Granger GOOD. Water light l y stained; 85 degrees; 0.43 feet below pool.
Black bass are good up the river on crankbaits, worms, and spinnerbaits.
Crappie are very good to 2 pounds on minnows and jigs fished 5 feet down over brush piles.
White bass are good on slab spoons fished in 10-18 feet of water.
Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad.
Yellow catfish are good on live perch baited on trotlines.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville SLOW. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 1.66 feet below pool.
Fishing patterns are holding steady.
At Somerville Marina, the crappie bite is slow, bluegill and catfish are fair.
Crappie are slow over brush in 8-16 feet of water with jigs and minnows.
Catfish are fair in 3-10 feet using cut shad or punch bait.
White bass are slow trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are slow in deeper water, when you locate them, using cut bait.
Below the dam fishing is fair, while water is being released at 277 cfs.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow FAIR. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool.
Due to two mild, dry, reinforcing cold fronts, our weather has been consistent with high pressure, clear, bright skies, and consistent temperature fluctuations day by day. This has produced some visible, fishable topwater action on the lower third of Stillhouse with a mixture of largemouth bass and white bass pinning threadfin shad against the surface.
The water is very clear so keeping excess hardware to a minimum on your presentations is a must. The more quickly and more accurately casts are made to “boiling” fish, the more likely a presentation is to be eaten.
Clear Spook Jr.’s, clear 3 inch grubs on unpainted jig heads, or shad-imitating streamers behind popping corks are solid bets for these schooling fish going from 7:50-10am.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton
EXCELLENT. Wa ter stained; 80 degrees; 1.76 feet below pool.
White bass fishing has been phenomenal for the fifth consecutive week. White bass and hybrid striped bass are gathered in large schools in 28-45 feet relating heavily to the bottom. The morning bite is longer and stronger than the afternoon bite, with the morning bite not really getting into full swing until around 8:30 a.m.
For the second week in a row there has been an added bonus of light, well-dispersed topwater action breaking out between 10-11:30 a.m. with whites and hybrids chasing adult threadfin shad aggressively.
Unlike last week, this week the topwater was sustained enough that it lent itself to following the schools and sight-casting.
The topwater action still gives away the location of bait and gamefish, allowing for vertical and horizontal presentations from a fixed position near the topwater commotion.
Once fish are found, use your splasher to draw them in and keep them near. My go-to lure has been the MAL Original with chartreuse tail reeled straight up off the bottom when fish are stacked under the boat, and the 3/4 ounce.
White Tornado with a sawtooth method when fish are on the bottom out to the port or starboard side by side-imaging.
Migrator y birds have begun to show, including cormorants, coots, pelicans, teal, and osprey.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catfishing is excellent. Good numbers of blue catfish under 10 pounds can be found in the mouths of creeks and along old river channels in 10-20 feet of water. Drifting with fresh cut shad has worked best.
Channel catfish have been slow using punch bait around gravel beds and timber.
Flatheads have been slow but can be found around large rock piles using live bait.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Limestone
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 79 degrees; 2.33 feet below pool.
As of now conditions are the same but I look for it change very soon after the forecasted cooler morning and nights.
Largemouth bass can be caught in 14 feet of water.
Crappie are good in 8-14 feet of water with minnows or jigs.
White bass have been schooling in the back of the creeks.
Fresh willows continue to be the best brush piles.
Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.
Bryan
GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees.
The bass bite picked up after the recent cold front. Bass are good on brush piles and shallow with topwater lures.
Repor t by the Ag gie Anglers.
Waco
SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.26 feet below pool.
Summer fishing patterns are steady.
Crappie are good in 10-20 feet of open water on brush piles with live minnows or jigs.
Largemouth bass are slow and scattered. The best bite is early or late in the day with soft plastics.
Sand bass are excellent on small slabs, small crankbaits, small swimbaits and small spoons in 15-35 feet on open water humps, points, ridges, roadbeds, and on the Old Dam.
Blue catfish and channel catfish are good with cut bait or live shad on juglines or rod-and-reel in 10-30 feet of water.
Hybrids up to 7 pounds are being caught with 5-inch swimbaits or spoons at the Old Dam.
Best colors are white and chartreuse or chrome.
Walter E. Long
GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees.
The boat ramp has been closed for infrastructure repair but it is still possible to fish from the bank.
Bass are good. The schooling should be over after this front, but the worm bite should turn on with cooler water temperatures.
The frog fishing has been so much fun this week, but this might also change.
We should expect a lot more bass in hydrilla going forward.
Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.
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