Granger GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.45 feet above pool.
Black bass are slow. Crappie are good to 2 pounds on jigs fished over brush piles all over the lake.
White bass are fair on slab spoons fished on points and roadbeds.
Blue catfish are very good all over the lake on jug lines and rod and reel.
Yellow catfish are fair up river.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.20 feet below pool.
Expect the freshwater to alter the bite for a few days. Dam gates are closed.
At the marina, the crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait.
Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water.
Catfish are excellent in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait. Catfish are spawning.
Black bass are good on crankbaits and shiny spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water.
White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are good with many undersized fish being caught in deeper water using cut bait or mussels.
Below-the-dam fishing is slow since no water is being released.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 3.24 feet below pool.
The annual threadfi n shad spawn is now past peak and the very first shad fry spawned back in April are starting to be targeted in open water. This behavior will increase greatly into June.
White bass are still primarily focused on feeding on adult shad with some limited topwater action taking place in the first 45 minutes of light, save for days with north winds.
Fish have begun to suspend more routinely as the water begins to stratify by temperature, leading to the creation of the thermocline by mid-June. Days with breeze and thin, grey cloud cover tend to outperform other sky and wind conditions.
The MAL Heavy lure with chartreuse tail and silver blade and body continues to be my go-to lure for all horizontal and vertical applications and likely will remain so until at least the first week of June.
It is uncertain what this unprecedented eight-day heat wave will do to the fishing. Look for fish shallow under low-light conditions before 9 a.m. and after 7:45 p.m., and in deep water in the hours in between.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
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