Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.05 feet above pool.
Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and Insane plastic jigs fished in 8-16 feet of water.
White bass are good on slab spoons fished over main lake humps.
Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or Zote soap.
Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines. Water is still being released and the lake is a foot above normal.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.03 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 good 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; 81 degrees; 8.83 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.
After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out.
USACE is releasing about 1,300 CFS resulting in a about 4 inches drop per day.
Walk-in access to bank fish and for 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.
Belton
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 9.08 feet above pool.
All public boat ramps are currently shut down due to flooding. The U.S. Army 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.
After the asphalt is free of flood water, USACE still waits several additional days to let the road base dry out.
USACE is releasing about 3600 CFS resulting in about a 4 inch drop per day.
Walk-in access to bank fish and for 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.
Catfishing has been great. Shallow water continues to be productive for nights and early mornings.
Smaller blues and trophy size can be caught in 10 feet or less using live bait as well as fresh cut bait.
As the sun rises drifting deeper water along river channels has been great.
Flatheads have been caught near rock piles with live perch or shad.
Channel catfish have been great in shallow water around timber using punch bait.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Limestone
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 92 degrees; 0.04 feet below pool.
Summer fishing patterns are holding steady as the clarity begins to improve.
Crappie are in 8-15 feet of water on timber, brush and power lines on minnows.
White bass in 7-14 feet of water on silver war eagle super spoons. Target docks with lights at night using beetle spins.
Catfish are in 10-20 feet fishing on the bottom with cutbait, minnows and shad. Drift in the creek channels, bottom of standing timber or flats. Some are catching catfish noodling around boat ramps.
Largemouth bass are biting on topwater at daylight, then off docks, standing timber, brush piles, bulkheads and rocks with Texas rigs, swim jigs, Carolina rigs.
Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.
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