Austin
GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. Water temperature low to mid 80s. Bass are decently active right now. The morning bite has been good up shallow throwing soft plastics. Water clarity is decent during the week, and dirty during the weekends due recreational traffic. The afternoons are fishing pretty tough right now. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.
Brady
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 11.58 feet below pool. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady with the best bites early and late in the day. Black bass, crappie and white bass are slow. Channel catfish are good using worms and cut bait. Yellow catfish are fair using live perch and fresh cut bait late at night.
Brownwood
GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 2.53 feet below pool. Black bass to 7.62 pounds are fair on Hag’s tungsten tsunami jigs or shaky heads in 6- 20 feet in main lake structure. Early morning topwater bite on the flats in 2-8 feet of water. Many catches of freshwater drum caught by anglers targeting bass. Crappie are slow around docks with brush on minnows in 12-14 feet. White bass catches up to 12 inches are slow on crankbaits and crappie jigs under the lights at night. Catfish are fair with catches up to 8 pounds on prepared bait on the main lake.
Bryan
GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees. The lake is full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Bass reports. Report by The Bait Barn.
Buchanan
EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees; 10.54 feet below pool. The water color looks good over the majority of the lake and the river is stained to muddy as normal. Striper fishing is improving. Live bait has been hit and miss and same with the trolling pattern nothing has been very consistent day to day. Topwater schools are showing up all over the lake and are starting to stay up long enough to get close. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Lake Buchanan has got a little more water and the bite is good around rock piles, points and ledges. Throwing flukes, shallow and deep cranks or a topwater over shallow large rocks will get you a bite. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Canyon Lake
GOOD. Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 24.64 feet below pool. There is a good topwater bite first thing in the morning. Then as the sun comes up fishing a neko rig off of deeper grass lines and brush piles has been producing fish. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.
Georgetown
SLOW. Water stained: 85 degrees; 5.37 feet below pool. Fishing patterns consistent w with the bite slowing. Sand bass are hit-or-miss in the evenings. Bass are fair in the evenings with catches up to 2 pounds. Carp and gar can be caught up stream. Black drum can be caught in the stilling basin.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.11 feet above pool. Black bass are good to 5 pounds on spinnerbaits fished in shallow water. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished in 8-16 feet of water. White bass are fair on slab spoons fished over humps. Blue catfish are good on shad drift fished in deep water and jug lines. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
LBJ
FAIR. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 16-24 feet of water with jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good skipping docks with wacky rigged and Texas-rigged worms, or throwing swimbaits and crankbaits around any grass you find will catch some also. You can also throw shallow crankbaits and frogs along the retaining walls to catch some bigger ones. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Medina
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 94.00 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.
Travis
FAIR. Water stain; 85 degrees; 46.90 feet below pool. Bass are in a consistent summer pattern. Water temperatures slightly declined after the recent weather but not enough to affect the bite. Start in the marinas in the morning with spoons and small swim jigs in 30 feet of water. Then move to deeper grass on the north end for bass up to 5 pounds with craws, worms, Texas rigs and shaky heads. Continue to downsize baits to match the small 1 inch baitfish the bass are feeding on. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. There is decent bass bite with early morning schooling around deep marinas and coves. Small swimbaits and topwaters with walking the dog technique works well and jigging or flutter spoons deep under the boat slips can catch some good ones. Later work ledges and points in 15-35 feet of water working Texas-rigged soft plastics and jigs. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Waco
SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.17 feet above pool. Twin Bridges boat ramp, Speegleville Park boat ramp, and Lacy boat ramp are open. Crappie are good in 10-20 feet of open water on brush piles with live minnows or jigs. Largemouth bass are slow and scattered. The best bite is early or late in the day with soft plastics. Sand bass are excellent on small slabs, small crankbaits, small swimbaits and small spoons in 15-35 feet on open water humps, points, ridges, roadbeds, and on the Old Dam. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good with cut bait or live shad on juglines or rod-and-reel in 10-30 feet of water. Hybrids up to 7 pounds are being caught with 5 inch swimbaits or spoons at the Old Dam. Best colors are white and chartreuse or chrome.
Walter E. Long
GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees. Bass are good on worms in the grass. There is very little schooling action. Stripers are good trolling, but very few keepers. Bream are good. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide. Lake Decker is fishing well for bass. There is a bit of schooling action, but usually a bit later in the morning. To start, find some nice thick grass and throw Texas-rigged 4-5 inch straight worms to catch ya some. If you notice any action such as bait fish being chased or jumping. Get a rod with a swimbait on it and start chunking. There are hybrids in this lake, and those can be a blast to catch. Big largemouth bass can be mixed in, so be ready. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Crappie are good in 15-20 feet of water on chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.
