Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of April 16, 2025

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 65 degrees; 1.99 feet below pool. Crappie are good on brush in 3-18 feet on jigs and minnows. Fish are in spawn and pre-spawn mode. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Amistad

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 67.29 feet below pool. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are moving up river, but some are still hanging back in deeper water. The bite is great on spoons, rattle traps, small swimbaits. Catfish are great on punch bait in 4-6 feet of water. Black bass are good on swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and topwater baits early in the morning. Report by Shon Riley, Lake Amistad Fishing Guides.

Arlington

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Bass are good with fish in all stages of spawn. Good topwater action in the morning, then target any kind of cover when the topwater bite ends. Water temperatures are in the upper 60 low 70s.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 5.93 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 2-12 feet of water shallow on fresh cut shad. Crappie are being caught off the piers at the state park and around bridges. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water normal stain; 74 degrees; 0.31 feet above pool. Water temperature ranging from 70-78 degrees. Bass are good in 5-8 feet of water in grass with Texas rig worms, wacky rig senko and chatterbait. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.

Austin

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.49 feet below pool. Bass are good with a lot of fish biting shallow in the mornings. There is healthy grass growing shallow in the pockets holding tons of bait fish. Weightless flukes fished quickly around these pockets has been good. Bass are guarding shallow fry, and there are still plenty of fish on beds. Seeing some bluegill bedding right now as well. This is a good time to get up shallow with a bluegill imitating bait. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Lake Austin is good for bass. Most bass are done spawning on the mid to lower end. There is still some spawning bass on the upper end, so use Texas-rigged plastics there. A big swimbait will get some good bites as well. Concentrate on docks for some good bites or around deeper hydrilla. The watermilfoil has some fish in it but not as good as the other grass. A small to medium swimbait and any soft plastics work around all of it. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

B.A. Steinhagen

FAIR. Water stain; 65 degrees; 0.35 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.

Bastrop

GREAT. Water stained; 73 degrees. Big numbers of bass can be caught which is typical for spring on Bastrop. Small profiled topwater bites have improved in shallow water. Midday fishing is tough on sunny days with no wind, so continue to slow the approach with weightless presentations. Some bass are still stacked up in the reeds hitting Texas rigs, but fish are primarily spawned out hitting wacky worms in the submerged grass just outside of the reeds. As the water temperature rises to 80 degrees, bass will seek the thermocline and start schooling.

Belton

FAIR. Water stained; 67 degrees; 3.17 feet below pool. The threadfin shad spawn is now going full tilt with spawning fish swarming over windblown shorelines each morning just before sunrise. A brief window exists for sight casting to gamefish and non-game species which pursue these shad into less than 5 feet of water. The MAL Original with chartreuse tail is the go to bait for this scenario. Once the sun rises, white bass and hybrid consolidate into distinct schools in 25-30 feet of water. These fish can be tapped with artificial baits or live shad. The go to artificial is the silver ¾ ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab, especially if most of the fish are on the small size, under 11 inches. If there appears to be greater numbers of mature white bass or any hybrid in your catch, switch to the MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail to target these larger fish. The #4 treble will keep many of the smaller undersized fish off. The morning bite has been ending right around 11:30 a.m., then picks up again around 3:45 p.m. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are excellent. Anglers should search for blue catfish in river channels and around ledges in 20-30 feet of water. Larger cut baits have been effective for trophy size fish. Slow drifting with small cut shad along sand flats will produce eater fish under 10 pounds. Channel catfish are fair but can still be caught on warmer days using punch bait in 15-25 feet of water. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.

Benbrook

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.55 feet below pool. High winds and rain in the weekend forecast. Bass should be in all stages of the spawn. Crappie and white bass should be in the creeks. Catfish should be on rocks.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Water clarity is up to 4 feet in some areas on the north portion of the lake. Bass are good on natural colored Texas rigged creature baits and wacky rigs. All three phases of the spawn are occurring now. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Black bass are shallow in creeks and shallow banks. Fly fishing with craws and clouser minnow patterns should produce bass. Crappie and catfish are moving shallow fly fishing with wooly buggers, slow-sinking small fish patterns, or clouser minnows on sunny rocky shores might draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Bois d'Arc

SLOW. water stained; 60 degrees; 1.61 feet below pool. Bass are moving up to the 2-4 feet on flats with a good bite on flukes, wacky worms, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in 2-4 feet. Creature bait are best, but Texas rigs are good on beds, shallow bushes and big trees in 2-5 feet. Flashy swimmers with rage swimmers in 3-5 feet are good on points and around pond weed. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Crappie are fair as fish transition to a post spawn pattern. The bite should improve in the creeks or mouths of creeks on timber, with some open water fish with plastics over minnows or hand tied jigs. Report by Dan Langston,

