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. Fishing patterns are similar. Bass are good with schooling action the first couple hours after sunrise biting on clear topwater baits, then on points with shaky heads, small spoons and Alabama rigs with very small white grubs. Crappie are slow on live minnows in vegetation. Catfish are good on cut bait. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.
Belton
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 9.01 feet low. The lake is in a state of flux after the flood waters from heavy rain. Before the heavy rains the return of southerly winds triggered a strong morning white bass topwater bite. Fish were hitting MAL Original lures, rattling hard baits, and various poppers equally well. Fishing was best as the sun shone on the lake, and was hindered with any degree of cloud cover. The action lasted until around 10:15 A.M. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Crappie are good in timber 20-30 feet deep with 1/8 ounce Slab City Jigs tipped with a minnow. Report by Zach Minnix, JigNJerk Guide Service.
Buchanan
GREAT. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 14.56 feet low. Largemouth can be caught good around rock piles and shallow vegetation throwing topwaters, 10 foot crankbaits or squarebills and soft plastics. To target striper, hybrids and white bass look for surface action and get there quickly, throwing a topwater walking style bait, wakebait or a number of different crankbaits to run through the schools. If the topwater action slows down, look at your electronics to find big schools out deep and drop jigging spoons on them. Report provided by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.
Canyon Lake
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 6.25 feet low. Bass are good
See FISHING REPORT, 3B with your favorite topwaters along grass and rocky points. Switch to dropshots and Ned rigs to bluff walls, and anywhere with tapering rocks in 12-18 feet of water. White bass and stripers are schooling by the dam first light biting topwaters, jigging spoons and small swimbaits. Crappie are best up the river with live minnows.
Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.
Cedar Creek
EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 81-84 degrees; 3.29 feet low. Fishing will be slower with the rain and cooler temperature, but they will still be biting. Crappie are good in brush piles in 12-16 feet of water and bridge pylons with minnows and small jigs. White bass hybrid bass are good with some fish surfacing biting topwater baits early in the morning on shallow humps and points. Once the sun comes up focus on deeper humps using spoons and trolling rigs. Largemouth bass are good using Texas rigged creature baits, buzzbaits and square bills in areas with freshwater, and shallow docks. Catfish are good on humps with live shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 2.17 feet low. Black bass are fair on various baits fished around main lake hydrilla and up river around stumps. Crappie are very good on 1/32 ounce jigs fished over structure in 4-12 feet of water. White bass are very good to 2 pounds on slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are fair on drifting with shad in 6-20 feet of water. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. S t a ined; 83 degrees; 4.27 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 and bluegill are fair on minnows and worms early morning and late in the evening at the Somerville Marina. 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.
Waco
FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 9.36 feet low. Crappie are good on brush piles in 8-24 feet of water, and under boat docks with trees with minnows or soft body jigs tipped with minnows. Catfish are mixed in with the crappie. Black bass are fair. Sand bass and hybrids are good on the old road beds early in the morning with topwaters. Report by Robert Stover, Workingman Crappie Guide. Crappie are good in 14-18 feet of water with two inch wicked shad tipped with a minnow.
Report by Zach Minnix, JigNJerk Guide Service.
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