Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 7, 2023

Alan Henry

FAIR. Water clear; 75 degrees; 2.87 feet below pool. Creeks are muddy with floating debris and the main lake is somewhat clear. Crappie are good in 25-30 feet on jigs and minnows. Report by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide.

Amistad

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 48.17 feet below pool. Water level is rising and the main river is stained. Bass are fair in shallow water on spinnerbaits, jigs, and senkos. White bass are good in the 20-30 feet of water on blades, and spoons, and spec rigs on the river channels. Stripers are fair, when you can find them. Fish the river channels in 30-60 feet of water. Tight lines! Report by Captain Raul Cordero, Far West Guide Service. Fishing is good when there is a slight wind. Catfish limits in 18-25 feet near grass using punch bait. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3 T’S Guide Service. Bass are good using Carolina rig flukes and Texas rig worms. Topwater bite is starting to pick up. Tight lines! Tight lines. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensenn’s Guide Service.

Arlington

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 1.73 feet below pool. Catfish are good on prepared baits in 10-25 feet of water. Crappie are good on brush piles and submerged habitats. Bass are good in all stages of the spawn using swimbaits and Texas rigged soft plastics.

Arrowhead

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 5.63 feet below pool. Catfish are good drifting in 20-25 feet of water with fresh cut shad. Crappie are good at the state park piers and bridges. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.

Athens

GOOD. Water clear; 84-87 degrees; 0.46 feet above pool. Bass are good on grass edges throwing small swimbaits and moving baits, or on brush piles 20 feet deep with jigs, Carolina rigs, and dropshots. Some schooling action has started biting white flukes and small chrome crankbaits. Open the tackle box and pick your favorite lure. Crappie are good on brush piles with small jigs and minnows. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Austin

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.54 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are good in the morning along shaded rocky shorelines with a walking bait or small shallow crankbaits, throwing a topwater frog under deeper docks with heavy shade, or fishing soft plastics around any vegetation. Throughout the day fish in offshore brush piles or chunk rock in 15-25 feet of water with Texas rigged senkos, dropshots or a ned rig. Lady Bird Lake is 80 degrees. The lake is stained in some areas from recent rains. Bass are biting spinnerbaits shallow in the morning. Bass are chasing large bait balls in the main river channel in 10-20 feet of water during the day time, and occasionally schooling on the surface but most are small fish. Frogging around shaded topped out grass seems to be the most consistent for larger fish right now, but wacky worms fished around open pockets in the grass will also land catches. Bluegill are shallow spawning right now. As the summertime heat approaches the grass will continue to top out and become very thick. Punching heavy weighted jigs through the tops will be a key player as well as a big topwater around grass edges early in the mornings. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

B.A. Steinhagen

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.36 feet below pool. Bass are good targeting main lake vegetation with a hollow body frog, or white and chartreuse swim jig. Water levels have been fluctuating, scattering the fish.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85-89 degrees. Bass topwater bite is slow, but the bite is good using green watermelon creature baits, or green chartreuse and white/clear swimbaits. Report Jason Hernandez, Bass Institute of Bastrop.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 12.70 feet below pool. White bass fishing has risen and fallen with the weather. Mornings with clouds and wind produce much better than brighter, more calm mornings. The white bass are very focused on the small, young-of-the-year shad. Anglers should be prepared to present lures which imitate these 0.75-1.25 inch shad. The MAL Mini Rig with �¾ ounce weight in front for added distance and sink rates landed numbers of catches. My rule of thumb is if you cannot see the bait the fish are feeding on, assume it is tiny. If you can see the shad jumping out of the water in an attempt to escape, go with a larger presentation. The MAL Heavy is a very close match for these mature shad. White bass have all but discontinued using the lake's bottom, preferring to suspend beneath the suspended baitfish, typically at 15-22 feet below the surface. Downrigging a #12 Pet Spoons now, the smallest available in silver with white feather tail, is putting fish in the boat once fish shut down. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are fair. With spawning in full swing blue catfish under eight pounds can be caught in shallow water around gravel beds using fresh cut bait. Flatheads are good on live bait around points and structure. Channel catfish are getting into the summer pattern and are great around timber using punch baits. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing. Crappie bite is on fire in timber and brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using jigs. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service.

Benbrook

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.40 feet above pool. Crappie are good on deeper brush and stand ups. Sand bass are good jigging in deeper water. Catfish are good on minnows and worms in shallow water. Bass are good in shallow structure using soft plastics, with a morning topwater bite. Report by Benbrook Lake Marina.