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 14.64 feet below pool. The lake is very 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

FAIR. Water stained, 75 degrees. Redfish are being caught off the bank on crawfish and shrimp. Some redfish are being caught from boats trolling around the dam area on plastics and spoons. Channel catfish are being caught around rock lines on cheese bait. Bass are being caught in the weeds on plastics. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 9.17 feet below pool. Sand bass and hybrids remain scattered as they finish the spawn. Fish should be back out in the main lake very soon. Look for topwater action around main lake structures as it becomes warmer. Crappie are in the middle of their spawn, especially in the southern end of the lake. Docks and shallow stick ups will hold fish. Jigs and minnows on slip bobbers should do the trick. Check out quiet coves and bays for spawning largemouth bass using soft plastics and jigs for bedding fish. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.56 feet below pool. Black bass to 7.57 pounds are excellent in 1-5 feet of water all around the lake in spawning pockets on Hag’s Tornados, cheat codes in white or green pumpkin, glides baits and Outlier Frogs. The next spawning wave has moved up on beds. Crappie are good to 11 inches on jigs in 2-10 feet starting to move shallow. White bass are good to 1.5 pounds on crankbaits spawning in the rocks throughout the lake. Catfish to 8 pounds are slow on jug lines with cut bait and off some of the deeper docks nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

Bryan

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees. Following the recent cold front, the bite on Lake Bryan has improved and bass are becoming more active. Anglers are having success using a range of techniques. Bass are being caught on main and secondary points, especially when targeting rock with crankbaits. Shallow brush piles are also producing, with soft plastics and jigs performing well. Additionally, the wacky rig has been effective around grass lines, particularly in protected pockets and shallow flats. With conditions stabilizing, the bite should remain consistent across multiple patterns. Report by the Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slight stain; 69 degrees; 20.19 feet below pool. Fishing remains good if you can keep the undersize schools off your lines. The shad spawn continues at daylight on most sandy shorelines and the white bass are easy picking around the bait. The stripers are biting best on live shad in 1-32 feet of water, depending on the time of day. Be aware the lake has reached the level where the submerged trees are starting to show and many others not far below the surface. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Shad are spawning along wind blown shorelines and main lake points. The last front and the full moon has slowed the bite some but limits are possible. Fishing should improve this week as the weather stabilizes and the pressure improves. Striped bass, hybrid and white bass are good in 7-40 feet with live bait in 14-30 feet of water on main lake points and humps. White bass are also hitting jigging spoons, or small live shad midlake. Crankbaits or topwaters at daylight will land some sandies. Catfish are in 20-30 feet of water. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service. Crappie are fair on brush in 10-20 feet of water with minnows. Channel catfish are good in 15 feet of water. Blue catfish are good in main lake timber in 30 feet of water with cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.40 feet above pool. As of this writing Caddo is at 172 and considered flooded with a few private ramps closed. The lake could fall by the weekend re-opening ramps, so be sure to check ramp status before you travel to the lake. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris in the current. Start fishing for bass in shallow flooded grass, bushes or small trees with a frog or a fluke. There should be some grass mats you can punch also with plenty of water under them. If there are no grass mats, try trees that would be in the 2-3 foot depth at normal pool as the bass may pull out and hold tight to the trees when the lake falls. Texas rig tube jigs or pit boss in junebug or black and blue should be on fire. A senko will still be great, or a swimbait will do good for your males who hang around to guard the fry. While the lake is flooded with current do not forget the river and bayou spots with crankbaits or swimbaits. Always a beautiful time to come see this majestic and divine lake we call Caddo. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship. The Caddo Lake State Park boat ramp, canoe rentals and Mill Pond camping area are closed due to flooding. Be sure to check current status.

Calaveras

SLOW. Water slightly stained, 84 degrees. Redfish are being caught off the bank by the dam on crawfish, shrimp and fish bites. Some redfish are being caught trolling on plastics 15-18 feet. Blue catfish are being caught towards power lines on rock piles with cheese bait and shad. Channel catfish are being caught under over hanging trees in the water on cheese bait. Report by Harry Lamb, Alamo Texas Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 71 degrees; 30.76 feet below pool. Bass are excellent with fish in all stages of the spawn. Target the outside grass lines with a spinnerbait or swimbait, or with a dropshot or Texas rig trick worm on the outside grass lines. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tour.

