Arlington
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.01 feet below pool. Water temperatures are starting to come down after the recent rainfall. The bite has been solid early in the morning on topwaters and crankbaits. As the day progresses, fish are transitioning to points and brush piles, where worms, creature baits, and jigs are producing well. Now is a great time to cover water early, then slow down and target structure once the sun gets up.
Athens
GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.35 feet above pool. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady. Bass are good in grass in 8-12 feet of water with Texas rig worms, wacky rig senkos and crankbaits. Bass are good on brush in 15-18 feet of water with spoons and Texas rig worms. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.
Bastrop
GREAT. Water stained; 90 degrees. Summer fishing patterns are steady. Largemouth bass are schooling in the evenings on flats in 15-22 feet of water biting small green plastics.
Belton
FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 8.04 feet above pool. Live Oak Ridge, McGregor, and Owl Creek ramps are closed. The lake is very high, with 7.96 feet of flood water and still rising. White bass fishing has gotten tougher as the strong topwater bite has greatly diminished with the rising water. As the lake has risen the white bass have moved shallow under 28 feet of water. Early morning and late evening at low light is best. Downrigging excels right now as it covers water and allows precise depth control. Use #12 Pet Spoons on multi-layer rigs. If, as you down-rig, side-imaging reveals white bass schools to the side of your boat, Spot-Lock cross-wind from them and cast MAL Heavy Lures to them while continuing to keep tabs on them with side-imaging. Use the sawtooth method so the lure doesn't rise too far from bottom at any time in the retrieve. Sunfish can be caught easily in the flooded terrestrial vegetation in the back of most coves, especially those with rock and, or wood present. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris due to the rise in water. Anglers can find blue catfish around points and sand flats in 10-25 feet of water. Larger fresh cut baits have been effective for trophy size fish. Eater fish under 10 pounds are active and slow drifting with small cut shad along sand flats will produce. Channel catfish are good and can be caught on punch bait in 10-20 feet of water. Flathead catfish are excellent on live bait in shallow water around river mouths. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Benbrook
GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 1.23 feet above pool. Lots of floating debris floating and debris on the bank. Catfish are excellent on cut bait and punch bait in 20-40 feet of water. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. Hybrid bass are good in 20-40 feet on live bait. Report by Hundley’s Guide Service.
Bois d'Arc
GOOD. water normal stain; 90 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Bass can be caught early in the morning in pond weed with popping frogs, or poppers at the edge of grass. Chatterbaits are fair on points with bushes 3-7 feet. Bass are good with Texas rigs, creature baits or beavers around big timber and old road beds in 3-7 feet. Offshore bite has been slow but pond dams and brush piles, rock piles are fair with Carolina rigs and Texas rigs, big worms, brush Hawgs, or flukes best in 6-18 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell’s Guide Service. Crappie limits are still possible but will take some time. Target fish on timber from 15-30 feet of water with minnows over jigs. The key will be to cover water to catch the active fish, do not beg them to bite. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Bridgeport
FAIR. Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Crappie bite is fair on dock poles and brush piles. Largemouth bass bite is decent using jigs, crankbaits, and soft plastic baits near docks and rock points, white bass bite is good and hybrids are fair on main lake humps with slabs or live shad. Catfish bite is good on cut bait or live shad. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.
Cedar Creek
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Water level is 3 inches low. Big numbers of white bass and several trophy-class hybrid stripers have hit the deck. There is consistent action in 15-22 feet of water. A good go-to setup include a variety of slabs, spinnerbaits and the always-reliable yellow bladed Bo Blade spinner using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling spoons with a hellbender set up at 3 mph in 13–17 feet of water is absolutely crushing the white bass. Water temperatures are currently holding around 83-86 degrees and will continue to rise as summer heats up over the next couple of weeks. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are good anchoring on main lake humps and points in 13-24 feet, or drifting flat areas in 10-20 feet. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.
Comanche Creek
0.54 feet above pool. Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.
Cooper
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees: 0.11 feet below pool. As the summer temperatures increase the water temperature target crappie are in deeper timber along the river channel, and brush piles. Start on the edge of the timber line working towards the dam then to the timber in coves. Summer bite is typically best on live bait. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Cypress Springs
FAIR: Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Catching numbers of small bass on points, but the larger bass are slow. Crappie are good on deep timber with jigs and minnows. The best times have been early and late. Channel catfish have been on fire. Big blue catfish are good at night in the flats by deeper channels. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. Crappie are excellent on brush piles and docks but you will have to weed through numbers of small fish to catch a limit. Minnows are outperforming jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Eagle Mountain
FAIR. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Thermocline has set in 25-30 feet of water. Catfish are good on manufactured baits in 28 feet of water. Sand bass are good on slabs and shallow water crankbaits under the lights. Crappie are fair in deep water brush piles on jigs. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.
Fayette
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 92 degrees. Grass is looking good, so cast a frog to see if you can get a bass to bite. Bass are good 20 feet of water biting deep diving crankbaits, shaky heads and Carolina rigs. The bite slows midday. Perch can be caught from the bank to 10 feet of water on nightcrawlers. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen’s Guide Service.
