GOOD. Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 12.98 feet low. Continued, significant cooling has occurred on Lake Belton, enhanced by Tuesday’s strong cold front and the mixing caused by strong winds. We now have uniform water temperatures found down to approximately 45 feet. This has spurred the fishing on and put white bass fishing a full two weeks into the fantastic fall fishing which will exist until the water cools to below 58 degrees, typically around mid December. White bass have moved back to some bottom features instead of suspending and can be found in high numbers using well-tuned side-imaging sonar.
Fishing MAL Heavy Lures with chartreuse tails vertically until the fish lose interest and then fishing around the boat horizontally is the key to maximizing your catch when fish are found.
Mornings are out producing the afternoons with 100 or more catches typical.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 2.30 feet low.
Black bass are good on topwater baits fished around hydrilla in the main lake and timber up river.
Crappie are good on 1/32 ounce Slab City Jigs fished 3-5 feet of water.
White bass are fair on Slab spoons fished over main lake humps. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with cut bait and Zote Soap. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FA IR. S t a in e d; 75 degrees; 5.27 feet below. Fishing patterns are similar but expect the bite to slow with the lower water levels.
Catfish, crappie, and bluegill are fair on minnows and worms at Somerville Marina early morning and late evening.
Black bass are fair, hitting slow moving craw jigs and shad color crankbaits on drop-offs in 6-10 feet of water and around rocky points.
Crappie are slow on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water biting minnows and various jig colors.
Catfish are good early morning, slowing in the afternoon, in 6-12 feet of water on juglines with cut shad. Larger catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad.
White bass are slow and hybrids slow. Hybrid bass are slow and scattered in deeper water hitting jigs bounced into schools. White bass are slow with some catches trolling with pet spoons, shad or pencil minnows in 6-10 feet of water.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
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