Alan Henry-GOOD. Water clear; 75 degrees; 0.24 feet above pool. Crappie are fair in 15-30 feet on jigs and minnows fishing over trees. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
Arrowhead-GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 6.28 feet below pool. Fishing pattern is holding as the water slowly cools off. Catfish pattern is holding steady drifting with fresh cut shad. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.
Cisco-GOOD. Water normal stain; 74 degrees; 13.69 feet below pool. Catfish are biting on cut bait. Bass are hitting topwaters. Crappie are hitting on minnows, or pretty much any kind of bait you can buy from the bait shop there biting on like crazy this week. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
Coleman-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are slow on topwaters early in the morning, or flipping a senko into cattails. Crappie are fair with jigs and minnows.
Ft. Phantom Hill-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 7.71 feet below pool. Anglers are reporting good catches of crappie. Hybrid stripers are fair to good. White bass can be caught trolling with crankbaits or live shad. Largemouth bass are good on topwaters along the rocks.
Greenbelt-GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 50.00 feet below pool. Crappie are in standing timber. Sand bass are good. Catfish are good on minnows and worms. Largemouth bass are good.
Hubbard Creek-SLOW. Water Stained; 85 degrees; 14.38 feet below pool. Bass are slow with the best bite around the north end of the dam on rocks of the overflow, and in Game Warden Cove in 4-11 feet of water on trees near the rocky shoreline. Smaller fish are biting topwaters, and bigger fish were caught on square bill crankbaits for jerkbaits for schooling bass. Blue catfish can be caught on juglines with live bait or cut carp. White bass are schooling throughout the day.
Meredith-FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 48.48 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady as the water starts to cool off. White bass bite continues to be excellent on just about anything. Bass are good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are fair to good with nightcrawlers, minnows, chicken liver and frozen shad. Crappie are fair with artificial baits and minnows. Trout are slow. Walleye are good on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. Hit the secondary points of a morning, slabbing in about 40 feet of water. Best of luck to you out there. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.
Millers Creek-SLOW. Water stained; 83 degrees; 1.83 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water. The best bite will be early and late in the day.
Nasworthy-FAIR. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees. 0.46 feet below pool. The bass bite has been fair on white chatterbait/spinnerbaits early morning and evening. Midday flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water is the ticket to catch shaded up largemouth bass. Crappie were good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.
O.C. Fisher-SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 40.66 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.
O.H. Ivie-GOOD. Water slightly stained; 77 degrees; 26.17 feet below pool. The lake is stabilizing after the 7 foot rise a few weeks ago and the bite is improving. The upper end of the lake is murky but fish are starting to school on the lower end. Black bass are slow to 5 pounds on frogs, Whopper floppers and chatterbaits. Most fish are super shallow. Crappie are fair suspended in trees, or suspended in 10-15 feet of water in deep water. Minnows are still best but some fish are caught on red and white or blue and white crappie jigs. White bass are being caught, by the dam on a variety of baits but mainly with live scope jigging. Channel catfish has been fair in 5 feet or less as well on a variety of stink baits and cut shad next to the salt cedar bushes. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
Oak Creek-SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 17.33 feet below pool. Black bass bite is improving with reports of fishing being caught on swimbaits. A report of an 8 pound bass being caught on a Seek & Destroy Glide bait. The anglers are also reporting success on large plastic worms fished in deeper water. Crappie are good with reports of fish stacked up. The BoneHead jigs seem to be the most popular bait. The anglers are utilizing their FFS units to locate the schools. Catfish are good on jugs. The larger fish are being caught on live perch. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
Possum Kingdom-GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.79 feet below pool. Stripers are fair to good with live bait in 20-40 feet early in the day and in 40-60 feet of water later in the day. Downriggers are still slow at the moment and catching very few fish. Fish are moving very fast and it can be hard to stay on top of them. Sand bass are slow in 20-30 feet of water using live shad or small white and silver slabs and jigs or rattle traps. Catfish are still fair to good with cut shad or your favorite brand of stink bait, also known as punch bait. Good numbers of fish are in 15-30 feet of water fished on or near the bottom. Water clarity is steady at 4-10 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Bass are scattered on ledges, points, and deep timber hitting crankbaits, Carolina rigs, dropshots. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide.
Proctor-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.99 feet above pool. The lake is over full pool and with water being released at 105 cfs. Copperas Creek day use and westside dock and ramp has been a popular area for anglers. Promontory Park Day use boat ramp is open. Early morning fishing on jugs has been productive for catfish.
Spence-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees. 45.34 feet below pool. Anglers are reporting success on smaller bass in the shallows. They reported catching them on plastic creature baits such as the Toad Thumper and Untamed Sportsman. Bank anglers are catching catfish with shrimp and chicken liver. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
Stamford-GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.04 feet below pool. Bass are fair on soft plastics. When you find one fish, stay in the area because you will probably find another. Crappie are fair on concrete. Catfish are fair.
Twin Buttes-FAIR. Water stained. 82 degrees; 38.31 feet below pool. Catfish are slow in the main body of the lake on drop-offs with cheese bait or fresh bait. Carp are slow. Crappie are slow and small, with undersized fish scattered in 7-15 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.
White River-GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 23.06 feet below pool. Catfish are good. Crappie are good on minnows. Largemouth bass are biting in deeper water ledges with soft plastics.