Graham
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Fishing is improving. Water is still standing. Bass are good in shallow water vegetation. Crappie are good in brush about 10 feet deep. Sand bass and hybrids are good on spoons and jigs as fish school on main lake points. Catfish are good on main lake flats with cut shad.
Granbury
GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.15 feet below pool. Water temperatures are in the middle 80s and clearing. Sand bass continue to be abundant on many areas of the lake from in-town by the Shores to the dam. Look for surface schooling action early and late. Striped bass are hit and miss, but when you get on them look out. Some good striped bass to 10 pounds are possible on the lower ends on bait and trolled jigs/crankbaits. Largemouth bass are good in numbers and many are schooling with the sand bass on feeding flats in town to Blue Water shores. Some of the bigger largemouth are near creek entrances and deeper docks. Best baits for largemouth are spinner baits and crankbaits early with soft plastics working later in the morning. Crappie reports are mixed, but small minnows and jigs worked near underwater structures like flooded timber from Water’s Edge to Bentwater are reported as good. Best catfish action is reported in the evening using cut shad or prepared baits. Some big blue catfish and yellow catfish are possible to 25 pounds. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Grapevine
GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.48 feet above pool. White bass are good with fish suspended in 30 feet of water. A thumper with jigging spoons will put fish in the boat. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
Hawkins
GOOD. Water slightly stained. 80 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 slightly stained; 88 degrees; 0.15 feet above pool. The lake is muddy after the recent storms. Bass are biting soft plastics and jigs on brush and structure at any depth above the thermocline. The thermocline varies from 9-22 feet. Schooling bass can be caught with rattletraps, swimbaits, and topwaters.
Joe Pool
GREAT. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.75 above pool. Fishing is good but scattered. The lake is full pool and holding steady. Water temperatures are in the low to mid 80s, and will rise as temperatures get hotter. Bass can be found shallow during the early morning hours before the sun gets up. You can catch them with topwater and small soft plastics Texas rigged. Look for submerged pond weed. The shallow fish will be your 12-14 inch fish with the occasional slot fish. Once the sun gets up the bite moves out to mid depths 5-12 feet of water. Here you can use soft plastics, mid depth crankbaits in shad color, and drop shot. Look for timber and submerged brush and structure. Larger slot fish and the occasional over slot fish are in this depth range. You have to time it right due to there being bite windows where they feed then shut off. If you are not getting bit keep moving. Crappie are out on your favorite summer deep spots on minnows. Please wear your life jacket and be mindful of the weather. Be sure your boat is equipped with safety equipment, bilge pumps, batteries. It could save your life. Go fishing and wear your life jacket! Report by Gilbert Miller, GTB Outdoors.
Lavon
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.32 feet above pool. Crappie are in 9-25 feet of water on timber and brush. Timber is more consistent for keepers and bigger fish on laydowns in 10-12 feet. Minnows are king out fishing jigs. Plenty on the boat ramps with a cast net 3/16 net. White bass are good in 15-20 feet on main lake points all day with a 1 ounce white or chartreuse slab bounced off the bottom. A splasher is still working to bring fish to the boat. Most slabs come with treble hooks, but if you cut all but one hook off it will make getting fish off the hook easier. Catfish are good using punch bait as you chum in 10-15 feet of water with range cubes. Black bass are really good in the mornings on red, or chartreuse and white spinnerbaits in 7 feet of water. Then switch over to 3-6 foot divers, and if that is not working switch to the 12 foot diver in crawfish color or sexy shad. Swim jigs and senkos are working in the floating tire reefs. Target bass around boat ramps, underwater rock, piles, flooded brush, and any of the riprap. Live Scope with a swimbait over crappie piles is super fun right now. Lots of bass in the 10-20 feet range in the piles. If you have side imaging, locate predominantly any submerged boat ramp, and you should have some pretty good luck there. Bluegills are really good on almost every brush pile in 15 feet of water with earthworms and bacon crickets. Use a 2-4 pound fishing line, any heavier on the line and the catch ratio dwindles. Average size fish is 6-8 inches with 9 inch kickers. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
Lewisville
FAIR. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.27 feet above pool. White bass and keeper sized hybrid stripers are slow to fair on points and humps in 15-32 feet of water. Slabs, spoons, spinnerbaits, and live bait are working. 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 on anchor or drifting humps, points, and flats in 15-35 feet of water. Channel catfish are good on baited holes on humps and points in 15-35 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. Crappie are fair in 15-28 feet of water. Check brush piles, submerged timber, laydowns, rock piles, and submerged cover close to a drop off ledge. Minnows and jigs are catching those fish. Report by Wes Campbell, BendARod Fishing.
Limestone
GOOD. Water normal stain; 89 degrees; 0.32 feet above pool. Catfish noodling is excellent under bank washouts and boat ramps. Docks with lights are good at night for white bass. Lake cleared up even more this week. Fresh willow tree piles are best for crappie right now they need to be set in 17 feet of water. Largemouth bass continue to be 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
SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 1.97 feet above pool. Few anglers on the lake as the lake continues to drop. White bass are slow and difficult to find. Crappie are slow on brush piles hitting jigs or minnows. Seeing more than normal yellow catfish on brush piles and near docks. Catfish are good for eaters with shad and perch. Largemouth bass are slow. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.
