Water stained 47-53 degrees 4.28 feet low. Channel catfish have been good on shrimp, worms, and cheese bait around the jetties and reeds close to the dam area. Red drum have been picking up for shoreline anglers and boaters casting and trolling crankbaits and swimbaits, using live tilapia and crawfish in 5-15 feet of water. Largemouth Bass are good on reed beds and structure in 5-10 feet of water using jigs, soft plastics and spinner baits. Catfish are slow on shrimp, and chicken liver on jug lines. White bass are slow on slabs and live bait around bait fish schools. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs as far up Brady Creek as you can go on stick-ups or stumps. Largemouth bass to 7 pounds are excellent on shad or craw color square bill crankbaits, white/chartreuse spinnerbaits or chatterbaits around stick-ups, rocky shorelines in 2- 6 feet of water. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O the Pines Crappie Fishing. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of water on cut bait. Crappie are good on minnows or jigs in 20-30 feet of water. White bass are fair around the mouths of creek beds on small slabs. Largemouth bass should be staging for the spawn shallow near rocky shorelines. Fishing is up and down with the cold fronts. Water lightly stained 56 degrees 5.96 feet low. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service. Crappie are in their spawning grounds using hand ties.
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Report by Jason “SPUD” Barton, Cattin’ Around Adventure’s Professional Guide Service. Yellow catfish are slow, but should turn on in the next month. Fish are pushing shallow, but a few catches drifting in 10-20 feet. Blue catfish are good with 20 pounds catches coming in 2-10 feet of water on fresh cut bait. Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Used in conjunction with LiveScope, the tactic produces even better. The fishing after the front’s passage was more difficult use white 5/8 ounce Hazy Eye Slabs equipped with stinger hooks raised slowly off the bottom have been very effective. The fishing in the early part of the week was best, influenced by the approaching cold front. Water lightly stained 55 degrees 3.11 feet low. Throw your favorite plastics in watermelon or pumpkin. Largemouth bass are good on beds in the backs of coves in the reeds. Catfish are good on cut and prepped bait. Crappie are fair using minnows and small jigs on the structure edges and above brush piles. Black bass are good shallow on creature baits. Water stained 51 degrees 0.11 feet above. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles. When the water temperature is closer to 60 degrees the bite will turn on. Bass are good scattered shallow along the edge of grass and on docks, and hanging around creek mouths getting ready to push into the canal to spawn.
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Full moon this next week will push another wave of fish shallow. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service. Target the outside of docks with jigs and minnows to catch numbers. Crappie are pushing towards spawning areas as well. Fish with typical baits to catch aggressive males and a few females. Bass are making runs to the shallows for the spawn. Water clear 58-64 degrees 0.42 feet above. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service. Bass are slow in 8 feet at the fishing piers at the Lake Arrowhead State Park boat ramps. Crappie are being caught at the Derricks and the dam and bridges. Catfish are starting to move shallow with the best bite on warm days using fresh cut shad, or punch bait. Water lightly stained 51-57 degrees 2.64 feet low. Switch to medium diving crankbaits after the sun rises in the sky. Water lightly stained 43 degrees 3.63 feet low.Bass are good fishing underspins, swimbaits, swim jigs, and chatterbaits around boat docks. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T’s Guide Service. As water temperatures reach the mid 60s the catfish should move shallow. Channel catfish with and few blue catfish mixed in are fair to good in 85-100 feet of water using punch bait. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service. Remember to stay on the Texas side of the lake unless you possess a Mexican Fishing License. Catfish are great on stinkbait and cut bait. White bass and striped bass are good below 30 feet following shad balls. Largemouth are around the edges of hydrilla using Texas rig plastics in craw pattern. The crappie are good on crappie jigs tipped with minnows. Bass are good using football head jigs and spoons off ledges in 30-40 feet of water. Fish between the cold fronts for the best success. To prevent the spread of zebra mussels, the law requires draining of water from boats and onboard receptacles when leaving or approaching public fresh waters.