunday afternoon, and this morning has started off the same-still, calm, and already very hot. Report by Glenwood Weber, Weber's Landing

Cypress Springs

FAIR. Water normal stain; 89 degrees; 0.44 feet below pool. The overall bite has been hit or miss with the heat and windless days making an impact. Bass are early morning and late evening, finding more roaming points that have early evening shade. Seeing some topwater action. Crappie are loaded on most structures between 10-30 feet of water, but the best bite has been on brush piles and shallow timber. Did better this week on jigs than minnows. Catfish are still on fire. Channel and blue catfish are very active, seeing the most action in 20 feet of water. Catching them on minnows, stink bait and even some on artificial lures. White bass have been hitting topwater in large schools in the mornings and evenings. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide.

Eagle Mountain

FAIR. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.47 feet below pool. Sand bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on deep water brush piles. Black bass are fair early and late evening on topwater baits. Perch are good on nightcrawlers around docks and boathouses. Catfish are good on manufactured and cut bait in 28 feet of water on humps. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 46.38 feet below pool. Trophy catfishing has been strong in 10-30 feet of water using live bait or fresh cut bait such as carp, tilapia, and gaspergoo. Keeper-size catfish are coming from 15-25 feet on stink bait, shrimp, or small pieces of cut bait. Bowfishing has been excellent from the north end to the south, with many anglers reporting great success. Rod-and-reel fishing for alligator gar has also been outstanding, with fresh cut carp, tilapia, and large gizzard shad-fished suspended or on the bottom-producing very well. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; full pool. Grass is looking good, so cast a frog to see if you can get a bass to bite. Bass are good in 20 feet of water biting deep diving crankbaits, shaky heads and Carolina rigs. The bite slows midday. Perch can be caught from the bank to 10 feet of water on nightcrawlers. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen's Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water cloudy to clear; 86-95 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Dog days of summer are here, fish boat docks and lily pads at mid day when bass are seeking cover. Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation early and late. Bream are shallow with wooly buggers producing good fish. Brush piles are the key to big bass. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Early morning bite is good shallow with square bills and chatterbaits on the edge of grass and on shallow points. Mid morning still good with 2.5 square bills and shaky heads in 4-7 feet. Midday bite has seen the fish suspending in 12-15 feet over 18-20 feet. DD 22 in shad patterns are best. Not seeing very many fish on bottom so the oxygen level has changed offshore. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

FAIR. Water stained; 3.66 feet below pool. Bass are slow flipping shallow water. Crappie can be caught with minnows or jigs in shade and brush

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Bass are deeper and a shaky head works wonders on this lake around offshore humps and ledges. Find some lay laydowns in around 3-5 feet and flip those for some good bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; upper 80s degrees; 0.66 feet below pool. Crappie fishing is slow but okay in shallow brush using minnows and jigs. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling around the hot water outlet and are good on slabs and shad. Catfish are out on main lake flats and are good on cut shad. Bass fishing is slow but okay in shallow water vegetation.

Granbury

GOOD. Water good clarity; 88 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Water levels are normal and clarity is good. Thermoclines are developing on many areas of the lake about 20 feet down. The lake has settled out but there are a few floating hazards still out there. Water temperatures are in the upper 80s and low 90s in the backs of sloughs. Sand bass and small striped bass continue to be good on most days early and late on live bait and slabs. Trolling is also extremely effective. Surface schooling action is being reported on several areas of the lake. Largemouth bass are good on topwater early and better near deeper docks and shaded areas later in the day. Soft plastics are effective working the docks. Striped bass to near 10 pounds are fair to good on live shad and trolled or downrigged baits worked on the lower ends. Catfish are best at night and are good on cut or prepared baits on many areas of the lake. Schooling fish have been seen near Blue Water Shores and other reports of schooling near Indian Harbor and the Shores in town. Crappie action is good on deeper structure and near deeper docks on the main lake using small minnows and jigs. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.28 feet above pool. Black bass are good on worms and crankbaits fished around cover. Crappie are good on micro jigs fished over cover in 4-12 feet of water. White bass are fair on slab spoons fished over main lake humps and ridges. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

FAIR. Water clear to slightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.36 feet below pool. White bass are very inconsistent. Some white bass and catfish can be caught on jigging spoons under schooling fish in 40-50 feet of water. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 32 degrees; 48.62 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hawkins

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 88 degrees. Topwater early and late will produce good black bass action. Bream should be making their move shallow for their spawn. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.02 feet above pool. Bass are on deeper brush and shaded docks with soft plastics. Crappie are on deep brush biting minnows and jigs.

