Arlington
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Conditions are still the same. The lake has received a lot of rain so the clarity is stained. Bass continue to be shallow, or on deep points with crankbaits.
Athens
GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.58 feet above pool. Bass are good in 8-12 feet of water in grass with Texas rigged worms, wacky rigged senkos, and crankbaits. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.
Bastrop
GREAT. Water stained; 80 degrees. Lake Bastrop is fishing well. Bass are schooling up in the mornings in the discharge. Throw small swimbaits, flukes, jerkbaits and Texas-rigged worms or a shaky head. Later move out off the dam to find some schoolies and throw topwaters or cranks or a tiny jighead and 2 inch minnow style bait. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Summer pattern has locked in, so slow your approach. A good summertime pattern is to target bass dragging the bottom with Alabama rigs in 20 feet of water. The schooling activity has slowed and fish are deep. A few fish can be caught in patchy grass and reeds the first and last two hours of the day. Continue to cast clear topwaters, shad colored squarebill crankbaits, or Alabama rigs rolled extremely slow off the bottom.
Belton
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Belton has climbed another 0.38 feet since last week. Fishing for white bass has gotten tougher now that young-of-the-year shad are in abundance, and the water is stratifying as the thermocline develops. The best success is during the first few hours of light in the morning and again in the last hour of light on either side of sunset. The MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail is the only lure I've used for the past four weeks, and it continued to produce well this week. It shows up remarkably well on forward-facing sonar and 2-D sonar. Drop it either to the bottom if fish are on bottom, or below the level of suspended fish, and crank it up at a steady cadence at least two cranks above the fish showing highest in the water column. If a chase occurs, keep cranking at that same steady cadence until the fish either catches it, or turns away. When a strike occurs, keep right on cranking without a hard hookset. Some topwater action is also taking place, although it has not become predictable. Be on the lookout for herons feeding repetitively over open water, then go in stealthily for a look so as not to spook the fish and push them off the surface. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are fair. As we start the spawning cycle anglers should expect the catfish activity to slow for a few weeks. Shallow water around timber with fresh shad or prepared bait can produce smaller blue catfish under 10 pounds. Flatheads are fair on live bluegill around river mouths and log piles. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Benbrook
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.88 feet above pool. Catfish are good on live and cut bait 10-25 feet of water. Hybrids are good on live bait 15-30 feet of water. Bass are good with hard plastics off ledges, and soft plastics around brush. Report by Hundley’s Guide Service.
Bois d'Arc
GOOD. water normal stain; 76 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Morning bass bite has picked up. Grassy or weed areas around main lake points and secondary points are good with spook type baits and poppers in 1-4 feet of water. Wind blown points with shad in 2-4 feet of water are good with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and rage swimmers. Road beds with bigger timber are really good with Texas rigs creature baits in 4-7 feet. Some fish are showing up on offshore structures in 12-19 feet of water. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Crappie are excellent on structure from 15-25 feet of water. Minnows are out performing jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Bridgeport
FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Crappie are primarily roaming but finding some active fish on dock poles or brush. Largemouth bass bite is decent in shallow water using topwaters and crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on main lake humps with slabs or live shad. Catfish bite is good on cut bait. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.
Cedar Creek
GOOD. stained; 77 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. The hybrid striped bass and white bass are on a feeding frenzy! Start looking for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the dam, or on the edges of drop-offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. Focus drop-offs and along seawalls early in the mornings in 5-14 feet with slabs. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinners and retrieving off the bottom at a very slow retrieve to catch these fish in depths of 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. Catfish are good on humps in 5-20 feet on fresh shad, or drifting in 15-25 feet of water for bigger fish. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.
Comanche Creek
0.44 feet above pool. Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.
