Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.18 feet above pool.
Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits fished in shallow cover.
Crappie are good in shallow water and are moving to open lake brush piles.
White bass are fair on spoons and rattle traps fished along shallow main lake roadbeds.
Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad.
Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch and goldfish.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 2.28 feet below pool.
At the marina, the crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait.
On the lake, crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water.
Crappie are prespawn and full of eggs.
Catfish are excellent in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait. Catfish are about a month away from the spawn.
Black bass are good on crankbaits and shiny spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water. Bass are nearing the end of the spawn.
White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are fair with many undersized fish being caught in deeper water using cut bait or mussels.
Below the dam fishing is slow, since no water is being released.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 4.06 feet below pool.
The threadfin shad spawn is now going full tilt with spawning fish swarming over windblown shorelines each morning just before sunrise. A brief window exists for sight casting to game fish and nongame species which pursue these shad into less than 5 feet of water. The MAL Original with chartreuse tail is the go to bait for this scenario.
Once the sun rises, white bass are moving out to the 25-35 foot mark adjacent to the old Lampasas River channel and consolidating into distinct schools. These fish can be tapped with artificial baits or live shad. The go to artificial is the silver Bladed Hazy Eye Slab, especially if most of the fish are on the small size under 11 inches. If there appears to be greater numbers of mature white bass or any hybrid in your catch, switch to the MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail to target these larger fish. The #4 treble will keep many of the smaller undersized fish off.
The morning bite has been ending right around 11:30 a.m. and picking up again around 3:45 p.m.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
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