Hubbard Creek

FAIR. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 11.93 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good with soft plastics in brush piles. Crappie are on brush piles biting minnows or jigs. Several anglers out trolling for white bass.

Inks

SLOW: Water normal stain; 86-90 degrees; 0.77 feet below pool. Bass are good in shallow water with moving baits like weedless swimbaits or spinnerbaits near shallow vegetation and docks before 9 a.m. Then transition to deeper water but be sure to stay above the thermocline. Target bass in 10-20 feet of water submerged vegetations or rock piles. Slow your approach with big Texas rigged senkos, Carolina rigs, or football jig. Fish are opportunistic and lethargic in the heat so slow the approach. Report Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Jacksonville

SLOW. Water stained; low 90s degrees; 0.06 feet below pool. Water seems a little stained especially in the north end. For bass the bite is extremely tough, with numbers being caught down quite a bit. Caught some fish in pads on a swim jig, and soft plastics are working in brush in 8-20 feet deep and underwater structure, points, humps, and drop-offs. Schoolers and suspended fish can be caught on swimbaits and minnow type baits. There is also an occasional fish that will hit a topwater up shallow. Report by Greg Lotun.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 1.17 feet above pool. Bass are good on shallow flats next to deep water with lipless crankbaits and square bill crankbaits. Topwater baits are good early morning and late afternoon. Crappie are good on slip cork minnows or jigs 12-15 feet of water on brush piles and timber. Report by Brian Vickery Fishing.

Lavon

GOOD. Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 1.24 feet below pool. Crappie have slowed down and changed their eating habits– some days they're munching, some days they don't move, and some days "where are they?" It's not easy unless you get lucky and find that hungry school. Minnows are king. Black bass are good with white and chartreuse spinnerbaits in the mornings along with jerkbaits and soft plastics like the original Slugo worked Texas rigged without weight. If water is super clear, use that technique. If not clear, throw a 3-6 foot crawfish colored square bill around boat ramps and riprap for limits before 8 a.m. After 8 a.m., switch to a 12-foot KVD Series 5 in sexy shad. Soft plastics in watermelon red work well Texas rigged, or creature baits Carolina rigged. Brush piles produce using swimbaits glided over the top. White bass have been at 15 feet consistently. White slabs 1 ounce with treble hooks cut off except one work best at Little Ridge Point, Hybrid Point, and the island tip. Anglers are out by 7:45 a.m. at the latest. Tying a jig 12 inches above your slab on a loop knot catches two fish at a time. The splash brings them to the boat. Catfish are good at 15 feet on flats near drop-offs. Throw maize around the boat and they show up looking like sand bass schooling on your screen. You can limit within an hour or two with punch bait. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 92 degrees; 0.22 feet below pool. Crappie are good 15-20 feet of water with minnows and chartreuse jigs. Water is stained but the flooding has cleared. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water normal stain; 86-89 degrees; 0.89 feet below pool. White bass are slow on points and humps in 15-32 feet of water. Some topwater action with smaller fish has begun in deeper open water. Slabs, spoons, spinners, and live bait are working. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are slow in similar depths as the white bass. These fish have been moving fast. 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 slow to fair on cut shad anchored or drifting humps, points, and flats in 20-40 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair on baited holes on humps and points in 15-35 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. Crappie are slow to fair in 15-28 feet of water. Check brush piles, submerged timber, laydowns, rock piles, and submerged cover close to a drop-off ledge. Minnows and jigs are catching those fish. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water clear; 85 degrees; 1.11 feet below pool. Noodling under boat ramps for catfish will slow down. They still can be caught like that but most will move deeper. Saw the water temp hit 89 this week. Thermocline is from 14-16 feet. Summer patterns will hold on until sometime in September. Crappie are good in 8-14 feet of water on minnows. Offshore fresh willow tree piles are best, but standing timber and concrete pylons are also holding fish. Largemouth bass are good on docks, bulkheads, and brush piles in 4-14 feet of water with Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, chatterbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are good on silver War Eagle Super Slabs in 7-17 feet of water on humps, points, and flats. Catfish are good noodling or on cut bait all the way to 20 feet deep on points, humps, and flats. Lake Limestone Marina will be the best spot for bank fishing as the summer goes on. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.

