Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 1.73 feet below pool.
Black bass are good on crankbaits fished up the river around the island.
Crappie are good on jigs fished over structure in 4-10 feet of water.
White bass are good over road beds.
Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait.
Yellow catfish are slow.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water clear; 90-92 degrees; 1.92 feet below pool.
Fishing is fair and slowing due to the heat. The dam is releasing 417 cfs, this is close to an inch per day. The lake is clear despite some algae.
Catfish, bluegill, and crappie are fair on minnows and worms at Somerville Marina early morning.
Black bass are slow hitting slow moving plastics and spinnerbaits on drop offs and brush in 6-10 feet of water.
Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles and pilings using minnows and various jigs.
Catfish are fair early in the morning in 8-14 feet of water. Larger catfish are good in deep water on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait.
White bass are slow trolling Pet spoons on points or using shad and ghost minnows on humps in 6-10 feet of water.
Hybrids are slow using cut bait and 2 ounce jigs.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 16.72 feet below pool.
The weather pattern is unchanged, so the fishing pattern also remains unchanged.
Morning fishing for white bass is more productive than afternoon or evening.
Fish are related to breaklines as deep as 45 feet of water. Finding fish with sonar and downrigging for them has been effective. This helps find fish and indicates their willingness to chase lures.
If the fish willingly chase downrig lures, then Spot-Locking atop them and working MAL Heavy Lures with white tails vertically from bottom, upwards through the fish is effective, as is working MAL Heavy Lures horizontally using a sawtooth-style retrieve.
Quality largemouth bass fishing continues with dark, naturally colored soft plastics fished on the outside edge of the hydrilla now standing in 20 feet of water in the early morning and just before or after sunset. Some morning topwater largemouth action for smaller “schoolie” bass continues. Small, clear “fluke” style baits cast fast and accurately get the most attention.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Bass are good, slowly dragging big worms and creature baits through the grass edges in 20 feet of water.
Report by Captain Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.
Belton GOOD. Water lightly stained; 86-89 degrees; 16.17 feet below pool.
T he weat her p at ter n unchanged, so the fishing pattern also remains unchanged.
There are varying degrees of morning white bass topwater action from about 6:307:15 a.m., with less consistent “popcorn” schooling thereafter, until around 9 a.m.
After the topwater action ends, anglers are left with the more difficult task of finding fish by searching with sonar. Once found, Spot-Locking a cast length from the fish and then casting to them using a “sawtooth method” with the MAL Heavy with white tail has been my go-to tactic when fish are found on or near the bottom.
If fish regurgitate small, young-of-the-year shad, drop down to a MAL Mini lure. If fish are scattered and/or suspended, nothing beats downrigging right over top of them. Multilure rigs incorporating #12 and #13 Pet Spoons is a sure bet.
Channel catfish have been coming into baited areas well; focus on depths where the thermocline meets the bottom with at least sparse cover nearby.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catfish are good in 10-25 feet of water.
Smaller blue catfish and trophy size can be caught using live bait as well as fresh cut bait.
F latheads have been caught near structure and rock piles with live perch or shad.
Channel catfish have been great in shallow water around timber using punch bait.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Limestone
GOOD. Water clear; 89-94 degrees; 2.17 feet below pool.
Crappie are suspended on offshore brush, standing timber, power lines in 10-16 feet of water using minnows.
White bass are in 7-15 feet of water using silver jigging spoons, or at night on docks in 7 feet or less using in-line spinners and crankbaits.
Catfish are good on points and humps in 10-18 feet of water using cutbait and minnows.
Largemouth bass are good in 4-14 feet of water on docks and offshore brush and standing timber with crankbaits, Carolina rigs, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs.
Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking. com.
Bryan
GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees.
Bass are fair on crankbaits in deep water, or with Texas rig or soft plastics in the sticks.
Report by Aggie Anglers.
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