Bob Sandlin

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.12 feet below pool. Crappie are good on brush piles or timber in 15-20 feet deep using minnows or jigs. Catfish are good shallow on cheese bait or cut bait. Sand bass good on main lake points with slabs. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are good off points with brush in 15-20 feet of water with Texas rigged worms, deep diving crankbaits, jigs and jigging spoons. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine. Black bass are good on topwater and subsurface patterns. Fish poppers around boat houses and retaining walls, deceivers and small jig patterns are working well. Bream are on beds, try bead heads and wooly buggers Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Brady

GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 11.26 feet below pool. The lake has risen about a foot over the past month. Largemouth are good shallow early and late off the rocks and in the salt cedars later in the day. Channel cats are good on trotlines or jugs with live perch or shad. Blue cats are fair on shad. Yellow catfish are slow on live perch. White bass are good on crankbaits or live minnows. Crappie are good on minnows or jigs.

Braunig

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained, 85 degrees. Redfish are good on gulf shrimp, crawfish, live baits and spoons in 15 to 25 feet of water around the discharge and the dam area for boaters, also off points along the recreational shoreline for bank anglers. Channel catfish are fair on nightcrawlers, livers, cut bait and gulf shrimp. Blue catfish no report. Hybrid striper no report.

Bridgeport

GOOD. Water clear; 80 degrees; 8.02 feet below pool. Some crappie can be found shallow, but it seems the bridge and brush piles are starting to hold more fish. Minnows and jigs are your best bet. Largemouth bass are good on topwater baits early around main lake points and the face of the dam. As the day warms, switch to a jerkbaits or Texas rig worm in watermelon red or a similar color and work the same points. Catfish should be actively spawning, prepared baits under a cork, close to rocks should put them in the boat. Hybrids and sand bass continue to "run and gun", moving around quite a bit. The main lake is your best bet with live bait and chartreuse slabs. Look for surfacing activity to increase as the summer heat kicks in. Look for them at sunrise, especially on calm days. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 76-80 degrees; 4.58 feet below pool. Black bass to 6.57 pounds are good on worms, crankbaits and shaky heads in 4-12 feet of water. Crappie are good in brush piles on jigs in 11-14 feet of water using minnows around the docks. White bass are fair to 1.00 pound in the lights with crankbaits, jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair to 5.00 pounds on cut gizzard shad near the flats using jugs. Thank

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees. Bass are good on the rocks near the dam, off the bottom in brush piles and moving throughout the lake on Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. Report by Aggie Anglers. Crappie are good in the morning near the rocks in the creek area and off the pier with small minnows and jigs. Catfish are good with small minnows and nightcrawlers. Report by The Bait Barn.

Buchanan

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 15.47 feet below pool. Striped bass bite is good on bait or trolling. There are areas of lake with some oxygen depleted water, these areas will move throughout the day. If you see a bunch of clutter on your graph you are most likely in this bad water and need to make a move. White bass fishing has slowed and there are still schools on topwater lures early morning, but not as thick as they have been for the last few months. Mid and late day you will find small schools on top chasing the fresh hatch shad most of these fish are 6-8 inches long, but if you can get under them there are some legal size fish in there. Reminder, the lake has come up about 1.5 feet and with that some of the trees that were visible are no longer, so navigate with cautions. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing.

Caddo

SLOW. Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.72 feet above pool. Bass fishing is tough as the current slows. The summer spots for schooling fish have just not really kicked off yet and it seems the most consistent bite right now is still on trees. Lake level is falling and it is finally getting hot so the grass and pad fish should improve. Keep a frog, pop r or choppo, fluke or senko and a Texas rig pit boss on the fishing deck. Let the conditions tell you what to throw. As always, it is a beautiful on Caddo and always fun to come visit a lake God spoke into existence and enjoy the majestic views this lake offers. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Calaveras

GOOD. Water slightly stained, 82 degrees. Redfish have been good for boaters trolling red or dark colored soft plastics and small silver spoons around the dam area and the North Road bed. Shoreline anglers and boaters alike are landing catches with gulf shrimp, crawfish, live baits and spoons. Blue and channel catfish have been good on livers, shad, frozen shrimp and nightcrawlers. Hybrid striper no report.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water clear; 79 degrees; 12.12 feet below pool. Bass are good in the mornings catching fish on a topwater spook or buzz bait. As the sun rises switch to a Texas rig craw. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cedar Creek

GOOD. Water normal stain; 72-75 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Crappie continue to be excellent on brush piles and boat docks are producing great numbers. Focus on brush in 12-16 feet on the main lake. Minnows are starting to work but the jig bite is most consistent. White bass and hybrids are excellent schooling in the early mornings all over the lake. Best mornings are cloudy with a touch of wind. Main lake points and humps are producing fish using silver slabs. Keep an eye out for the birds! Largemouth are good early morning top water baits producing fish as well as chatterbaits and spinnerbaits. As the sun rises, focus on deeper docks close to main lake points. Brush piles are also holding a few bass, Carolina rigs, shakey heads are best. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Choke Canyon

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 23.47 feet below pool. Bass are slow in 8-13 feet of water in 20-25 feet of water on brush using Carolina rigs or soft plastics in green pumpkin and watermelon colors. There is an early morning topwater bite on main lake points until the sunrises. White bass are slow. Catfish are good in deeper water. Crappie are good on brush piles in the main lake black and chartreuse grub. Report by Scott Springer, Fish Choke Canyon Lake. Bass are fair off points in the morning, then as the day goes on fish a Texas rig slower. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Cisco

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 8.42 feet below pool. Crappie, bass and catfish continue to be great in 10 feet of water on live or artificial worms. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.

