Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of October 15, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. 74 degrees; 3.29 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 15-20 feet over brush. Catfish are fair on cut baits and prepared baits in 10-15 feet of water. Report by Randy Britton, The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water very stained 81 degrees; 59.54 feet below pool. Good morning conditions this week on Lake Amistad, with water temperatures holding in the high 70s to around 80 degrees. Bass fishing has improved in the shallows, especially around newly flooded vegetation using buzzbaits and flipping plastics. Some anglers are also catching fish deeper, in 25+ feet of water on plastics. One angler reported a solid crankbait bite in mid-depths, a good sign that fall patterns are starting to set in. Cooler weather and dropping water temperatures should continue to fire up the fish for the fall feed. Report by Kurt Dove, Amistad Bass Guide

Aquilla

GOOD. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 1.37 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are good on brush piles in 15-20 feet of water on minnows and jigs. Bass are good on spinnerbaits in 3-10 feet of water. Catfish are good in the timber on 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; 90 degrees; 3.20 feet below pool. Shad have migrated to the shallows, so most game fish that feed on shad are active in the 1-10 feet of water. Bass are good moving to shallow water to feed on shad. Crappie are great congregated in big schools around brush, timber, and in the channels. Catfish are great, fish are feeding around the main river and creek channels. White bass are great. Report by Cade Rudiger, local angler.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.92 feet below pool. Catfish are starting to move up on the drop-offs and shallow water in 10-15 feet of water. Drift through these areas with fresh cut shad. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown's Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Fall is upon us as cooler nights approach. Bass are starting to feed on shad off main lake points and flats. When you can find bass use a topwater or a spoon. Start thinking about fishing shallow in the mornings and evenings using a weightless 5 inch stick bait or 5 inch soft jerkbait. Mix in a hollow body frog and spinnerbait shallow as well. Crappie are schooled up on main lake brush piles and deep grass lines in 12-20 feet of water hitting crappie jigs or minnows. Water clarity 3-4 feet of visibility. Report by Captain Kirk Pasalich, Artifishable Guide.

Austin

GOOD. Water clarity good; 82 degrees; 0.56 feet below pool. Bass are holding around submerged vegetation in 12 feet or more of water, biting best on drop-shot rigged finesse worms and light Texas-rigged stick worms. For anglers chasing a bigger bite, skip a hollow-body frog under overhanging cypress trees near shallow inside grasslines. Weightless soft plastic stick worms and poppers fished early or late in the day around the shallow grass will also draw strikes. The early morning hours continue to offer the best action. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.06 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; 90 degrees. Bass are good with small topwaters, frogs and jerkbaits will get some bites as well as a shaky head with a finesse or trick worm. The discharge or the intake side is a good place to start. Look for some bass schooling up after shad. Later, move out to ledges or any rock you can find and work a jig or any Texas rigged soft plastic to get bit. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Belton

GOOD. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. As summerlike weather continues to grip Central Texas, the normally fantastic fall fishing is just now beginning to kick in. The thermocline has dropped below the 50 foot mark, so all bottom areas shallower than that are now usable by fish and concentrations of white bass and shad are beginning to increasingly use bottom with each passing day. This week the low-light morning bite has been weak, with the best fishing kicking in around 8:15-11:15 a.m., especially if there is any breeze at all. After sunrise and before sunset, use SI to find fish in 30-45 feet and more often than not they will give a fair response to the MAL Heavy Lure with chartreuse tail worked vertically by cranking it up off the bottom for at least 6 handle turns. As a bonus, with water now sufficiently oxygenated down to 50 feet, a deep blue catfish bite is beginning to uptick as well. A go-to for blue catfish for a second week in a row was to chum an area, return to it later, refresh with chum, and then fish with doughbait. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are fair. Shallow sand flats and wind blown banks have been consistent for blue catfish under 10 pounds. Larger catfish have been caught along river channels and underwater timber. Channel catfish are good on punch bait around submerged timber. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 2.94 feet below pool. Crappie are good on live minnows in 18-30 feet on brush piles and timber. Catfish are good in 20-30 feet on cut bait. Hybrids are fair on live bait in 25-45 feet of water. Report by Hundley's Guide Service.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water stained; 89 degrees; 1.09 feet below pool. Crappie are excellent from 10-25 feet of water in the river channels. Fish will transition to creek channels for the next few weeks. Focus fishing efforts west of the Highway 21 bridge to midlake. Minnows are best, but jigs will catch a few bites. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Bois d'Arc

EXCELLENT. Normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.69 below pool. Bass are good with buzz baits, topwater frogs, choppos and poppers early around pond weed. Mid morning switch to squarebill crankbaits and chatterbaits around old pond dams 3-7 feet. Bass are good on Texas rigs, but best on creature baits around big timber and bushes on flats 7-12 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Crappie are good in deep trees in 15-30 feet of water suspended in 15-22 feet. Fish are transitioning and related to the bottom due to the northern wind. As a southern front moves in expect the fish to rise again. Secondary creek channels and bank line break lines are good. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.50 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Braunig

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; Redfish are fair, with catches ranging from 3-10 pounds on gold and silver spoons. Black bass, stripers, and catfish remain slow, with limited action reported across the lake. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny.