Cedar Creek

EXCELLENT. stained; 69 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool. Hybrid striped bass and white bass have made a full recovery from the spawn and are now back in the main lake in droves. Fish are on a feeding frenzy! Look for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the dam on edges of drop-offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinnerbaits with a very slow retrieve off the bottom in 17-26 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. The shad spawn is in full swing, so the early shallow wall bite is on fire all over the lake. Fresh caught shad tossed up to the walls on bottom or under a float are a sure way to catch good numbers of nice eating sized catfish. There is still a deeper drifting bite in 12-24 feet of water using cut shad, drum or carp drifted along the bottom. Many fish being caught in the 10-50 pound range. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

Choke Canyon

SLOW. Water stained; 70 degrees; 34.43 feet below pool. Few anglers on the water while the lake level is low and high winds. Call to check conditions before heading out. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Cisco

GOOD. Water slight stain; 60 degrees; 13.26 feet below pool. Weather conditions have been fair and slightly windy with a forecasted cold front for the weekend. Crappie are in shallow water with minnows. Bass are good in deeper water hitting soft plastic worms. Catfish are good on worms in 10-15 feet of water. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

FAIR. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.84 feet below pool. As the weather remains consistent expect fishing to improve. Bass are in all stages of the spawn hitting creature baits and soft plastics. Crappie can be caught with minnows or jigs.

Coleto Creek

GOOD. Water normal stain, 68 degrees; 1.62 feet below. Bass fishing is consistent on soft plastic lizards and craw worms in 2-7 feet of water on reeds and stumps. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake.

Comanche Creek

0.31 feet below pool. Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.

Conroe

GREAT. Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.11 feet below pool. Catfishing is good all over the lake as the shad spawn continues. Target the bulkheads early and late, and on baited areas at all depths. Bass are good as most have moved off the beds and are ready to eat. Bream beds are a good option after the shad disperse in the morning. Crappie have been good on minnows and jigs on structure. Report by Bradley Doyle, with Bradley Guide Service. Hybrids are now back to jigging or slab, spoons, live bait, large goldfish or large minnows on flats and drop-offs in 17-26 feet of water. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.

Cooper

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Crappie are good 1-15 feet of water in timber with plastics over hand tied jigs or minnows. There is low visibility, so the bite should be slow until the water clears in a week. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Corpus Christi Lake

SLOW. 70 degrees; 13.65 feet below pool. Few reports of gar being caught. Water levels continue to be low, but small flat bottomed boats with the motor completely lifted out of water are capable of launching. Even with a small boat, you would have to get into the water to push your boat out far enough to let your motor down and start your engine. Report by Weber’s Boat Landing. Reports from local anglers are slow for bass, catfish are fair and alligator gar are good.

Cypress Springs

FAIR: Water normal stain; 60 degrees; 0.80 feet above pool. Water clarity is up to 4 feet in some areas on the north portion of the lake. Bass are good on natural colored Texas rigged creature baits and wacky rigs. All three phases of the spawn are occurring now. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Crappie are excellent with most fish post spawn. Crappie are moving to brush, but the majority are roaming in 5-35 feet of water in the river channels. Plastics are out producing hand tied jigs and minnows. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 4.79 feet below pool. White bass are fair on windblown structure using paddle tail swimbaits, and inline spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good in boat slips and on brush on jigs and shallow on jigs. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad in multiple depths. Patterns may change daily with changing weather patterns. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 44.70 feet below pool. Black bass are great in 3-15 feet of water on hard bottoms with crankbaits, senkos or power worms. Spinnerbaits are good in shallow water along rocks. Keeper catfish are good in 10-20 feet of water using stink bait, shrimp, or small cut bait. Trophy catfish are fair while fish are in a spawn transition. Target 3-15 feet of water with live shad or fresh cut bait. Bow fishing for gar is excellent, and rod and reel is good with cut bait on the south end at the mouth of Tigers Creek. Crappie are slow with fish scattered. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees. There is a good early shallow bite on under spins and rattletraps, then target bass in 10-16 feet for a slow bite on shaky heads and Carolina rigs. It has been too windy for topwater bass action, and with forecasted high winds this may not change. Water clarity is clearing. Tilapia anglers are good with cast nets. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 63 degrees; 0.20 feet below pool. Bass and shad are spawning. Shallow water seems to be best for bass in 1-4 feet using chatterbaits, flukes and Yum Dingers. Texas rigs are catching bass at the edge of grass with creature baits and beavers 1-3 feet. Topwaters are fair early in the day in weed patches. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are shallow, fish warm windy banks. Top water bite is on! Small bait fish patterns are working well. The crappie are moving shallow, small clouser minnows are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising in 2-4 feet of water biting clouser minnows. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork has been a bit tougher this spring. Fish have been hard to find shallow moving in and out a lot due to the cold fronts. This week fish have finally begun to load up on bridges, brush piles and lay downs for the post spawn pattern. We should see more and more of those fish load up over the next few weeks. You can still find some fish on timber in 10-20 feet as well. Minnows will work on fish but we are seeing some fish that just do not want to bite. Swimming small hand tied jigs or small soft plastics can fool some of those picky fish. Numbers of fish have not been great but fishing is improving. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 7.72 feet below pool. Forecasted rain may slow the bite some. Bass are in all stages of the spawn hitting creature baits and soft plastics. Crappie can be good with minnows or jigs in shade and brush.

