Granger SLOW. Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 3.16 feet below pool.
Black bass are good to six pounds on spinnerbaits and crankbaits fished around timber or hydrilla.
Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over structure in 4-6 feet of water.
White bass are fair on crankbaits and spoons fished along shallow road beds.
Blue catfish are good on cut bait and shad fished on jug lines.
Yellow catfish are fair on live perch fished up river on trotlines.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville FAIR. W ater c lear; 8 5 degrees; 5.01 feet below pool.
The heat dome finally broke after the recent rains and the dam gates have closed. Water temperatures are now in the mid 80s.
Catfish, bluegill and crappie are fair on minnows and worms at Somerville Marina early morning.
Black bass are fair, hitting slow moving plastics and spinnerbaits 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-oz jigs.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 18.51 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 was the best card to play this week.
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 fishing 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 and after sunset.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 17.96 feet below pool.
Surface temperature 84 and falling and the level rising after the recent rain. 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 and topwater action greatly diminished, downrigging for scattered, suspended fish was the best card to play once again this week.
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.
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.
Catfish are excellent in 5-15 feet of water.
Slowly drifting with suspended baits around points and river channels has worked best for blue catfish.
Flatheads 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; 83-85 degrees; 3.40 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 fair in shallow water structure biting soft plastics, and shallow crankbaits.
Report by Aggie Anglers.
Waco
GREAT. Water stained; 85 degrees; 11.12 feet below pool.
The crappie bite has gone from good to great due to the cooler weather. Water temperatures have dropped about 4-5 degrees sending the fish into a frenzy!
Lake Waco and Aquilla Lake are fishing with similar results working brush piles on main lake points and drops in 8-18 feet of water.
Starting to move away from minnows to straight jigs with the Snacky Lures fs200 in snacky flash on a Crappie Magnet eye hole jig head in 1/16th oz and a small Crappie Magnet “pop eye” jig.
Lake levels are still dropping but still navigable.
Report by Robert Stover, Workingman Crappie Guide.
Walter E. Long GOOD. Water stained; 1.00 above pool; 87 degrees.
Bass are good in shallow water early in the morning, with some schooling action until a few hours after sunrise. Bass can be caught on worms, crankbaits and frogs.
Bream and panfish are good.
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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