Arlington
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 1.40 feet below pool. The bass bite has been solid early in the morning on topwaters and crankbaits. As the day progresses, bass are transitioning to points and brush piles. Cast worms, creature baits, and jigs. Now is a great time to cover water early, then slow down and target structure once the sun rises.
Athens
GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Bass are good and can be caught in grass 8-12 feet with Texas rigged worms, wacky rig senko and crankbaits. Bass are also good on brush in 15-18 feet with spoons and Texas rig worms. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush.
Bastrop
GOOD. Water normal stain; 93 degrees. Look for bass shallow near reeds early and throw frogs, wake baits and other small topwaters to get bit. If you find any grass or lay downs, flip a craw or creature bait around those. Later, move to deeper water and look for any schooling bass and throw clear topwaters or small swimbaits and let it sink down to the school to get a bite. If they're not schooling, drag a Carolina rigged fluke or finesse worm or jig across humps and ledges. Watermelon colors work best. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Belton
GOOD. 80 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Dropping about 0.04 feet per day with a 330 CFS release ongoing. Blue catfish can be found around points and river channels in 10-25 feet of water. Larger fresh cut baits are effective for trophy-size fish. Eater fish under 10 pounds can be caught slow-drifting with small cut shad along ledges and river channels. Channel catfish are great on punch bait in 10-20 feet of water. Flatheads are good on live bait in shallow water around river mouths. Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing. The drastic drop in water level and increased water temperature has adversely impacted the white bass fishing for the time being. Any concentrations of fish and shad are very hard to come by. Life seems to be scattered between 25-30 feet deep over the entire lake. White bass fishing is poor right now and likely to remain so until the release of water is finalized. Perhaps one in three mornings will see some light topwater action as white bass force shad to the surface for about 20-25 minutes either side of sunrise on Cork Rigs equipped with Sandy Sandwich streamers. Downriggers rigged with #12 or #13 Pet Spoons are the way to go to cover lots of ground. When fish are found, work that area until you stop catching, then down-rig again to find another concentration of fish. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Benbrook
GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 1.84 feet below pool. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. Report by Hundley's Guide Service.
Bois d'Arc
EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 86-89 degrees; 0.76 feet below pool. Early morning bass bite has slowed down but pondweed is the ticket for a shallow bite. Frogs, flukes, small Texas rigs or shaky heads at the edge of the weeds. The Texas rig rules on this lake pitching and casting around timber in 4-12 feet. Big worms are fair but creature baits rule or beavers. Offshore bite is coming back a bit with Carolina rigs and big crankbaits over points, brush piles and rock. 15-27 feet has been good. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service.
Bridgeport
FAIR. Water clear; 88 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Crappie bite is good on the bridge, dock poles and brush piles. Largemouth bite is decent using jigs, deep crankbaits and wacky rigged baits near deep docks and main lake points. White bass and hybrids are good on main lake humps with slabs or trolling. Catfish bite is fair on cut bait and shrimp. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.
Cedar Creek
EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 86-88 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Catfish are good on main lake humps and flats in 12-24 feet on cut shad and other usual baits like shrimp or prepared baits. Drifting larger cut bait is best for bigger fish. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures. Big numbers of white bass and several trophy-class hybrid stripers have hit the deck. We are consistently finding the best action in 15-22 feet of water. Good go-to setups include a variety of slabs, spinners and the always-reliable yellow bladed Bo Blade spinner using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling Pet 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 86-88 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.
Comanche Creek
Comanche Creek is closed for the summer and will reopen in October.
Cooper
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 1.01 feet below pool. As the summer temperatures increase, 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; 89 degrees; 0.52 feet below pool. Water level is dropping. Bass have been feeding on points and doing a lot of surface feeding. A few bigger bass have been caught on structure in 15-20 feet of water. Crappie have been slow to bite but minnows and jigs are both doing fair. Catching some fish on timber and brush piles in all depths. White bass are surface feeding for long periods and throughout the day. Catfish have been doing good on baited areas. Channels are doing best on stink bait if you can keep it on the hook. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide.
Eagle Mountain
FAIR. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.73 feet below pool. Sand bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on deep water brush piles. Black bass are fair early and late evening on topwater baits. Perch are good on nightcrawlers around docks and boat houses. Catfish are good on manufactured and cut bait in 28 feet of water on humps. Report by Captain Bobby Mann, Catch a Dream Guide Service.
Fayette
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; full pool. Grass is looking good, so cast a frog to see if you can get a bass to bite. Bass are good in 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
GOOD. Water stained; upper 80s degrees; 1.62 feet below pool. Crappie are good in brush piles in 12-14 feet of water on minnows and jigs. Sand bass and hybrids are schooling around the hot water outlet good on slabs and jigs. Largemouth bass are slow biting in shallow water vegetation on moving baits. Catfish are good on cut shad on main lake flats.