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 65 degrees; 10.74 feet below pool. Lake Georgetown is fishing good for bass. Look for some spawning fish mid to up river and use soft plastics like lizards, creature baits and worms for those. Some bass are a bit deeper and a shaky head works wonders on this lake around off shore 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; 67 degrees; 1.26 feet below pool. Crappie are up in shallow water in the creek with minnows and jigs. Bass are moving up in shallow water feeding on shad. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling on main lake flats with a good bite on jigs and spoons. Catfish are good in 10 feet of water on main lake flats with cut shad and chicken liver.

Granbury

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Lake Granbury is at full pool level. Water temperatures are in the upper 60s to low 70s. Sand bass action is excellent on chartreuse and white slabs fished in 13-18 feet of water on many areas of the lake. Striped bass are good on shallow feeding flats chasing baitfish from Blue Water Shores to Decordova subdivision. Striped bass to 10 pounds are possible on Umbrella rigs, topwater presentations and of course live shad. Black bass anglers are catching some good fish to 8 pounds on the lower ends and upstream above the 377 business bridge on lipless crankbaits and soft plastics. Many of the largemouth bass and crappie are in the back of the creeks spawning. Crappie are good on small minnows and small jigs fished under a cork. Blue catfish action continues to be good on cut shad fished near channel edges on the upper ends. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.18 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits fished in shallow cover. Crappie are good in shallow water and are moving to open lake brush piles. White bass are fair on spoons and rattle traps fished along shallow main lake roadbeds. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch and goldfish. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.55 feet above pool. Lots of white bass action with few keepers being caught. White bass are now in good sized schools and full of shad. A few fish still have eggs. Fish can be caught in 13 feet on windy points out to 22 feet of water. Cast towards the bank with slabs and jigging spoons and then reel back to the boat. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water normal stain; 60 degrees; 49.39 feet below pool. Call to inquire about launching conditions before heading out. Reports of anglers targeting crappie and bass with minnows.

Hawkins

GOOD. Water slightly stained. 64 degrees. Larger chain pickerel are spawning in shallow water. Focus on areas with stumps, brush, and vegetation. Small bass are active in shallow areas relating to vegetation and structure. Focus on windy banks when possible. Look for spawning crappie in weeds on sloping banks. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Bass should be shallow on spawning beds hitting soft plastics and creature baits. Post spawn bass should be in 8-12 feet of water hitting Carolina rigs or crankbaits. Crappie should be shallow or on brush piles be caught with jigs or minnows.

Hubbard Creek

FAIR. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 14.03 feet below pool. Bass are fair with primarily smaller sized fish up to 3 pounds. The best bite is early morning in shallow water spinnerbaits or chatterbaits. Crappie are good under docks hitting minnows or jigs. A bass was caught while targeting crappie.

Inks

GREAT: Water normal stain; 63 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. Target bass in grass patches and work the area over with worms or creature baits. A shallow crankbait or a frog will get some big bites as well around bulkheads and rock piles. Look for deeper ledges and rock piles for some of those special sized bass. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. The water clarity is clearing up on the south end, with very muddy water in the backs of the creeks. Bass are good shallow and off of docks on soft plastics. Some fish are still on beds.

