B.A. Steinhagen
FAIR. Water stain; 65 degrees; 0.39 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.
Bob Sandlin
GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.71 feet above pool. Bass fishing is good overall. Water is very dirty and stained. Using black and blue, straight white, or other bold colors has been productive. Expect more bass on beds once water conditions stabilize. Transition to more natural colored baits as visibility improves. Isolated patches of grass can be fished with a Texas rigged soft plastic, Tokyo rig, or a hollow body frog. Chatterbaits, soft jerkbaits, and spinnerbaits are good around cover that are near spawning areas. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Black bass are shallow in creeks and shallow banks. Fly fishing with craws and clouser minnow patterns should produce bass. Crappie and catfish are moving shallow fly fishing with wooly buggers, slow-sinking small fish patterns, or clouser minnows on sunny rocky shores might draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
Caddo
SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.32 feet above pool. Caddo Lake is predicted to rise to 174 feet and at that level the lake will be closed at most ramps. Be sure to plan ahead. The river will be in a non-wake driving condition, so you will not be able to drive fast on the lake except in the middle away from properties. Up until this the bite has been amazing, the most fun we have seen in many years for spring with several big ones being caught so far. Grass fish were caught with swimbaits, chatterbaits, buzz baits and frogs. Tree fish were caught on flukes and senkos. Having said all that, if the lake comes up 4 feet it will be extremely tough to catch anything on this majestic and divine lake we call Caddo. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship. The Caddo Lake State Park boat ramp, canoe rentals and Mill Pond camping area are closed due to flooding.
Conroe
GREAT. Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.02 feet above pool. Catfish have been plentiful from 2-30 feet deep on baited areas and bulkheads. Bass have been up on beds this past week and sight fishing was good. Report by Bradley Doyle, with Bradley Guide Service. Crappie are fair to good in the shallows to 25 feet around structure or timber using jigs. Hybrids are now back to jigging or slab, spoons, live bait, large goldfish or large minnows on flats and drop-offs in 8-24 feet of water. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
Fork
GOOD. Water Stained; 63 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Bass are good with chatterbaits and spinnerbait round spawning flats and secondary points in 1-4 feet of water. Designated Hitters rigged with beaver type baits and rage craws are good flipping at the edge of grass or flooded weeds in 1-3 feet and out to 5 feet on big wood. Frogs are producing a few catches on matted weeds in 1-3 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are shallow, fish warm windy banks.Top water bite is on! Small bait fish patterns are working well. The crappie are moving shallow, small clouser minnows are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising in 2-4 feet of water biting clouser minnows. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing has been super up and down just like the weather has been. Some days there are fish up shallow in less than 5 feet of water and the next day they are gone. It has been the same with fish in timber, bridges and brush piles. When you do find the fish it has been a good bite and some days we load the boat. We have fish in every stage of the spawn still. Crappie are scattered in 2-40 feet biting swimbaits, minnows, hand tied jigs and soft plastics. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.
Houston County
SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.48 feet above pool. Bass should be shallow on spawning beds hitting soft plastics and creature baits. Post spawn bass should be in 8-12 feet of water hitting Carolina rigs or crankbaits. Crappie should be shallow or on brush piles be caught with jigs or minnows.
Lake O’ the Pines
GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 5.37 feet above pool. Bass fishing is good overall. Water is very dirty and stained. Using black and blue, straight white, or other bold colors has been productive. Expect more bass on beds once water conditions stabilize. Transition to more natural colored baits as visibility improves. Isolated patches of grass can be fished with a Texas rigged soft plastic, Tokyo rig, or a hollow body frog. Chatterbaits, soft jerkbaits, and spinnerbaits are good around cover that are near spawning areas. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Be sure to call ahead to ensure ramp status.
Livingston
GOOD. normal stain; 64 degrees; 0.37 feet above pool. White bass are on the way back from the creeks and making their way back to the main lake. Some are still spawning but are about to finish up. Throwing white or chartreuse tail spinners is landing fish. Water in the creeks is 68 degrees. and 64 degrees in the main lake. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.
