Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service. Doing so with Garmin LiveScope is particularly effective. Once fish are found, anglers can capitalize by working MAL Dense Lures (white body/chartreuse tail) vertically or horizontally. Downrigging with #12 and #13 Pet Spoons is an excellent search tactic. Otherwise, fish must now be found with sonar. Some light topwater is still happening at dawn and dusk. The strong all-morning white bass topwater bite which ran for a solid two weeks is over. Water lightly stained 85 degrees 7.18 feet low. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Crappie are fair with live minnows in 22-27 feet of water. Bass are really good schooling all day with the best action early morning with small topwaters and small swimbaits in natural shad colors, 8-12 feet of water on watermelon or green pumpkin wacky worms. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs Bass Fishing Guide Service. Throwing a jigging spoon will also get you bit by crappie and maybe even catfish. A topwater or even a jigging spoon will get you bites. Later move out a bit or run to the main lake near the dam and look for surface activity. A frog will get a few bites around shallow grass or tight to the reeds. Work the discharge early with topwaters, shallow crankbaits, small swimbaits and even shaky head finesse worms slow in the current. Lake Bastrop continues to have strong schooling bass action. Catfish are good moving shallow biting cut and cheese bait. Crappie are fair using minnows and jigs on main lake structures and brush piles. Bass are fair along grass edges with Texas and Carolina rigged worms, or deep diving crankbaits. Water stained 81 degrees 0.17 feet below. Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Other species will be shallow feeding early in the morning. Perch and bluegill are bedding shallow biting on small live worms or grubs. Lady Bird Lake is fair with topwater frogs over grass, with a good early morning bite in the same area on weightless flukes. Summer fishing patterns continue to be slow, so fish early in the morning or in the evening for the best bites. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Crappie are slow on deep brush out to 20 feet of water with jigs and minnows. Bass are schooling early and late in the day biting small white moving baits and topwaters, and along main lake grass lines with jigs and shak head ribbon tail worms. Water clear 89-92 degrees 1.04 feet below. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service. White bass activity is limited to early morning and the evening. Catfish are good on main lake flats drifting with fresh cut shad. Crappie are good in 15-20 feet of water on brush piles. Most of the fish and bait fish are in deeper water. Water lightly stained 87 degrees 3.96 feet low. White bass are good schooling biting on small spoons. Largemouth bass are good on dropshots, Carolina rigged worms and bugs, deep diving crankbaits, shaky heads, and football jigs. Water lightly stained 86 degrees 4.29 feet low. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T Guide Service. White bass are schooling but slow to bite. When fish are shallow, look in murky water with grass, then they move out to deeper water when the sun gets bright and high. Channel catfish are good in 8-30 feet of water on drains and points with punch bait. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service. Water is extremely low please use caution. FIsh ledges with a dropshot or Ned rig in 20-40 feet of water. Bass are active in the morning biting on topwaters, but swimbaits are catching better quality fish. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide. The night bite is good under green lights in 25-35 feet of water. Crappie are good in 30 feet of water in standing timber with minnows. Estimated Read Time 32 Minutes File / eExtra Newsįreshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of JAlan Henry FAIR.

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