Joe Pool

GREAT. Water normal stain; 63 degrees; 0.36 above pool. All species are biting, bank anglers you are not fishing you are missing out! The big bass are shallow on beds, or waiting just off the bank to move shallow. Crappie are on shallow timber hitting jigs and minnows. Carp anglers are having a blast in the Lynn Creek area. Catfish are mixed in on wind blown banks. Let’s go fishing! Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 6.52 feet above pool. Water clarity is up to 4 feet in some areas on the north portion of the lake. Bass are good on natural colored Texas rigged creature baits and wacky rigs. All three phases of the spawn are occurring now. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.85 feet above pool. Hybrids stripers in 3 feet of water in the creeks. The crappie spawn started over a week ago, but is still not in the height of the spawn. Crappie catches in 1-12 feet of water targeting the base of button willows with jigs. Get in the water with your back facing the lake and jig towards shore. Use a 8-10 pound mono 1/16 ounce to 1/8 ounce jig. The clarity is murky so use a darker colored jig such as black or red. White also works as well. Some female crappie are suspended around timber outside the spawning grounds. White bass spawn is in full swing in the creeks with running water. Fish can be caught on white, chartreuse, silver, black in-line spinners early morning and late evening, a 4 pound mono with 1/16 ounce jigs in minnow colors, live minnows with a size 6 hook and split shots or under small 2 inch peggable bobbers, or Carolina rig with the split shots. On the main lake, look for fish on points in 10-25 feet. Keep a swimbait handy because fish might blow shad out of the water randomly and have a feeding frenzy for a few short minutes. Black bass are in the creek systems, guarding nests, and in the back of the coves along with the crappie. Target bass are good early morning in 1-5 feet of water casting a white and chartreuse spinnerbaits to the bank then reel it slowly back to the boat. The rest of the day target bass from the bank to 7 feet around submerged button willows or shallow timber with a Texas rig, darker color worms, or senko. Catfish are in 4-15 feet drifting or casting cut shad, carp, and drum. A bobber on riprap is very productive. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 71 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Crappie are good 10-15 feet of water with chartreuse jigs or minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait in 20 feet of water. White bass are fair in coves and main lake points in 15-20 feet of water with jigging spoons. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Target bass in grass patches and work the area over with worms or creature baits. A shallow crankbait or a frog will get some big bites as well around bulkheads and rock piles. Look for deeper ledges and rock piles for some of those special sized bass. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.66 feet below pool. White bass are fair on points and humps in 15-30 feet of water with jigs, slabs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair in similar depths. 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 good on cut shad. With warming temperatures, check shallow flats in 1-5 feet near timber or brush on wind blown points or coves. The shad spawn has begun, and catfish are being caught on wind blown banks where herons are present as well. Crappie are slow to fair in 2-24 feet of water on brush piles, submerged timber, and submerged cover near a drop-offs with minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.

Limestone

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 1.08 feet below pool. Water temperature is starting to hit 70 degrees but the fishing pattern is consistent. Bank fishing is slowing, but a few fish are still being caught. Fishing at the marina dock continues to be good for numbers. Water is slightly dirty in the creeks, with a normal stain on the main lake. Crappie are in 10 feet of water on brush. Shad are spawning along the banks. Largemouth bass are in 4 feet or less on Texas rigs and chatterbaits. Catfish are 7 feet or less on cutbait and minnows. White bass are in the river for the anglers that like to fish the 164 Bridge with rooster tails and beetle spins. Mainlake white bass are in 12 feet or less with silver jigging spoons. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.

Livingston

GOOD. normal stain; 71 degrees; 0.57 feet above pool. Bite is great. Catching white bass in 6-15 feet of water on wind blown points and ledges with white and chartreuse slabs. Catfish are in 1-4 feet of water on bulkheads with best action at daylight. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.

Marble Falls

normal stain; 0.60 feet below pool; 62 degrees. Target bass in grass patches and work the area over with worms or creature baits. A shallow crankbait or a frog will get some big bites as well around bulkheads and rock piles. Look for deeper ledges and rock piles for some of those special sized bass. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.05 below pool. Bass are good fishing the hydrilla with swimbaits, chatterbaits and Texas rigged worms. Crappie are good in 20-25 feet fishing brush piles and timber with minnows and 3 inch pintail jigs. Catfish are good fishing under crappie schools with live bait. Reported by Hambone guide service.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 94.39 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Meredith

FAIR. Water stained; 57 degrees; 47.54 feet below pool. Sand bass are great throughout the lake with silver spoon lures, and artificial grubs in chartreuse, pearl blue and yellow. Catfish are good near Rattlesnake Island with chicken liver, minnows, worms and shrimp. Crappie are good using Chartreuse jigs and minnows fished in Sanford Yake area, off of the dock, and a few fish pulled out of Bugbee in the shallow areas. Bluegill and Perch are slow underneath the docks and shallow areas around the lake with worms. Walleye are great in the evening hours and early mornings in many areas of the lake. Minnows, bottom bouncers or floating worm harnesses, chartreuse, red mouth jerkbait or slab spoons are great choices. Trout are great in Spring Canyon with a power bait and number 10 snell hook or split shots. Report by Dave Wright, Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental.

Millers Creek

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 2.97 feet below pool. Catfish are good and the crappie bite is improving.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.02 feet below pool. Water clarity is heavily stained to muddy. Largemouth bass are excellent in shallow water on chartreuse and white ⅜ ounce bladed jigs. Crappie are fair in standing timber and small brush piles leading into creeks. Catfish are slow on live minnows or cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. Bass are fair with a fluke around the spawning grounds. If you are catching smaller bucks, then your boat is probably sitting on top of the females so back off about a cast length and give them a similar presentation. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are good with topwater poppers or a white swim jig in shallow water. Crappie are fair in shallow brush or timber with white and chartreuse crappie jigs. Catfish are fair with cut bait or live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Nasworthy

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 72 degrees. 0.54 feet below pool. The bass bite has been good flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water. The spawn is starting up and bass are beginning to flood the shallows. The key is to cover water until you find a good stretch that holds multiple bass. Focus on holes in the reed banks where bass will set up on their beds. 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 provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.

