Wat e r sl ight l y stained; 60 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool.
Black bass are good on black Stanley Jigs fished in heavy timber in Willis Creek.
Crappie are moving shallow into the backs of ditches and sloughs off the river and up Willis Creek.
White bass are good up river around Comanche Bluff.
Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water stained; 59 degrees; 0.34 feet below pool.
Spawn temperatures are almost here. Some fish are leaving the creeks, into the main lake.
Catfish and crappie fair and bluegill slow on minnows, worms, and stink bait at Somerville Marina early morning.
Black bass are fair, hitting spinnerbaits, and jerkbaits. Fish are staged 6-10 feet of water with a few shallow.
Crappie are fair on the main lake brush piles and pilings in 14 feet of water on pilings, but the best bite is up creeks, now full of water. Biting minnows and very small jigs.
Catfish are fair, scattered in shallow water. Larger catfish are fair in deep water drifting or on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait.
White bass are slow in the lake and fast bite up the creeks. White bass are caught using Pet spoons and jigs.
Hybrids are fair, fishing schools, caught on cut bait and 2 ounce jigs. Hybrids are also being caught from shore at the dam and Welch Park areas.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow GOOD. Water stained; 58 degrees; 16.79 feet below pool.
Water is rising and warming due to recent rains and mild weather.
White bass and shad have begun shifting shallower due to what is shaping up to be an early spring.
Fish are in 18-32 feet of water and are more aggressive.
A go-to tactic right now is easing with the white 5/8 ounce or 3/4 ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab. The easing tactic involves slowly and steadily lifting the slab from near bottom upwards and watching sonar for signs of fish following the bait. If a follow occurs, the bait must continue to be moved steadily upwards.
Utilize side imaging to find fish, Spot-Locking atop them, then fishing vertically aided by Garmin LiveScope to catch.
Bird activity is still sufficient to help find fish in the mornings only. Once the fish loses interest in a vertical presentation, throw a 3/8 ounce jig head and 3-inch white curltail grub to mop up any nearby fish. Once those fish quit, it is time to move.
If you encounter schools of migrating white bass using the river channel, a short, fluke-like soft plastic on a jighead tied to hang horizontally and fish similar to deadsticking will add fish to your count before they move on.
Beware that the surface temperature can be very misleading, and that the temperature from 10 feet below the surface and deeper is still significantly cooler.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton
GOOD. Wat e r sl ight l y stained; 58 degrees; 12.31 feet below pool.
Water level is steady and warming thanks to unseasonably mild weather.
White bass, hybrid stripers and shad have all begun shifting shallower due to what is shaping up to be an early spring.
Fish are in 19-30 feet of water. Fish have been noticeably aggressive thanks to a net warmup over the past four weeks.
A go-to tactic right now is easing with the white, 5/8 ounce or 3/4 ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab. Relying on side imaging to find fish, Spot-Locking atop them, then fishing ver tically aided by Garmin LiveScope. The easing tactic involves slowly and steadily lifting the slab from near bottom upwards and watching sonar for signs of fish following the bait. If a follow occurs, the bait must continue to be moved steadily upwards.
Beware that the surface temperature can be very misleading and that the temperature from 10 feet below the surface and deeper is still significantly cooler.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catfishing has been excellent in 10-25 feet of water.
Slow drifting with suspended baits around points and river channels has worked best for blue catfish.
Flatheads are becoming more active at night and have been caught near structure and rock piles with live perch or shad.
Channel catfish are fair and have been caught in shallow water around timber using punch bait.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
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