Granger
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 3.31 feet below pool.
Black bass are good to five pounds on swimbaits fished around hydrilla.
Crappie are good on 1/32 ounce jigs fished around cover in 4-12 feet of water.
White bass are fair on crankbaits and spoons fished around shallow road beds.
Blue catfish are good on shad baited jug lines.
Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines fished up river.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water clear; 85 degrees; 5.13 feet below pool.
Fishing patterns continue to hold steady.
Catf ish, bluegill and crappie are fair on minnows and worms at Somerville Marina early morning.
Black bass are fair hitting slow moving plastics and jerk baits on drop offs and brush in 8-14 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 slow in deep water drifting or using 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; 82 degrees; 18.42 feet below pool.
Until turnover occurs, fishing will rise and fall with local weather. Wind and cloud cover enhance fishing, while bright, calm conditions hinder.
With the thermocline still firmly in place, downrigging for scattered, suspended fish has been the best card to play. With shad continuing to grow, the #13 Pet Spoon downrigger with a multi-lure setup was my go-to presentation this week.
For those without downriggers, using the Pet Spoon behind a Jet Diver, Dipsey Diver, or Hellbender is an option.
Quality largemouth bass f ishing continues with dark, naturally colored soft plastics fished on the outside edge of the hydrilla now standing in 20 feet of water, both early morning and just before or after sunset.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Bass are schooling in the top quarter of the lake. Scale baits to the size of shad.
Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.
Belton
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 18.27feet below pool.
Until the lake turnover occurs, fishing will rise and fall with local weather. Wind and cloud cover enhance fishing, while bright, calm conditions hinder the bite.
With the thermocline still firmly in place and topwater action greatly diminished, downrigging for scattered, suspended fish has been the best card to play. With shad continuing to grow, the #13 Pet Spoon downrigger with a multi-lure setup has been a go-to presentation this week.
For those without downriggers, using the Pet Spoon behind a Jet Diver, Dipsey Diver, or Hellbender is an option.
There has been a noticeable uptick in the number of legal hybrids as part of my catch for the first time in a long time over the past two weeks.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catf ishing has been excellent in 5-15 feet of water.
Blue catfish are best slowly drifting with suspended baits around points and river channels.
Flathead catf ish are becoming more active at night and have been caught near structures 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; 80-84 degrees; 3.59 feet below pool.
Largemouth bass are good in 2-12 feet of water using Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, spinnerbait, chatterbaits.
White bass are good in 8-14 feet of water using silver slabs, or at night near docks with lights using white beetle spins.
Crappie are on offshore brush of standing timber suspended in 6-13 feet with minnows. Still 100 fish days on crappie trips.
Catf ish are good on points, humps and creek channels in 10-20 feet.
Report by Colan Gonzales, DFW Fishing Guide Booking.com.
Bryan
GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees.
Bass are good on on grass edges, rock piles and brush piles with a consistent bite near the dam.
Report by Aggie Anglers.
The triple digit heat has been reined in as we wait for the fall rains.
Catfish catches on minnows.
Few reports on crappie.
Report by the Bait Barn.
Waco
GREAT. Water stained; 85 degrees; 11.27 feet below pool.
Crappie are great on the same brush piles we targeted during the hot summer months. Catches can be had in 8-16 feet of water with jigs tipped with minnows, but the live bait bite will phase out soon to jigs.
With the cooler air temperatures, the fish are hungry and feeding aggressively.
Report by Robert Stover, Workingman Crappie Guide.
Walter E. Long
GOOD. Water stained; 1.00 above pool; 87 degrees.
Bass are good along the shorelines in the first couple of hours of the day, then the bite slows. You can get lucky after that if you find some schooling fish, but fish seem to be scattered around the lake.
We are just one cold front away from better fishing.
Decker is just inches away from not being able to launch, which is similar conditions as this time last year.
Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.
Bass are good with Texas rigged 4 and 5 inch worms in the grass.
Always have some small swimbaits or jerkbaits ready to catch some big fish when the bass begin schooling later in the day.
Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Crappie are good in 12-18 feet of water using chartreuse and black jigs.
Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.
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