ALAN HENRY
Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 1.83' low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and black/blue soft plastic ringworms along brush and grass lines. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait.
AMISTAD
Water clear; 80 degrees; 2.83' low. Black bass are good on jigs, Senkos, and craw worms. Striped bass are good on Rat-L-Traps, slab spoons, topwaters, shad, spooks, and small crankbaits near the 277 bridge. White bass are good on Rat-L-Traps, slab spoons, topwaters, shad, spooks, and small crankbaits near the 277 bridge. Catfish are slow. 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; 76 degrees; 6.47' low. Black bass are good on hollow body swim baits and crankbaits suspended 4-8 feet off rocky points. Crappie are fair on jigs suspended 14-16 feet. White bass are good trolling with some surface action early and late in day. Blue Catfish are good drift fishing with cut shad or cheese bait on flats at 12-15 feet deep and on juglines baited with live bait.
ATHENS
Water fairly clear, 73-78 degrees; 0.62' low. Black bass are fair to good on topwaters early, later switching to spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers.
BASTROP
Water clear. Black bass are fair on chartreuse and chartreuse/white Rat-L-Traps over grass. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and punchbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
BELTON
Water clear; 81 degrees; 7.29' low. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits near the bank and trolling Rat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs, stinkbait, and shrimp. Yellow catfish are good on live perch and live shad.
BOB SANDLIN
Water fairly clear; 74-77 degrees; 0.09' high. Black bass are good on Ribbits early, later switching to Texas rigs, Rat-L-Traps and 7" worms on a shaky head jig. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs under the 21 and railroad bridges and over brush piles. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfish are good on and prepared bait.
BRAUNIG
Water stained; 81 degrees. Black bass are slow on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on liver and shad near the pier and at Dead Tree Point, and on marble spinnerbaits near the jetty and dam. Redfish are fair on perch, shad, and silver spoons, and down rigging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.
BRIDGEPORT
Water fairly clear; 72-76 degrees; 11.41' low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, Rat-L-Traps and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush piles and around bridge columns. White bass and hybrids are good on Storm WildEyes, Humdingers and topwaters. No reports on hybrid striper.
BROWNWOOD
Water clear; 81 degrees; 7.19' low. Black bass are excellent on Bass Hogg inline buzz frogs and 3/16oz. Pig Sticker Shaky Heads with Grande Bass 4" redbug and watermelon/chartreuse tailed Trickster worms along the docks, rocks, and near brush piles in 2 - 8 feet early and 8 - 16 feet later, and on topwater frogs, torpedoes, and Pop-R's on main lake flats near grass. Hybrid striper are good trolling hellbenders near the Woodsman of the World camp. White bass are good on Li'l Fishies off lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on Li'l Fishies and minnows over brush piles in Little Rocky Cove in 10 - 20 feet, and under lighted docks at night. Channel catfish are good on cut bait and nightcrawlers over baited holes in 12 - 22 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with perch and worms in 5 - 14 feet.
BUCHANAN
Water clear; 82 degrees; 30.28' low. Black bass are fair on root beer JDC Drop Shot Worms on drop shot rigs, silver flake Whacky Sticks on jigheads, and white/chartreuse/purple back crankbaits in 8 - 20 feet early (and all day under cloud cover). Striped bass are fair casting and jigging Spoiler Shads and drifting or free lining live bait from Striper Island to the dam in 28 - 42 feet at daylight. White bass are fair on Tiny Traps and 2" plastic swim baits along the river channel and deep creeks in 25 feet. Crappie are fair on pink/white and chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows in clear water. Channel catfish are fair to good on live bait upriver. Yellow and blue catfish are good on live bait upriver.
CADDO
Water off color; 74-78 degrees; 2.17' high. Black bass are fair on flukes, Senkos, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits early, later switching to Texas rigged worms and Sweet Beavers. Crappie are fair on jigs and shiners over brush piles. Bream are slow. Catfish are good on limb lines and trotlines.
CALAVERAS
Water stained; 81 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits around reed beds, near the dam, and in Granny's Cove. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are good down rigging spoons with green grubs between the crappie wall and the dam in 15 - 20 feet, and on perch and tilapia along the shoreline. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad trestle, 181 Cove, and the discharge. Yellow catfish are slow.
CANYON LAKE
Water clear; 82 degrees; 15.18' low. Black bass are fair on Smokin' Greenin. Devil's Tongues on drop shot rigs, watermelon red Whacky Sticks on wacky rigs, and Texas rigged 6in. pumpkin Scoundrel worms and white spinnerbaits along main lake bluffs in 12 - 20 feet and in standing timber in 4 - 8 feet. Striped bass are fair to good but small jigging blade baits and trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits over and around humps in the lower end of the lake. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are fair on smoke JDC grubs and 3/16oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs with matching JDC drop shot worms in 12 - 28 feet early. Crappie are fair on minnows and crappie jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait.
