Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.90 feet below pool.
Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow on jigs fished along drop offs along the river channel.
White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on shad fished in 5-20 feet of water.
Yellow catfish are slow.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
SLOW. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 2.11 feet below pool.
The weather has been warmer longer than years past, so the cold water has yet to start.
At Somerville Marina, the crappie bite is slow, bluegill are fair on crickets, worms, and catfish are fair on minnows and punch bait.
Crappie are slow over brush in 8-16 feet of water with jigs and minnows.
Black bass are slow on moving plastics in 6-12 feet of water.
Catfish are good in 6-10 feet using cut shad or punch bait.
White bass are slow trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are fair in deeper water using cut bait or mussels.
Below the dam fishing is slow, because water is not being released.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 1.49 feet below pool.
This is the first time I have seen improvement for white bass fishing in a long time. Fish are in a feeding mode they typically display as the water temperatures hit the low 70s and high 60s.
Gulls and loons can be very helpful in finding fish, then, the splasher has been very effective at consolidating fish under the boat and keeping them there for long whiles. Fish are in as much as 53 feet of water, so getting to bottom quickly and repeatedly is key.
Use the MAL Dense with chartreuse tail to accomplish this in the lower two-thirds of the lake.
Largemouth bass fishing has been hit-or-miss with fish reorienting from hydrilla to the lake’s sparse natural cover. This has created a scenario where multiple fish will hold on a single piece of suitable cover.
Anglers can go long whiles without a bite, then land four to six fish in just a few casts when one of these desirable pieces of cover is found.
Due to lack of hydrilla, Carolina rigs may now be fished much more readily than when the hydrilla was present.
Smaller, dark, natural hues of soft plastics are always a good bet on this lake.
Gulls are beginning to show, but are not yet helpful in locating fish.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton
GOOD. Water stained; 69 degrees; 2.38 feet below pool.
Due to mild weather, the white bass and hybrid striper fishing bounced back a bit this week.
Fishing is best as a front arrives and north or northwest wind velocity increases.
Fishing is worse once the north winds subside leaving cold, calm, and clear conditions.
Fishing is average as the southerly winds return, and until the next front arrives.
White bass fishing is fair with the MAL Original with chartreuse tail for vertical work in deep water, and the White Tornado in 1 1/8 ounce white color for horizontal work when fish show to be carpeting the bottom to either or both sides of the boat.
The morning bite is from 7:45-11 a.m. Expect a weaker, shorter afternoon bite from 1:455 p.m.
Gulls are beginning to show and help to find fish during the first hour of the day.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catfish bite is consistent. Blue catfish are good along deeper river channels in 25-50 feet of water. Drifting at slower speeds with fresh cut shad has worked best.
Channel catfish have been poor.
Flathead catfish have been slow, but can be found around tree piles using live bait.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
Limestone
EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 69 degrees; 2.82 feet below pool.
Fall fishing is here and the bite is consistent.
Crappie are in 10-18 feet on offshore brush with minnows, or tight lining straight down in standing timber.
White bass are schooling under the surface in 7-17 feet. Catfish are being caught in 10-20 feet on cut bait and minnows.
Largemouth bass can be caught from 2-18 feet this week on docks, timber, bulkheads, rocks with Texas rigs, jigs, chatterbaits, and spinnerbait. Numbers of bass are still on offshore brush and roaming main lake points.
Catfish and white bass are on points, flats, and roaming open water.
Report by Colan Gonzales, CG’s Just Fishing Guide Service.
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