Livingston

GOOD. Normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Bite has been great in the morning and afternoons. Look for schooling fish right after daylight and late in the evenings. Catching most white bass in 6-17 feet but can be caught on humps in 24-30 feet as well. Ducktracker slabs have been the ticket. Catfish have been decent on flats 10-20 feet. Drifting shad. Largemouth have been good on swim jigs and hitting rocks on wind blown points with square bill crankbaits. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 87 degrees; 0.57 feet below pool. Target bass in the shade of docks on the deeper side of the lake by skipping baits and jigs beneath to target bass in the shade. Fish wacky rigged senkos slowly near the pylons. Report Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Martin Creek

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 94 degrees; 0.58 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good early and late along the hydrilla with swimbaits and Texas rigged worms. Big worms work good on deep brush for larger fish. Crappie remain good in 20-25 feet suspended in brush piles using minnows. Catfish have been good along the dam with Canadian nightcrawlers. Report by Hambone Fishing.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 94 degrees; 79.76 feet below pool. The lake is very low at only 6.4 percent full. Medina Lake is closed due to low water levels.

Meredith

GREAT. Water stained; 83 degrees; 43.26 feet below pool. Bass fishing is good, with sand bass being caught all over the lake - gray or pink jig-heads with red eyes paired with pearl blue or pearl white grubs are producing well. White jerkbaits, rattling shad, and minnows have also been effective for both largemouth and smallmouth. Catfish action is great, especially around Harbor Bay and Bugbee, with shrimp, frozen shad, and cut bait working well; some are even being caught off the docks. Crappie fishing is fair, with catches coming from Sanford Yake area, Blue West, and the shallows around Fritch Fortress. Perch and bluegill are biting great under docks and in shallow areas using worms and corn. Walleye are excellent, especially in the evenings and at night, with minnows, bottom bouncers with floating worm harnesses, pearl blue plastics, white or gray crankbaits, and vibrating blades all producing. Trout action has slowed, with fair results at Spring Canyon and the Stilling Basin. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 1.85 feet below pool. Crappie have improved to fair in 3-4 feet of water. Fish are weeks from spawning. Sand bass are fair around the dam when shad are surfacing. Shad are spawning so the bite should improve for all species. Channel and blue catfish are slow in 15 feet of water. Bass are good pitching creature baits and plastic worms shallow and in hardwoods.