Bridgeport

FAIR. Water clear; 78 degrees; 3.49 feet below pool. Crappie are good on the docks, and brush piles in 15-30 feet with minnows, or natural colored jigs. Largemouth bass are good using topwaters, flukes, senkos, and chatterbaits on main lake rock and around docks. White bass and hybrids are scattered on main lake humps and points with topwaters, slabs or trolling. Catfish bite is good on cut and live bait main lake humps and in the rivers. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 2.03 feet below pool. Black bass to 7.69 pounds are good in 3-8 feet of water on topwater frogs in the shoreline grass with some fish on flukes, chatterbaits, crankbaits and jigs in the brush 5-12 feet. Crappie are excellent to 13 inches on minnows and jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles in 10-20 feet of water. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night and schooling action in the open water of the main lake. Catfish are good on jug lines with cut shad or perch on the main lake flats and drains 10- 25 feet of water.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees. The bass bite is improving on brush piles and offshore structures with finesse style baits. The dams are producing bites during lowlight hours of the day. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.91 feet below pool. The water is slowly clearing but most of the lake is stained in color. Trolling for stripers showed signs of improvement with a few keepers caught. Topwater schools slowed some over last week, but the ones that did surface were large fish. The best depths to target have been 15-35 feet of water. Still waiting on a cold front, rain event or 3 days of consistent winds to change the water conditions and the stripers attitude. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. A few more keeper size hybrid stripers are being caught but the bite continues to be slow with live shad or trolling with downriggers and umbrella rigs. A few catches of catfish to report. Some quick topwater action as small schools of white bass and hybrids surface briefly. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Caddo

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; water level at 168.65 feet. The bass are schooling all over the lake and in the river and bayou systems. You can catch bass on the lake with a fluke, chatterbait, swimbait or frogs. The fish in the river can be caught on swimbaits, dropshots and light Texas rigs in June bug color. Some bass relating to lily pads and grass can be caught on topwater frogs, or punching if you want to power fish the jungle. Some white bass are starting to school in the river, and those can be caught on an underspin, small rattletraps or small swimbaits. Lake conditions are looking good for this time of year, but navigate the back water trails with caution as salvinia becomes more prevalent. It is always a fun experience to fish this majestic and divine lake we call Caddo. Report by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GREAT. Water stained; 88 degrees; Redfish action has been excellent, with catches averaging 5-10 pounds. Catfishing is also strong, with both channel and blue catfish biting well in 5-25 feet of water. Striper and black bass have been slow, with limited activity reported this week. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny

Canyon Lake

SLOW. Water stained; 81 degrees; 18.11 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are schooling around submerged hydrilla. Look for shad on the surface and fish surfacing. There are a lot of fish, but they can be picky. Small jerkbaits, crankbaits, soft plastic shad imitations, and spoons worked quickly work best. Weightless worms along the edge of the grass and stick-ups in the afternoon have been the ticket to producing numbers later in the day. With all the shad on the surface, there are small amounts of striper schooling midlake, early in the morning. 3/4 ounce war eagle spoons, and umbrellas rigs can help seal the deal. As the water temperature gets lower, this action should last longer and longer and will become much more abundant going into winter. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 77 degrees; 2.34 feet below pool. Consistently finding the best hybrid action in 13-18 feet of water with slabs, and spinnerbaits using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling spoons with a hellbender set-up at 3 mph in 13-17 feet of water is absolutely crushing the white bass on several humps throughout the lake. As water temperatures decrease into the low 70s we will target big hybrids on shallow ledges and humps with Alabama rigs. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck's Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are good on main lake humps and points in 16-24 feet of water using cut shad on the bottom. Lots of small fish with some decently sized fish mixed in. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 37.82 feet above pool. The North Shore boat ramp is open - please contact Texas Parks and Wildlife for more information, as other ramps remain closed. Water temperature is around 85 degrees, and bank fishing has been excellent all over, with good catches of black bass, crappie, and both channel and blue catfish. For the latest updates, reach out to the Texas Parks and Wildlife office. Report by Manny Martinez, Fishing With Manny

