Arlington
GOOD. Water stained; 92 degrees; 1.83 feet below pool. Bass are hit-or-miss biting on points, or off docks where bass are seeking out that secondary cover. Catfish are excellent on shallow rocks with cut bait on a bobber. Crappie are biting on brush piles with jigs and minnows.
Athens
FAIR. Water normal stain; 90 degrees; 0.18 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are stable. Bass are slow, but solid body frogs, buzz baits, and chatterbaits are catching fish early and late. After the sun rises target Shaky-head worms and jigs on the outside of grass lines 8-12 feet on main lake points and flats. Crappie limits are possible at night over brush in 20-25 feet with small jigs. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.
Bastrop
GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees. Lake Bastrop is fishing well. Working shaky heads with trick worms and small Carolina rigged fluke juniors in the discharge first thing is catching a lot of fish. Later moving out of the north end of the dam and working the schools of bass there with small clear topwaters and small swimbaits is working well. Small straight tail swimbaits deep on ball head jigs work well under the schools also. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Belton
SLOW. Water stained; 87 degrees; 1.51 feet above pool. The lake is still high with water released at 560 cfs. Water is a green/brown tea color. White bass fishing is greatly compressed into a roughly 80 minute window from about 6:30-7:40 a.m. During which time any surface activity which is going to take place in the morning will take place. Afterwards, fishing becomes instantly tougher as fish just become difficult to find. On less breezy days topwater action may be spotted, but downrigging will take fish routinely during this early window under any wind/cloud conditions. My best results have come trolling twin 3-armed umbrella rigs equipped with #12 Pet Spoons kept 1-2 feet above the level at which fish are seen on sonar. 2.6 mph trolling speed is hard to beat. For surface action, a popping cork rig equipped with a streamer matching the size of the threadfin shad the fish are feeding on is a good idea to keep handy at all times. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfishing has been great. Shallow water continues to be productive for nights and early mornings. Smaller blues and trophy size can be caught in 10ft or less using live bait as well as fresh cut bait. As the sun rises drifting deeper water along river channels has been great. Flatheads have been caught near rock piles with live perch/shad. Channel catfish have been great in shallow water around timber using punch bait. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Benbrook
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 18-20 feet of water using live minnows. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics in deeper water brush. Catfish are good with chicken liver, worms and live bluegill. Bluegill are biting worms in shallow water. Hybrid bass are good on shad and minnows. Report by Benbrook Marina.
Bois d'Arc
stained; 85 degrees; 0.52 feet below pool. Bass are slow in the morning unless you find some schooling fish. Bass can be caught flipping into shaded trees with Texas rigs and creature baits in 5-15 feet. Carolina rigs, Baby Brush Hawgs, and Jawtech KO Sticks are landing catches offshore over points and brush piles in 10-20 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service.
Bridgeport
GOOD. Water normal stained; 87 degrees; 9.85 feet below pool. Lake Bridgeport is around nine feet low. Water is clearing with temps in the mid to upper 80s. All ramps are open. Crappie are being caught around the U.S. Route 380 bridge, deeper docks and main lake brush piles. Jigs and minnows are best. Sand bass have been surfacing early and late on the main lake. This action can happen quickly so have your favorite top water lure ready to go. Hybrids are wandering the lake in small packs. Look around the main lake structure, they are moving fast. Live bait and slabs are putting them in the boat. Largemouth bass have been a tough bite. Start with a loud topwater, as the sun comes up try your favorite finesse bait around deep, shady docks. Deep diving crankbaits pulled across points have been working also. Report by Keith Bunch, Lake Bridgeport Guide Service.
Cedar Creek
EXCELLENT. slightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.37 feet below pool. Hybrids and white bass are good at daylight on midlake points and drop offs along sandy flats throughout the dam area, Crappie Island, Key Ranch and the spillway humps in 13-22 feet. Cast spinners and slabs and look for schooling fish on these flats as well as deeper seawalls and shorelines. Then fish any hump in 17-25 feet throughout the lake to find fish stacked up in schools as the day heats up. Use spinnerbaits or drop a slab down to the bottom and work it fast up and down and the fish will hit it immediately. Also throwing out a slab and reeling it back with a slow retrieve is also working well. The evening bite from 5-9 p.m has also been very good. Hit up seawalls close to points in depths of 1-18 feet and cast rattle traps, spoons, slabs or sassy shads to get the hybrids to bite. The crappie bite has been challenging. Now Target crappie with small jigs in 5-12 feet under bridge pylons, hidden brush piles throughout the lake or under docks. Limits are being reported, although guides have been reporting very tough conditions with smaller sized fish being caught. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. The water temperature ranges from mid to upper 80s, and is slightly stained to stained heading south to north. Blue catfish are still in the deeper water with the best action on main lake humps in 12-24 feet with cut shad. During the dog days of summer try floating a bait across deep water in 15-30 feet, suspend the bait 2-5 feet down from the surface of the water to fish the upper column of the water. Channel catfish can be caught in most any cove or point on the lake with punch bait, cut bait, earthworms or shrimp. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.
