Aquilla
GOOD. Water normal stain; 74 degrees; 1.21 feet below pool. Expect the water temperature to cool after the midweek cold front. Crappie are good on brush piles in 15-20 feet of water on minnows and jigs. Bass are good on spinnerbaits in 3-10 feet of water. Catfish are good in the timber on prepared baits. Sand bass are fair in 20-30 feet of water on jigging spoons off main lake humps. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.
Arlington
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.76 feet below pool. After the recent rain the lake is up about a foot. It was a warm rain that pushed a lot of bait shallow, consequently bass and white bass should be up there shallow with them in the creeks. Crappie are loaded in main ditches and creek channel timber and brush. Catfish are in creek channels too. Report by Cade Rudiger, local angler.
Athens
GOOD. Water normal stain; 74 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Bass are feeding on shad and bluegill gearing up for winter. There has been a better concentration of fish shallow all day now that it has cooled off. Still using a weightless 5 inch stick bait or 5 inch soft jerkbait in shad and bluegill patterns. Mix in a hollow body frog and spinnerbait. Crappie are schooled up on main lake brush piles and deep grass lines hitting crappie jigs or minnows. Use a lighter jig head as the water cools down if wind allows for it. Water clarity is 3-4 feet of visibility. Report by Captain Kirk Pasalich, Artifishable Fishing Guide Service.
Bastrop
GOOD. Water normal stain; 88 degrees. Bass are good on rocks and ledges with a shaky head or crankbait. A frog or wakebait around grass will catch some good bass as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Belton
GOOD. Water normal stain; 76 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. White bass fishing is good and getting stronger with each passing cold front as the water cools through the 70s. Fish are gathering in large schools and using bottom features in 32-42 feet of water most of the morning and in the late afternoons after feeding briefly in shallow water right around sunrise. The MAL Lure, original or heavy, and with either a white tail or chartreuse tail is a good lure to have on the rods right now. Once a school of fish is found on sonar use your trolling motor to stay on top of them, then drop the lure to bottom and crank it up fast enough to ensure the blade starts spinning and stays spinning. Observe fish reaction using live imaging sonar or 2D sonar. Once the fish settle down and no longer chase, move on and look for the next school. No bird activity, and very limited topwater activity typically with cloud cover just after sunrise. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Catfish are fair. The recent cold front has temporarily slowed the activity but this will not last long. Anglers can expect catfish to be very active and feeding throughout the fall months. River channels and sand flats are locations worth fishing. Fresh cut bait is best in 15-25 feet of water and is a great starting point. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Benbrook
Water normal stain; 73 degrees; 2.94 feet below pool. Catfish are fair on cut and stink bait in 15-30 feet of water. Hybrids are fair on live bait in 15-45 feet of water. Crappie are good in 18-30 feet of water on small minnows near trees and stumps. Report by Hundley's Guide Service.
Bois d'Arc
EXCELLENT. Normal stain; 73 degrees; 1.82 below pool. There is good bass top water action with choppos or spook type baits early around pond weed or grass. Wind blown banks with grass are producing good catches with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in 1-3 feet. Try and match the size of the bait in the water. White is the best color. Flukes and yum dingers are good on the edge of pond weed and grass on windy banks 1-4 feet. Squarebill crankbaits are fair over shallow pond dams 3-5 feet. Texas rig bite is slow on timber 3-5 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Crappie are good in deep trees in 15-30 feet of water suspended in 15-22 feet. Fish are transitioning and related to the bottom due to the northern wind. As a southern front moves in expect the fish to rise again. Secondary creek channels and bank line break lines are good. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Bridgeport
FAIR. Water clear; 73 degrees; 3.78 feet below pool. Before the cold front the fishing patterns were consistent. Post cold front the crappie will either push shallow or go deep, and hybrids and white bass will be slower. Crappie are good on the docks, and brush piles in 15-30 feet with minnows, or natural colored jigs. Largemouth bass are good using topwaters, flukes, senkos, and chatterbaits on main lake rock and around docks. White bass and hybrids are scattered on main lake humps and points with topwaters, slabs or trolling. Catfish bite is good on cut and live bait main lake humps and in the rivers. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.
