FISHING REPORT

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 4.94 feet low. June is typically the single least productive month of the year on Lake Belton, and this June’s start looks to provide no exceptions. Fish are transitioning locations due to the thermal stratification of the water. Fish tend to be most active early and late under low-light conditions, and fish tend simply to be harder to goad into biting in hot water, and, as a result, fish counts drop significantly in June. Going early and late in search of topwater action right at sunrise and sunset can provide some fast action and high numbers, but otherwise, hunting small wolf packs of fish with sonar, fishing them vertically after Spot-Locking atop of them, and anticipating they will stay aggressive only for short whiles will be the norm until a true thermocline develops allowing for downrigging and other forms of trolling to kick in. The summer season is where the MAL Heavy Lure with silver blade and white tail far outperform slabs. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Crappie continue to be good on timber and brush piles anywhere from 10-20 feet of water using minnows and jigs. The 12 foot Outlaw crappie rods were the key enabling us to keep off the brush pile.

Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.08 feet high. Black bass are good all over the lake on red shad power worms. Crappie are very good over structure in 4-10 feet of water on jigs tipped with crappie nibble. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines set around timber.

Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 98-103 degrees; 0.85 feet below. Crappie, bluegill, and catfish are good in Somerville Marina early morning and late evening. This pattern should persist throughout the summer. Black bass are good hitting jigs with plastics on rocky points, brush, and on dropoffs in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. The bite is starting to slow with more undersized catches as the water temperature increases. Catfish are good early morning, then the bite slows as the day heats up. Catfish are biting on punch bait with a rod and reel, or jug lines with shad. White bass are good with larger fish showing up for summer. Hybrid bass are good schooling. Both fish hitting jigs bounced into schools or trolling with pet spoons, shad, and pencil minnows in 8-10 feet of water.

Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.