Granbury
GOOD. Water good clarity; 87 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Water temperatures are in the upper 80s to low 90s in the back of creeks and sloughs. Thermoclines are present at 25 feet depth in some areas. Crappie fishing has been good to excellent on small minnows and jigs on submerged timber and bridge pilings. Largemouth bass to 6 pounds are good on rattle traps and soft plastics near shaded docks and near major creek entrances. Catfish action is best at night on cut and prepared baits. White bass and small stripers continue to school early and late from in-town to Decordova on feeding flats. Bigger striped bass are slow to fair to 10 pounds on live bream, shad, downrigged jigs and swimbaits. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Grapevine
FAIR. Water clear to slightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.56 feet below pool. White bass are very inconsistent– either you’re going to catch a lot or nothing at all. Very inconsistent pattern. Catching white bass and some catfish on jigging spoons under schooling fish in 40-50 feet of water. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service
Hawkins
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 88 degrees. Topwater 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
SLOW. Water stained; low 90s degrees; 0.14 feet below pool. Bass bite has been extremely tough, finesse baits such as dropshot and shaky head are getting some bites on deeper brush piles and structure, as well as on big worms on Texas rig. Schoolers can be caught on swimbaits and traps. Report by Greg Lotun.
Lavon
GOOD. Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 1.56 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 12-15 feet on brush and timber using 1/16-ounce jigs in any color. Minnows working well too but you will catch a ton of babies so jigs are preferred to save money. There are not many fish below 18 feet. Black bass are good with white and chartreuse spinnerbaits in the mornings along with jerkbaits and soft plastics like the original Slugo worked Texas rigged without weight. If water is super clear, use that technique. If not clear, throw a 3-6 foot crawfish colored square bill around boat ramps and riprap for limits before 8 a.m. After 8 a.m., switch to a 12-foot KVD Series 5 in sexy shad. Soft plastics in watermelon red work well Texas rigged, or creature baits Carolina rigged. Brush piles produce using swimbaits glided over the top. White bass have been at 15 feet consistently. White slabs 1 ounce with treble hooks cut off except one work best at Little Ridge Point, Hybrid Point and the island tip. Anglers are limiting out by 7:45 a.m. at the latest. Tying a jig 12 inches above your slab on a loop knot catches two fish at a time. For some reason, they are still spooked by the thumper but the splash is still working bringing them to the boat. Catfish are good at 15 feet on the flats, especially near drop-offs. Throw maize around the boat and they will show up looking like sand bass schooling on your screen. You could catch your limit within an hour or two with punch bait after you bait around your boat. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
Lewisville
FAIR. Water normal stain; 86-89 degrees; 1.29 feet below pool. White bass are slow on points and humps in 15-32 feet of water. Some topwater action with smaller fish has begun in deeper open water. Slabs, spoons, spinners, and live bait are working. Keeper sized hybrid stripers are slow in similar depths as the white bass. These fish have been moving fast. 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 slow to fair on cut shad anchored or drifting humps, points, and flats in 20-40 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair on baited holes on humps and points in 15-35 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. Crappie are slow to 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 clear; 89 degrees; 1.34 feet below pool. Noodling under boat ramps for catfish will slow down as catfish move to deeper water. The thermocline is from 14-16 feet. Summer patterns will hold on until sometime in September. Crappie are good in 8-14 feet of water on minnows. Offshore fresh willow tree piles are best, but standing timber and concrete pylons are also holding fish. Largemouth bass are good on docks, bulkheads, and brush piles in 4-14 feet of water with Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, chatterbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are good on silver War Eagle Super Slabs in 7-17 feet of water on humps, points, and flats. Catfish are good noodling or on cut bait all the way to 20 feet deep on points, humps, and flats. Lake Limestone Marina will be the best spot for bank fishing as the summer goes on. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.
Navarro Mills
GOOD. Water clear; 89 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. White bass are found off the points in the mornings and evenings. They are moving points and not on one in particular every time. In the evenings they are moving closer to shore and can be caught from the bank. Silver and white spoons are working best, but they are not picky. Crappie are hit-or-miss. Some days they are packed in the brush, and the next they are in 3 feet of water. A few crappie are still coming off the docks daily. Minnows are the preferred bait. If using jigs, blue and white colors work best. Catfishing has slowed, but can be caught with whole or cut perch and goldfish. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.
Palestine
FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.30 feet below pool. Fishing is tough this week due to the weather. Crappie are fair on brush in 12-18 feet of water on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait around brush and timber. Bass are slow but a few are being caught around docks in the shade. White bass and hybrids are scattered but some are being caught trolling on points and roadbeds.
