Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.70 feet above pool.
Black bass are good to 5 pounds on black plastic worms fished around the cover.
Crappie are fair on minnows fished in 8-17 feet of water.
White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake points and humps.
Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with cut bait, shad, and Zote soap.
Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.74 feet above pool.
Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie, bluegill and catfish are fair at the Somerville Marina.
Crappie are fair on jigs and minnow, over brush, 10-20 feet of water.
Catfish are good 3-10 feet of water on cut shad or punch bait. The spawn nearing an end.
White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are slow in deeper water, if you locate them, using cut bait.
Discharge is about 380 cfs at the dam. Various species are good below the dam while water is being released.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
SLOW. Water stained; 83 degrees; 6.12 feet above
pool.
All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers typically reopens boat ramps once the water recedes off the asphalt parking lot and turnaround areas back onto the concrete boat ramps. Anticipate this to begin occurring within the week.
Once the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out. USACE is releasing about 1700 CFS resulting in about a 5-6 inch drop per day.
Walk-in access to bank fish and kayak fishing is still permitted even in parks with gates locked as long as posted signage does not stipulate otherwise.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
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