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 15.68 feet above pool. Fishing conditions are pleasant with nice weather, and anglers are having success using minnows and worms, which are producing steady bites across the lake. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals

Coleman

SLOW. Water stained; 82 degrees; 2.43 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; 91 degrees; 2.22 feet above pool. The water remains stained with temperatures in the high 80s to low 90s, and the lake is near normal pool level. Bass fishing is very slow, while crappie are fair, with decent action coming off brush piles. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake

Comanche Creek

90 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. Comanche Creek has reopened and anglers are lining up to get on this reservoir. Largemouth bass are good to excellent on Texas rigged worms and shallow crankbaits on the upper ends. Channel catfish limits are good to excellent on cut or prepared baits. Tilapia catches continue to be best on worms fished under a cork. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Conroe

GREAT. Water stained; 82.4 degrees; 0.76 feet above pool. Catfish are improving with fewer small fish being caught, and baited holes or drifting shallow flats with natural baits are producing well. Bass reports are strong, with good fish on edges at first light and under docks or offshore structures during the day; poppers and shallow-running baits work early, switching to Ol’ Monster Plum midday. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Crappie are being found on structure and timber in 12-20 feet, mostly juveniles, with minnows, hair jigs, or plastics working best. Hybrid and white bass are schooling on flats and drop-off edges in 14-21 feet, hitting slabs, spoons, and shad, with some smaller schools mixed in; check the tooth patch via the Outdoor Annual app to distinguish hybrids from whites. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 2.84 feet below pool. Crappie are good with some fish still shallow in 2-6 feet of water at the base of trees, and some fish have transitioned to the creek channels in 15-20 feet of water. Minnows are preferred over jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

SLOW. Water stained; 81 degrees; 16.63 feet below pool. This week’s weather will bring overnight lows in the upper 60s and daytime highs in the upper 80s to low 90s, with Saturday expected to reach around 94 degrees. Winds are currently around 8 miles per hour with gusts up to 11 miles per hour. Fishing has been slow in our area this week, with few bites and catches to report. Report by Glenwood Weber, Weber's Landing

Cypress Springs

FAIR. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.81 feet below pool. Crappie are primarily on structure, but a few are transitioning to roam in creek channels. The best bite is on minnows, but a few bites can be had on jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

FAIR. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 2.59 feet below pool. Catfish are good on manufactured bait and cut shad. Black bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows around boat docks and over brush. Perch are good on nightcrawlers. Sand bass are good on slabs in deep water over humps. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 46.68 feet below pool. Not much has changed this week, with bass still biting well on rocky points and ledges. Anglers are catching good numbers shallow in 1-4 feet of water on shallow-running crankbaits, while the better-quality fish are holding deeper in 8-12 feet around rocky structure and brushpiles, hitting senkos. The lake is about 46.5 feet low, with the only public launch available at the state park. Overall, fishing is fair to good, and water temperatures remain in the mid to upper 80s. Report by Jimmy Steed, Lake Falcon Guide Service.

Fayette

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; full pool. The lake is turning over. Some bass can be caught early in front of reeds or over grass with rattle traps, and underspins. The bite is slow after the morning bite shuts off. Cast Carolina rigs, shakyheads and drop-offs in 14-16 feet of water later in the day. The average fish is about 3-6 pounds. Some bait fish can be seen surfacing along the banks early in the morning. Thermocline is still present in 12-15 feet of water. Boat traffic has slowed. Few catfish anglers on the water. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen's Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.86 feet below pool. Bass are good with yellow magic and buzzbait topwaters around grass, and rage swimmers around grass in 1-4 feet of water. Carolina rigs are good on points and tree lines in 10-12 feet of water. Bass are fair with deep crankbaits in 22-25 feet on long points. Shad patterned baits are best. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Black Bass are beginning to school in open water. Fly fish with small top water patterns. Cooler nights will drop water temperatures and bass will move shallower. Streamers are enticing bass early and late. Bream are shallow, try small hoppers. Sandbass are schooling mid-lake. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is getting better and better as we head into fall. Fish are beginning to stack up and feed well. Black crappie are loading up at the base of trees, some brush piles, underwater bridges and we should see them on bridges soon. Look for those fish in 13-22 feet of water. White crappie are loading up on trees and brush piles in 13-32 feet and should be moving towards the dam and deeper water soon. Minnows are working well and small hand tied jigs are also producing. We have had good luck with larger minnows threaded onto 1/16 ounce jig heads for white crappie on timber. Soft plastics should also get you bit as water temperatures drop down. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

SLOW. Water stained; 4.89 feet below pool; 78 degrees. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Hybrids are becoming more active on wind blown banks. White bass are good on points using lures. Report by Big Country Guide Service.