Coleman

SLOW. Slightly stained; 74-80 degrees; 5.66 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are similar with the best bites early in the morning, or near sunset. Black bass are good on jigs, crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 2-15 feet of water. Crappie are slow in brush piles on jigs in 8-14 feet of water, and on minnows around the docks. White bass are slow in the lights at night using crankbaits, jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut gizzard shad off docks.

Conroe

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. Eater catfish are steady on structure around 25 feet of water using Catfish Bubblegum, liver, worms, minnows and punch bait over range cubes. Average size has been varying from small fish one day to nice ones the next with average catches ranging from 30-60 pounds versus the 100 pound fish being caught in weeks past. Trophy catfish are slow while the spawn is on, but can be caught on structure and ledges using natural baits. Quite a few nice catches of hybrids and white bass trolling with jigs. Make sure you know the difference and that they are over 18 inches. Our outstanding game wardens are out and doing a fine job making sure folks stay legal! Report by Brad Doyle, Bradley’s Guide Service. Bass fishing has slowed somewhat with the turbid warmer water. During the day, bass can be caught on deeper structures and drop-offs in 16-20 feet of water using Carolina rigs, drop shot rigs and pegged Texas-rigged worms. Very early and late, bass will be active in shallower water ranging from 3-9 feet around docks, bulkheads, and laydowns especially near deeper water and bluegill beds.Soft plastic worms, senkos, and jerkbaits which can cover the most water will be good in shallower waters. Additionally, crankbaits and swimbaits can be good around riprap areas. Report by Bryan Brawner, Lake Conroe Charters. Hybrids are good in 17-24 feet of water jigging slabs, or trolling with deep diving crankbaits with a pet-spoon tied 12 inches behind it. Always check the tooth patch for a white versus hybrid. Still catching many juveniles but getting keepers as well. Crappie are good and the bite continues to be aggressive with a solid thump using jigs or minnows in 14-22 feet of water on or close to structures. You will need to hit several spots. Always wear your life jacket. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy Lake Conroe Guide.

Cooper

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 74 degrees. Catfish are good on cut shad. Crappie have peaked and are fishing fair with jigs and minnows. Lake is slightly turbid.

Corpus Christi Lake

GREAT. 70 degrees; 2.46 feet below pool. Influx of fresh water from the recent rains will make for great fishing over the next few weeks. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Catfish are great in 2-3 feet of water on wind blown shorelines with cheese bait, cut carp or shad. Largemouth bass are good in 2-4 feet of water on topwater frogs and soft plastics. White bass are good in 8-10 feet of water on live minnows, jigs, or trolling small crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Alligator gar are great on cut carp. Report provided by Captain Damian Hubbs, Top Gun Outfitters.

Cypress Springs

GOOD: Water stained; 72-75 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Crappie are good on brush piles or timber in 15-20 feet deep using minnows or jigs. Catfish are good shallow on cheese bait or cut bait. Sand bass good on main lake points with slabs. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Summer pattern Bass are good off points with brush in 15-20 feet of water with Texas rigged worms, deep diving crankbaits, jigs and jigging spoons. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Eagle Mountain

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.22 feet below pool. 78 degrees; White bass are good on main lake structure using slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles, main lake structure, or shooting under docks using jigs with white color combinations. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits around docks and main lake structure. Blue catfish are slow, channel catfish are good on punch bait. The report was provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service. Bass are tough with a few catches near the mouths of creeks on deep diving crankbaits, and jigs. Main lake has been slow to fair around rock and docks, and main lake points using 10 inch worms Texas rigged, squarebill crankbaits, and wacky rigged plastics. Report by Jeremy Matthews, local angler.

Fairfield

Water normal stain; 79 degrees. Closed to the public.

Falcon

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 34.84 feet below pool. Bow fishing is excellent for gar. Keeper catfish are excellent with cut shad or shrimp in 3-10 feet of water. Trophy catfish are slow in back of the creeks at night. Largemouth bass are scattered on hard bottoms with freshly flooded vegetation, hardwoods in the creek jigs or dropshots flukes. Crappie are fair in 15-30 feet of water using jigs or live bait in brush piles and isolated timber. Report by Ram Reyes, Ram Outdoors.

Fayette

GREAT. Water stained; 85 degrees. Bass are fair on flukes, spinnerbaits and creature baits. Report Jason Hernandez, Bass Institute of Bastrop.

