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.
Bob Sandlin
GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.32 feet above pool. Crappie are good early morning on timber. Catfish are still shallow, finishing the spawn. White bass are schooling off of points and feeding on the surface in the mornings and evenings. Black bass are cruising in 10-15 feet in creek channels and around timber chasing shad. Report by Chris Caswell, Lake Bob Sandlin Crappie Fishing Guide. 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. Crappie are excellent in timber and coves in 10-20 feet of water with jigs out producing minnows. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
Caddo
SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.68 feet above pool. Caddo is still high and muddy with lots of current flowing. Water continues to flow from Lake O’ the Pines. Tree bass are steady with senkos, flukes, Texas rig worms, tubes and craw worms. Seems like when the lake falls or rises the bass seem to hold even tighter to the trees. Once the lake settles the grass and lily pad bite should pick up with frogs, buzzbaits and ribbits. Conditions on the lake look really good after all the flooding, so the salvinia is almost gone as of now. Navigate with caution watching for floating logs around the river and bayou. It is always a wonderful time out here on this majestic and divine lake we call Caddo. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.
Conroe
GREAT. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.01 feet below pool. Catfish are doing great on baited holes, rocks, and bulkheads. Fish seem to be moving into spawning patterns, so when you find them there will be a lot of them. Bass are good on the edges early and late then on offshore structures midday. Crappie are fair on structure 8-25 feet of water with jigs and minnows. Hair jigs from Lone Star Crappie are outperforming plastics. Report by Bradley Doyle, with Bradley Guide Service. Hybrids and whites can be caught with slabs, spoons, crankbaits, live large gold fish or live large minnows. Fish are on flats and drop-offs in 16-23 feet of water. Be sure to check the tooth patch to determine the species. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
Fork
GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.40 feet above pool. Bass are fair on points with and without spawning shad early morning. When there is wind it’s better. Frog bite is fair in shallow grass and pond weed. Bass are staging in 5-10 feet of water on secondary points hitting Carolina rigs, and XD 5-6. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are post spawn and the top water bite is on! Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation. The crappie are moving shallow, small clousers are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet biting clousers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie fishing is settling into the post spawn and summer patterns we should see for the next few months. We are seeing incredible numbers of small black crappie right now loading up on brush piles, lay downs, bridges and docks. The larger black crappie are a little hard to find but you can find some nice groups of them or pick a few out of the smaller fish. The bigger white crappie are beginning to load on the summer pattern trees. We have a tremendous amount of fry covering up a lot of those trees and making it very hard to see those bigger white crappie on forward facing sonar or for them to see your bait. You can find fish in 10-30 feet of water and some may only be 2 feet under the surface or right on the bottom. Minnows and any colored jigs are both producing extremely well. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.
Houston County
SLOW. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.40 feet above pool. Bass should start schooling in deeper water hitting Carolina rigs. Crappie should be on brush piles biting jigs or minnows.
Lake O’ the Pines
GOOD. Water normal stain; 76 degrees; 4.88 feet above pool. Water level continues to be high, but is falling. The shoreline cover is still producing bites on soft plastics in natural colors around the flooded cover. Topwater early and late evening if no cloud cover. Main lake points are starting to get better but not reliable yet. Report by Brian Vickery Fishing.
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.
Martin Creek
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.28 above pool. Bass are good fishing points with hydrilla using bladed swimbaits and Texas rigged worms. Crappie are good over brush piles in 20-25 feet with minnows. Catfish are good in 10-15 feet of water in areas baited with ranch cubes. Nightcrawlers and cut bait will work to catch 1-3 pound fish on the bottom. Report by Hambone guide service.
Nacogdoches
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on swim jigs and shallow diving crankbaits. Crappie are excellent on standing timber and small brush leading from feeder creeks. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Naconiche
FAIR. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. Bass are suspended 8 feet down over deeper water biting jerkbaits plus 1. Keep an eye on the thermocline and be sure to fish above it. Some larger bites in 8-10 feet of water near the bottom with a drop-shot or Texas rig. Do not forget to run an Alabama rig and topwater, early and late, for some aggressive feeding fish! Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are good on standing timber in 12 feet of water with dropshots and large swimbaits. Crappie are excellent with 10-12 fish schools grouped up on timber. Crappie are averaging over 2 pounds. Catfish are slow on cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Pinkston
GOOD. slightly stained; 78 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on frogs and swim jigs along grass lines. Crappie are fair on standing timber. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Raven
SLOW. Water light stain; 70 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; 74 degrees; 1.49 feet above pool. Fish are slowly moving out to summer patterns. 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 aggressive 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.
Welsh
FAIR. Water stained. 80 degrees. A few reports and anglers on the water.
Wright Patman
GOOD. Water normal stain; 71 degrees; 8.81 feet above pool. Crappie are loading up on timber, or brush piles in 10-20 feet of water. Downsize hair jigs to ⅛-1/16 ounce. Channel catfish are good in the shallow water near bushes with stink bait. Report by River Bottom Boys Guide Service.