Nacogdoches

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 93 degrees; 0.74 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and dropshots around 15-20 feet of water in the deep water. Crappie are excellent on standing timber for the big ones. Smaller ones are in brush piles on secondary points and big ones are in the timber. Crappie fishing has been really good. Catfish have been poor. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water clearing; 90 degrees; full pool. The lake is at full pool, and the summer pattern is in full swing, likely holding steady for the next few months. The best action is early and late, though those who can handle the heat may still be rewarded midday. Offshore fishing has been productive, with fish stacking up in suspended mode 8-10 feet deep over taller water-be sure to stay above thermocline. Downsized lures, like 6-8 feet divers or underspins in Natural Shad colors, are working well. Larger bites have come near the bottom in 8-10 feet of water, with soft jerkbaits getting most of the action, though a big worm around timber near boat lanes in the backs of creeks can also be effective. Early and late, a frog or other topwater can trigger aggressive strikes. Crappie numbers are good, while catfish remain slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Service.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. The largemouth bass bite has been good flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water. The bass are staying in the shallows but seeking the shadiest places possible around reeds. Don't be afraid to flip back into the thickest cover you can find. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Crappie were fair around main lake boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report by Riley Hindes, Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool. White bass are found off the points in the mornings and evenings. They are moving points and not on one in particular every time. In the evenings they are moving closer to shore and can be caught from the bank. Silver and white spoons are working best, but they are not picky. Crappie are hit or miss. Some days they are packed in the brush, and the next they are in 3 feet of water. A few crappie are still coming off the docks daily. Minnows are the preferred bait. If using jigs, blue and white colors work best. Catfishing has slowed down a little. They are still being caught, but not quite as good as previously. Perch and goldfish whole or cut bait is the preferred bait. Water temperature is sitting about 89 on the surface. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 88 degrees; 29.76 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 16.66 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 6 pounds with one 10 pounder reported caught on a chatterbait. Most bass are being caught on topwater and shallow flooded bushes. Some bass are in 10-14 feet on a 10-inch worm on long tapering points. Best colors are plum, plum apple and red bug. Crappie are slow with scattered reports off deeper trees scattered mid lake on minnows. White bass are on deeper areas mainly at night under lights with minnows as well. Catfish are still good in 10 feet or less throughout the lake on a variety of baits, mainly channel catfish. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 20.35 feet below pool. Few reports due to the fluctuation of water level. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Fishing is a little tough this week. The weather has the fish in a bit of limbo but there's still plenty around. Crappie are fair on brush in 12-18 feet of water on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait around brush and timber. Bass are slow but a few are being caught around docks in the shade. White bass and hybrids are scattered but some are being caught trolling on points and roadbeds.

Palo Pinto

FAIR. Water clear; 89 degrees; 0.91 feet below pool. Light conditions are looking good but the lake is going down a little at a time with no rain and a lot of sun. Blue catfish are slow with cut bait early in the mornings and at night using carp and drum for cut bait. Black bass and crappie are slow with few reported catches. Sand bass and hybrids are slow with most reports of catches in deep water by the spillway. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.

Pinkston

GOOD. Water clear; 84 degrees. Water clarity is clear with 5 1/2 feet visibility. Bass are excellent now on topwater baits and Carolina rigs around grass lines. Crappie are fair on white and chartreuse jigs in timber. Catfish have been good on cut bait and live shiners. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

FAIR. Water stained; 86-88 degrees; 0.21 feet below pool. Water clarity is 2-6 feet of visibility. Stripers are slow with live bait being the best option. Nothing is being caught trolling. Look for them in 20-40 feet of water. They are moving fast, so slowly move around and pick them off one at a time until you find a good school. Staying on top of the school can be extremely tough as they move fast. Sand bass are fair to good in 5-10 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats. Chrome and white colors are outproducing all others. Catfish are fair on cut shad in 10-20 feet fished on the bottom. Baited holes are best to catch numbers but won't produce big fish. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Use punch bait for best results on baited holes. Catfish spawning activity will make them slow for about the next month. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.11 feet above pool. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait with reports of good catches of channels. Patience seems to be key, letting baits sit rather than constantly retrieving is producing better results. Brush piles are holding fish with some good takedowns reported. Striper fishing has been reported by local anglers. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles.

Raven

SLOW. Water slightly stained; 89 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on weedless rigged artificial worms in red-tinted colors with glitter. Anglers should target the cove where the boathouse is located. This area has seen recent success when working the hydrilla grass line. No reports of crappie or catfish in recent weeks. Bluegill are good off of the boathouse dock on hotdogs and worms under a bobber.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water clear; 86-88 degrees; 0.80 feet below pool. White bass have been good in the mornings with surface activity on the common flats. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattle traps. Later in the morning white bass are shallow in 12-16 feet on long points, coves and ledges. Best technique is to troll in 14-15 feet of water. Crappie are slow and relating to brush piles in 12-15 feet of water. Crappie are at bridge columns. Beat the heat and night fish with submerged green lights and minnows. Catfish are slow in wooded timber in 12-15 feet on prepared punch bait. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.53 feet below pool. Things are starting to make a transition and it's getting a little tougher with water temps getting up to the 90s. Crappie are starting to move out deeper to deep brush in 35-40 feet and in trees in 25-40 feet of water. Now they're also moving out a bit and you can catch them better on timber in 12-18 feet of water, brush piles the same. Early mornings on windblown points for sand bass. Channel catfish are about the same - you can still fish baited holes. Sand bass are in 35-45 feet of water. Largemouth bass are on offshore rocks or shallow brush. Nothing fishing good except channel catfish. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan's Crappie Co.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.29 feet below pool. Hybrids have been unusually hard to get to eat on some days. With the electronics these days you can find them, but you have to find the right school that wants to feed. White bass have been off a little, but they are showing up now. Trolling a Hellbender with a Pet Spoon to catch them. Black bass are in their summer patterns. Go with plastics around main lake docks and brush piles. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