Fork

GOOD. Water Stained; 80 degrees; 0.77 feet below pool. Bass are fair with topwaters early around grass on yellow magics and frogs. Carolina rigs and Texas rigs are best in 12-20 feet around points with 10 inch blue fleck worms. Deep crankbaits are good on the deeper points over 20-25 feet with DD-22 in shad patterns. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Pro. Black bass are good on topwater frogs and bait fish pattern lures on flooded timber and grass. Bream are excellent on beds. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing keeps heating up on Lake Fork just like the weather. We have been blessed with great winds and weather for the last few weeks and that helps so much with boat control when crappie fishing. Brush piles, lay downs, bridges and those post spawn summer time trees have been loading up even more this week. Big white crappie are beginning to stack up in certain brush piles, on trees and some days they pull up in lay downs too. Black crappie are still good on bridges, lay downs and in big groups on certain trees. Covering water and checking areas is key right now. What may have been great yesterday may not be as good today and what may have been bad last week may be on fire this week. Just continue checking that structure that has been productive in the past and eventually you will find some good fish. Small hand tied jigs are still dominating the bite on my boat but minnows will put lots of crappie in the boat right now on Lake Fork. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Ft. Phantom Hill

GOOD. Water stained; 74-78 degrees; 4.71 feet below pool. Black bass to 8.11 pounds are good on topwater lures early in the morning then on jigs, crankbaits and dark worms in 2-10 feet of water. Crappie are excellent using minnows, jigs or crankbaits 12-18 feet of water, and along the shorelines in 1-5 feet of water. White bass are excellent to two pounds on crankbaits or jigs 1-3 feet of water along shorelines. Hybrids are excellent on live shad in open water. Channel catfish are good on wind blown rocks in 2 feet of water on worms and prepared bait.

Graham

SLOW. Water stained; 73 degrees; 2.35 feet below pool. The fish are biting fair after the recent rain and the water clarity is murky with floating debris. Fish are in the newly submerged grass and trees. Eater size catfish are good in 4-10 feet of water on shad. Report by Chuck Spindle, Blue Collar Fishing. Flashy lures and moving baits will work for most all predator fish with this time of year and dirty water

Granbury

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77-82 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Granbury water levels continue to be about 2 feet low. The thermocline is developing on the lower ends, which will push fish to the top layer of water. Striped bass to 13 pounds are excellent on live bait fished from near Indian Harbor to the dam. Crappie are also excellent on minnows and jigs near underwater structures on many parts of the lake. Sand bass are fair on slabs and minnows fished near the Shores and Indian Harbor. Largemouth bass numbers are good with an occasional bigger fish to 7 pounds being caught. Some top water action early for largemouth and later in the day soft plastics and spinner baits have been effective. Granbury blue and yellow catfish continue to be fair to good on cut shad. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters. Lake Granbury striped bass are great on live bait mid to south end of the lake along river and creek channels. They can also be caught trolling umbrella-rigs as well as dropping slabs. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton's Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Whitney.

Granger

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Black bass are good on worms and jigs fished around shallow cover. Crappie are fair to 2.2 pounds on jigs fished in 6 to 12 feet of water. White bass are good to 2 pounds on Slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Grapevine

EXCELLENT. Water clear; 80 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. White bass are best in the morning, then slows as the day progresses. Fish are in 40-50 feet of water suspended 20 feet down biting jigging spoons. Summer break is here and there is more boater traffic, so be sure to practice boater safety. Smallmouth bass reports are good in shallow water near rock, or on the shaded side of rocky points with soft plastics. Drift for catfish in the same areas as schooling white bass. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.

Greenbelt

SLOW. Water stained; 70 degrees; 43.96 feet below pool. The lake is up after the recent rains and water is murky. Fishing should improve for all species. Crappie are good on submerged trees using small jigs. Sand bass are good on minnows. Catfish are good on minnows and jugs.

Hawkins

GOOD. Water slightly stained. 80 degrees. Black bass are excellent cruising above weeds, biting small poppers and streamers fished above grass and near structures. Bream are on the beds any small fly will draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Houston County

GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are good in 4-15 feet of water on docks, bulkheads and points with Texas rigs, squarebill crankbaits and shaky heads. Crappie are good on standing timber, and deeper docks in 12-22 feet using minnows. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Hubbard Creek

FAIR. Water Stained; 77 degrees; 8.34 feet below pool. Bass and crappie are in a post spawn pattern pushing offshore to brush piles. If you can find hydrilla there should be bass biting on soft plastics, or topwaters. Crappie can be caught on minnows or jigs. White bass should be schooling on wind blown humps. Blue catfish can be caught on trotlines and juglines.