Martin Creek
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.05 below pool. Martin Creek is at full pool, stained, and 69 degrees at boat launch. Bass are fair with jerkbaits, lipless crankbaits, walking topwater baits and Texas rigged worms. Fishing the hydrilla is best bet. Crappie have been good in 15-25 feet suspended over brush using minnows and 3 inch soft plastic jigs. Sand bass remain good around the discharge area on small underspin jigs and slab spoons. Catfish are good drift fishing in 10-12 feet on nightcrawlers. Reported by Hambone guide service. Report by Hambone Guide Service.
Nacogdoches
EXCELLENT. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.65 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are excellent in shallow water on bladed jigs, shallow diving crankbaits and lightly weighted Texas rigged craws. Crappie are excellent on flooded timber in 15-20 feet of water suspended just under the surface in 4 feet of water. Catfish are slow on stink bait or cut bait. Water clarity is muddy. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Naconiche
GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. After a week with strong winds and overcast conditions fishing was good. The majority of bass were caught with a fluke around the spawning grounds. If you are catching smaller bucks then your boat is probably sitting on top of the females, so back off about a cast length and give them a similar presentation. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent with senkos, stick baits, finesse worms, and wacky rigged worms. Crappie are fair with chartreuse crappie jigs. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Pinkston
FAIR. stained; 70 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow swimbaits, paddle tail swimbaits. Crappie slow on a white crappie jig. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Raven
SLOW. Water light stain; 60 degrees. Lake Raven is beginning to see a lot of hydrilla growth, which may impede some bank anglers. The bass are working the shallows with 10-12 inch worms along the edge of the hydrilla and water lines. Chatterbaits, dropshots, and wacky rigs are a good set of bait options for anglers seeking to join in on the bass fishing. No reports of crappie or catfish. Bluegill are good at the boathouse dock with hot dogs and worms.
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 66 degrees; 1.25 feet above pool. Number of fish spawning in shallow water. Bass are spawning on the banks hitting white spinnerbaits, and white swim jigs. Crappie are on the banks and spawned out. It is the time to wade around the stumps for crappie. Catfish are good in shallow water in the creeks with cut bait. White bass are good points with jigging spoons. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
SLOW. Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Water temperature is holding right around 60-64 degrees and the lake is on the rise. Bass are good in 1-6 feet of water with frogs, wacky worms, senkos, and Texas rig lizards. Post spawned fish are starting to show up in 8-12 feet on shallow running crankbait in shad color, or Carolina rigs. If the lake continues to rise, the bass will go to the flooded bushes. Crappie fishing has slowed while the creeks are muddy, but as the water clears road runners and tube jigs with 1/16 ounce heads.will be productive. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
Tyler
GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.35 feet above pool. Crappie are good spawning in shallow water and staging in 12 feet of water on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with stink bait and cut bait. Bass are good in shallow water and in 12 feet of water with crankbaits and plastic worms. Bream are fair on red worms. Bluegill are fair on red worms. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Water Temperature dropped to 66 degrees after the recent cold snap, but will warm back up quickly. Water Clarity is light stain to stained depending on how close to runoff or feeder creek areas you are. Bass and crappie are being caught in good numbers all over the lakes. Many bass are actively spawning with weightless plastics or Texas rigs working well right now. Crappie are being caught shallow in grass and in 5-10 feet as different waves of fish move in and out from spawning. Minnows are still outperforming jigs. Report by Holton Walker, Holton Walker Fishing.
Welsh
FAIR. Water stained. 65 degrees. A few reports and anglers on the water.
Wright Patman
SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 9.85 feet above pool. Bass should shallow on spawning beds hitting creature baits, and post spawn or staging in deeper water near spawning areas hitting soft plastics. Crappie should be spawning or staged on brush in 8-12 feet.
