B.A. Steinhagen
FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.43 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over grass. Crappie are fair with jigs in flooded timber. Catfish are fair on juglines.
Bob Sandlin
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Channel catfish are excel-lent in 10-14 feet of water with stink bait or chicken liver. Crappie are excellent in 10-20 feet on brush piles with jigs or minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chas-er Guide Service. Water clarity has been better in the calm pockets or coves. Fish are biting natural colored jigs along the remaining healthy grass edges, and on isolated areas of hard cover particularly near boat ramps and shell beds. Shallow secondary points can be good with a jig or a Texas rigged craw in black and blue. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.
Caddo
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Fishing on Caddo should improve after the recent rainfall and cooler temperatures. Fishing is best when water temperatures are in the 50s, but until then keep a top water, swimbait, chatterbait, spinnerbait, fluke or rattle trap on your deck out on the main lake and cover water looking for grass mats or pad stems holding schools of fish. The river bite should turn on quick and shad colored crank-baits, rattle traps, chatterbaits, and swimbaits. Keep a dropshot or Texas rig in junebug handy until the water temp falls under the 60s. The lake is always fun this time of year and a great time to come visit this lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.
Conroe
GOOD. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.07 feet below pool. Catfish are excellent on baited holes from 10-30 feet. Large quantities can be caught on Catfish Bubblegum, liver, worms and punch bait. Drifting natural baits has been pretty good as well. Crappie have been fair at best with some being caught but the population just isn’t great. There are quite a few un-dersized being caught with a few keepers. Bream have been plentiful on brushy points to 20 feet deep. Bass have been good on wind blown docks and points using crankbaits and green pumpkin plastics. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrids have been schooling in 12-25 feet with some whites mixed in, hanging on flats and drop offs. Many folks are trolling with a deep diver and a pet spoon trailer, others are using slabs from Bradley Outdoors to jig for them, As well as casting swimbaits or crankbaits. Always wear your life jacket! Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
Livingston
GOOD. slightly stained; 76 degrees; 1.60 feet below pool. Very little boater traffic. White bass are in depths at 8-20 feet of water. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.
Nacogdoches
GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.89 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good on Caro-lina rigs and deep diving crankbaits in 12-15 feet of water. Crappie are good white crappie jigs or live minnows. Catfish are slow on cut bait, stink bait or minnows. Report by Cal Cam-eron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.55 feet below pool. There is an abundance of shad in shallow water. Shallow bass feeding on the shad can be caught with spinnerbaits and topwater frogs. Crappie are transitioning from brush main lake brush to creek chan-nels. Blue and channel catfish are fair in 24-27 feet of water and in the river bends on cut bait and minnows. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Expect the lake level to continue to drop slowly through the winter. Shallow bass are centered around shoreline brush and hay grass along with high spots, shallow ditches and creek channel swings. These fish can be caught on Texas rigs, wacky rigs, shallow water crankbaits and topwaters. There is a large population of schooling bass heavily chasing bait balls around main lake ledges in 17-22 feet, main lake drains in 10-17 feet, and main lake and secondary points. Cast a dropshot, Carolina rig, ½-¾ ounce jig, or deep diving crankbait. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 4.51 feet below pool. Cooler weather is finally here and this first touch of fall will help to improve the bite. Shallow bass are still best with swim jigs, swimbaits, topwater, and frogs. The bite in the creek should start this week on lipless, square bill crankbaits and small spinnerbaits in 4-8 feet of water. We did get some rain, but not enough to muddy up the creeks. There are numbers of deep fish just not quality, but this should improve as the temperature drops on spoons, tail spins and dropshots. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
Tyler
SLOW. Water normal stain; 77 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Forecasted weather change should improve the bite. Crappie are slow with some decent size fish suspended in 16-20 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are fair in 10-16 feet of water stink bait, liver and night-crawlers. Bream are fair on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake. Bass are fair on topwater baits, crankbaits and spinnerbaits scattered throughout the lake. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Crappie are good scattered on docks in 6-8 feet of water, or on the southern end of the lake chasing shad on minnows. Report by Caleb Hensley, 903 Fishing.
Welsh
FAIR. Water stained. 80 degrees. A few reports that catches of bass are good.
Wright Patman
GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 4.37 feet above pool. Catfish are good with stink bait. Crappie are good with minnows and jigs.