Jacksonville

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.02 feet above pool. Bass are good in shallow water. Topwater frog bite is really picking up, as well as swim jigs

Joe Pool

FAIR. Water clear; 75-79 degrees; 0.37 feet above pool. Bass are good on sunny days fishing the coves with standing timber casting a finesse jig with a craw trailer, or 1/4 oz Texas-rigged ZOOM trick worm or baby brush hog as close to the trees as possible and working the bait through the underwater branches. Bass in deeper open water can be had using a Carolina rig or drop shot rig. Better quality fish were caught on the Carolina rig with a magnum super fluke in shad or bream colors. The ledges and creek channels near Cedar Hill State Park and across from Lynn Creek Marina are good areas to fish. Report by Ben Robertson, Ben’s Bass Excursions.

Lake O' the Pines

GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 1.54 feet below pool. Crappie are good on brush piles and timber 15-20 feet deep with minnows or jigs. Catfish are good shallow on cut bait or cheese bait. Sand bass are fair in creek channels using slabs or deep diving crankbaits. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are good off points in 15-20 feet of water with Texas rigged worms, deep diving crankbaits, jigs and jigging spoons. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Lavon

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.80 feet below pool. Crappie are great on standing timber and brush piles. Standing timber typically holds one to five big fish. Some spots hold a lot of babies and other species, such as smaller crappie and bluegills. On occasion you will find the mother load of keepers on one structure. Some days they crush 1/8 ounce all day, but most of the time 1/32 and 1/16 are a great start. The common colors would be black and chartreuse and white and chartreuse. Brush piles are holding a mixture of everything small and big. Keep on the move and do not sit in one spot longer than five minutes without a bite. White bass are scattered around the lake on main lake points and secondary points. Look for them in 10-20 feet of water. Use one ounce white or chartreuse slabs with a jig tied 12-18 inches above the slab. If you do see surfacing fish, try swimbait paddle tail with a quarter ounce jig heads, or 3-5 inch top water popper or smaller. Channel catfish are in 1-7 feet of water on pre-baited holes. Target the riprap, boulders, and throw your charm at the rocks in one of the 7 feet of water. After 5-10 minutes, throw a bobber and size 6-8 treble hook with punch bait, cut shad, or chicken liver in 1-4 foot and see what happens. Pre bait a few holes, so you can hop and skip between them for a quick limit. Black bass are good with a steady bite. Look for fish on riprap, concrete structures, underwater structures, such as brush piles, rock piles, points, and secondary underwater points 5-25 feet. Start shallow in the morning using a Carolina rig, Texas rig, 3 to 6 foot diver and 12 foot diver crankbait. 5-6 inch swimbaits are working on brush piles and deep water structure, old bridges, and rock piles. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.20 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 25-30 feet of water with punch bait. Crappie are good with live minnows or chartreuse jigs in 18-24 feet of water over brush piles. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Lewisville

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 74-78 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Fishing patterns remain consistent as the warmer summer days approach. White bass are good on the bottom near humps, points, and drop off ledges in 14-30 feet of water using slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are slow, but can be picked off every once in a while hanging around the white bass. If you are keeping fish, please be aware that there are a lot of undersized hybrid stripers in the lake that look very similar to a white bass. Catfish are mixed in with the white bass. Catfish are good in 18-32 feet of water drifting cut shad or chicken breasts near wind blown points, humps, and flats near creek channels. Crappie are fair to good in 10-26 feet of water on brush piles, standing timber, rock piles, stumps, laydowns, and bridge columns using minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendaRod Fishing.

Limestone

Excellent. Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Crappie are good in 12-18 feet of water on brush and standing timber using minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 2-14 feet of water on brush, docks and bulkheads using a Texas rig, topwater frog, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. Catfish are good in 7-14 feet of water on points, humps and in the creek channel using cutbait. White bass are good in 7-16 feet of water using silver jigging spoons. Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.

Livingston

GOOD. Stained; 85 degrees; 0.12 feet above pool. White bass are beyond excellent on the humps and points on the mid to south end of the lake jigging with �¾ ounce slabs off the bottom near the island white and chartreuse. Still waiting for surface action. Catfish are excellent on the flats with shad or cut bait. Crappie are slow on some brush. Report by Jeff Friederick, Fishin’ Addiction Guide Service.

Martin Creek

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85-90 degrees; 0.09 feet above pool. Lake is full and stained above the railroad bridge. Bass are good along the hydrilla in 10 feet of water using red bug and plum colored worms. Crappie are good suspended over brush in 15-20 feet of water. using shad and black/chartreuse colored jigs with pink heads. Catfish are fair on jug lines using live and cut bait. Night crawlers on rod and reel drifting in 10-15 feet of water.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 82.86 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to the limited access and low water level.

Meredith

GOOD. Water stained; 72-74 degrees; 46.45 feet below pool. The mud line is moving west as the lake is clearing up. Fishing patterns are holding steady as we enter the first week of June. Bass are excellent on minnows and artificials. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, chicken liver, minnows and frozen shad. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows. White bass are excellent on minnows, and jig heads with a curly tailed grub. Trout are slow on minnows, powerbaits, worms, small spinners and flies. Walleye are good to excellent on crankbaits, minnows and artificials. Special THANK YOU to our community for the outpour of support in our time of distress. We plan to reopen and will be back soon. Lots of fish being caught on Meredith! Best of luck to ya! Hope this helps you enjoy Lake Meredith. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.