Cooper
SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees: 2.00 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 10-20 feet of water on timber. Minnows are outperforming jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Cypress Springs
FAIR: Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 0.37 feet above pool. Crappie are loaded on the brush piles in all depths and are doing great on jigs. White bass are numerous cruising around deeper structures and will hit almost anything. Catfish have been slower this week, but should start biting in 15-20 feet of water on stink bait. Bass are in a summer pattern biting early morning and late night around lights. Lots of spotted bass and yellow bass are being caught right now too. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Crappie are congregating on boat docks and brush piles. Some bigger fish are roaming. The best bite is a hand tied ⅛ ounce jig tipped with a minnow. You will have to weed through small fish to find the keepers. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Eagle Mountain
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Channel catfish are good on manufactured bait on deep water humps, points and drop-offs. Sand bass are fair to good green and white slabs on deep water humps, points and ridges. Crappie are slow to fair on minnows around docks and deep water brush piles. The north end of the lake is stained like chocolate milk, the south end is trying to clear but continues to be stained. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.
Fayette
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees. The early morning bass bite is starting to slow. Bass are good with underspins, rattle traps and spinnerbaits in less than 4 feet of water. Shaky heads and Carolina rigs are still working in 12-20 feet of water. Bass are still not suspending. Perch are in 10 feet of water on nightcrawlers with catfish mixed in. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.
Graham
FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. Water is still high and muddy. Bass are slow feeding on shad in shallow water. Crappie are good on brush in 14 feet of water with minows and jigs. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling on the main lake points feeding on shad. The bite is good with minnows and spoons. Catfish are on the main lake flats feeding on shad. The bite is good on cut shad and chicken liver.
Granbury
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.23 feet below pool. Water is stained slightly on the upper ends, but is generally clear from midlake to the dam. After the recent rains the lake is full pool, so watch for floating debris. Striped bass and sand bass can be caught near channel breaks near feeding flats at several locations from Ports–O-Call to Sandy Point and near the dam. Bigger striped bass are being taken on 1ounce slabs and live shad fished mainly on the lower ends from Decordova to near the pump stations close to the dam. Smaller stripers and sand bass are easily being caught on slabs and spinnerbaits all over the lake from Bentwater to Blue Water Shores. Largemouth bass are good to 6 pounds on soft plastics and lipless crankbaits fished in the back of sloughs and near main lake points. Look for topwater action on feeding flats. Crappies are holdings to structure near deeper docks, underwater timber and near bridge pilings and are good on small minnows and jigs. Blue catfish continue to be good from Water’s Edge to Hunter Park on cut shad. An occasional bigger blue or yellow catfish to 25 pounds plus are possible. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Grapevine
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.82 feet above pool. White bass are in all depths feeding on shad. Use inline spinners shallow and slabs in deeper water. Keep an eye out for birds working. Really nice catfish mixed in with the white bass. Check ramp status before heading out. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
Hawkins
GOOD. Water slightly stained. 75 degrees. Topwater lures early and late will produce good black bass action. Bream should be making their move shallow for their spawn. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
Jacksonville
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Water is clearing up, but is still a little high. Fish are biting on brush piles with soft plastics, jigs, and swim baits. Also on shallow lay downs with soft plastics and crank baits.
Joe Pool
GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.70 above pool. Water level is going down slowly back to normal pool. Summer is hear so it is time to look out for pleasure boaters. Bass fishing has improved in all depths. Crappie are moving out to the deeper cover for summer. White bass schools are popping up all over the lake, just look for concentrations of bait. Catfish are mixed in with white bass, below the schools. Be safe and wear your life jackets! Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.
