ALAN HENRY
Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.10' low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits and shad-colored DD-22 crankbaits along creek channel bends, and fair on chartreuse soft jerkbaits, black/chartreuse ringworms or jigs and live baits suspended in trees. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live baits.
AMISTAD
Water clear; 60 degrees; 2.18' high. Black bass are good on Yamamoto Senkos, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, nightcrawlers, and soft plastic lizards in 3 - 25 feet. Striped bass are good on slabs, crankbaits, and Sassy Shad. White bass are good on slabs, crankbaits, and Sassy Shad. Crappie are fair on minnows in Devil's River above Rough Canyon in the trees. Catfish are good over baited holes in 60 - 120 feet. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.
ARROWHEAD
Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 6.78' low. Black bass are fair on shallow-running lipless crankbaits or swim blade jigs off secondary points. Crappie are good on minnows fished at the east side bridges with some fish moving shallow. White bass are fair trolling. Blue Catfish are good drift fishing with cut shad or cheese baits on flats at 12-15 feet depth.
ATHENS
Water lightly stained, 52-59 degrees; 0.31' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, flukes and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs fished over brush piles. Bream are fair to good on live worms. Catfish are good on live worms and prepared bait.
BASTROP
Water lightly stained. Black bass are very good on watermelon and watermelon red spinnerbaits, crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps, and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and black/blue tube jigs over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.
BELTON
Water clear; 58 degrees; 3.32' low. Black bass are good on Rat-L-Traps and spinnerbaits. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. White bass are good on live shad. Crappie are good on minnows in 28 - 30 feet at night under lights. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and hot dogs. Yellow catfish are slow.
BOB SANDLIN
Water fairly clear; 53-59 degrees; 0.3' high. Black bass are fair to good on wacky rigs, spinnerbaits and Senkos (bass are on beds in the coves). White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on trotlines.
BRAUNIG
Water stained; 64 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are good on liver and shad at Dead Tree Point and near the pier. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and cut bait near the dam and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait in 15 - 20 feet.
BRIDGEPORT
Water fairly clear; 53-59 degrees; 9.17' low. Black bass are fair on shad pattern crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps and 4" Yum Dingers. White bass and hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live bait. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait.
BROWNWOOD
Water stained; 55 degrees; 5.53' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are fair on Hot Tomato Bass Hog spinnerbaits, Brownwood craw jigs, black/blue Bass Hogg jigs, perch and craw colored RJA custom crankbaits, and chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps along the shorelines in 3 - 5 feet. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are excellent on Li'l Fishies, Rat-L-Traps, and shad crankbaits. Crappie are fair on Li'l Fishies and tube jigs over brush piles in 5 - 22 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
BUCHANAN
Water clear; 63 degrees; 15.79' low. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, 1/8oz. and ¼oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs, and Carolina rigged JDC lizards along break lines and bluff ledges in 10 - 25 feet. Striped bass are good drifting live bait in 25 - 35 feet, and trolling white/chartreuse Curb's striper jigs and crankbaits. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows, slabs, and trolling crankbaits at the mouths of larger creeks. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 12 - 15 feet. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.
CADDO
Water off color; 52-59 degrees; 0.53' high. Black bass are fair on Senkos, flukes, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.
CALAVERAS
Water stained; 64 degrees. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits in reed beds and near the dam. Striped bass are good on spoons and jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15 - 20 feet. Redfish are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, and cheesebait near the railroad trestle. Yellow catfish are slow.
CANYON LAKE
Water clear; 61 degrees; 11.83' low. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, black/chartreuse Curb's hair jigs, and Texas rigged Scoundrel worms on shaky jigheads in 20 - 25 feet. Striped bass are fair to good trolling ¼oz. white Curb's striper jigs, and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows and Spoiler Shads. White bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and ¼oz. Blade Baits along the main river channel at mid lake in 40 feet. Smallmouth bass are good on JDC smoke/red flake tubes, tomato red curl tail grubs, and tomato red drop shot worms over rock piles in 12 - 25 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.
CEDAR CREEK
Water lightly stained; 53-60 degrees; 2.95' low. Black bass are fair on medium running shad pattern crankbaits, Texas rigs and drop shot rigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad and large slabs jigged vertically. Crappie are fair to good on minnows. Catfish are fair drifting cut shad.
CHOKE CANYON
Water clear; 65 degrees; 6.01' low. Black bass are good on watermelon and pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and lizards, and on jigs over grass. White bass are fair on small spinnerbaits and Rapalas from 99 Bridge north. Crappie are slow. Drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.
COLEMAN
Water clear; 63 degrees; 6.35' low. Black bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are good on silver and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow.
COLETO CREEK
Water clear; 77 degrees (84 degrees at discharge); 3.62' low. Black bass to 7.5 pounds are fair on soft plastics in 3 - 12 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish to 4 pounds are good on trotlines baited with nightcrawlers, liver, and shrimp in 8 - 10 feet. Yellow catfish to 8 pounds are good on trotlines baited with live perch in 6 - 15 feet.
COLORADO CITY
Water clear; 55 degrees; 6.45' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow.