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 82 degrees; 8.00 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. Reports of bass biting in the San Gabriel River above the steps.

Graham

GOOD. Water stained; upper 80 degrees; 3.02 feet below pool. Crappie are good with minnows in 12-14 feet on main lake brush. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling on shad in pockets and creeks. There is a good bite on jigs and spoons. Catfish are good on main lake flats feeding on shad. Use cut shad and chicken liver. Bass are shallow schooling on shad in pockets. The bite is good on topwater and crankbaits.

Granbury

GOOD. normal stain; 80 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. Water temperatures continue to be around 80 degrees and are sure to fall. The heat up this past week started heating the water back up but that should not last too much longer. Water levels are around a foot low. Lots of anglers are catching sand bass on spinnerbaits and slabs mid lake. Some fish are schooling early and late. Striped bass are slow to fair to 7 pounds on live bait fished on the lower ends. Look for some bird action to point you to active fish. Osprey can point you to active fish. The gulls have not returned in full force yet. Largemouth bass numbers are good with an occasional bigger fish mixed in. Some early morning topwater action is occurring and many of the largemouth are schooling with the sandbass. Lipless crankbaits and soft plastics are producing. Catfish action continues to be good on cut and prepared baits on many areas of the lake. Best action for Blues are in town to near Hunter Park.Crappie action continues to be good to excellent on small minnows and jigs worked near submerged structures. Best crappie reports are from in town to near Indian Harbor. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Fishing remains consistent this week. Black bass are good on plastic worms fished in shallow cover all over the lake. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 4-15 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over points and main lake ridges. Blue catfish are good on jug lines. Yellow catfish are good on live bait fished around cover all over the lake. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 1.20 feet below pool. White bass are good along the south bank casting slab spoons under the birds. Lots of undersized sandies to sift through. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O'the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 50.15 feet below pool. Reports of good catches of sand bass on minnows. Few reports of crappie.

Hawkins

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 84 degrees. Topwater early and late will produce good black bass and bream action. Small white poppers working shallow around the shoreline are a good bet. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

FAIR. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.22 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; 80 degrees; 13.35 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

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.90 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good around docks in 8–14 feet of water on a dropshot rigged finesse worms. Catching steady numbers with the occasional quality fish. Hybrids and stripers are schooling early on the main lake, chasing shad and providing good topwater action. Large schools of shad are thick throughout the lake, so keep an eye out as game fish are often close by. Some dead catfish have been observed recently, with no consistent catfish bite to report. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing,

Jacksonville

SLOW. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Water is clear and in the low 80s. Bass are good on deeper brush with jigs and soft plastics. Morning topwater bite was good on frogs, walking baits, and buzz baits. Suspended fish and schoolers can be caught on minnow type baits and topwaters. Swim jigs are producing around docks.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.09 feet above pool. Crappie are good on flats off the river channel in 15-22 feet of water with 2 inch crappie jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Lavon

FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees; 2.71 feet below pool. Crappie are in 10-20 feet on brush timber and standing timber with minnows and jigs. White bass are very active until 9 a.m. in 10-20 feet of water. Check every main lake point until you land on a school. The best bite is on white or chartreuse 1 ounce slabs. Catfish are on flats near drop-offs in 10-15 feet of water with punch bait, stink bait and cut bait. Have a spot chummed out before you get there will make it way easier. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Crappie fishing has slowed to fair in 15-20 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. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Water clarity 2-4 feet of visibility. Bass are good with a white spinnerbaits in the mornings around shallow structure. As the sun rises the fish are moving to deeper main lake points. A Texas rig worm and drop shot have produced. Crappie bite has been fair in brush piles around 18 feet of water. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 1.36 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady, but as the water cools more white bass should be showing up on humps and points. White bass are fair on points and humps in 15-32 feet of water. Slabs, spoons, spinnerbaits 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 fair to good on cut shad drifting humps, points and flats in 15-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair to good on baited holes on humps and points in 15-30 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. Crappie are slow to fair in 10-28 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. The overall bite is tough right now. Hybrid and white bass are cruising the main lake around points and creek channels. Largemouth are sitting around shallow rocks and brush pretty well through the day.