Millers Creek

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 6.20 feet below pool. Bass are good on soft plastics. White bass are good trolling with slabs. Blue and channel catfish are good on juglines. Crappie are in 8-10 feet of water.

Nacogdoches

GOOD. Water clear; 78-82 degrees; 0.35 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good shallow on grass edges or along creek channels. Topwaters in the morning hours is still a good technique. Lots of fish are suspended in the water column feeding on shad. Stay on the lookout for schooling bass as we get into the summer. Crappie fishing is good. Black crappie are grouped up well on timber. Brush piles are holding good numbers of fish. Report by Blake Oestreich, Brushbuster Guide Service.

Naconiche

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees. Bass are in schools off shore with catches ranging between 2-5 pounds. Topwater frogs are landing catches along with Alabama rigs, jerkbaits, underpins. The fish that stay shallow are in the jungle-thick stuff, so get them by frogging! The crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.

Nasworthy

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees. 1.04 feet below pool. Bass are fair on topwater frogs in the morning, transitioning to deeper water as the sun rises with soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are good on brush piles and structure with jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and stink bait around the dam.

Navarro Mills

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.06 feet above pool. Crappie are good in 8-14 feet of water using jigs. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service.

O.C. Fisher

SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 48.96 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.

O.H. Ivie

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 24.56 feet below pool. Fishing is good for all species and patterns remain consistent. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics throughout the day, and topwater baits early in the morning. White bass are fair with live bait and crankbaits. Crappie good using minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait or cut bait. Report by Concho Park and Marina.

Oak Creek

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 12.34 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are similar. Bass are good off rocky points, and brush in 15 feet of water with deep diving crankbaits, or Carolina or Texas rigged soft plastics. Look for an early morning topwater bite. Channel and blue catfish are good in 20-25 feet deep with shrimp and chicken liver. White bass are on main lake humps and points with slabs. Crappie are slow on brush piles and submerged structure with minnows.

Palestine

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are good along the roadbeds with deep diving crankbaits in citrus. Crappie are great under the 155 Bridge in 18 feet of water with jigs and minnows. Sand bass are good off points early and late in the day using a shimmy shaker, small jerkbait, small squarebill crankbait, and chrome rattletraps. Blue catfish are excellent. Channel catfish are great under boat houses or in the river on baited holes fishing of the bottom with nightcrawlers, punch bait, chicken hearts or liver. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Guide Service.

Palo Pinto

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 6.26 feet below pool. Bass are good on topwaters early morning, moving deeper on brush with Carolina or Texas rigs, and deep diving crankbaits. Catfish are fair with punch bait and cut bait.

Possum Kingdom

GOOD. Water clear; 78-81 degrees; 2.88 feet below pool. Striper fishing is amazing and live bait is still key. Some are starting to be caught on topwaters and jigs in white, chartreuse, and silver are good colors. Look for them in 20-50 feet of water. Sand bass are fair in 20-40 feet of water using small live shad and a few on topwaters. White and silver are good colors. Catfish are fair with cut shad or cut carp fished on bottom in 2-20 feet of water. They are close to spawning. Water clarity is 4-15 feet depending on location. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.

Proctor

SLOW. Water stained; 76 degrees; 8.54 feet below pool. Sand bass and catfish fishing is excellent near the island. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.

Raven

GOOD. Water clear; 82 degrees; 0.00 feet full pool. Visibility is about 3 feet. Crappie are fair around the fishing piers on minnows. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared baits. Bass can be found schooling around shad balls, occasionally blowing up through them. A chrome rattletrap pulled through the shad school is good for a limit in no time.

Ray Hubbard

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78-81 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. White bass are moving from early spring pattern to early summer pattern. Fish are roaming in huge schools in 35-40 feet of water, then will move on structure, humps and levees in 18-28 feet. Sporadic schooling in deeper water has begun. Look for blue herons and white egrets. Crappie on brush piles 15-25 feet of water using jigs or minnows. Catfish are on the move adjacent from flats and points in 18-28 feet of water. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.

Ray Roberts

GOOD. Water is stained; 75 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. White bass limits are good the first hour of daylight in 1-6 feet of water using a ⅛ ounce jighead and three inch paddle tail swimbait. When that bite tapers move to main lake points in 25-35 feet of water with slabs. As an added bonus, blue catfish are starting to mix in with the sandies. Bass are good in 5-10 feet of water on main lake points with a Carolina rig. Crappie are good with many undersized catches on brush piles in 12-20 feet of water. Report by Jim Walling, Ucatchem Guide Service.

