B.A. Steinhagen
FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.44 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.
Livingston
GOOD. normal stain; 76 degrees; 1.16 feet above pool. White bass are great in 6-15 feet of water on wind blown points and ledges with white and chartreuse slabs. Catfish are in 1-4 feet of water on bulkheads with best action at daylight. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.49 feet above pool. Fish are slowly moving out to summer pat-terns. Bass are good flipping brush and trees with high water. Pencil grass and hay grass are good with topwater frogs and poppers. Spinnerbaits and crankbaits are good on the points, humps and structure. Carolina rigs and jigs are good on the ledges and creek channels. Crappie are moving out slowly to the brush piles. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait in creek channels and ledges. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
SLOW. Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. Lake level has been on rise all week, with eleven flood gates open 1 foot each at this time. Best bass bite has been frogs, swimjigs and topwaters around the flooded grass and bushes in 1-4 feet of water. Texas rig and Carolina rig fish coming out of 12-18 feet on main lake humps and ridges. The crankbait bite should pick up any day. Some good reports night fishing with the full moon, anglers are catching fish on spinnerbaits and buzz baits all on the banks. Crappie are hit-or-miss due to the high water. Crappie in the creek and grass are fair. The best bite has been in shallow brush piles with live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
Tyler
GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs in 10-16 feet of water. Catfish are fair in 5-6 feet of water with stink bait. Bass are good on trick worms, spinnerbaits and topwater. Bream are good on red worms throughout the lake. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Bass topwater bite improves daily. The big crappie and larger female bass are primarily post spawn, but you can find a few stragglers shallow. Look for the first depth changes outside of the spawning areas where they will be recovering and getting their energy back by feeding. There are plenty of beds around the lake with the aggressive males guarding them. As the eggs hatch into fry the males will continue to follow them around and will be extremely ag-gressive especially with bluegill or bream patterns.
Catfish are being caught shallow around their spawning areas as are the panfish. Bass are best on weightless flukes, crappie are best on minnows, catfish are great on prepared bait and nightcrawlers and the bream on best red worms and crickets. Report by Holton Walker, Holton Walker Fishing.
