Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.11 feet below pool.
Black bass are good to 7 pounds on worms and crankbaits.
Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 4-12 feet of water.
White bass are fair with mostly small undersized fish being caught over ridges, humps, and roadbeds.
Blue catfish are good on shad.
Yellow catfish are good to 25 pounds on live bait.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
FAIR. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool.
At Somerville Marina, the crappie bite is slow, bluegill and catfish are fair.
Crappie are slow over brush in 8-16 feet of water with jigs and minnows.
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 slow in deeper water, when you locate them, using cut bait. B elow the dam fishing is fair, while water is being released at 277 cfs.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.29 feet above pool.
White bass fishing remains very tough. Suspended fish are responding to a splasher, but are unwilling to stick around very long. Fish can be caught with a vertically “smoked” MAL Mini lure.
Consistent local bass tournament anglers report that bass are grouped on isolated cover.
Bass can be caught in short windows under low light conditions right before sunrise and right after sunset. Dark, natural hues of soft plastics and Ned Rigs with the same colors are a good choice.
Cedar Gap Park remains closed; Rivers Bend courtesy dock is not usable. Union Grove, Dana Peak, and Stillhouse Park’s ramps and docks are all in good shape.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton
EXCELLENT. Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.43 feet below pool.
Fishing is white hot for white bass. The surface temperature fell below 80 degrees for the first time since the summer warmup and that has drawn bait to the surface. Not only is the deep, vertical fishing doing well, there is also some topwater now sprinkled in.
The morning bite is best with the bite getting going around 8 a.m. after the sun has risen and the wind has begun blowing.
Find fish in 32-48 feet with well-tuned sonar, lock atop them, get your splasher working to draw and hold fish, then proceed to catch them in great numbers!
The MAL Original with chartreuse tail has been phenomenal.
There are a lot of small fish in the lake. Usually, the largest fish in a school will bite first, so, if you just want bigger fish, move after you start catching smaller ones.
If you enjoy the action of smaller fish, consider downsizing your treble on the MAL by using a No. 6 treble instead of the stock No. 4 by cutting off the treble at the hook’s eye and attaching the No.6 with a split ring. Drop the MAL to the bottom and crank up steadily for at least 6 cranks. Do not set the hook! Just keep reeling and the fish will continue to compete for the bait until one gets well hooked.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Fair numbers of blue catfish under 10 pounds can be found in the mouths of creeks and along old river channels in 10-30 feet of water. Drifting with fresh cut shad has worked best.
Channel catfish have been fair using punch bait around gravel beds and timber.
Flatheads have been slow but can be found around large rock piles using live bait.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
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