Limestone

GOOD. Water clear; 77 degrees; 1.64 feet below pool. Shad are moving towards the backs of creeks, so expect fish to follow. It will not be long until fall patterns will be in effect. Crappie are good in 8-15 feet of water on offshore brush, power lines, and standing timber with minnows. Largemouth bass are good on offshore brush, docks, bulkheads and rocks in 4-12 feet of water with Texas rigs, spinnerbaits, or Carolina rigs. White bass are on main lake points and flats in 7-16 feet of water with spoons. White bass can also be caught on beetle spins at night around docks with lights. Catfish can be caught with cut bait or minnows on the main lake or at the mouths of creeks. Shad are transitioning to be the backs of creeks. Limestone Marina continues to be the best place for bank fishing. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.

Livingston

GOOD. Normal stain; 82 degrees; 1.01 feet above pool. Catfish - especially blue catfish - are producing fairly well on cut bait in deeper flats and around structure. Largemouth bass are best targeted on structure using Carolina-rigged worms, and the occasional topwater or schooling bass shows up on reaction baits. Crappie are fair to good around brush piles and submerged timber, particularly using minnows and jigs. White bass dominate the lake’s reputation - schools are active, especially in the lower parts of the lake, and slabs, spoons, or trolling tactics are effective. Overall, bite conditions are fair right now, but with the right timing and presentation you can still get on fish.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. As the weather cools, bass should transition to shallow water to feed on bait fish. Cast reaction baits to land a catch.

Martin Creek

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees; 1.40 feet below pool. Bass are good along the hydrilla with senkos and offshore brush piles with deep crankbaits. Crappie are excellent, fish are suspended in timber and brush in 20-25 feet. Minnows and jigs are working well. Sand bass are good on small hair jigs and small slab spoons in 15-20 feet. Fish are easy to find using side scan. Report by Hambone Fishing.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 81.90 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; 79 degrees; 43.24 feet below pool. Largemouth and sand bass have been caught everywhere this week. Some nice largemouth, and white bass have been caught on red and white crank baits, whopper popper lures and minnows. Catfish have been really good this week from the dock, Fritch Fortress and Harbor Bay. Minnows, Worms, stink bait, and frozen shrimp have been best. Crappie have been slow again around the Sanford Yake Dock, North Canyon, and Fritch Fortress. Pearl white and pearl blue are the best colors on grey or yellow jigs and minnows. Bluegill and perch are hitting on worms and corn. Walleye are great throughout the lake day or night. Jigs with pearl blue or white grubs, and white or blue chatterbaits should be in your tackle boxes. Live minnows are working great as well. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.04 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.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.43 feet below pool. Bass are good on Carolina rigged flukes, and Texas rig ribbon tails on deep creek channel swings. Bass are in nice size schools in 12-15 feet of water. Bass are good on bottom baits and deep diving crankbaits. Crappie are excellent in the standing timber, with quality fish and numbers possible. Crappie are in brush piles and secondary points in 12 feet of water, with big ones isolated in 20-25 feet. Catfish are fair on cut bait and liver. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; full pool. The summer pattern is starting to shift toward a fall bite, and with cooler weather just around the corner, it’s a great time to break out the power-fishing gear. Square-bills, jerkbaits, glide baits, topwaters, and underspins are all producing action and make for a lot more fun than dragging a worm along the bottom. For now, don’t forget to throw a frog or popper early and late in the day for some aggressive topwater strikes. Crappie remains good, while catfish have been slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Service. Largemouth bass are excellent on a Carolina rig on a secondary point and 12-15 feet, but fish are primarily schooling. The bite on topwater baits and flukes is slowing. Crappie are excellent with white and chartreuse lightweight jigs. Dropping the jig down there and hovering over them with a slow retrieve has been the ideal method. Catfish are poor. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal's ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.95 feet below pool. Shad are still deep, but should be moving shallow as the weather cools. The bass continue to be fair flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 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 sun. Early morning and late evening topwater is also effective for targeting 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 the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. 85 degrees; 0.54 full pool. Catfish have slowed with primarily smaller size fish being caught. The bite seems to be better on shad than other baits. Crappie are staying strong and consistent off brush piles in the lake. Fish tend to be buried in the mud at the very bottom in 12-14 feet of water on brush piles. White bass have slowed with one stray fish here or there, but no more schools. Still a few largemouth bass being caught off minnows from the banks. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 31.15 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 18.50 feet below pool. Black bass are slow to 7 pounds on topwater frogs early in the morning. Then switch to 7-10 inch worms around points or bigger hardwoods in 8-18 feet of water. Plum apple and red bug are the best colors. Crappie are fair suspended 8-12 feet down around hardwood trees. The best bite has been and on minnows and small jigs red and chartreuse. Catfish are good in 5-12 feet of water under droplines, or cut shad on rod-and-reel. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 21.60 feet below pool. Crappie are slow on brush. Bass are slow with soft plastics.