COLORADO RIVER
(Above Lake Buchanan) Water clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and small white tube jigs. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and frozen shrimp in deep holes.
CONROE
Water murky; 1.30' low. Black bass are very good on pumpkinseed soft plastics and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, cut bait, and frozen shrimp.
COOPER
Water lightly stained; 52-58 degrees; 7.03' low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged blue fleck worms, drop shot rigs and slow-rolled spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows over brush piles. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.
FAIRFIELD
Water fairly clear; 77-88 degrees. No report available.
FALCON
Water clear; 68 degrees. Black bass are good on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in shallow areas. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on frozen shrimp and cut bait. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.
FAYETTE
Water clear; 61 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon red, green pumpkin, and redbug Carolina rigged soft plastics off deep points, and on spinnerbaits, Rat-L-Traps, Senkos, flukes, and soft plastics in shallow areas. Channel and blue catfish are slow.
FORK
Water lightly stained; 53-61 degrees; 0.81' low. Black bass are fair to good on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in the shallows and off the first drop - target pre-spawn and bedding bass. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared baits under roosting cormorants.
FT. PHANTOM HILL
Water clear; 54 degrees; 0.77' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live baits.
GIBBONS CREEK
Water clear. Black bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, cut bait, and stinkbait.
GRANBURY
Water clear; 1.97' low. Black bass are very good on chartreuse/black soft plastics and Rat-L-Traps over grass. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and black tube jigs. Catfish are slow.
GRANGER
Water murky; 58 degrees; 3.64' low. Black bass are fair on jigs and spinnerbaits around stumps along the river channel. White bass are fair on white grubs in the river below Dickerson's. Crappie are fair on minnows upriver under lights at night near the primitive boat launch and Fox Bottom. Blue catfish are fair on shad and prepared baits. Yellow catfish are slow.
GRAPEVINE
Water off color; 53-60 degrees; 8.25' low. Black bass are fair on jigs, Texas rigs, crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.
GREENBELT
Water stained; 48 degrees; 29.67' low. Black bass to 5-pounds are good on white/chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits worked slowly along grass lines and over moss beds, or live baits or black/blue jigs suspended in trees. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live baits and silver slabs. Smallmouth bass are fair on live baits. Walleye are good on live baits and jigs. Catfish are good on minnows and cut baits.
HOUSTON COUNTY
Water stained; 59 degrees; 0.50' high. Black bass to 8 pounds are very good on brown/chartreuse Senkos and spinnerbaits near the marina in 6 feet. Crappie are very good on live minnows near the dam 2 - 3 feet off the bottom. Bream are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow.
HUBBARD CREEK
Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 2.87' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits, baby bass or firetiger crankbaits, and live baits along grass lines. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on live baits. Catfish are good on prepared baits and minnows.
JOE POOL
Water off color; 52-59 degrees; 2.65' low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and wacky rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared baits.
LAKE O' THE PINES
Water stained; 52-59 degrees; 0.19' high. Black bass are slow to fair on Texas rigs, weightless flukes or 5" Yum Dingers and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad. Bream are fair on red wigglers.
LAVON
Water stained; 54-61 degrees; 4.56' low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and shallow slow-running crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around bridge columns. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.
LBJ
Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.18' low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair jigging ¼oz. Curb's jigs and Pirk Minnows from Apple head to Horseshoe Bay. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.
LEWISVILLE
Water off color; 53-59 degrees; 4.54' low. Black bass are fair on slow-rolled spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. White bass and hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared baits.
LIVINGSTON
Water fairly clear; 58 degrees. Black bass are good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are fair on soft plastics and spec rigs upriver. White bass are good on soft plastics and spec rigs upriver. Crappie are very good on minnows. Blue catfish are very good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.
MACKENZIE
Water lightly stained; 44 degrees; 77.01' low. Black bass are fair on minnows and firetiger crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are fair on live baits. Smallmouth bass are fair on dark jigs and live baits. Walleye are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut baits.
MARTIN CREEK
3.53' low. No report available.
MEREDITH
Water stained; 46 degrees; 75.43' low. Black bass are fair on minnows, black/blue jigs and white/blue spinnerbaits around rocky outcrops and grass lines. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live baits. Smallmouth bass are fair on live baits and crankbaits. Walleye are fair on live baits and blue back jerkbaits. Channel catfish are good on cut and live baits.
MONTICELLO
Water fairly clear; 75-88 degrees; 0.89' low. Black bass are fair to good on topwaters early, later switching to weightless flukes, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and chrome Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait. Get there early to avoid crowded ramps and long walks.
NASWORTHY
Water lightly stained; 53 degrees. Black bass are slow on live baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are fair. White bass and striped bass are fair on minnows and chrome/blue back jerkbaits . Catfish are fair on minnows.
NAVARRO MILLS
Water murky; 55 degrees; 3.44' low. Black bass are fair on minnows and spinnerbaits. White bass are fair on silver and white slabs. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.