SLOW. Water stained; 83 degrees; 6.57 feet below pool. The water is low with large stumps exposed and fish moving back to deeper water. Conditions are changing quickly with bass moving to points, humps, and offshore structure due to water releases. Caroline rigs and big baits are working for the deep bite. There’s some topwater action in the shallows early in places, but fishing is mainly focused on deep structure. With all the water being released, the bite has been challenging. Bluegill are abundant on brush piles. Crappie are fair. Catfish are good in creek channels and off points. Lots of freshwater is still coming in from recent rains, but heavy water releases are making fishing difficult. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; at pool. No water is being discharged at the dam. At the Marina crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets and worms, and catfish are fair on minnows and punch bait. On the lake crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-15 feet of water with late afternoon bite good. Catfish are fair in 10-15 feet of water around structure using cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and soft plastic baits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good in deeper water using jigs and cut bait. Below the dam all species are slow fishing with zero water being discharged. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 86 degrees; 48.59 feet below pool. Few reports due to the fluctuation of water level. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff. Channel catfish are doing good using punch bait and fresh cut bait. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.31 feet above pool. Tournament results from last Saturday were typical - good fish were brought in but nobody caught more than two fish. August makes fishing even harder. Bass are scattered but some nice ones are being caught deep and shallow.

Stillhouse

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 1.15 feet above pool. Fish are up shallow in the flooded brush and the topwater bite is good. Frogs, walking baits and wakebaits are catching some good fish. Look for grass on the flats as well and pitch worms and creature baits around that. You can also work the rock cover deeper with worms to get bit. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Water is dropping about 0.09 feet per day with a 200+ CFS release ongoing. USACE has reopened all boat ramps except Cedar Gap near the FM3481 bridge. The drastic drop in water level and increased water temperature has adversely impacted the white bass fishing for the time being. Any concentrations of fish and shad are very hard to come by. Life seems to be scattered between 25-30 feet deep over the entire lake. Fishing is poor right now and likely to remain so until the release of water is finalized. If you fish, downriggers are the way to go to cover lots of ground; when fish are found, work that area until you stop catching, then down-rig again to find another concentration of fish. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.36 feet below pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish decently as we head into August. Fish are moving often–staying on them has been a challenge. The hybrid striper, striper and white bass bite has been good. Fish are stacking up on shallow points in 10-20 feet. Surface feeding is also happening sporadically in early mornings and late evenings when we have some wind. Slab spoons, downriggers and swimbaits are working equally good. The eating sized 1-3 pound catfish bite is red hot. Limits are being caught daily in just a few hours. Prepared baits such as punch and dip baits are working best. The crappie bite has picked up. Minnows are working best in 12-20 feet near bridge pilings. The largemouth bite is good on frogs at daylight and working over to shallow cranks around dock legs and submerged irrigation intakes. Shaky heads have been good too. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.74 feet below pool. Fishing is good, with catfish biting well on trotlines and both crappie and bass producing good action north of Highway 59. Report by Chad Kinsfather, Lavaca Navidad River Authority.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.23 feet above pool. Fishing with topwaters for the first hour of the day and getting some fish that way, then quickly switch over to slabs to finish filling the cooler. The fish that are being slabbed are out in deeper water and the fish that are throwing topwaters on are in shallower water and it's been very good. It's actually improved since last week. This is the kind of bite expected this time of year and it's been very good fishing. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striper fishing will pick up on the backside of the full moon. Fish continue to school up and make their runs down ledges and across flats. Topwaters, swimbaits and slabs have been working on active schools near the islands and on bluff walls. Catfishing is good on punch bait for channels in 20-25 feet of water near stumps off points and humps in the main lake. Cut shad on deep flats and off river ledges for blues as they are schooled up in deeper water. Crappie can be found on brush and structure in 15-25 feet of water. Fish will be off points and main lake ledges in late summer pattern. Electronics are key in locating active fish. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Toledo Bend