CEDAR CREEK
Water lightly stained; 73-77 degrees; 0.68' low. Black bass are fair to good on Carolina rigs, jigs and drop shots, with early action on topwaters. White bass are fair early on Humdingers, midday switching to Hellbender with Pet Spoon rigs. Hybrid striper are fair burning large slabs. Crappie are slow on small minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good drifting cut shad and on chartreuse nightcrawlers.
CHOKE CANYON
Water clear; 82 degrees; 8.99' low. Black bass are good on large soft plastic worms and lizards in 12 - 20 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Drum are good on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on punchbait in 3 - 10 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.
COLEMAN
Water clear; 81 degrees; 9.51' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastics. Hybrid striper are fair on live minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and white/red tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.
COLETO CREEK
Water stained; 81 degrees (90 degrees at discharge); 3.60' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are fair on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 3 - 8 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
COLORADO CITY
Water clear; 76 degrees; 11.42' low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow.
COLORADO RIVER
Water fairly clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on perch.
CONROE
Water stained; 1.47' low. Black bass are very good on pumpkinseed and tequila sunrise soft plastics, Senkos, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait, live bait, and nightcrawlers.
COOPER
Water lightly stained; 72-76 degrees; 1.3' low. Black bass are good on buzzbaits early, later switching to Texas rigs and chartreuse/white chatterbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows over brush piles. White bass are good on Rooster Tails and Humdingers. Hybrid striper are fair to good on Sassy Shad and slabs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.
FAIRFIELD
Water fairly clear; 84-93 degrees. No report available.
FALCON
Water stained; 81 degrees. Black bass are fair on white and chartreuse/white crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are very good on cut bait and shad. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.
FAYETTE
Water clear; 82 degrees. Black bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad, liver, and shrimp over baited holes under trees.
FORK
Water lightly stained; 73-78 degrees; 0.31' high. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits and Yellow Magics early, midday switching to DD22s, Carolina rigs and 3/4oz. jigs with trailers. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.
FT. PHANTOM HILL
Water clear; 77 degrees; 5.76' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.
GIBBONS CREEK
Water clear. Black bass are good on pumpkinseed and tequila sunrise Carolina rigged soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers.
GRANBURY
Water clear; 1.92' low. Black bass are fair on pumpkinseed spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are good on perch colored spinnerbaits and minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and live bait.
GRANGER
Water clear; 78 degrees; 1.12' low. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs and minnows in 4 - 15 feet. Blue catfish are good on fresh shad and prepared baits in newly flooded vegetation. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.
GRAPEVINE
Water off color; 74-78 degrees; 2.07' low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and crankbaits near rocky points. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over planted brush piles. White bass are good to excellent all over the lake. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers.
GREENBELT
Water stained; 74 degrees; 31.89' low. Black bass are good on white buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, green pumpkin or pumpkin soft plastic worms, and live bait worked along grass lines. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are good on live bait and shad-colored spinnerbaits. Walleye are good on live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait.
HOUSTON COUNTY
Water stained; 82 degrees; 1.00' low. Black bass to 4 pounds are good on pumpkinseed worms near the marina. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Bream are very good on live worms off piers and grass beds. Channel and blue catfish are good on live worms, and on trotlines baited with shad.
HUBBARD CREEK
Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 7.24' low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits or buzzbaits worked along grass lines, and pumpkinseed soft plastics lures worked along timber and rocks. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait.
JOE POOL
Water off color; 74-78 degrees; 1.86' high. Black bass are fair on topwaters early, later switching to jigs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are slow to fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on Humdingers over mid-lake humps. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared baits.
LAKE O' THE PINES
Water stained; 74-78 degrees; 4.4' high. Black bass are good on topwaters early, later switching to Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.
LAVON
Water stained; 73-78 degrees; 2.51' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and topwaters in the shallows. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are fair on cut shad and prepared baits.
LBJ
Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.22' low. Black bass are fair on JDC Skip-N-Pops and 1/8oz. Curb's buzzbaits tight to seawalls in 4 - 8 feet at daylight and just before dark, and on wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks and 4in. green pumpkin tubes under boat docks. Striped bass are good on Creme Lures 2" Spoiler Shads and Li'l Fishies at night. White bass are fair to good on Li'l Fishies at night. Crappie are fair to good on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in clear water. Channel catfish are good on minnows and dipbait. Yellow and blue catfish are fair to good on trotlines.
LEWISVILLE
Water off color; 74-78 degrees; 1.74' low. Black bass are fair to good on spinnerbaits, Texas rigs, Rat-L-Traps and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. White bass are good on Humdingers and slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers.
LIVINGSTON
Water fairly clear; 82 degrees; 0.26' high. Black bass are fair on soft plastics and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on pet spoons, hellbenders, and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.
MACKENZIE
Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 77.91' low. Black bass are good on live bait, with some topwater action late in day. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass are good on live bait and silver inline spinners. Smallmouth bass are good on live bait. Walleye are good on live bait. Catfish are good on prepared or live bait.
MARTIN CREEK
2.21' low. No report available.
MEREDITH
Water stained; 76 degrees; 75.77' low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits, black/blue jigs and white buzzbaits off main lake rocky points and along grass lines. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are good on live bait and shad-colored crankbaits along rocky drop-offs. Walleye are good on live bait. Channel catfish are good on live bait.
