Granger GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool.
Black bass are good to 5 pounds on worms and crankbaits fished up river and around main lake cover.
Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 6-12 feet of water.
White bass are all over the lake but most are small and undersized.
Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad.
Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Lake level is normal pool and the dam gates are closed.
At Somerville Marina the crappie bite is fair, bluegill and catfish are fair.
Crappie are fair on jigs and minnow, over brush, 8-16 feet of water on the main lake.
Catfish are fair in 3-10 feet using cut shad or punch bait.
White bass are fair trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are fair in deeper water, afternoon bite better, if you locate them, using cut bait.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish
Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow SLOW. Water stained; 89 degrees; 1.21 feet above pool.
Anglers targeting largemouth bass on structures positioned on irregular topographies are often rewarded with multifish catches as fish consolidated on the sparse cover remaining.
Texas-rigged, dark soft plastics have produced consistently in 12-18 feet.
Tournament anglers report a feeding window about 20 minutes either side of sunset in the evenings, but very tough, hit-ormiss fishing beyond that.
With rain early this week and much cooler, drier weather on the horizon, perhaps things will change going into next week.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton
SLOW. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.83 feet below pool.
Like a broken record, Lake Belton just keeps playing the same tune this summer.
Quality white bass are caught in a fairly short morning window from 6:45-7:50 a.m., then again in the evening from around 6:45 p.m. until dark. Cloud cover will extend this window by about 30 minutes.
Outside of these windows, short fish under 10 inches have been the rule.
During these productive windows, find concentrations of fish via downrigging with #13 Pet Spoons behind 3-armed umbrella rigs, then, once fish are found, Spot-Locking atop them and fishing both vertically and horizontally with MAL Minis and MAL Originals chosen to match the bait size.
Some morning topwater is occurring, but it is far from consistent. This is the season where they are most helpful.
A splasher is very helpful in drawing these fish in toward the boat and keeping them there. Otherwise, you’ll catch a few, the school will depart, and your search for fish starts all over again.
Work MAL Minis vertically or horizontally on long spinning rods with very full spools of light braided line to help with sink rate and casting distance.
With rain early this week and much cooler, drier weather on the horizon, perhaps things will change going into next week.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catfish are excellent! With cooler weather and cloudy days, catfish can be consistently caught in 5-25 feet. Fresh gizzard shad has been producing nice trophy fish and smaller cut baits have been excellent for fish under 10 pounds.
Channel catfish are fair around brush piles on punch baits.
Flatheads are fair on live bait along river channels.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Limestone GOOD. Water sli ghtly stained; 84 degrees; 1.37 feet below pool.
Some bigger largemouth bass have moved shallow. These bass can be caught in 1-13 feet of water with Texas rigs, spinnerbaits, and swim jigs.
Crappie are suspended in 7-13 feet of water on standing timber and power line pylons on minnows.
Most fish are being caught in the fresh willow tree brush piles.
Catfish and white bass are the same.
White bass have been schooling in the back of the creeks.
Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.
Bryan
SLOW. Water stained; 87 degrees. Bass are biting good midday, also right before dark while the sun is going down. Have caught them good lately on a jig off rock, and throwing moving baits in shallower areas. Darker colors have been working best.
Report by the Aggie Anglers.
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