Cedar Creek
EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 73 degrees; 2.54 feet below pool. Consistent white bass and hybrid action has been found in 12–17 feet of water. Productive setups include slabs, spinnerbaits, and Alabama rigs, especially when using the sawtooth retrieve technique. Trolling pet spoons with a Hellbender setup at about 3 mph in 13–17 feet of water has been highly effective for catching white bass on several humps throughout the lake. Early morning hybrid action has remained very steady as cooler morning temperatures continue. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are still good on mainlake humps anchored with cut shad on the bottom in 12-24 feet of water, or drifting in the same depths throughout the lake. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.
Comanche Creek
80 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Largemouth bass action is tremendous with many folks bragging on 100 plus fish per day. Channel catfish limits are common on prepared baits on many areas of the lake. Tilapia are abundant and can be taken on rod and reel, but this invasive species can be taken using a throw net. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Cooper
GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 3.10 feet below pool. Crappie are good with some fish still shallow in 2-6 feet of water at the base of trees, and some fish have transitioned to the creek channels in 15-20 feet of water. Minnows are preferred over jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Cypress Springs
FAIR. Water normal stain; 73 degrees; 0.84 feet below pool. Crappie are primarily on structure, but a few are transitioning to roam in creek channels. The best bite is on minnows, but a few bites can be had on jigs. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Eagle Mountain
FAIR. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 2.26 feet below pool. Catfish are good on cut bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows around boat dock and over deep water brush piles. Black bass are fair on swimbaits and spinnerbaits in 4-6 feet of water. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.
Fayette
SLOW. Water slightly stained; 82 degrees; full pool. The lake has settled from the turnover. Bass are in 12-15 feet of water with shaky heads or dropshots. Along the reeds cast rattle traps, swimbaits, or underspins. The midweek cold front should ball the shad up, so gamefish should be in pursuit to feed up. Catfish are on deeper edges in 14-25 feet of water. Report by Mark Fransen, Fransen's Guide Service.
Graham
GOOD. Water stained; upper 73 degrees; 3.21 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 12-14 feet of water on brush with minnows. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling around the hot water outlet. Catfish are good on shallow flats using cut shad. Bass are good in the pockets with moving baits. Bass are feeding on schools of shad early and late in the day.
Granbury
GOOD. normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.76 feet below pool. Sand bass are good to excellent mid-lake near Bentwater on slabs and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow to fair on live bait and trolled jigs on the lower ends. Look for these fish feeding shallow early and late. Largemouth bass are good in numbers and many are schooling with the sand bass on flats adjacent to the deeper channels. There is a good topwater bite early then switch to soft plastics later in the day. There is good catfish action midlake and upstream on cut and prepared baits. Some good blue catfish to 25 pounds are possible. Crappie action continues to be good to excellent on small jigs or minnows fished on submerged structure, standing timber or bridge pilings. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Grapevine
GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.08 feet below pool. Fishing is typically slow after a cold front. White bass are good in the morning and afternoons. Numbers can be caught, but you will have to sift through undersized fish. Continue to look for working birds and target fish jigging slabs in 15-17 feet of water. The patterns should remain consistent until the water temperature drops to 60 degrees. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O'the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
Hawkins
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees. Topwater early and late will produce good black bass and bream action. Small white poppers working shallow around the shoreline are a good bet. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
Jacksonville
SLOW. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.11 feet above pool. Water clarity is fairly clear considering all of the recent rains. Bass are biting soft plastics on brush and offshore structure at any depth up to 25 feet. A few bass can be caught on topwater walking baits, buzz baits, poppers and ploppers. Fish are also on docks with jigs and soft plastics.