MONTICELLO
Water fairly clear; 85-93 degrees; 0.92' high. No report available.
NASWORTHY
Water lightly stained; 76 degrees. Black bass are fair on live baits and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Redfish are fair on live bait. White bass and striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on cut bait.
NAVARRO MILLS
Water murky; 78 degrees; 0.03' low. Black bass are fair on minnows and jigs off docks in Liberty Hill Park. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and shad. Yellow catfish are fair on perch.
O.H. IVIE
Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 19.78' low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits, live bait, and 10-inch junebug soft plastic lures worked around timber. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and shad-colored crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are good on live bait and shad-colored chatterbaits. Channel catfish are good on live or cut bait.
OAK CREEK
Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 5.12' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut liver.
PALESTINE
Water lightly stained; 74-78 degrees; 0.87' low. No report available.
PALO DURO
Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 58.94' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Walleye are fair. Channel catfish are good on live bait.
POSSUM KINGDOM
Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.12' low. Black bass are good on 6-inch soft plastics, deep running shad-colored crankbaits, and topwater lures on mid-lake points with 12-18in. depths. Crappie are fair on minnows and yellow jigs in Rock Creek area. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons and small crankbaits suspended 12-18in. on the south side of Costello Island and the north side of Sand Island early in the day. Stripers to 4-pounds are good on topwater lures, silver spoons and Rat-L-Traps along the Gaines Bend points. Catfish are fair on live shad and cut liver in the north area along the river.
PROCTOR
Water stained; 82 degrees; 7.80' low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are good on crankbaits and shad. White bass are good on minnows. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on goldfish and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.
RAY HUBBARD
Water fairly clear; 73-77 degrees; 0.04' high. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits early, later switching to Texas rigs and medium running pearl crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on topwaters and slabs. Hybrid striper are good on 2oz. slabs. Catfish are good on prepared bait.
RAY ROBERTS
Water lightly stained; 72-76 degrees; 1.25' low. Black bass are slow on crankbaits and Yum worms (slot removed Sept. 1st - now a 14" minimum). Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. White bass are good on C.C. jigging spoons in 25-40 feet. Catfish are good to excellent on prepared bait.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS
Water off color; 74-78 degrees; 2.77' low. Black bass are fair to good on topwaters and spinnerbaits early, midday switching to Carolina rigs and drop shot rigs. White bass are fair on slabs and topwaters. Hybrid striper are fair on large slabs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on prepared baits and cut shad.
SAM RAYBURN
Water stained; 82 degrees; 4.83' low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and tequila sunrise soft plastic worms. White bass are good on minnows and white/gold spoons. Crappie are good on live minnows. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Catfish are good on live bait, shrimp, and punchbait.
SOMERVILLE
Water murky; 80 degrees; 2.80' low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs at the marina. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait, shrimp, and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.
SPENCE
Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 61.72' 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; 76 degrees; 3.19' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored crankbaits, spinnerbaits or live bait along grass and timber lines. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White and striped bass are good on live bait or shad-colored crankbaits. Catfish are good on live bait.
STEINHAGEN
1.25' high. No report available.
STILLHOUSE
Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.29' low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows, hot dogs, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.
SWEETWATER
Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 7.12' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and black/chrome crankbaits. Catfish are fair on live bait.
TAWAKONI
Water fairly clear; 73-77 degrees; 1.63' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, topwaters and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows in 15 feet. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. White bass are good on Humdingers and topwaters. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad.
TEXOMA
Water off color; 72-77 degrees; 0.41' low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits early, midday switching to crankbaits, Texas rigs and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around bridges, in the marinas and over brush piles. Striper bass are fair early on topwaters and Sassy Shad, later switching to slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair on cut shad and nightcrawlers.
TOLEDO BEND
Water stained; 81 degrees; 3.27' low. Black bass are good on watermelon/blue flake Finesse and redbug soft plastic worms. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are good but small on punchbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
TRAVIS
Water stained; 81 degrees; 51.12' low. Black bass to 3 pounds are very good on chrome chuggers, watermelon red soft plastic worms, and smoke grubs in 5 - 25 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue and white tube jigs in 15 - 22 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 6 pounds are excellent on nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait in 25 - 38 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
WALTER E. LONG
Water clear; 81 degrees. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper to 8 pounds are good on live bait. White bass to 2 pounds are good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.
WEATHERFORD
Water lightly stained; 72-78 degrees; 4.34' low. No report available.
WHITE RIVER
Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 24.20' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits, perch-colored crankbaits, or live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are fair on live bait.
WHITNEY
Water stained; 11.38' low. Black bass are good on pumpkinseed/white Rat-L-Traps, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits on main lake points and flats. Striped bass are good on minnows and green striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and green spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp, and stinkbait, and live bait.
WRIGHT PATMAN
Water stained; 73-77 degrees; 4.81' high. Black bass are fair on topwaters early, later switching to Texas rigs, Senkos and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.