Comanche Creek
0.31 feet above pool. Closed.
Cooper
GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Catfish are excellent in a postspawn phase hanging out in 2-13 feet of water on timber. Hybrids and sand bass are good schooling on main lake humps and points, and in the river feeding under balls of shad. Fish can be caught on spoons or slabs. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles, or in 4-18 feet of water on timber. Fish are not schooled up, so hit several trees for a mess of crappie. Minnows are out fishing jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys.
Cypress Springs
GOOD: Water stained; 91 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Channel catfish limits can be caught quickly in 15-20 feet of water with stink bait. Crappie are good in 25 feet of water on brush piles with minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Bass are good on deep water points and boat docks with deep jigs, diving crankbaits, dropshots and Texas rigs. Schooling activity has picked up on main lake points. Night fishing has the best bite and is an escape from the heat and recreational boaters. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.
Eagle Mountain
GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.60 feet below pool. White bass are good on main lake structures with slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
Fairfield
Closed to the public.
Fayette
GOOD. Water normal stain; 95 degrees. Bass bite has slowed some after the recent weather. Bass are good early until about 8 a.m. on shallow points with square bill crankbaits and underspins. Then target bass in 15-25 feet of water with Carolina rigs and shaky heads. Bluegill are biting in 3-6 feet of water on rocky banks with nightcrawlers. Catfish are slow. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.
Graham
SLOW. Water stained; 90 degrees; 2.35 feet below pool. Water is in the mid 90s. Sand bass and hybrids are biting good on spoons and jigs. Crappie are good in deep brush piles on minnows and jigs. Bass are biting early and late. Catfish are biting out deep on cut shad.
Granbury
GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.30 feet below pool. Granbury summertime patterns continues with lake temperatures in the upper 80s. Thermocline is present in many areas and is typically about 20 feet down in the water column. Striped bass fishing continues to be good with catches up 12 pounds on live bait and trolled Alabama rigs. Largemouth bass are good in numbers with an occasional bigger fish to 7 pounds. Largemouth bass are best on crankbaits and soft plastics worked near docks and main lake points. Sand bass are good early and late from Decordova to Indian Harbor. Look for schooling fish chasing bait fish in open water. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows on submerged timber midlake. Catfish continue to be good at night on many areas of the lake with some big fish up to 30 pounds possible. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Grapevine
SLOW. Water clear; 85 degrees; 10.21 feet above pool. The lake level continues to be high and water is being released. White bass are slow but scattered using jigging spoons. Target largemouth bass in the flooded brush, timber and structures with soft plastics. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris. Check ramps status before heading out. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
Hawkins
GOOD. Water slightly stained. 80 degrees. Black bass are in their summer pattern, try dropping baits at the edge of grass and slow moving streamers in shad colors. Early morning should draw strikes around grass beds and lily pads. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass. Bream will be easy to spot on beds, remember they can see you too. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
Jacksonville
SLOW. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Water temperatures are 87-89 degrees, the clarity is improving on the south end. Thermocline is between 14-20 feet depending on the area of the lake. Bass fishing has improved in 6-8 feet on crankbaits, Texas rigged soft plastics, and dropshots. Suspended fish can be caught on swimbaits.
Joe Pool
SLOW. Water slightly stained; 88 degrees; 0.68 feet above pool. The bite continues to be slow and pattern consistent for all species this week. Crappie are slow on deep brush piles with minnows. Largemouth bass are slow, but you can get a bite on soft plastics in deep water. Catfish can be found in deep main lake channels. Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.
