Alan Henry-GOOD. Water clear; 84 degrees; 1.74 feet below pool. Crappie pattern continues to be consistently good in 15-30 feet on minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas.
Arrowhead-GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 5.12 feet below pool. Summer pattern is still in full swing. Catfish are scattered out in open water flats and drop-offs. Drifting with fresh cut shad works best. Crappie can be caught over brush piles and the oil derricks. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service.
Cisco-GOOD. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 13.49 feet below pool. Good reports of catfish biting frozen bait and worms. Report by Lake Cisco Rentals.
Coleman-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.83 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are biting topwaters in the morning. Later in the day target standing timber with finesse baits. Crappie are good in Rattlesnake Cove.
Ft. Phantom Hill-GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 7.72 feet below pool. Hybrid stripers limits are possible fishing live shad into schools. White bass can be caught trolling with crankbaits or live shad. Largemouth bass are good on topwaters along the rocks.
Greenbelt-GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 48.67 feet below pool. Crappie are in standing timber. Sand bass are good. Catfish are good on minnows and worms. Largemouth bass are good.
Hubbard Creek-SLOW. Water Stained; 85 degrees; 13.59 feet below pool. Bass are slow with the best bite around the north end of the dam on rocks of the overflow, and in Game Warden Cove in 4-11 feet of water on trees near the rocky shoreline. Smaller fish are biting topwaters, and bigger fish were caught on square bill crankbaits for jerkbaits for schooling bass. Blue catfish can be caught on juglines with live bait or cut carp. White bass are schooling throughout the day.
Meredith-FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 47.27 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. White bass are excellent on just about anything. Bass are good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are fair to good with crawlers, minnows, chicken liver and frozen shad. Crappie are fair with artificial baits and minnows. Trout are slow, slow and slow on powerbaits, minnows, worms, small spinners, spoons and flies. Walleye are excellent on minnows, grubs, and other artificial baits. Please be safe out there, watch weather reports. Life vests save lives. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.
Millers Creek-SLOW. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water. The best bite will be early and late in the day.
Nasworthy-FAIR. Water slightly stained; 88 degrees. 0.56 feet below pool. The bass bite continues to be good on white chatterbaits and spinnerbaits early morning and evening. Midday flipping soft plastics around reed bases in 1-3 feet of water is the ticket to catch shaded up largemouth bass. Crappie were good around boat docks on chartreuse jigs and catfish were fair on cut bait and stink bait around river channel bends. Report provided by the Angelo State Fishing Team.
O.C. Fisher-SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 54.42 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers fishing due to low lake levels.
O.H. Ivie-GOOD. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees; 31.79 feet below pool. Summer black bass are fair eating topwaters early around rocky points or brushy flats 2-6 feet. Some black bass to 9 pounds are suspended and deeper trees and schooling and main lake areas 15-25 feet. Being caught on swimbaits, 10 inch worms and sixth sense hair jigs. Crappie are good in schools over the tops of trees and deeper water but suspended 6-15 feet in 20 plus feet of water. White bass schools are good but not staying up very long. When you can stay on top of them, cast rattle traps, topwaters and crankbaits. Bluegill are good on earthworms under bobbers in shallow water and suspended over treetops as well. Channel catfish are good on rod and reel 2-6 feet of water on shrimp, stink bait and chicken liver. Report by Wendell Ramsey, Ramsey Fishing.
Oak Creek-SLOW. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 18.12 feet below pool. Reports of bass over 7 pounds being caught on large plastic worms with large shaky heads. The Untamed Sportsman worms and Xcite on ¾ ounce heads. Swimbaits fished deep have also produced some fish. Crappie reports are improving with anglers catching limits with live bait and Bone Head jigs. Crappie are schooled up on brush piles and trees. Anglers utilizing foreword facing sonar are reporting success. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
Possum Kingdom-GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.82 feet below pool. Striper is fair to slow with live bait putting a few fish in the boat every trip. Downriggers are very slow at the moment, really any kind of artificial bait is fishing slow at the moment. Good colors are white and chartreuse to try are. Look for fish in 30-50 feet of water. Sand bass are still slow, look for them in 10-20 feet of water with live shad or small slabs and jigs. You may need to cast bait to the fish to keep from spooking them out of the area. White and silver are good bait colors. Catfish are fair with cut shad and your favorite brand of stink bait, also known as punch bait. Producing good numbers of fish in 5-20 feet of water fished on or near the bottom. Water clarity is steady at 4-12 feet of visibility. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service. Bass are scattered on ledges, points, and deep timber hitting crankbaits, Carolina rigs, dropshots. Report by JK Outdoors Bass Fishing Guide.
Proctor-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.47 feet below pool. Fishing is slow for all species. Catfish are slow but can be caught from the bank on punch bait, in deep with cut bait, or on jug lines.
Spence-SLOW. Water stained; 85 degrees. 50.15 feet below pool. The overall black bass bite has improved slightly from last week with anglers reporting some success on soft plastics such as the Hags Cheat code, craws and stick type baits. Catfish bite has been fair to good. Reports of blue catfish and yellows are being reported on cut bait such as carp and shad. The Yellow Cats are being caught on live bait as well. Shore anglers are also having success. The White Bass bite have begun to get active. They are being caught on top water baits and spoons such as the K.T. Slabs and Bomber Slab spoons. Report by Bronte Guns and Tackle Pro Staff.
Stamford-FAIR. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.60 feet below pool. The anglers braving the heat are finding a fair bass bite in the cattails. Crappie are fair near the pump station, no strikes at the concrete. Catfish are fair.
Twin Buttes-FAIR. Water stained. 87 degrees; 38.30 feet below pool. Channel catfish are fair on cheese bait and fresh cut bait on the main lake humps in deeper water. Target slightly above, in and just below the thermocline. Crappie seem to be on vacation and very slow to bite. White bass are surfacing every morning to chase shad. Throw anything shiny at them. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.
White River-GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 21.91 feet below pool. Catfish are good. Crappie are good on minnows. Largemouth bass are biting in deeper water ledges with soft plastics.