Palestine

GOOD. water stained; 79 degrees; 0.45 feet below pool. The fishing pattern remains consistent for all species, but the quality of fish is improving as fish feed up. Crappie good in 8-16 feet of water on brush, timber and boathouses using hand tied jigs. Catfish are excellent in 3-12 feet of water cut bait and punch bait. Bass are good around boathouses and vegetation at the backs of creeks. Bait fish are transitioning to the backs of creeks.

Palo Pinto

GOOD. normal stain; 85 degrees; 2.33 feet below pool. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait in deep water. Crappie are good around deep brush piles and boat docks with minnows and jigs. Hybrids and sand bass are biting topwaters around the spillway. Gar are biting all day long. Navigate with caution watching for submerged obstacles while the lake is 2 feet low. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.

Pinkston

GOOD. Water light stain; 77 degrees. Largemouth bass are excellent on topwater, poppers, small walking baits as well as flukes. In clear water you want to use a translucent white fluke or topwater bait. Crappie are fair with a white crappie jig. Catfish are fair with live minnows or noodling.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.81 feet below pool. Striper and white bass are schooling on or near the surface early morning and late afternoon. Fish were slow during the full moon, but are now starting to stack upon trees in main lake points. Good numbers of fish with flutter spoons and slabs after the surface schooling stopped. Catfish are good this week with the best bite being mid to late morning on main lake points at 30-35 feet of water using punch bait and fresh cut shad. The bigger fish were caught on cut shad. Crappie bite continues to improve targeting tree tops at 15-30 feet on minnows and jigs. Casting under docks is producing numbers of crappie. Largemouth bass fishing has been slower this week, but should start picking up as the water cools off. Lots of undersized smallmouth bass are being caught on the south end of the lake on crankbaits near the rock points. Report by Captain Casey Armstrong, Hooked Up Outfitters. Stripers are slow to fair with live bait in 20-40 feet of water. Put your baits down in areas that you have marked fish recently and slowly move around with your trolling motor. You will bump into smaller schools of fish, but it will take patience while you wait for a bite. Sand bass are fair to good moving quickly in 20-25 feet of water on main lake points and sand flats. Chrome and white seem to be out producing all other colors. Catfish are still fair to good with shad in 10-20 feet of water fished on the bottom. Baited holes are your best bet to catch 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. Catfish should be spawning, so expect a slower bite. Water clarity is 4-10 feet of visibility but slowly becoming clearer. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 2.11 feet below pool. Catfish are good on the dam side from the bank with worms or cut bait. Report of sand bass and hybrids catches with topwater lures.

Raven

FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees. Not much to report this week, but a group of anglers were catching crappie off the fishing piers using live minnows under bobbers, so it sounds like the crappie bite is picking up right now. Report by Aric Brooks, Huntsville State Park.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 1.75 feet below pool. White bass are fair in the mornings with surface activity starting again on the common flats. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattletraps. Later in the morning white bass are shallow in 16-18 feet on long points, coves and ledges. The best technique is to troll in 12-14 feet of water. White bass are starting to group back up and as the water temperature declines to the mid 70s fish will start to push shad in the flats early and late then be on structure the rest of the day. Crappie are fair on brush piles in 12-15 feet of water, or bridge columns. Catfish are good 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; 1.31 feet below pool. Crappie are good on brush piles in 20-28 feet of water, or timber in 9-14 feet of water. Use live minnows or natural bait colored jigs Largemouth bass can be caught on offshore rocks in 16-22 feet of water with black and blue jigs, or shallow vegetation that is matting up in 4-8 feet of water with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, or swimbaits. Channel catfish can be caught baiting holes. Blue catfish can be caught on flats with 18-24 feet of water with cut bait. Sand bass can be caught on windblown points or humps off the points. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan's Crappie Co.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.40 feet below pool. Fishing over all is fair and the water is slightly stained. The pattern has been consistent for the past few weeks. White bass and hybrid bass are still somewhat slow. Large numbers of eater size catfish are being caught. It is a great time to go out and fill up the freezer. Black bass are going to continue on a boat dock pattern in the major creek arms. They will follow the shad going back into the creeks throughout the fall. Keep it simple and cover water with squarebill crankbaits and chatterbaits. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 8.10 feet below pool. The lake is slowly falling, creating lots of humps and shallow areas, so boaters should use caution. Water temperature is around 90 degrees, and bass are being caught shallow on points and pockets with topwater frogs and senkos, while crankbaits are working on points and drains and jigs or Carolina rigs are producing off ledges and structure. Crappie are starting to stack up on brush and timber, white bass are schooling off points, and catfish have moved into deeper water and creek channels with cut bait working well. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 2.01 feet below pool. Navigate with caution watching for stumps near timber, and stay clear of rocky shorelines. Crappie are slow at the marina, but bluegill remain fair with crickets and worms, and catfish remain good with minnows or punch bait. The main lake bite has slowed some. The crappie are fair with jigs or minnows over brush in 8-15 feet of water. Catfish are fair in 10-15 feet of water near structures with jug lines, cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are slow on crankbaits and soft plastic baits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are fair trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are slow in deeper water using jigs and cut bait. Below the dam, all species are slow with zero water being discharged. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 50.15 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Channel and blue catfish are good on punch bait along the river and creek channels. White bass surfacing activity has stopped, but fish can be caught in deep water off the channels suspended 15-17 feet below the surface. Sandies are chasing bait balls. Crappie are fair as fish transition to brush in the channels with live minnows or jigs. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Stamford