FAIR. 94 degrees; 2.23 feet below pool. Hot summer conditions have made fishing tough, with the early morning topwater bite showing slight improvement-producing a few fish in the 4 pound range on Yellow Magic, Pop-R, and Spooks-but lasting only 30-45 minutes. With no morning cloud cover, the bite shuts down quickly once the sun clears the trees. Main lake ridge fishing has been fair, improving in the afternoon, with Texas rigs and big crankbaits working best in 15-20 feet of water during the last hour of daylight until dark. Crappie fishing remains very slow, with no solid reports this week. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 5.76 feet below pool. Some fish are in the shallow now but the best fish are out in 15-30 feet of water. Throwing jigs, worms and creature baits is working well for these fish. A crankbait thrown along the rocks in the coves and cuts is getting some action. A shallow crank on the top of ledges and cliff walls is good as well as deeper cranks off individual big boulder rocks. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Target bass on submerged brush and mesquite in 10-25 feet of water looking for holes in the brush with soft plastic light weighted Texas rig senkos, or creature baits in watermelon or green pumpkin. Report Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained; 86-87 degrees; 32.04 feet below pool. Channel catfish have been good in the evenings and early mornings using punch bait. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Bream are fair on red worms. Crappie are being caught on minnows in 16-20 feet of water. Catfish are being caught on liver and cut bait in the shallows. Bass are being caught in 10-12 feet of water on crankbaits and topwater. Crappie and catfish are pretty good. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

FAIR. Water stained; 90 degrees; 1.71 feet above pool. Crappie are good with an aggressive bite on brush in 15-20 feet of water on brush with live bait or purple and chartreuse jigs. Black bass are tough. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water slightly stained; mid-80s degrees. The boat ramp continues to be closed and blocked off through 2025. Personal watercraft can still be launched from the bank. Fishing seems to have slowed some, but the lake is still productive. The water levels are up from previous weeks though mostly choked with submerged and surface hydrilla. Working moving baits like crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and chatterbaits over submerged vegetation is still effective. Slower presentations like Texas-rigged and wacky worms, craw and shad profiles, and dropshots are finding more success. Report by Team YAKUSA.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 3.98 feet below pool. Water visibility is 1 foot. Bass are slow around docks with crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair in deeper water with minnows and shad. Catfish are fair with cut bait and shad.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 94 degrees. Bass can be caught in deeper water with crankbaits and Carolina rigs.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 16.69 feet below pool. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in 18 feet. Catfish are good on live bait in 5-10 feet. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Whitney

GOOD. Water clear; 87 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. Catfish are fair using cut bait in 25-35 feet of water. The striped bass bite is fair on live bait in 30-40 feet. Afternoon bites are better. Crappie are up in the main lake in brush in 15-20 feet of water. White bass fishing is fair on slabs on main lake humps in 12-15 feet of water. Largemouth bass fishing is good using soft plastics on deep structure. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.97 feet below pool. Reports of catches of carp with bait balls. Catfish can be caught on punch bait.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 5.60 feet above pool. Fish are in 8-14 feet of water, stacking up on brush. Using minnows and small hair jigs. Fish are holding close to structure. Best bite is on minnows. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Houston

GOOD. Water Clear; 84 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Water conditions are excellent from mid-lake down to the dam, with the west fork also looking good. Largemouth bass are biting well on spinnerbaits fished along the thermocline near structure. Crappie are great on the east fork and in Luces Bayou, taking hand-tied jigs and minnows tight to laydowns and stumps. Catfish are active near the railroad tracks where the thermocline sits at 4-6 feet. White bass action is picking up on the south end, with anglers finding success trolling pet spoons in 10-13 feet of water. Be safe and always wear your kill switch. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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