Granger SLOW. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 2.81 feet below pool.
Black bass are fair on topwater baits fished over hydrilla.
Crappie are good on jigs fished in standing timber. White bass are slow.
Blue catfish are good on cut bait and shad.
Yellow catfish are good on live perch.
The lake has risen a foot but is still filled with shallow hazards.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville FAIR. Water clear; 72 degrees; 5.86 feet below pool.
Boaters should navigate with caution watching for submerged structures.
Fishing in the Somerville Marina is fair for catfish and bluegill, and slow for crappie using minnows and worms.
Black bass are fair hitting slow moving craw jigs, plastics and jerk baits in 8-14 feet of water on dropoffs and around brush piles. An 11-pound bass took home the win in a recent tournament.
Crappie are slow on the main lake brush piles and pilings using minnows and various jigs.
Catfish are good in the early morning in 6-12 feet of water.
Larger catfish are slow drifting in deep water or on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait.
White bass are slow using Pet spoons trolling on points or using shad and ghost minnows 6-10 feet of water on humps.
Hybrids are slow using cut bait and two ounce jigs.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 19.69 feet below pool.
This lake got hit with a “triple whammy” this past week.
First, 5-10 inches of rain in the watershed north and west of the lake last Wednesday brought the up suddenly by 3.20 feet.
Next, we had a four-day spell of unseasonably cold weather to chill the water quickly.
Finally, post-f rontal clear, calm, cold, windless conditions struck Wednesday and Thursday.
A returning south wind forecasted for Friday will help bring about more favorable conditions.
All of this has led to the last of the thermocline falling apart, so a “new normal” will begin to develop, leading into late fall/early winter patterns with white bass holding tightly to the bottom in large congregations.
My go-to presentation will be slowly “smoking” or “easing” with the Bladed Hazy Eye Slab in white color, with size chosen to match whatever the fish are regurgitating when I catch them, after defaulting to the 5/8-ounce version to get started.
Water is off-colored in the upper third of the lake, from the river down to Dana Peak Point.
A few gulls have been sighted but are yet to be helpful in getting on fish.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
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