Arlington
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 2.17 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; 0.01 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 fish are 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. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Water surface temperature is likely the hottest we will see for 2025 now that there are multiple cold fronts due in the next week. 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 two in three mornings will see some light topwater action as white bass force shad to the surface for about 30 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. Catfish are good. Anglers can find blue catfish around points and river channels in 10-25 feet of water. Larger fresh cut baits have been 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.
Benbrook
Water stained; 88 degrees; 1.99 feet below pool. Crappie are good on live minnows close to structure. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait and stink bait. Report by Hundley's Guide Service.
Bois d'Arc
EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 86-90 degrees; 1.03 feet below pool. Lake is about 18 inches low. Morning bass bite is good around pond weed with frogs and flukes and shaky heads at the edge in 2-4 feet. Pond dams with square bills and chatterbaits good early in 2-6 feet. Best bite is in the timber with Texas rigs and jigs. Best depth is 4-10 feet. Creature baits and beavers are favorites. Deep crankbaits are good over deep brush piles in 16-22 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service.
Bridgeport
FAIR. Water clear; 86 degrees; 1.99 feet below pool. Crappie bite is good on the bridge, dock poles and brush piles. Minnow bite is best but the jig bite is getting better the closer we get to fall. Largemouth bite is decent early morning on topwaters then switching over to jigs, deep crankbaits and Texas rigged baits near docks and main lake points. White bass and hybrids are good on main lake humps with slabs or trolling. Catfish bite is good on cut and live bait. Report by Jack Pellegrini, Lake Bridgeport Crappie Guide Service.
Cedar Creek
EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 86-88 degrees; 0.98 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; 1.37 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; 0.66 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 are good in 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; 1.71 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; 1.81 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; 0.27 feet below pool. Water temperatures on the main lake are in the upper 80s. Recent rain events in August have turned on the fish especially during the rain. White bass continue to school on many areas of the lake from in-town to near Decordova. Striped bass have been hit and miss, but some good fish to 8 pounds are possible on large live shad fished from Indian Harbor to Striped Alley. Largemouth bass are good to 7 pounds working creek entrances and shaded docks using soft plastics and crankbaits. Catfish action is good to excellent mainly at night. Best catfish bait is cut shad. Crappie action has been good to excellent on small minnows fished near underwater structures. Look for crappie suspended on structure in 15 feet of water. Report by Michael Acosta, Unfair Advantage Charters.
Grapevine
FAIR. Water clear to slightly stained; 80s degrees; 0.60 feet below pool. White bass are being caught out in the mid humps anywhere from 20-27 feet down on the sides of the humps, not so much at the top, but on the sides. Jigging spoons are working. They seem to be just up and down lately, but right now they're going good. Water clarity is good and all boat ramps are in good shape. 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 are shallow around the shoreline. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
Jacksonville
SLOW. Water clear; low 90s degrees; 0.12 feet below pool. Water is clear down south, but stained on the north end. The bass bite is still tough, but some are being caught on topwater shallow, and on soft plastics on deeper brush piles and structure. Schoolers can be caught with topwater, swimbaits and traps. Report by Greg Lotun.
Lavon
GOOD. Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 1.90 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 12-15 feet on brush and timber using 1/16-ounce jigs in any color. Minnows work well, 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; 87-90 degrees; 1.62 feet below pool. White bass are fair 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 to fair 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 fair on cut shad anchored or drifting humps, points and flats in 20-40 feet of water. Channel catfish are fair to good 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; 1.42 feet below pool. Consistent summer fishing patterns. The lake is dropping 5 inches a day on evaporation. 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. Summer patterns continue. Report by Colan Gonzales, Lake Limestone Guide Service.
Navarro Mills
GOOD. 89 degrees; 0.16 feet below 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. Expecting conditions to change Thursday/Friday as the cold front comes through. Report by Navarro Mills Marina.
Palestine
FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.39 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; 1.19 feet below pool. Water conditions are pretty clear and dropping every day. Crappie are biting in deep water on minnows. Blue catfish are biting late evening and early morning drift fishing in the shallows where all the baitfish are - shad are plentiful. Black bass, hybrids and sand bass are slow. Carp and drum are biting on worms in 3 feet of water. That is good cut bait for blue catfish. Report by David Holt, Lake Palo Pinto RV Park.
Ray Hubbard
GOOD. Water clear; 86-89 degrees; 1.26 feet below pool. White bass have been fair in the mornings with little to no 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; 0.82 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; upper 80s degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Black bass are still holding in their summer patterns on main lake docks and brush piles. White bass are schooling early and the midday bite is getting better. Hybrid bite is good early but falls off quickly. The eater size catfish are good and will continue through the fall. Report by Terry Hawkins Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Summer patterns continue with the 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 good 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 structures 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 fair trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are fair 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; 87-88 degrees; 0.58 feet above pool. Dropping about 0.04 feet per day with a 200+ CFS release ongoing. Water surface temperature is likely the hottest we'll see for 2025, given multiple cold fronts due in the next 10 days. USACE 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 lower two-thirds of the lake. White bass fishing is poor right now and likely to remain so until we get a drop in temperatures. 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. Keep a Cork Rig with Sandy Sandwich streamer handy for eruptions of topwater feeding by schoolie-sized largemouth and white bass. They seem to stay on the surface for just moments at a time. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Fish have been shallow since it flooded but with the water receding, the bass have moved back out. Look for grass on humps and underwater points and work those areas with Texas-rigged worms or craws. Working the coves in deeper water are producing as well. Worms and creature baits work well in those areas. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Tawakoni
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.66 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; 83-84 degrees; 0.38 feet above pool. Fishing has been really good. Some days are definitely easier than others, but it has definitely started to turn around. Mostly catching them on slabs. Sometimes catching them on topwaters. Some anglers are trolling for them and catching them. You can jig them up and down off the bottom. Water temperatures are still pretty warm around 83-84 degrees. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striper fishing is good as they have schooled up and are feeding more frequently with the nicer weather. Look for fish surfacing with larger schools under them on river ledges. Slabs, topwaters and swimbaits are producing fish when you get on the right school. Fish can be found feeding throughout the day and in random places so keep an eye out for birds and blow-ups right now. Catfishing is good on punch bait off points and ditches in 20-25 feet of water for numbers of channel cats. Blues are on deeper flats in 40-60 feet of water on cut shad for numbers. Bigger blues are near coves and creeks in 18-25 feet of water drifting cut shad. Crappie fishing - look at brush near the mouths of coves and creeks in 15-20 feet of water. Temperature drops will have fish active near docks and structures throughout the day. Darker color jigs are working better with current water conditions. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service.
Weatherford
FAIR. Water stained; 88 degrees; 4.26 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; 88 degrees; 0.10 feet below pool. Catfish are fair using cut bait in 30-35 feet of water. The striped bass bite is fair on live bait in 30-40 feet. Crappie are up in the main lake in brush in 15-20 feet of water. White bass fishing is poor on slabs on main lake humps in 15-25 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; 0.81 feet below pool. Reports of catches of carp with bait balls. Catfish can be caught on punch bait.