Lavon
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.56 feet above pool. There is not a discernible white bass pattern while the gates are open. Fish early morning while sand bass are surfacing blowing shad out of the water using topwaters or a swimbait. The white egrets will be on the banks telling you pretty much where they should be. If you are not getting bit within the first 30 minutes of sunlight, you will probably have to move out to 10-20 feet of water and use 1 ounce white or chartreuse slabs. While the gates are opening and closing the crappie bite is hit-or-miss. Look on timber and brush piles in 10-20 feet. Once the gates close this should be the pattern the rest of the summer. Start shallow the work your way deeper to search for fish. Channel catfish are good on baited holes, rip rap and brush. Bait the rocks and bushes with soured grain to hold fish in there long enough to catch limits. Black bass are biting white and chartreuse spinnerbaits in the morning around the rip wrap, concrete and shallow submerged brush on points and secondary points. Bass are not biting at the back of the coves anymore. Cast creature baits, and Texas rigged worms on rock piles and large brush piles, or underwater points in 10-15 feet of water Carolina rigs. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
Lewisville
FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.44 feet above pool. White bass are fair to good on points and humps in 15-32 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 drifting humps and flats in 15-32 feet of water. Check wind blown banks where herons are present early in the morning. Crappie are slow to fair in 8-28 feet of water on brush piles, submerged timber, and submerged cover near drop-offs with minnows and jigs. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.
Limestone
GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Crappie are in 10-18 feet of water on power lines, standing timber, or offshore brush with minnows. White bass are in 7-17 feet of water with super slabs. Catfish are good in 10-20 feet with cutbait, or large minnows. Largemouth bass are good in 4-14 feet of water with boat docks, bulkheads, and rocks with chatterbaits, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, and spinnerbaits. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.
Navarro Mills
GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.41 feet above pool. Sand bass are excellent with spoons in brush piles. Sandies are running in schools with the better bite in the evenings over the morning. Crappie are starting to stack up in deeper brush piles hitting jigs or minnows. Some keepers, but primarily smaller sized fish. Catfish are shallow with primarily catches of small eaters. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.
Palestine
GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.83 feet above pool. Crappie are good on brush and timber in 12-22 feet of water. White bass and hybrids are good on clay points early and late in the day. Catfish are spawning with a good bite on bulkheads or rip rap and nightcrawlers and punch bait.
Palo Pinto
SLOW. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.31 feet above pool. Conditions are looking good on the lake and the water level is 4 inches over the spillway, but forecasted storms may muddy the water. Catfish are biting great on cut bait and fresh shad. Crappie are biting in deep water on minnows. Hybrids and sand bass are biting on minnows. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.
Ray Hubbard
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.11 feet below pool. White bass have been spotty in the mornings with some surface activity. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattle traps. Later in the morning white bass are moving out to deeper water on long points, road beds and levees. Crappie are related to brush piles 12-18 feet of water. Crappie are showing up at bridge columns, and moving around drop-offs going from structure to structure. Catfish are good on the rocks around the lake using a slip cork and prepared punch bait. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.
Ray Roberts
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.10 feet above pool. Crappie are stacking up on timber, bridge pylons and brush piles in 20-25 feet of water. A minnow is the preferred bait, but a 1.5-2 inch jig is catching fish too. Largemouth bass are moving to offshore rock piles and main lake points. Some bass can be targeted on shallow laydowns or shaded areas. Best baits have been 10 inch forms, weightless flukes or weightless senkos. Sand bass are on humps and points in 30-50 feet of water with slabs. Blue catfish can be caught under the white bass with 3-6 inch shad. Channel catfish are good in 10-25 feet of water on flats. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan’s Crappie Co.
Richland Chambers
FAIR. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 0.66 feet above pool. The lake is 6 inches above full pool level with four of the twenty-four spillway gates open. White bass action has slowed to fair in 20-25 feet of water off main lake points, roadbeds, and humps. A slab and jig combination is hard to beat. Check out the south shoreline around the Lighthouse for early morning top water action. Hybrid striper action is good with live bait or shad off the 309 Flats and South Shoreline near Fisherman’s Point Marina. Blue catfish action is fair on cut bait and shad in the shallow water off windblown points. Catfish can be caught on punch bait below Schools of feeding white bass. Crappie action is slow. Report by Royce Simmons, Gone Fishin' Guide Service. Black Bass are fair, with the water stained. The temperature is low 80s but does cool down a little with the storms that hit. This is when you can start checking those deeper spots. I like to fish stump rows, rock piles, and brush piles. Fishing ahead of the upcoming patterns can payoff if you hit it right. Deep crank baits, jigs, and dragging plastics can be great right now. With the water level the way it is now there are always some fish shallow also. Boat docks continue to get better and better on the lake. I personally always prefer the deep bite better in June. Good fishing, Terry Hawkins Guide Service. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.57 feet above pool. At the Marina the crappie bite is fair, and the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait. Bluegill are fair on crickets or worms. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water. Catfish are good in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and shiny spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water. White bass are very good trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good 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.