Navarro Mills

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. Most anglers are targeting crappie in shallow water and brush piles with minnows. Few reports of white bass, catfish and largemouth bass. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 40.08 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 23.54 feet below pool. Black bass are fair to 12 pounds on shad imitation soft plastics in 4-15 feet primarily around the salt cedar points and back of brushy coves. In more stained water shad patterned chatterbaits and spinnerbaits have been doing well. Crappie are scattered with very few reports. Some crappie are being caught up The Colorado River around Rocky shallow flats. White bass are starting to pick up on rattle traps midlake around the Lee Day and Grape Creek area. Catfish are still good on a variety of stinkbaits, jug lines or rod and reel. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.

Oak Creek

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 19.31 feet below pool. Black bass bite is improving in shallow water on reaction baits like bladed jigs and shallow running crankbaits. A few reports of topwater action on frogs. Catfish have been caught on cut bait and stink bait. The water levels are very low, so boaters should proceed with caution and always wear a PFD. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Palestine

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.64 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Catfish are good around the boat houses, retaining walls and buck brush along the bank with chicken liver and cut shad. Crappie are good spawning along the bank, or staged in 8-16 feet of water. Bass are good spawning along the bank, with some staging to spawn or post spawn in less than 8 feet of water on boat houses at the ends of docks hitting spinnerbaits, chatterbait and soft plastics.

Palo Pinto

SLOW. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.62 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are great on cut bait. Black bass, hybrids and sand bass are slow. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.

Pinkston

GOOD. slightly stained; 69 degrees. Largemouth bass are good up shallow with a dropshot and light Carolina rigs with straight tail worms or ribbon tails. Natural colors like watermelon red or green pumpkin are best. Crappie slow on a clear with black speckle on an ⅛ ounce crappie jig. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.

Possum Kingdom

FAIR. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.37 feet below pool. Striper are slow suspending live bait 2 feet below a balloon or bobber fished in 5 feet or less water that is adjacent to the deep water. Other good places are deep ledges and main lake points. Sand bass are fair stg live shad or small white or silver slabs in 15-25 feet of water. Catfish are still fair to good. Cut shad is producing good numbers of fish in 20-30 feet and 10-15 feet of water fished on the bottom. Baited holes are your best bet to catch numbers. Bait with cattle cubes and wait 2-3 hours before fishing. Use punch bait for best results on baited holes. Water clarity is steady at 1-8 feet of visibility and slightly stained. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.23 feet below pool. Reports of crappie biting in shallow water. Reports of white bass caught trolling in shallow water.

Raven

SLOW. Water light stain; 60 degrees. Lake Raven is beginning to see a lot of hydrilla growth, which may impede some bank anglers. The bass are working the shallows with 10-12 inch worms along the edge of the hydrilla and water lines. Chatterbaits, dropshots, and wacky rigs are a good set of bait options for anglers seeking to join in on the bass fishing. No reports of crappie or catfish. Bluegill are good at the boathouse dock with hot dogs and worms.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.07 feet below pool. White bass are post spawn relating to structure on humps, long points and drop-offs around shallow flats. White bass are still being caught in the feeder creeks above the lake. Small roadrunner type baits and small crappie jigs are catching fish. Crappie are good with numbers showing up in the creeks and shallow water especially on sunny days that warm the shallow water. Minnows are working best, but cork and jig with long poles around cattails are starting to produce. Catfish are good on the north end of the lake on long points and around timber 15-24 feet using prepared stink baits. After these rains, stage your boat in front of feeder creeks as the running water will bring the cats in. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. A few post spawn crappie are in 6-12 feet of water on brush piles, and many are spawning or staging right outside of the spawning areas. Target crappie with black and chartreuse, white and chartreuse, or orange and chartreuse jigs or minnows. Catfish are shallow on secondary wind blown points, or beneath shad off of creek channels with cut bait. Some largemouth bass are on spawning beds. Largemouth bass continue to stage on secondary points hitting slow moving swimbaits, or along grass edges with chatterbaits. White bass are good in the creeks with moving water using white roadrunners or curly tail worm. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan’s Crappie Co.