Palestine
GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 0.03 feet at pool. Crappie are good on brush in 14 feet of water with minnows, or in timber in 18-25 feet of water with jigs. Channel catfish and small blue catfish are good near reading walls with stink bait or cut bait. Bass are good in 4-7 feet of water with senkos. White bass are good around sunrise in the morning on main lake points with small rattletraps or shallow diving crankbaits.
Palo Pinto
SLOW. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Blue catfish and yellow catfish are good in shallow water early mornings with cut bait. Sand bass and hybrids are slow. Crappie continue to bite in deeper water on minnows. Muddy conditions are clearing after the recent rains. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.
Ray Hubbard
GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.01 feet below pool. White bass are fair with surface activity on the flats in the morning throwing small swimbaits, tail spinners, or rattletraps. surface activity on the common flats. Later in the morning white bass are moving shallow 12-16 feet on long points, coves and ledges. Crappie are slow on brush piles in 12-15 feet of water. Crappie are showing up at bridge columns. Catfish are good in wooded timber 15- 25 feet 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; 84 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. Summer patterns are holding steady. Largemouth bass are in 18-25 feet of water primarily on rock piles with 10 inch worms, crankbaits and football jigs. The best bass bite is flipping shallow cover early in the morning. Crappie are good in brush piles and timber in 18-25 feet of water. Sand bass are on humps and points in 20-25 feet of water with slabs. Blue catfish are good in 20-25 feet of water on humps and flats with live 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 stained; 85 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Bass fishing are fair and the water is stained and 86 degrees. The temperature will start rising this week with the high air temperatures. There are fish shallow around certain boat docks. The shade and food source will keep them shallow. There are still Gizzard Shad, and Bream shallow in big numbers. You could fish shallow all day and do well. The other bite is going to be deeper brush piles and other structures. These areas are pretty easy to check with your Livescope if you have it. You can cover a lot of water with big crankbaits or 10 inch power worms. Good Fishing Terry Hawkins Guide Service Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water stained; 84 degrees; 0.78 feet above pool. It is an unusually wet year for July and the lake is 10 inches above pool. At the marina crappie are fair, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, and catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait. Crappie are good in the late afternoon on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water. Catfish are fair in 10-15 feet of water on structure using cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are slow on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are fair trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good in deeper water, using jigs, cut bait. Below the dam all species are fair fishing, with 189 cfs of water being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse
GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 9.72 feet above pool. All boat ramps closed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers until further notice due to flooding. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Tawakoni
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish well as we settle into a late summer pattern. Water temperatures have warmed into the mid 80s and we are seeing fish on all parts of the lake. The hybrid striper and white bass are active in all areas of the lake feeding on schools of shad and sometimes feeding on the surface. Best lures have been the slab spoon, but live shad is also working. The eating sized catfish bite is great. Easy limits in 15-25 feet are common using punch and dip prepared baits. Crappie are decent on minnows on bridge pylons and submerged brush piles in 10-15 feet. Largemouth are good on senkos, square bills and frogs. The frog bite is at daylight and in the pads. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Texoma
FAIR. Water stained; 84 degrees; 1.49 feet above pool. Striper fishing is up and down as the water temperatures have risen and the water levels have dropped. There is a lot of bait and fish do not have to try hard right now. Topwaters early and scattered through the day in coves and off points. Live shad is working drifting shallow flats or anchoring on humps in 10-20 feet of water. Catfish are good on ledges and humps in 20-30 feet of water off creek channels. Punch bait will catch channel catfish and cut shad will catch blue catfish in deeper water. Fish are in big schools. Bass fishing is up and down with the weather. The shad population is strong but fish can be forced to react near docks and structures. Look for brush and stumps as bigger fish will feed on larger baits. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass bite is consistently inconsistent. Fish are not in what is normally the typical pattern for this time of year. Fish can be caught in 10-30 feet of water trolling, or with live bait, topwaters and swimbaits. There is an abundance of baitfish but stripers are not feeding. pattern is off for what is normal. Tons of bait but fish are not feeding like they should. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.
Weatherford
FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 3.09 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 15 feet of water on brush piles with minnows. Bass are slow on soft plastics or crankbaits in deeper water. Catfish are fair with cut bait and shad on rocks. Water clarity is 1 foot.
Whitney
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 2.52 feet above pool. Water clarity is stained, but the bite is consistent. Catfish are fair using cut bait in 25-30 feet of water. Striped bass bite is fair with the best bite in the afternoon on live bait in 25-30 feet of water. Crappie are on main lake brush piles in 15-30 feet of water. White bass are fair on slabs on main lake humps in 25-30 feet of water. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics on deep structure. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.
Worth
FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.67 feet above pool. Reports of catches of carp with bait balls. Catfish can be caught on punch bait.