Lavon
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.75 feet above pool. Crappie are great on brush piles in 15 feet of water and submerged timber or hard structure in 9-22 feet of water. Crappie are biting 1/32-1/8 ounce jigs or minnows. Black bass are in 3-20 feet of water with white and chartreuse spinnerbaits early in the morning. Switch to a 3-6 foot diver about an hour after sunlight. Then gradually transition to a 12-15 foot diver as the sun rises higher around 10 a.m. Somedays, fish will not react to a reaction bait, such as a crankbait, so you might have to slow down using a Carolina rig or Texas rig to entice a bite. There is still some submerged brush on main points and secondary points that are holding fish, so pitch in and around the submerged brush with senkos or Texas rigs. Any standing timber 10 feet off the bank might hold bass as well as an ambush point. White bass are scattered when the gates are open. You can find pockets of a couple hundred, but they are usually moving quickly. If you get lucky, they will stay under the boat and you can finish your limit with 1 ounce slabs in chartreuse or white or silver. Bluegills are great on brush piles in 15-20 feet with earthworms, wax worms, mealworms on light line about 2-4 pounds. Crickets are catching bigger bluegills. Do not be surprised if you catch crappies while targeting the gills. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
Lewisville
FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 3.36 feet above pool. White bass are fair to good on humps and points in 15-25 feet of water with slabs, jigs, and live bait. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair to good as well. They will be in similar depths as 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. Blue catfish are fair to good on cut shad. Drifting mainlake humps, points, and flats near the river channel have produced in 12-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair to good, close to rip rap and on baited holes on punch bait. Crappie are fair in 10-34 feet of water. Check brush piles and submerged cover close to a drop off ledge. Cover close to drop off ledges has been best. Minnows and jigs are catching those fish. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing. Bass fishing is slow while the water level continues to be high.
Limestone
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 88 degrees; 0.57 feet below pool. Lake level has come down slightly, but fishing patterns are consistent as the thermocline continues to be in 12-15 feet of water. Catfish are being caught in 15-20 feet this week. Crappie are in 12-18 feet of water on brush piles. White bass are in 7-14 feet of water on silver war eagle super spoons. Target docks with lights at night using beetle spins. Largemouth bass are biting on topwater at daylight, then off docks, standing timber, brush piles, bulkheads and rocks with Texas rigs, swim jigs, Carolina rigs. A lot of Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.
Navarro Mills
SLOW. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 9.41 feet above pool. Liberty Hill Boat ramp is now open. Lake level continues to be high. White bass are good on chartreuse slabs. White bass can be found in the main lake on underwater humps or schooling on the surface in the morning and afternoons. Catfish are good on punch bait in the flooded timber around the edge of the lake. Crappie are fair on minnows in the flooded timber around the edge of the lake and on brush piles. Largemouth bass are fair on crawfish jigs near the dam. Report by Clay Major, Major Guide Service.
Palestine
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Some warm water turnovers are occurring in areas of the lake. Look for the bubbles on top of the water floating. This is a good indication there has been a turnover in the area. Try to avoid these areas as the bite will be off due to mixed water oxygen levels. The Texas heat is upon us. Please be sure to hydrate and take water with you, wear sunscreen and seek shade cover while on the water. The white bass have been good with some schooling action in the morning and the evening. Hybrid stripers, yellow bass and largemouth bass are slow throughout the day and good in the early morning and at night. Hybrid stripers are best trolling with spoons. Yellow bass are best on crappie jigs and minnows on humps and roadbeds. Largemouth bass can be caught near shoreline points with Texas rigged soft plastics. Channel catfish are always good on Palestine, but the fish are smaller in size. After the recent storm damage, the boat launch and fish cleaning station is now powered up at Lake Palestine Resort. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.
Palo Pinto
GOOD. Water normal stain; 90 degrees; 0.83 feet below pool. Black bass are slow, with the best bite in the shade with moving baits. Crappie are really good on minnows in 8-13 feet of water with minnows. Sand bass are good in the early morning and late evenings. Catfish are slow. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park and Resort.
Ray Hubbard
GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.13 feet below pool. White bass are good on levees and ridges in 16-27 feet of water. There has been some early morning schooling on flats and later morning deep water schooling. In deep water, throw your slab out, let it sink then reel 10 turns and let it drop back to the bottom. Crappie are good and relate to brush 24-35 feet deep minnows working best. Reports of crappie suspended on bridge piles suspended. Catfish are fair around the north end of the lake around timber using cut shad working best in 10-15 feet water. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.
Ray Roberts
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees; 2.38 feet above pool. White bass are schooling up early mornings late evenings and the bite should improve. Evenings have been a little more consistent. Crappie are decent in 15-30 feet on brush piles with minnows. Channel catfish bite is excellent on baited holes and punch bait. Report by Justin Wilson, Wilson Outdoor Connection.