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.84 feet above pool. Quality sized bass are good in 2-5 feet of water with soft plastics. Catfish are slow. Crappie are fair with fish scattered in mid depths and on brush on concrete structures.

Stillhouse

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. As summerlike weather continues to grip Central Texas, the normally fantastic fall fishing is just now beginning to kick in. The thermocline has dropped below the 50 foot mark, so all bottom areas shallower than that are now usable by fish and concentrations of white bass and shad are beginning to increasingly use bottom with each passing day. LThis week the low-light morning bite has been weak, with the best fishing kicking in around 8:15-11:15 a.m., especially if there is any breeze at all. After sunrise and before sunset, use SI to find fish in 30-45 feet and more often than not they will give a fair response to the MAL Heavy Lure with chartreuse tail worked vertically by cranking it up off the bottom for at least 6 handle turns. As a bonus, with water now sufficiently oxygenated down to 50 feet, a deep blue catfish bite is beginning to uptick as well. A go-to for blue catfish for a second week in a row was to chum an area, return to it later, refresh with chum, and then fish with doughbait. As a bonus, schooling largemouth bass, generally less than 15 inches, are very predictably feeding in open water on the surface as they trap shad there. This has been going on for four weeks now and appears to be slowing down, regardless, there is now a small fleet of mostly bass boats chasing these fish around, so, expect company. Small, clear soft plastic baits cast quickly and accurately on well-filled spinning gear into fresh "boils" will get the best reaction. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Larger bass are coming from submerged vegetation in 12–20 feet of water on drop-shot rigged finesse worms. For better numbers, target nomadic schools of open-water bass chasing shad. Small weightless soft jerkbaits and swimbaits have been productive, with forward-facing sonar key for staying on these roaming fish. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Tawakoni

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.20 feet below pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish well as we begin to see the first signs of the lake turning into some fall patterns. The hybrid striper and white bass bite are good. The fish are moving hard looking for good pockets of water. Fish main lake points in 8-15 feet using inline spinners and slab spoons. The eating sized catfish bite is still red hot. Easy limits on half day trips are the standard right now. Baited holes in 12-20 feet using prepared baits such as punch or dip baits. The trophy blue catfish are beginning to feed. We have seen fish in the 20-30 pound range on medium sized pieces of cut baits in 10-25 feet. Crappie are improving under bridges and on shallow brush with the bite on minnows. Largemouth bass are extremely shallow and preferring fast moving shallow crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 3.79 feet below pool. Catfishing is good, while crappie are fair in the north section of the lake. Current lake elevation is 40.40 feet. Report by Chad Kinsfather, Lavaca Navidad River Authority.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool. Striper fishing is good on live bait on main lake ledges in 20-40 feet of water. Fish are still moving fast and have plenty of shad to choose from. Small slabs in 8-15 feet of water on shallow flats for small stripers and sandbass. There is still random surface action going on morning and evenings. Catfishing is good near baited holes on punch bait fished near the bottom in 18-25 feet of water. The backs of creeks along flats and near deep water for channels. Blue catfish are stacked in 40-50 feet of water on ditches biting whole threadfin and cut shad. Big blue catfish will be roaming the deep flats soon in 50-65 feet of water drifting whole gizzard shad and rough fish. Crappie are on the brush piles and in docks in 12-18 feet of water with jigs. Use electronics to locate active fish on brush, but still seeing a lot of smaller fish. Bigger crappie are roaming near creeks and stumpy flats. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass are off the banks on brush in 8-12 feet of water. Electronics are key to find brush on Texoma. With so much bait in the lake fish will not have to pull up as shallow. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Stripers are still hit-or-miss, but the bite should improve as the weather cools. The best fish can be caught early on topwaters, then take the topwater to deeper water switching to slabs as the sun rises. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