O.H. IVIE
Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 12.71' low. Black bass are good on live baits and large profile green pumpkin or black neon soft plastics, such as 10-inch worms or tube baits, along tree and grass lines. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live baits and brown crawfish crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are good on minnows and white spinnerbaits. Channel catfish are good on live baits.
OAK CREEK
Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 2.98' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on shallow crankbaits, minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on minnows and cut baits.
PALESTINE
Water lightly stained; 53-60 degrees; 0.58' low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait. Bream are fair on worms. Hybrid striper and white bass are good on slabs and Sassy Shad worked near the bottom.
PALO DURO
Water stained; 42 degrees; 53.35' low. Black bass are fair on live baits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are fair on minnows. Walleye are fair on live baits. Channel catfish are good on minnows and prepared baits.
POSSUM KINGDOM
Water stained; 56 degrees; 2.99' low. Black bass to 5½ -pounds are fair on white spinnerbaits, dark-colored soft plastic worms or watermelon soft plastic lizards on southern end of reservoir suspended in 3 to 8-foot depth. Crappie are fair on minnows and yellow jigs in Rock, Caddo and Bee Creeks. White bass are fair on small silver Rat-L-Traps and white Beetle Spins suspended in 3'-7' in Rock, Caddo and Bee Creeks. Stripers are good on live shad below the Dam. Catfish are good on live shad, cut baits and liver. Note: Small gold algae bloom in the Rock Creek area primarily affecting shad and drum. Initial observations include very few game fish.
PROCTOR
Water stained; 64 degrees; 5.12' low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live shad in 20 - 25 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
RAY HUBBARD
Water off color; 53-59 degrees; 2.42' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and Texas- or Carolina-rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on small Bass Assassins. Hybrid striper are good on 4" Bass Assassins. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.
RAY ROBERTS
Water murky; 51-57 degrees; 3.03' low. Black bass are slow, but improving on warm days, on chartreuse/white Booyah spinnerbaits and red XCalibur Rattle Baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs on isolated trees in 10-14 feet near creek channels. White bass are good on points on C.C. Spoons. No reports on catfish.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS
Water off color; 54-59 degrees; 5.23' low. Black bass are fair on medium running shad pattern crankbaits, Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. White bass and hybrid striper are good on slabs, Bass Assassins and live shad. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.
SAM RAYBURN
Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 6.13' low. Black bass are very good on Carolina rigged green pumpkin soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. White bass are good on live minnows and watermelon jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, liver, and cut bait.
SOMERVILLE
Water fairly clear; 3.36' low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are excellent on minnows, and on green/black jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
SPENCE
Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 50.77' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Striped bass and hybrid striper are slow. Catfish are slow.
STAMFORD
Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 2.57' low. Black bass are good on live baits along structure lines and white/blue spinnerbaits worked along points and grass lines. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White and striped bass are good on live baits. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and minnows.
STEINHAGEN
0.57' high. No report available.
STILLHOUSE
Water clear; 60 degrees; 5.74' low. Black bass are good on minnows and soft plastics. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.
SWEETWATER
Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.47' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live baits and shad-colored crankbaits. Catfish are fair on prepared baits.
TAWAKONI
Water stained; 51-57 degrees; 5.04' low. Black bass are fair on red Rat-L-Traps, spinnerbaits, jigs and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good - follow the birds. Striped bass and hybrid striper are excellent on 4" Bass Assassins dead-sticked with a 1 oz. jighead. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.
TEXOMA
Water off color; 52-58 degrees; 0.08' high. Black bass are fair on chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on slabs and large Road Runners over humps. Catfish are fair to good on cut and live shad.
TOLEDO BEND
Water clear; 63 degrees; 3.13' low. Black bass are good on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are fair on minnows and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and red tube jigs. Bream are good on worms. Channel and blue catfish are fair on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
TRAVIS
Water clear; 58 degrees; 27.33' low. Black bass to 6 pounds are good on brown jigs, smoke grubs, and crawfish crankbaits in 8 - 20 feet. Striped bass to 6 pounds are fair on white spoons and minnows in 20 - 38 feet. White bass are fair on white spoons and chrome crankbaits in 20- 35 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs in 15 - 28 feet. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
WALTER E. LONG
Water clear; 63 degrees. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are good on minnows and cut bait. White bass are good on minnows and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
WEATHERFORD
Water lightly stained; 51-57 degrees; 6.56' low. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs, chatterbaits and wacky rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs in the crappie house. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cheese bait.
WHITE RIVER
Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 28.48' low. Black bass are fair on minnows and black/neon jigs or tubes. Crappie are fair on small crankbaits, jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live baits and crankbaits. Channel catfish are fair on cut baits.
WHITNEY
Water clear; 10.32' low. Black bass are fair on jerkbaits and Carolina rigged soft plastic lizards along break lines in 10 - 20 feet. Striped bass are fair drifting live bait in 25 - 35 feet, and on striper jigs and crankbaits. White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 20 - 25 feet. Catfish are slow.
WICHITA
Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.15' low. Fishing reported as poor for all species due to an active golden algae bloom.
WRIGHT PATMAN
Water lightly stained; 54-61 degrees; 3.82' high. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, flukes, Texas rigs and slow rolled spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait and cut shad.