B.A. Steinhagen
FAIR. Water stain; 65 degrees; 0.57 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms.
Bob Sandlin
GOOD. Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.28 feet above pool. Bass are spawning in wind-protected shallow pockets in 4-6 feet of water. Fish are biting Texas rigged creature baits, jigs, and soft jerkbaits. Some fish are still waiting for warmer water temperatures, staging on hard cover near spawning flats and can be caught using a jerkbait or shallow crankbaits and bladed jigs. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Look for small male bass around sandy banks in mouths of coves. Small streamers and craw patterns should produce bass. Crappie and catfish should be moving shallow when the weather stabilizes, wooly buggers should work well. Slow-sinking small fish patterns might work well. Clousers on sunny rocky shores might draw a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.
Caddo
SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.94 feet above pool. The coming new moon is bringing fish on trees to spawn. Numbers of bass can be caught around the trees with swimbaits, swim jigs, chatterbaits or with slow presentation flukes or wacky style senkos. Old school folks can swim a lizard around these trees for some fun this time of year. The frog bite and pop r bite is only weeks away as the fish guarding their fry will blow up on those top water baits. The water level is good, but the salvina can be an issue in some places in the backwaters. Wind can be your friend, so if it is a southwest 20 mph day grab that chatterbait and hit every tree you can. Remember to throw your bait past the tree and swim to it, do not throw directly at the tree with a big splash as you will not get bit that way because it spooks the fish. The next few weeks are shaping up to fish well on this divine lake. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.
Conroe
GREAT. Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Catfish are good in baited areas from 10-40 feet of water. Drifting natural baits along channels and flats has also been producing some nice eaters and trophy class fish. The shad spawn should start any day and with that the bulkhead bite should kick off. Largemouth bass have been good with some very nice fish being landed still full of eggs. Report by Bradley Doyle, with Bradley Guide Service. Crappie are fair to good in the shallows to 21 feet around structure or timber using jigs. Hybrids are now back to jigging or using live bait, large goldfish or large minnows on flats and drop offs in 14-33 feet of water. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
Fork
GOOD. Water Stained; 62 degrees; 0.32 feet below pool. Water temperature is 58-66 degrees. Bass are pulling up shallow. There is a good late evening bite with Texas rigs, chatterbaits, flukes, wacky rig senkos in 1-3 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Smaller male black bass are moving to the shallows on warm windy banks. Fish the banks with the most sunlight. Bait fish and worm patterns are a good choice. Look for females close-by ready to move to nests. Slow presentations work best. The crappie should be moving shallowly in 60-65-degree water. Wooly buggers can be a good choice. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing has been steady with numbers of big fish possible when the winds allow. Good numbers of crappie on timber in 6-20 feet close to spawning areas. Cold fronts lately have been pushing the fish back out deeper and we may only see one or two days of shallow fish in between fronts. If you find a spawning area with 62-64 degree surface temperatures you may be able to find fish in 2-4 feet. Some fish are holding on bridges, but the bite can change not only by the day but by the hour this time of year. Wind directions and wind speeds are dictating a lot of the crappie’s location and demeanor. The bite is good most days if you can get a bait right on a fish. Minnows, hand tied jigs and soft plastics will all produce this time of year. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.
Houston County
SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.24 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are similar. Expect fish to begin transitioning to shallow water to stage for the spawn. Target bass with Carolina rigs and rattle traps. Crappie can be caught with jigs or minnows.
Lake O’ the Pines
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. Bass are spawning in wind-protected shallow pockets in 4-6 feet of water. Fish are biting Texas rigged creature baits, jigs, and soft jerkbaits. Some fish are still waiting for warmer water temperatures, staging on hard cover near spawning flats and can be caught using a jerkbait or shallow crankbaits and bladed jigs. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.
Livingston
GOOD. normal stain; 64 degrees; 0.10 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 above pool. Bass are good on chatterbaits, swimbaits and Texas rigged junebug worms fishing in the hydrilla. Crappie are good using minnows and power bait champ minnows on ¼ ounce mushroom jig heads in 15-20 feet on brush piles. Sand bass are good in the discharge area using slab spoons and underspin jigs. Catfish are good on clay bottoms in 10-15 feet of water on earthworms and cut bait. Reported by Hambone guide service. Report by Hambone Guide Service.
Nacogdoches
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.19 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on topwater frogs or weightless senko. Crappie are fair on a white or chartreuse crappie jig on brush piles. Catfish are fair on stink bait or cut bait. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Naconiche
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.50 feet above pool. We had quite strong winds leading up to this past weekend. But, with overcast conditions, we were expecting great fishing. The majority of bass were caught in the shallow creek areas. Female bass are starting to parade just outside the spawning grounds. A large glide-bait can be slow, but also could be the chance for a personal best. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services. Largemouth bass are excellent with shallow Carolina rigs, or shallow paddle tail swimbaits. Crappie are fair with chartreuse crappie jigs. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Pinkston
FAIR. slightly stained; 62 degrees. Largemouth bass are good in 2-5 feet of water on swim jigs or bladed jig around grass lines. Crappie fair on a white crappie jig. Catfish are slow. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Raven
SLOW. Water light stain; 60 degrees. Lake Raven bass fishing is heating up! 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
SLOW. Water stained; 69 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. Water temperature is in the high 60s and low 70s in the pockets. Bass are on beds in some pockets. Bass can be caught flipping into brush and trees with rattle traps. Crappie are moving shallow to set up on beds. Catfish are in 6-15 feet of water in creek bends and on structures. A few white bass are roaming the points and brush. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 1.78 feet below pool. Bass are good with many fish in 1-8 feet of water on lizards, brush hogs, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, senkos and wacky worms. Bass are good with frogs in the flooded bushes. Crappie bite is improving daily in 3-6 feet on jigs. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
Tyler
GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. Crappie are slow on minnows but good on jigs. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with chicken liver. Bass are in 5-6 feet of water and in 12 feet of water. Bass are good with crankbaits. A lunker 13.2 pound bass was caught.. Bream are slow on red worms. Bluegill are slow on worms. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Males are shallow and feeding heavily, and the larger females are right behind them. Good bass caught all the way up the submerged grass on the edge of the water but are not quite on beds yet. Look for the larger females to be holding off on the first depth change leading into the coves and spawning flats as well as tucked under boat houses waiting to spawn. Square bills, spinnerbaits and weightless plastics will be the best bite but do not overlook the early topwater bite as well! The crappie bite is good in 15 feet of water in the creek channels all the way into the grass depending on which area of the lake you are fishing. The 64 bridge and twin bridges have fish very shallow while the south ends of the lake are a week or two behind them on the pattern. Minnows on slip floats are outperforming jigs for crappie. Catfish are fair in 5-15 feet as they also work towards their spawning areas on live bait and nightcrawlers. Report by Holton Walker, Holton Walker Fishing.
Welsh
FAIR. Water stained. 60 degrees. A few reports and anglers on the water.
Wright Patman
SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 4.66 feet above pool. Expect the bite to improve and fish to push shallow. Catfish are fair. Bass are slow, but should be staging to spawn. Crappie are staged on brush in 8-12 feet getting ready to spawn.