Lavon
FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 2.71 feet below pool. Crappie can be caught on brush and standing timber in 10-20 feet with minnows and jigs. White bass are very active until 9 a.m. in 10-20 feet of water. Check every main lake point until you land on a school. The best bite is on white or chartreuse 1 ounce slabs. Catfish are on flats near drop-offs in 10-15 feet of water with punch bait, stink bait and cut bait. Having a spot chummed out before you get there will make it way easier. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
Lewisville
FAIR. Water normal stain; 73 degrees; 0.71 feet below pool. Expect to fish feed heavily leading into a cold front, then the bite will slow during a few days after. White bass have slowed on points and humps in 15-32 feet of water. Slabs, spoons, spinnerbaits and live bait are working. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are fair in similar depths as the white bass. Birds diving or sitting on the water have helped locate fish. 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 humps, points and flats in 15-32 feet of water. Channel catfish are good on baited holes on humps and points in 15-30 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. Crappie are fair in 10-28 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. The overall bite is tough right now. Hybrid and white bass are cruising the main lake around points and creek channels. Largemouth are sitting around shallow rocks and brush pretty well through the day.
Limestone
GOOD. Water clear; 70 degrees; 1.60 feet below pool. There is no longer a thermocline and there is no sign of a turnover. The midweek cold front should kick start the fall patterns as water temperatures decline closer to 60 degrees. Shad are moving into the creeks and birds are showing up in the trees. Crappie are in 6-18 feet of water on offshore brush, standing timber and concrete. Largemouth bass are in 4-12 feet of water on brush, docks and bulkheads hitting Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. Catfish can be caught throughout the lake in 10-20 feet of water on cutbait. Some catfish are following shad into the creek. White bass are on main lake points and flats in 7-15 feet of water hitting super spoons. Lots of shad are still moving to the backs of creeks. With the cooler weather in the forecast the fall fishing patterns should begin soon. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.
Navarro Mills
GOOD. 80 degrees; 0.45 full pool. Catfish have improved with numbers of eater size and some bigger being caught. Crappie are slower than normal, but still finding several on brush. The cold fronts will affect the bite until the fish adjust. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.
Palestine
SLOW. water stained; 75 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. The bite is inconsistent after the cold front and high winds. Crappie are slow on timber in 10-24 feet of water on minnows. Catfish are slow on punch bait over baited.
Palo Pinto
SLOW. stained; 75 degrees; 2.30 feet below pool. Blue catfish are slow. When you can locate crappie or white bass the bite is best on minnows. Black bass are slow. Water level is declining and the clarity is stained to wind. Report by Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.
Ray Hubbard
GOOD. Water normal stain; 73 degrees; 1.47 feet below pool. Water temperatures are cooling. White bass are fair in the mornings with surface activity starting again on the common flats. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattletraps. Later in the morning white bass are shallow in 16-18 feet on long points, coves and ledges. The best technique is to troll in 12-14 feet of water. White bass are starting to group back up and as the water temperature declines to the mid 70s fish will start to push shad in the flats early and late then be on structure the rest of the day. Crappie are fair on brush piles in 12-15 feet of water, or bridge columns. Catfish are good in wooded timber in 12-15 feet on prepared punch bait. Chumming will help bring the schools into your areas. Report by John Varner, John Varner's Guide Service.
Ray Roberts
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.61 feet below pool. Crappie are good on brush piles in 20-28 feet of water, or timber in 6-8 or 12-18 feet of water. Use live minnows or natural bait colored jigs. Largemouth bass are good with buzz baits and topwater lures. Target offshore rocks in 16-22 feet of water, or shallow vegetation and cover with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, or swimbaits. Channel catfish are good on baited holes. Blue catfish can be caught on flats with 18-24 feet of water with cut bait. Sand bass are fair on humps with live bait, or slabs. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan's Crappie Co.
