Bastrop
GREAT. Water clear; 90 degrees. After the forecast rain this weekend look for bigger fish to move up some. Lake Bastrop continues to fish great for bass with strong schooling action. Start in the hot water discharge early at the mouth using small topwaters or tiny straight tail swimbaits to get the schooling bass. Work a Texas rig or shaky head to land bass related to the bottom. A Carolina rig with a shad colored fluke will work as well as it will swim nicely in the current where the fish will pick it up. Later, you can move out to the main lake out off the dam area for more schooling bass. These bass are much more aggressive and a full sized topwater like a walk the dog type lure will work fantastic. Got to get into them quick, as they will dive back down to deep water once the shad are eaten up. There is non-stop action all day on these. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service.
Belton
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.53 feet low. The mild cold front that blew through scattered the bait fish shifting the game fish locations. Summer cold fronts typically make the fishing tougher for a few days until winds return from the south, and this cold front was no exception. To target white bass, employ downriggers with 3-armed umbrella rigs equipped with Pet Spoons to both find fish and catch fish. Once a large collection of fish is found while downrigging, work a MAL Dense Lure vertically in that area to catch fish more efficiently until they either shut down or move, then return to downrigging. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Bass continue to be good early morning on topwaters lures. As the day goes on, move to deeper points with soft plastics and jigs. The best bite is after the sun goes down on shallow points with soft plastics. Report by Cord Zahn, Belton tournament organizer. Crappie continue to be good biting jigs and minnows in 25-40 feet of water suspended at 15-20 feet in the timber, and on brush piles anywhere from 18-25 feet of water. As the water temperatures increase, look for fish to move deeper. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N Jerk Guide Service.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.62 feet low. Black bass are good on red shad power worms fished around structure. Crappie are good on minnows fished over structure in 4-13 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake humps and ridges. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines set in the river. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Stained; 98-103 degrees; 1.35 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 slow moving jigs with plastics on drop-offs and brush in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are fair with many undersized catches on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. 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 very good with larger fish showing up for summer. Hybrid bass are very 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.
Whitney
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 4.55 feet low. Catching largemouth in shallow cover on Coda Lures Apex Jigs off main lake points with drop shots and shaky heads rigged with a 254 Fishing finesse worm in motor oil candy. The main lake fish are fairly consistent early with some schooling fish, but they scatter out and suspend under bait for a majority of the day. Fishing any shallow cover available will produce some solid largemouth right now. Stripers are primarily schooling early, but there have been catches throughout the day. Large schools can be found on the main river channel in the 30 feet of water btiting on live shad. Report by Justin Prisock, Prisock’s Fishing Guide Service. Striped bass continue to have a good early topwater bite, and are schooling along the river ledges and near the dam fished off the bottom throwing big spoons and slabs. Report by James Moore, North Texas Bass Fishing and Cmoore Striper Guide Services.
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