Richland Chambers

FAIR. Water normal stain; 69 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. The Lake is slightly above full pool with two spillway gates open. White bass fishing is improving in 20 feet of water on points, roadbeds, and humps. A slab and jig combination is hard to beat, but the whites can be caught on any number of baits to include the MAL Lures, Mepps Spinners, and Lil' Georges. Still need to use your electronics to find the fish because there is no topwater action and very few gulls leading the way to schools. Hybrid striper action is good with live bait anglers catching fish on shad off the 309 flats and Pelican Island. Blue catfish are being caught on cut bait and shad in the shallow water on windy main lake points. Crappie are fair with spawning fish being caught in 2-4 feet of water in the Richland and Chambers Creek tributaries, shallow water coves and off boat docks with minnows. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.05 feet above pool. The shallow bass bite is tough after the cold front and dropping water levels. The best bite has been in 8-14 feet on ledges and humps with a big worm on a Texas rig or Carolina rig. Fishing around the old timber as fish are using it for structure. Very little grass or lily pads so far. Crappie and catfish are moving shallow and deep as they spawn. The magic depth has been 4-12 feet with minnows under corks and around trees on the bedding fish. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 2.28 feet below pool. At the Marina the crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait. On the lake crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water. Crappie are prespawn and full of eggs. Catfish are excellent in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait. Catfish are about a month away from the spawn. Black bass are good on crankbaits and shiny spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water. Bass are nearing the end of the spawn. White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are fair with many undersized fish being caught in deeper water using cut bait or mussels. Below the dam fishing is slow, since no water is being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees. 47.34 feet below pool. White bass are being caught on spinnerbaits and spoons in 25-30 feet of water. The most productive spoons have been the K.T. Slaps 1/2 ounce and the 6th Sense Divine jigging spoons 1 ounce. The reports have included some larger sized fish. Black bass are fair. Channel catfish are fair with numerous reports from bank anglers using cut bait and dough type baits. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.

Stamford

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Rain in the weekend forecast and the clarity is muddy. Bass are fair slowly flipping plastic worms in less than a foot of water in the gap behind the cattails. Not seeing any indication of the spawn fish do not have red tails and seeing big females. Crappie are fair in mid depths on docks. Catfish are good at night, with several caught when targeting crappie.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 4.06 feet below pool. The threadfin shad spawn is now going full tilt with spawning fish swarming over windblown shorelines each morning just before sunrise. A brief window exists for sight casting to gamefish and non-game species which pursue these shad into less than 5 feet of water. The MAL Original with chartreuse tail is the go to bait for this scenario. Once the sun rises, white bass are moving out to the 25-35 foot mark adjacent to the old Lampasas River channel and consolidating into distinct schools. These fish can be tapped with artificial baits or live shad. The go to artificial is the silver ¾ ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab, especially if most of the fish are on the small size under 11 inches. If there appears to be greater numbers of mature white bass or any hybrid in your catch, switch to the MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail to target these larger fish. The #4 treble will keep many of the smaller undersized fish off. The morning bite has been ending right around 11:30 a.m. and picking up again around 3:45 p.m. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.89 feet above pool. A solid Spring pattern has settled in at Tawakoni. We are seeing the beginning of the shad spawn. Water temperatures are 62 degrees on the main lake and the fish are feeding. Hybrid striper and white bass are good on artificial lures such as slab spoons and smaller swimbaits. Fish have been in the 12-30 feet range. The trophy catfish bite finally ended, but the eating sized catfish bite is wide open. Big numbers of fish are being caught with small pieces of cut shad and cut carp and buffalo. Wind blown banks are key in 2-6 feet of water. Crappie are improving better. We are now seeing big groups of fish that are leaving the shallow water. Jigs and minnows are working on brush and bridge pilings in 10-14 feet of water. Largemouth bass are very good on buck brush in 1-4 feet of water with senkos and wacky rigged smaller flukes. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 3.89 feet below pool. Catfish are good, and crappie are slow throughout the lake.

Texoma

FAIR. Water stained; 62 degrees; 1.34 feet below pool. Striper fishing is hit-and-miss with the weather and winds. Watch for the gusts at the end of this week and plan your trip accordingly. Texoma gets big swells and there are several marinas to launch from on the southern edge of the lake especially as the stripers move up the Red River and Washita River with inflow. Live bait on flats and ledges in 30-45 feet of water is producing limits of box fish. Look for bigger fish to be shallow near the rivers on points and humps. Crappie are scattered in the creeks as they spawn and wrap up spawning. A few fish being caught around docks and brush in 8-12 feet of water on jigs. Look at creeks and shallow water with the warm days and rain! Bass fishing will improve with the stained water and rise in lake levels. Fish will be near rocks and gravel as the shad spawn is kicking off, as well as on docks early in the mornings. Starting to see blue catfish, channel catfish, and flathead catfish showing up. Stumps and brush on points hold flathead this time of year, blue catfish are in deeper water suspended as the shad move higher in the water column. Channels will be along the rocks on punch baits and prepared baits. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass are hit-and-miss under the birds. Nice clear days are tougher, but fish are actively feeding on cloudy days with wind. Cast swimbaits to structure allowing the lure to sink then slowly roll back to the boat. Shad are spawning along the banks indicating a topwater bite will begin soon. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