FAIR. 90 degrees; 4.24 feet below pool. Water temperatures remain in the mid 80s, but a cool front is expected to move in over the weekend. Fishing has been tough so far, but once that cooler air arrives, the bite should improve quickly. Conditions right now feel more like September fishing than mid-October. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 10.76 feet below pool. Bass are improving due to the cooler evening temperatures, but the most consistent fishing still has been deep. Targeting rocky ledges in 15-25 feet of water with a free rigged 6th Sense Bodega or a 3/8th ounce football jig has been working well and producing better size fish. If you are out early there is a topwater bite to be had the first two hours of the day. A 6th Sense Catwalk in bone has been good, fished around shallow brush adjacent to creek channels. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick's Guiding Service. Bass are biting along 45-degree sloping shorelines with a mix of rock, brush, and docks, mostly in less than 15 feet of water. Drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been the most consistent producer. Weightless soft plastic jerkbaits are also working well early in the morning before that bite fades after the first couple of hours. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Twin Buttes

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 34.33 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are fair in shallow water around brush with cut bait or punch bait. Crappie are fair as fish transition to brush in the channels with live minnows or jigs. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

FAIR. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 1.31 feet below pool. Bream are good on red worms throughout the lake. Catfish are fair on liver and nightcrawlers. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in 8-12 feet of water, and on brush piles in 25 feet. Bass are fair on trick worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool. Crappie are good to excellent on live bait and purple and chartreuse ⅛ ounce artificials in 10-20 feet of water on brush or structure. Large quantities can be caught but the quality is off. Black bass up to 6 pounds are good on topwaters in the early morning, or deep diving crankbaits on ledges. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees. The boat ramp remains closed to boats. Kayaks and small watercraft can be launched from the bank. Thick mats of hydrilla throughout the coves and flats have made it difficult and weedless presentations tend to be the most effective. Where possible, moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and swimbaits tend to work well. Texas-rigged worm, craw, and creature bait soft plastics also continue to be effective. The early morning frog bite and afternoon punch rig are still producing bites. Report by Team YAKUSA.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.44 feet below pool. Water visibility 8 inches. Bass are slow around docks with crankbaits. Crappie are slow on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are good around rock with cut bait and shrimp. Bait fish are primarily congregated in the main lake, with some fish shallow.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 90 degrees. Crappie will start roaming as the weather cools.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 17.88 feet below pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with minnows or hand tied jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait.

Whitney

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 1.07 feet below pool. Catfish are good using punch bait in 20-25 feet of water. Striped bass are good with live bait in 25 feet of water, or topwater baits where fish are schooling. Crappie are in the main lake brush in 15-30 feet of water. White bass are slow on main lake humps in 25-30 feet of water. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics on deep structure. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.

Worth

GOOD. Water normal; 82 degrees; 1.50 feet below pool. Bass fishing are good against any structure in shallow water. Crappie fair around bridge columns with minnows. Catfish are good in timber with punchbait. Sand bass are chasing schools of bait on the deep end of the lake hitting slabs. Water clarity is normal and is at 82 degrees midday. Report by Michael James, local angler.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 4.11 feet above pool. Crappie are good in the timber outside the creek channels and the sides of the river channel in 12-18 feet of water with hair jigs tipped minnows. Brush piles are producing smaller sized fish. Bass can be caught on main lake points with swimbaits. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Houston

GOOD. Water clear; 82 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Water clarity on the south end of Lake Houston is around 1.5-2 feet, with light flow throughout the lake creating good conditions for largemouth bass fishing. Bass are hitting early and late around riprap and rocky areas on deep or shallow-diving crankbaits and spinnerbaits, then moving to deeper points and submerged structures as the sun rises, where grubs, Texas-rigged worms, and swimbaits are productive. Crappie fishing is excellent in river channels 10-14 feet deep, especially near structure; live minnows or hand-tied jigs are working best in murkier areas like East Fork and Lucious Bayou. White bass are schooling on the south end around humps in 12-14 feet, biting slabs and trolled gold pet spoons. Catfish are steady near the train tracks, 1960 bridge, and river channels, with jug lining using fresh shad producing well. Gar fishing is strong upstream on both forks using rattle traps or bobber and bait setups. Always wear your kill switch and be safe! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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