Richland Chambers

GOOD. Water clear; 79 degrees; 0.26 feet below pool. White bass action is fair with fish difficult to find on the main lake. The transition from the spring patterns to summer surface activity is not far off. Look for early morning topwater schooling of small schools on the shoreline now, but soon larger schools will be on the main lake. Numbers of undersized hybrids are being caught in the same locations as the white bass. Larger hybrids are being caught on shad in 30-40 feet of water off the 309 Flats and the Windsock Point. Eater size blue catfish are being caught in the same locations as the white bass using shad or punch bait. Crappie can be found on bridge columns and brush piles in 15-25 feet of water using minnows and jigs. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Bass topwater bite is picking up, and wacky worms, spinnerbaits and Carolina rigs are good on offshore ridges and humps. Crappie are good with mostly smaller sized fish being caught on brush piles and timber using minnows and jigs. Blue and channel catfish are good off points in 20 feet of water with cut bait. White bass are roaming on humps and points. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Somerville

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 84 degrees; 1.47 feet above pool. Corp is releasing 760 cfs dam discharge, and the lake level is dropping about two inches per day. The upper lake is cloudy and lower lake is clear after the recent rain. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Tons of shad are scattered in shallow water. Catfish, bluegill, and crappie are good on minnows and worms at Somerville Marina early morning. Black bass are fair hitting slow moving Carolina rigs and spinnerbaits on 6-10 feet drop-offs and around brush piles. Crappie are good on the main lake brush piles and pilings using minnows and various jigs. Catfish are good early morning in 2-4 feet of water. Larger catfish are good in deep water on jug lines baited with shad or chicken breast. White bass are excellent trolling with Pet spoons, or using shad and ghost minnows on humps in 6-10 feet of water. Hybrids are excellent using cut shad. Water is being released at the dam. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.

Spence

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees. 45.14 feet below pool. Bass bite has improved to good on rock points and humps with large crankbaits and plastic worms. White bass are in the mouth of Wildcat and the dam area. No reports on the catfishing. Be careful and wear your life jackets. Report by Bill Brasher, Bronte Fishing Guide Service.

Squaw Creek

GREAT. Water stained. 78 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. Closed for the season. Scheduled to reopen October 1, 2023.

Stamford

SLOW. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 1.57 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 10 feet of water with jigs or minnows. Bass are good in the shallows near rocks hitting minnows and soft plastics. Catfish are good noodling near the rocks, or on jug lines on the main lake. Report by Anchor Marina.

Stillhouse

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 12.89 feet below pool. Quality largemouth bass fishing continues with an unbroken streak of 7-9 pound fish coming out of the lake with most every bass tournament taking place there. Fish are found on the outside edge of the hydrilla growing in 12-16 feet of water and are being caught on dark, natural colored soft plastics. Small "schoolie" largemouth bass are beginning to feed on young of the year shad on the surface with increasing frequency White bass fishing has bounced back slightly, with small groups of fish now consistently using the edges of the old Lampasas River channel in the middle third of the reservoir. Working MAL Heavy Lures vertically with a smoking retrieve or MAL Dense Lures horizontally with a sawtooth retrieve is producing bites. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Tawakoni

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are similar this week. The hybrid striper and white bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Fish have transitioned from schooling to relating to structure. Eater sized blue and channel catfish bite is great. Most fish are coming off of prepared bait such as punch and dip baits in 24 feet of water. Crappie are good with quality fish in decent numbers in 8-14 feet of water. Minnows are working equally good as jigs. Bridge columns and brush piles are working best. The largemouth bite is about as good as it has been all year. Good numbers of fish are being caught on weightless flukes, chatterbaits and crankbaits around riprap, grass and docks are best right now. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.

Texana

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Catfish are very good. White bass and crappie have improved in the northern part of the lake as water conditions return to normal after the recent flooding.

