Bastrop
GREAT. Water clear; 91 degrees.
Work topwaters and small swimbaits around schools of bass blowing up the surface. Fish crankbaits and shaky heads down below the schools to get a lot of bites as well. Later, move offshore out from the dam and look for deeper schools of fish and drop small swimbaits or a jigging spoon to get some good bites there. Work the grass beds out from the banks with flukes and topwater frogs. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.
Belton
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 8.91 feet low.
An inconsistent morning and evening white bass topwater is about the only fairly reliable pattern going on in the temperate bass world right now. Things will likely stay this way until turnover. Topwater feeders will hit MAL Original lures, rattling hard baits, and various poppers equally well. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.54 feet low.
Black bass are good on shad colored crankbaits fished up river and around hydrilla along the south shore. Crappie are very good to two pounds on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 4-10 feet of water. White bass are good to two pounds on slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad and Zote soap. Gaspergou are good on earthworms and crappie jigs fished in 3-15 feet of water. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Stained; 83 degrees; 4.09 feet below.
White bass are good trolling with pet spoons, or using shad and pencil minnows in 6-10 feet of water. Hybrid bass are fair and scattered in deeper water. Black bass are fair hitting slow moving jigs with plastics on drop-offs and brush in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good with many undersized catches on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. Catfish are fair early morning in 6-12 feet of water on punch bait or jug lines with shad and cut bait. Many submerged rocks and structures are exposed, so navigate with caution. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
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