Palo Pinto
FAIR. Water clear; 89 degrees; 1.05 feet below pool. Light conditions are looking good but the lake level is slowly receding. Blue catfish are slow with cut bait early in the mornings and at night using carp and drum for cut bait. Black bass and crappie are slow with few anglers reporting catches. Sand bass and hybrids are very slow with most anglers catching fish in deep water near the spillway. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.
Ray Hubbard
GOOD. Water clear; 86-88 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. White bass have been good in the mornings with surface activity on the common flats. Throw small swimbaits, tail spinners or rattle traps. Later in the morning white bass are shallow in 12-16 feet on long points, coves and ledges. Best technique is to troll in 14-15 feet of water. Crappie are slow and relating to brush piles in 12-15 feet of water. Crappie are at bridge columns. Beat the heat and night fish with submerged green lights and minnows. Catfish are slow 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; 82 degrees; 0.63 feet below pool. Things are starting to make a transition and it's getting a little tougher with water temps getting up to the 90s. Crappie are starting to move out deeper to deep brush in 35-40 feet and in trees in 25-40 feet of water. Now they're also moving out a bit and you can catch them better on timber in 12-18 feet of water, brush piles the same. Early mornings on windblown points for sand bass. Channel catfish are about the same - you can still fish baited holes. Sand bass are in 35-45 feet of water. Largemouth bass are on offshore rocks or shallow brush. Nothing fishing good except channel catfish. Report by Daniel Koberna, Lt. Dan's Crappie Co.
Richland Chambers
FAIR. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.05 feet below pool. White bass can be caught on topwater early. The action doesn't last long, but they will hit spinners and slabs. Eater size catfish are being caught on points in 20-25 feet of water. The hybrids are eating 5-6 inch live gizzard shad when you find them. They are moving a lot and feeding at night. The black bass are on main lake docks and brush piles. This will be the same pattern until the water cools off. Always continue to cover water. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.15 feet below pool. Summer pattern with early and late bite better than midday. No water is being discharged at the dam. At the marina, crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets and worms, and catfish are fair on minnows and punch bait. On the lake, crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-15 feet of water with late afternoon bite good. Catfish are fair in 10-15 feet of water around the structure using cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and soft plastic baits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are good trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good in deeper water using jigs and cut bait. Below the dam, all species are slow with zero water being discharged. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse
FAIR. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.84 feet above pool. Dropping about 0.04 feet per day with a 200+ CFS release ongoing. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened all boat ramps except Cedar Gap near the FM3481 bridge. The drastic drop in water level and increased water temperature has adversely impacted the white bass fishing for the time being. Any concentrations of fish and shad are very hard to come by. Life seems to be scattered between 25-30 feet deep over the entire lake. White bass fishing is poor right now and likely to remain so until the release of water is finalized. If you fish, downriggers rigged with #12 Pet Spoons are the way to go to cover lots of ground; when fish are found, work that area until you stop catching, then down-rig again to find another concentration of fish. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Tawakoni
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.51 feet below pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish decently as we head into August. Fish are moving often–staying on them has been a challenge. The hybrid striper, striper and white bass bite has been good. Fish are stacking up on shallow points in 10-20 feet. Surface feeding is also happening sporadically in early mornings and late evenings when we have some wind. Slab spoons, downriggers and swimbaits are working equally good. The eating sized 1-3 pound catfish bite is red hot. Limits are being caught daily in just a few hours. Prepared baits such as punch and dip baits are working best. The crappie bite has picked up. Minnows are working best in 12-20 feet near bridge pilings. The largemouth bite is good on frogs at daylight and working over to shallow cranks around dock legs and submerged irrigation intakes. Shaky heads have been good too. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Texoma
GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.84 feet above pool. Striper fishing lures are working well for surfacing fish and on big schools of fish in deeper water. Topwaters, swimbaits and slabs are producing. Watch for birds and fish surfacing and look for the bigger schools under them. They're not in the same place twice very often right now. Catfishing is great on punch bait for numbers on points near flats in 20-25 feet of water. Fish are schooled up and staying under the boat on anchor. Blues are in deeper water on cut shad near river ledges. In the hot days of summer utilize electronics to locate active crappie near brush and structure in 18-25 feet of water near coves and creeks. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service.
Weatherford
FAIR. Water stained; 88 degrees; 4.14 feet below pool. Water visibility is about 10 inches. Bass are slow around docks with crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair in deeper water with minnows and shad. Catfish are fair with cut bait and shad.
Whitney
GOOD. Water clear; 87 degrees; 0.02 feet above pool. Catfish are fair using cut bait in 25-35 feet of water. The striped bass bite is fair on live bait in 30-40 feet. Afternoon bites are better. Crappie are up in the main lake in brush in 15-20 feet of water. White bass fishing is fair on slabs on main lake humps in 12-15 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; 86 degrees; 0.91 feet below pool. Reports of catches of carp with bait balls. Catfish can be caught on punch bait.