Stillhouse
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.12 feet below pool. Stillhouse has risen another 0.06 feet since last week. The water is warming rapidly and the fish are suspending more and more each day. The two drivers for this is the stratification of the water by temperature which will eventually lead to the creation of the thermocline by mid-June, and the increasing presence of young-of-the-year shad making their way into open water. When fish are suspended, I rely heavily on my 2-D sonar, traditional sonar or colored sonar, as the three-dimensional cone it makes use of extends the echo signature of the fish into long arches which are larger and much more easily seen on a screen then the shorter rice grain signatures seen on side-imaging and down-imaging. The MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail is the only lure I have used for the past four weeks. It shows up remarkably well on forward-facing sonar and 2-D sonar. Drop it either to the bottom if fish are on bottom, or below the level of suspended fish, and crank it up at a steady cadence at least two cranks above the fish showing highest in the water column. If a chase occurs, keep cranking at that same steady cadence until the fish either catches it, or turns away. When a strike occurs, keep right on cranking without a hard hookset. Mornings are best, from 7:20 a.m. to around 10:15 a.m. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Tawakoni
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni is fishing good and is in its full summer pattern. The hybrid striper and white bass bite is good. Fish are feeding on thread-fin shad suspended over deeper water. Slabs, swimbaits and live bait are working best. The eating sized catfish bite is red hot. Baited holes in 20 feet are working best. Prepared baits such as punch bait and dip baits are catching more fish. Crappie are decent on bridge pilings and shallower brush in 8-14 feet. Docks are also holding fish. Jigs are out-fishing minnows currently. Look for that to chance as water warms into the 80s. Largemouth bite is good. Shallow crankbaits, flukes and frogs are catching best. First hour and last hour for the frog, and the cranks mid morning into the mid day around shallow dock pilings, rip-rap and isolated underwater irrigation pumps. Use your side-imaging to locate these. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Texoma
FAIR. Water stained; 74 degrees; 12.08 feet above pool. Catfishing is still excellent using punch bait along rock banks for channel cats in 15-25 feet of water. Cut shad and whole shad on ledges in 30-45 feet of water for keeper blues and look for bigger fish in shallow creeks and coves. Striper fishing is very inconsistent with the current lake conditions. Top waters, swimbaits and live shad on humps and flats in 20-25 feet of water fishing any clear water you can find. Look for the lake to clear once they turn down the outflow. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass are hit-or-miss with slabs in 15-30 feet of water, with a better bite on live bait. Midlake to the dam water is clearing. Very little floating debris left on the lake. Channel catfish can be targeted around big rocks and drop-offs in 20-30 feet of water cut bait. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.
Weatherford
FAIR. Water stained; 79 degrees; 3.16 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 15 feet of water on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Bass are slow on soft plastics or crankbaits in deeper water. Catfish are fair with cut bait and shad on rocks. Water clarity is 7 inches.
Whitney
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 1.73 feet above pool. Water is lightly stained 76 degrees. Catfish are good using cut bait in 25-30 feet of water. Striped bass bite is fair on live bait in 25-30 feet of water. Crappie are on main lake brush piles in 15-30 feet of water. White bass fishing is good on slabs on main lake humps 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 stained; 80 degrees; 0.63 feet above pool. Very few reports after the recent weather.