Toledo Bend

SLOW. Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.78 feet below pool. More rain in the weekend forecast, be sure to watch weather reports. Bass are good with reported catches up to 9 pounds. While the water remains high the bass are staying shallow in 1-7 feet of water. There is a good bite on wacky worms, swimbaits and chatterbaits. Many fish are still spawning after the full moon and many are post spawn. Crappie are still hit-and-miss with a few showing up on shallow brush piles and some in the creeks. Live bait and road runners are best. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 45.28 feet below pool. Bass are good all day on deep bluff walls with craw baits. Shad are spawning all along the same deep walls 30-40 feet deep. Edges of grass will produce bass with tiny swimbaits. Report by Randal Frisbee, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Lake Travis is producing lots of bass right now. Some fish are still spawning on the main lake and the smaller cuts, so use Texas-rigged soft plastics like lizards, creature baits and worms for those. Lots of bass are piling up in numbers on the flats, especially ones with grass on the mid to lower end. Use your soft plastics and moving boats like swimbaits, shallow crankbaits and jerkbaits for these bass. We are catching lots of bass from 2-6 pounds with a few bigger ones mixed in. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Twin Buttes

SLOW. Water stained. 72 degrees; 41.82 feet below pool. Low water conditions, so check ramp status before heading to launch. Blue and channel catfish are slow. Catfish should be spawning now that the water temperature is over 65 degrees. Crappie are in the middle of creek and river channels. Fish are full of eggs and the spawn is imminent. White bass are slow to nonexistent. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Crappie are fair on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with stink bait and cut bait. Bass fishing has slowed to fair as bass transition to post spawn patterns hitting crankbaits and plastic worms. Bream are good on red worms throughout the lake. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Water Temperature dropped to 66 degrees after the recent cold snap, but will warm back up quickly. Water Clarity is light stain to stained depending on how close to runoff or feeder creek areas you are. Bass and crappie are being caught in good numbers all over the lakes. Many bass are actively spawning with weightless plastics or Texas rigs working well right now. Crappie are being caught shallow in grass and in 5-10 feet as different waves of fish move in and out from spawning. Minnows are still outperforming jigs. Report by Holton Walker, Holton Walker Fishing.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 2.13 feet below pool. Crappie are on fire from 18 inches along the banks out to 12 feet in the creeks and channels hitting jigs or minnows. The spawn is in full swing. White bass are spawning up the river biting rooster tails or live minnows. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 77 degrees. Water temperatures are in the mid to high 70s with clear visibility. The boat ramp is still closed and not usable, but kayaks and small craft can be launched from the shoreline. Much of the matted grass is gone, so concentrate on areas where submerged vegetation is still present. With the temperatures warming up we should see a resurgence of hydrilla. Moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and Alabama rigs are working well. Texas-rigged soft plastics are always effective, with Senkos, dropshots, and shaky heads consistently getting bit. Report by Team YAKUSA.

Weatherford

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 5.35 feet below pool. Crappie are spawning as shallow as 1 foot on the rocks. Bass are fair along shallow banks. Catfish are slow.

Welsh

FAIR. Water stained. 70 degrees. A few reports and anglers on the water.

White River

FAIR. Water normal stain; 64 degrees; 24.03 feet below pool. Crappie are in spawn and pre-spawn mode in 3-15 feet of water hitting jigs. Catfish are fair in 15 feet on live bait. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.

Whitney

GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.46 feet above pool. Catfish are good using cut bait in shallow water. The striped bass bite is good on live bait in 25-30 feet of water. Some Stripers have been caught using topwater baits. Crappie are up the river spawning. White bass fishing is good on slabs in 25-30 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 normal stain; 67 degrees; 2.76 feet below pool. White bass are fair on windblown structure using paddle tail swimbaits, and inline spinners. Crappie are fair to good in boat slips and on brush on jigs and shallow on jigs and good reports have been coming from the river. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait and shad in multiple depths. Patterns are changing daily due to warm and cool days. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 14.31 feet above pool. Bass should be shallow on spawning beds, and post spawn or staging in deeper water near spawning areas hitting soft plastics. Crappie should be spawning or staged on brush in 8-12 feet.

Houston

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. Water is fantastic on the south end east and west fork. Largemouth bass are snapping in the shallows and drop offs eating grubs, spinnerbaits and starting to hit a few frogs. White bass are heating up as they are about to lay their eggs up the creeks and rivers. Catfish are hitting well on the bulb heads chomping on fresh caught shad but you have to keep them in cold ice water to keep them fresh before use. Gar are plentiful in the rivers and creeks. Be safe and always wear your kill switch! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

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