Richland Chambers
FAIR. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.47 feet above pool. Fishing continues to be fair to good as the lake level is six inches above full pool and spillway gates are open. White bass are fair while fish are scattered with very few being found or caught on the main lake. Whites can be found up the Creek Arms on Points in 10-15 feet of water. Best bait has been slabs. Hybrid stripers are good early in the morning on the 309 Flats, Pelican Island and Windsock Point in 20 feet of water with almost all fish being caught on Live Shad. Some early morning catches on artificial lures in shallow water off the 309 Flats. Blue and channel catfish are good on shad or punch bait in 10-20 feet of water. Chum with range Cubes. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.46 feet above pool. There has been a high heat index with high humidity and almost zero wind, so be safe on the water and stay hydrated. Crappie bite is slow, and bluegill and catfish are fair at the Somerville Marina. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnow, over brush, 8-16 feet of water. Catfish are fair in 3-10 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. White bass are good trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are fair but pick up to good in the afternoon in deeper water, if you locate them, using cut bait. Various species are fair below the dam while water is being released at about 95 cfs. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse
SLOW. Water stained; 87 degrees; 2.19 feet above pool. Water levels are high and falling as water is released at 270 cfs. Water is a green tea color. White bass fishing is fair in the first three hours following sunrise. Fish can be found using downriggers, then fished for more methodically with MAL Dense Lures with silver bodies cast horizontally and worked with a sawtooth method, or dropped vertically and retrieved with a smoking method. When downrigging, troll twin 3-armed umbrella rigs equipped with #12 Pet Spoons kept 1-2 feet above the level at which fish are seen on sonar. 2.6 mph trolling speed. Some scattered, almost random, topwater action by schooling largemouth may be seen from time to time. The flooding completely wiped out the hydrilla in the reservoir, forcing largemouth bass to relocate to the sparse bottom cover. The hydrilla will take several years to rebuild. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Tawakoni
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish well as we hit the long stretch of summer weather. Main lake temperatures are hovering at 84 degree on the main lake. Our water temperatures get close to 90 degrees in mid August. These temperatures are optimal for hybrid striper and white bass to school on herds of threadfin shad early in the morning and late in the afternoon. We are catching them on slabs and swim baits when this happens. Optimal depths have been 10-25 feet. The eating sized catfish have been great. Prepared baits such as punch and dip baits are catching the most over baited holes in 15-35 feet. The crappie bite has been slow. The few fish we are seeing being caught have been on bridge piling and brush piles in 12-17 feet. The largemouth bite has been good with white frogs early in the pads then switching over to crankbaits and brush houses the sun comes up and super shallow on dock legs and riprap. Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide ServiceReport by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Texoma
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.87 feet above pool. Striped bass fishing is up and down every day with a lot of inconsistency day to day. Look for schooling fish across flats and river channels, swim baits and top waters early along the islands. Live bait bite is decent, drifting or anchoring on humps and ledges in 40-50 feet of water as schools of fish move through the area. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows using electronics to locate active fish on brush in 20 feet of water near points and drop offs. Water has cleared up so downsize your jig head. Catfishing is good using punch baits and cut shad on baited holes in 15-20 feet of water seeing small channels and blues. Bigger blues are roaming deep water suspended around the thermocline in 30-40 feet of water. Bass fishing is slow along the bluffs on live shad as the fry are abundant and fish are feeding hard early. Reaction baits off the banks in 10-15 feet of water on brush and soft plastics around docks. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Stripers are excellent with topwaters landing smaller fish, then using slabs to catch larger fish below the smaller fish. Look for white egrets feeding on fish midlake to direct the way to fish. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.
Weatherford
SLOW. Water heavily stained; 86 degrees; 1.67 feet below pool. Catfish are good on cut bait and shrimp. Crappie are slow with mostly undersized catches on jigs or minnows in the brush piles. Bass are slow on deeper water ledges with crankbaits and soft plastics.
Whitney
FAIR. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.19 feet below pool. Catfish are fair using cut shad in 20-25 feet of water. Striped bass bite is slow on live bait in 30 feet of water on artificial baits while trolling umbrella rigs and Alabama rigs. Crappie are slow on small jigs and minnows in timber in 15-20 feet on the north end of the lake. White bass fishing is slow. Largemouth bass fishing is slow. All boat ramps are now open. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.
Worth
FAIR. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 2.08 feet below pool. White bass are good in shallow water main lake points and fish are reported being caught on main lake structure on slabs. White bass are good on main lake structures on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles and main lake structure on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