Richland Chambers
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 73 degrees; 1.56 feet below pool. The catfish bite is the best on the lake. Hybrid bass bite is still slow, but should start soon. White bass are inconsistent, but as the cold fronts roll in the bite will improve. Black bass can be caught covering water with Biffle Bugs, chatterBaits and squarebill crankbaits. After the midweek cold front the 309 flats and the Pelican Island area should be good areas to target hybrids and white bass with slabs in 20-25 feet. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.09 feet below pool. At the marina the crappie bite is slow, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, and catfish are good on minnows and punch baits. Crappie are fair on various jigs and minnows in 6-12 feet of water over mainlake brush. Catfish are fair in 5-12 feet of water on drop-offs using jug lines, cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are slow on craw jigs and slowly working plastic baits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are fair, trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are slow in deeper water using jigs or cut bait. All species are slow below the dam while the gates are closed and there is no water being discharged. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse
FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. White bass fishing is good and getting stronger with each passing cold front as the water cools through the 70s. Fish are gathering in large schools and using bottom features in 32-42 feet of water most of the morning and in the late afternoons after feeding briefly in shallow water right around sunrise. The MAL Lure, original or heavy, and with either a white tail or chartreuse tail is a good lure to have on the rods right now. Once a school of fish is found on sonar use your trolling motor to stay on top of them, then drop the lure to bottom and crank it up fast enough to ensure the blade starts spinning and stays spinning. Observe fish reaction using live imaging sonar or 2D sonar. Once the fish settle down and no longer chase, move on and look for the next school. No bird activity, and very limited topwater activity typically with cloud cover just after sunrise. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Unseasonably warm conditions have bass holding in a summer pattern. The most consistent bite is coming from nomadic schools chasing shad, best located with forward-facing sonar. Weightless soft plastic jerkbaits and mid-strolling presentations are producing steady action. A few scattered fish can still be caught around submerged vegetation and shoreline cover, but those bites have been less consistent. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.
Tawakoni
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 1.25 feet below pool. The hybrid striper and white bass bite are good. The fish are moving hard looking for good pockets of water. Fish main lake points in 8-15 feet using inline spinners and slab spoons. The eating sized catfish bite is still red hot. Easy limits on half day trips are the standard right now. Baited holes in 12-20 feet using prepared baits such as punch or dip baits. The trophy blue catfish are beginning to feed. We have seen fish in the 20-30 pound range on medium sized pieces of cut baits in 10-25 feet. Crappie are improving under bridges and on shallow brush with the bite on minnows. Largemouth bass are extremely shallow and prefer fast moving shallow crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Texoma
GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. Striper fishing is good on live bait. Water temperatures are in the low 70s and falling this week. Watch for gulls working active fish near the river channels and on shallow flats. Fish are on humps and ledges in 25-45 feet of water. Catching is good and getting better. Big blue catfish are off the ledges on deep flats near the river channels in 40-65 feet of water. Whole gizzard shad or cut rough fish. Eater size catfish are still piled up in the backs of ditches off the river channels in 20-25 feet of water. Crappie are piled up on brush in 12-18 feet of water. Seeing a lot of smaller fish with larger fish being caught near rocks and structure on main lake points. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service. Stripers are good with slabs in 10-30 feet of water. Very few catches on the surface with topwaters in 2-3 feet of water. The water is almost done turning. The midweek cold front should improve the bite for this weekend. Birds are showing the anglers the way to surfacing bait and actively feeding fish. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.
Weatherford
FAIR. Water stained; 74 degrees; 5.34 feet below pool. Bait is starting to transition to the creeks. Bass are slow around docks with crankbaits. Crappie are fair on brush piles with minnows and jigs. After the cold front crappie should start showing in the crappie house. Catfish are fair around rock with cut bait and shad. Bait fish are primarily congregated in the main lake, with some fish shallow. Water visibility is 10 inches.
Whitney
GOOD. Water normal stain; 76 degrees; 1.21 feet below pool. Overall, patterns remain consistent with the striped bass bite slowing from good to fair. Striped bass are fair with live bait in 25 feet of water, or topwater baits where fish are schooling. Crappie are in the main lake brush in 15-30 feet of water. White bass are slow on main lake humps in 25-30 feet of water. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics on deep structure. Catfish are good using punch bait in 20-30 feet of water. Report by Captain Cory Vinson, Guaranteed Guide Service.
Worth
GOOD. Water normal; 78 degrees; 1.17 feet below pool. Bass are great in shallow water using crankbaits with big vibration. Crappie are good using minnows in timber. Catfish are good with numbers being caught using shad on windblown points and in timber areas. Sand bass are excellent with large schools early in the morning on slabs and fast moving baits. Report by Michael James, local angler.
