ALANHENRY- FAIR.Water clear; 65 degrees; 10.98 feet below pool. Bass are good on Carolina rigs, crankbaits, and live bait. Report by Knady Corp. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in 12-28 feet of water. Some fish are spawning, but the cool fronts keep knocking the water temperature slowing the spawn. Report by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide.
AMISTAD- GOOD. Water Stained; 63 degrees; 38.35 feet below pool. Black bass are good in 5-15 feet of water on main lake points and flats near deeper water. Texas rigged lizards, senkos, wacky rigged worms are working the best. Rattletraps in shad colors might catch a few.
ARLINGTON- SLOW.Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Water temperature has dropped after the recent weather. Fish will push deeper but work their way back shallow. Bass can be caught off ledges with spinnerbaits. Crappie can be caught off docks with brush. Channel catfish are biting all over the lake.
GRAHAM- SLOW. Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 4.38 feet below pool. Bass are good and feeding well as the water warms. Baitfish type lures are working best, such as lipless crankbaits and jerkbaits.
GRAPEVINE- FAIR. Water clear; 55-58 degrees; 1.35 feet above pool. White bass are excellent with slabs under the birds. Fish can be spooked so be sure to drift, or use a trolling motor. What do you call an angler with one foot on the dock and one on the boat holding a 5horsepower motor? A split shot with a sinker. Target crappie on shallow brush piles. Deeper brush piles can be hard to locate while the water level is high. Catfish are in shallow water feeding on spawning carp and shad. Bass are shallow, look in shallow spawning areas with spinnerbaits. Water is high, so be prepared when launching. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
LBJ- GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of open water with punch bait. Crappie are fair with live minnows or chartreuse jigs in 4-10 feet of water over brush piles. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappies Fishing Service.
MEREDITH- SLOW. Water stained; 48 degrees; 55.18 feet below pool. Bass are good on minnows and artificials. Catfish are slow on minnows and frozen shad. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on minnows, and jigs heads with a curly tailed grub. Trout are good on minnows, power baits, worms, small spinners and flies, Walleye are good on minnows and grubs. Several reports of walleye and crappie caught at the end of shallow docks. Report by Kenneth Wysong, SharKens Honey Hole.
O.H. IVIE- GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 24.17 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good using soft plastics. White bass are fair with live bait and crankbaits. Crappie good using minnows. Catfish are good on live bait. Report by Concho Park and Marina.
POSSUM KINGDOMGOOD.
Water lightly stained; 5662 degrees; 5.43 feet below pool. Striper fishing is fair to good. Most fish are caught using live shad but trolling jigs is definitely an option. Every day seems to be a different color; white, chartreuse, pink, and green seem to be the most consistent. Fish are scattered anywhere from 20-55 feet of water, so be willing to cover ground looking for them. Sandbass are hit or miss. They should be spawning now and will be up the creeks and off the lake points. Some may be caught using small shad and possibly minnows. Catfish are fair. Cut shad fished in heavy cover in 1530 feet of water. Water clarity is 414 feet depending on location on the lake. Report by TJ Ranft, Ranft Guide Service.
PROCTOR- SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 9.38 feet below pool. Blue catfish are biting best at night in deeper water. Marking fish on ledges and deeper structure from 10-18 feet of water. Shad are hard to find, and the day bite is slow. Report by Jeffery Sojourner, Sojourner Fishing LLC.
STAMFORD- SLOW. Water stained; 64 degrees; 3.39 feet below pool. Crappie fishing is good at the Crappie House. Catfish are fair on juglines. Bass should be shallow on beds with creature baits. Report by Anchor Marina.
TWIN BUTTES- GOOD. Water stained. 64 degrees; 23.01 feet below pool. Don’t be fooled the fish are biting. Crappie are fair to slow in the rivers and stickups. White bass are running in the middle channels of the river on any type of small shiny spinnerbaits. The white bass spawn is close. Channel catfish are good up to eight pounds in 827 feet of water prepared baits. Reports of largemouth bass catches in 5-25 feet of water. Report by Captain Michael Peterson, 4 Reel Fun Guide Service.
WACO- GREAT. Water stained; 66 degrees; 11.05 feet below pool. Crappie are in 10-25 feet in open water suspended anywhere from 5-15 feet deep. Focus on main creek channels close to spawning areas fishing Snacky lures FS200 with Eyehole jig heads in 1/16th ounce and we used the “bucks ultimate” rods from BNM Poles in 10 feet. Look for standing timber or brush in these areas as they usually hold a few fish in them as well. Report by Robert Stover, Workingman Crappie Guide. Crappie have moved shallow and the bite is aggressive.
WEATHERFORD- SLOW. Water stained; 67 degrees; 7.73 feet below pool. Bass are slow moving shallow to spawning beds. Cast chatterbaits, flukes and spinngerbaits. Crappie are fair along the rocks near the crappie house with jigs and minnows. Catfish are slow off rocks near the dam with cut bait and stink bait. White bass are slow on slabs.
WHITE RIVER- SLOW. Water stained; 66 degrees; 24.57 feet below pool. Reports of crappie and bass catches being caught off piers. As the water warms, look for bass to begin staging for the pre-spawn biting Texas rigged worms or craw patterned artificial.
WORTH- GOOD. Water normally stained; 68 degrees; 2.69 feet below pool. White bass are good in the river and in creeks. Crappie are good in the river and in creeks and some catches hve been reported shallow. Blue catfish and channel catfish are fair to good in multiple depths on shad and punch bait. All fish patterns are changing with warm and cool days so patterns may change daily. Report provided by Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service.
ZEBRA MUSSEL ALERTTo prevent the spread of zebra mussels, the law requires draining of water from boats and onboard receptacles when leaving or approaching public fresh water. More lake information can be found on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website.