Texoma

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 2.06 feet below pool. Striped bass are slow on artificials, but the bite is better for anglers using live bait. Bigger fish continue to bite on topwaters along the banks in the morning. When the morning bite tapers off, look for pods of threadfin shad midlake. Casting into these pockets of shad with swimbaits will land catches of stripers. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striper fishing is excellent using live bait on deep flats 65-75 feet of water with fish suspended 40-50 feet down. The shad spawn is still on, so early morning topwaters or swimbaits along rocky banks, especially where the birds are lined up. Crappie fishing is fair on paddle tail jigs and minnow suspended in the bush piles in 12-15 feet of water. Catfish are fair on cut shad and prepared baits in 60-70 feet of water a couple reels off the bottom. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing is good along the south end of the lake using live shad for numbers and top waters early catching bigger fish. Report by Jacob Orr Lake Texoma Guaranteed Guide Service.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water stained; 78-81 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. The water level is 171.33 with no generators running. Water temperature at the Dam is 78 degrees. North of the three-mile Pendleton bridge, temperatures have been running 77-81 degrees. The shad spawn is winding down and starting to move into groups, shad balls, suspending in the water column depending on temperature in 12-22 feet of water. Bass will be feeding on shad balls in the outer swings of creek channels. The bluegill spawning beds will be the key for another big bass bite using swim jigs in bluegill colors with a short trailer in green pumpkin and watermelon red with just a little tail dip in chartreuse. Look for a hard sandy bottom where the bluegill can spawn on shallow points close to deep water. Some bigger bass are being caught on the main lake using Carolina rigs with a 10-12 inch old monster worm in colors watermelon red, watermelon red candy, black/red flake and tilapia gold over brush piles and edges of the river channel. Pay close attention to your thermocline as this can make or break your fishing day. The frog bite is picking up on popping frogs and hollow body frogs early morning and late evenings over vegetation. Captain's tip: If you are missing bass on a hollow body frog, two things you can do to improve your hook up ratio is to bend the two hooks out a little further away from the body then take your frogs and put them in a plastic bag or container and place them on the dash of your vehicle for a couple of days. As the sun warms the windshield your frogs will become softer and more pliable from the heat. You can thank me later. Flyrodders are catching Bass over vegetation using 8 and 10 weight fly rods. Top flies this week for bass are black or white Stealth Goober, a shad imitation crease fly, and a baby bass foam popper with a white tail. Crappie bite is still hot offshore using minnows and jigs. While fishing deep for Crappie using minnows you might catch several types of fish like catfish, white bass, bluegill, and gaspergou. Safety reminder: It's getting into the 90s in East Texas, so protect your skin by using your sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen! Remember, it is always better to play it safe by telling a loved one or friend the area you will be fishing, how many people are in your party and the expected return time. Report from Master Captain Steve “Scooby” Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide, and Mudfish Custom Rod Shop.

Travis

GOOD. Water slight stain; 75 degrees; 41.93 feet below pool. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Bass are migrating to the marinas for the summer pattern with shad imitation topwaters, jerkbaits, and chatterbaits. Fish are moving to deeper water as the weather heats up. Target shaded bluff walls or fish in 25 feet of water with Report by Captain Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Twin Buttes

GOOD. Water stained. 84 degrees; 23.44 feet below pool. White bass schooling on the surface. Channel catfish are fair in 6-25 feet of water fresh cut bait and cheese bait. Crappie are slow with many smaller catches, but best at night bite is better in live minnows. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.

Tyler

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Bass are slow out to16 feet of water using topwater frogs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits and worms. Crappie are good in 12-16 feet of water on brush piles preferring minnows. Catfish are slow with cut bait in 16 feet of water on brush. Bluegill are good on red worms. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Waco

GREAT. Water stained; 77 degrees; 7.19 feet below pool. Crappie bite is excellent to insane with limits coming out of brush piles in 8-20 feet of water near creek channels or pockets.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water stained; 1.00 above pool; 77 degrees. Perch are excellent. Bass are good on topwater frogs, or using slower moving baits and worms. Giant bait balls are moving in open but the bass are not schooling up giving chase yet. Striper bite is slow. Crappie bite is fair to good. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

Weatherford

SLOW. Water stained; 84 degrees; 6.73 feet below pool. Catfish are good, spawning on shallow rocks with cut bait. Bass are slow on points with Texas or Carolina rigs and worms. Crappie are fair on deeper main lake brush piles.

White River

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 20.27 feet below pool. After the recent rains navigate with caution watching for newly submerged obstacles. Catfish are good shallow from the bank using cut shad.

Whitney

GREAT. Water lightly stained; 75-79 degrees; 4.68 feet below pool. Striped bass limits are common on live bait from the Island to Cedar Creek. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters. Lake Whitney striped bass can be caught throughout the reservoir on live shad, minnows and perch along the channel as well as Creek channel edges. They can also be caught casting swim baits as well as top water. Look for schooling fish on the surface. Report provided by Kraig Sexton, Sexton's Guide Service LLC, Fishing Charter, Marine Electronics & Whitney.

Worth

GOOD. Water normally stained; 79 degrees; 2.54 feet below pool. White bass are good in shallow water main lake points or main lake structure with slabs and teacher flies. Crappie are fair to good on main lake structure and brush piles with minnows and jigs with white color combinations. Largemouth bass are fair to good on docks and main lake structure using crankbaits. Blue catfish are slow, and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson, North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Wright Patman

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.93 feet above pool. Catfish are good on in 13 feet of water with punch bait. White bass have been slow, try trolling a shallow crankbait around main lake points. Crappie are fair but still being caught in 11-15 feet of water on brush piles. Report by Brooks Tarkington, Lake Wright Patman Guide Service.

Houston

FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.32 feet above pool. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of water on shad and cut bait. Crappie are good on submerged structures with jigs and minnows. Bass are fair with an early morning topwater bite, transitioning to deeper structure with soft plastics and crankbaits. White bass are fair on slabs and rattletraps.

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