East Texas
Fishing Report
B.A. Steinhagen
FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. Bass are good on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over grass. Crappie are good with jigs in flooded timber. Catfish are fair.
Caddo
FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.25 feet above pool. The bass bite is starting to heat up now that the water level has fallen to just above normal levels for this time of year and the clarity is improving. Some morning topwater action with frogs, buzz baits or choppos and as always a chatterbait, fluke or senko around the trees are still a pattern to keep on your deck. The shaky head, dropshot or light Texas rig in the current and river spots should start really heating up when the current slows down some from what Pines is sending our way. This has been a tough year for consistency with the bite because of all the flooding but maybe we are done with all that and we can now just fish and enjoy this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.
Conroe
GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. Largemouth bass offshore bite has been slow when there is no wind, but there are many of dock fish to be caught. Report by Roy Crush IV Fishing. Catfish are still spawning hanging tight to structures like rocks and tires on ledges. When you find them, you find a bunch. Stink bait, liver, catfish Bubblegum work well. Report by Brad Doyle with Bradley’s Guide Service. Hybrids are schooling in 19-26 feet biting live bait, jigging with a spoon, or trolling with a deep diver with a pet spoon as a trailer. Crappie are in or around structure 12-21 feet using minnows or jigs. Always wear your life jacket & stay hydrated in this heat. Report by Mike Cason, Fishical Therapy.
Livingston
SLOW. Stained; 75 degrees; 0.04 feet above pool. White bass are great in 8-15 feet of water. Find clear water and good structure and you will find the white bass. Ducktracker slabs are the lures of choice. Catfish are good drifting flats with cut shad in 10-20 feet. Report by Michael Richardson, Lake Livingston Adventures.
Martin Creek
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 91 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. Bass are good fishing down the dam with crankbaits and shaky head rigged worms in either redbug or watermelon red. Using Texas rigged weightless senkos over the hydrilla is working too, or punching the grass mats with 1 ounce weight Texas rigged creature baits. Crappie have grouped together in deep brush and at railroad trestle on minnows. Catfish are good using live bait on jug lines, and drifting along the dam with nightcrawlers on rod-and-reel. Place 3/4 ounce weight on the end of line and hook about 16 inches above. Report by Hambone Guide Service.
Nacogdoches
GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.41 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are excellent on chartreuse deep diving crankbaits, or Carolina rigs in 15-20 feet of water. Crappie are excellent on brush piles with live minnows or chartreuse colored crappie jigs. Catfish are slow on cut bait and live minnows. Report by Cal Cameron, Cal’s ETX Guide Service.
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 87 degrees; 7.68 feet above pool. Water level is slowly dropping, but fishing conditions and patterns are holding steady. Summer bite is just around the corner when we will see the bass draw to deeper water points and white bass schooling. Bass are good on topwaters, or flipping soft plastics into submerged brush and points, or deeper humps and points with Carolina rigs. Crappie are in 12-16 feet of water, 20-30 feet on timber and brush. Catfish are in 22 feet of water in the creek channels. White bass are in 26 feet of water off of points on jigging spoons.
Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Water temperatures are rapidly rising to the mid 90s. Thermocline is 15-25 feet of water depending on where you are in the lake. Morning until 10 a.m or after 3 p.m. Largemouth bass are good on submerged main lake points and ledges in 16-24 feet of water with crankbaits, jig head minnow or Carolina rig. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
Toledo Bend
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 91 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady as Texas heat raises the water temperature. Bass are good shallow to deep all over the lake however you like to fish. The best baits for shallow water are frogs, pop r’s, buzz baits and senko. The mid range fish are good on Texas rig and mid running crankbait in 8-12 feet range. The deep fish are coming on big crankbaits, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. With the full moon coming, the night fishing will be back on fire with buzz baits and spinnerbaits around the shallow water. Watch for snakes in the flooded bushes at night. Crappie are fair while there continues to be a current from the influx of freshwater coming down the lake. Fish deep docks and lighted docks at night and shallow brush piles with jigs and live bait. Thanks Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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