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Steinhagen
FAIR. Water stain; 55 degrees; 1.04 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.
Conroe
GREAT. Water stained; 59 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Catfish are good on baited holes from 10-50 feet deep, and drifting creek channels and wind blown flats. Bass are plentiful in shallow water with rattle traps, chatterbaits, swimbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are a bit fickle on and off in 12-22 feet of water. Report by Bradley Doyle, Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrids can still be caught near river channels and flats in 33-39 feet of water deadsticking, but it is going to depend on the water temperature. Switch to live bait or jigging once the lake is consistently above 58 degrees. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
Livingston
GOOD. normal stain; 55 degrees; 0.60 feet above pool. White bass are in the creeks and should be for the next few weeks spawning. Harmon Creek, White Rock Creek, Rocky Creek and Kickapoo Creeks are all good spots. Rattle traps and squarebill crankbaits work great. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.
Martin Creek
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 61 degrees; 0.10 below pool. Bass are good over the hydrilla using bladed jigs and swimbaits, spinnerbaits and redbug worms. Crappie are good fishing brush and laydowns in 15-25 feet with minnows and pintail jigs. Sand bass are good in the discharge area off points in 12-14 feet with small jigging spoons. Catfish are good in the discharge area with live and cut bait. Report by Hambone Guide Service.
Nacogdoches
GOOD. Water stained; 58 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are excellent in 3-5 feet of water on stick baits and bladed jigs. Crappie are excellent roaming in large groups on brush piles in 5-10 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Catfish are fair on live minnows or cut bait. The water clarity is muddy. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Naconiche
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. Bass are good with a few 5 pounds possible on Alabama rigs and large glide baits. As always, natural shad imitations get bit, but dirty water might require bolder colors. Rip a chatterbait through the top of grass to land the bass prestaging there. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent with green pumpkin wacky rigs up shallow, or light Carolina rigs. Crappie are slow while fish are in a transition. Catfish are slow on live minnows around fishing docks. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Raven
SLOW. Water light stain; 55 degrees. Fishing is very slow, with no reports of any catches across the board. Water conditions are rough and the lake is stirred up due to strong winds this week. Cool morning temperatures and warm afternoon temperatures are in the forecast for the next week, so fishing should improve.
Sam Rayburn
SLOW. Water stained; 58 degrees; 1.73 feet above pool. Bass are slow to move on spawning beds while water is coming in, and water is being released. Bass are in the creeks, points and pockets staging in near spawning areas in 8 feet of water. Flipping the outside hay grass and buck bush rattle traps will land a few bites. Crappie are moving to creek pockets, and catfish are transitioning to creek pockets to spawn. Few white bass on points in the creeks hitting rattle traps, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits.
Toledo Bend
SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.70 feet below pool. There are more anglers on the water as water temperatures are now 60 degrees. Lots of bass on the bank spawning or in prespawn. The bite will especially be good with the full moon. The shallow bite has been best with wacky worms, senkos, Texas rig lizards and if wind is blowing. They will still eat spinnerbait or chatterbait.
Deeper fish can be found on main lake points in 8-12 feet with a Carolina rig and football jig. Crappie are picking back up in the backs of the creeks with roadrunners and tube jigs. Bends in the creeks have been the best place to hold the bigger crappie in 6-8 feet near shallow flats. As water warms the action will continue to improve. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
