Cedar Creek Fishing Report
EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 53-57 degrees; 3.23 feet below pool. The quantity of crappie catches has declined, but the quality of the fish has improved. Crappie are biting good with jigs or minnows on bridge pylons at 20 feet, brush piles at 15 feet, and docks at eight feet. Largemouth bass are good on brush piles in 5-10 feet of water, or in 3-5 feet of water on docks with brush using chartreuse and black or red squarebills. White bass…
Grapevine Fishing Report
GOOD. Water stained; 54 degrees; 1.19 feet above pool. After the recent weather the water is stained. White bass are sight feeders, so use a white color bait while the water is murky. When you find the schools of active bass fish slowly using jigging spoons with a gulp minnow tied above. Report by Omar Cotter, Luck O’the Irish Fishing Guide Service.
Joe Pool Fishing Report
SLOW. Water slightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.96 feet above pool. Joe Pool Lake is set up well for spring with the recent rain. Overall the fishing has been pretty tough. Bass are biting near Lynn Creek, Cedar Hill State Park and the dam using Texas-rigged worm or Senko in junebug, watermelon/red flake or black/blue flake fished super slow in 12 feet or less. Suspended jerkbaits and squarebill crankbait in chrome, white and shad colors are producing as well. Report by…
Lavon Fishing Report
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.90 feet below pool. Catfish are good shallow following the new water flow coming from the creeks in 3-8 feet of water with cut shad. Monsters seem to be in 25-30 feet of water. Gizzard shad are numerous in 2-3 feet of water on secondary points and small coves. Black bass are in 5-20 feet of water on structures with Alabama rigs, swimbaits, and large spoons. Gliding Alabama rigs over brush piles and rock…
Lewisville Fishing Report
FAIR. Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 2.66 feet below pool. White bass are fair on points, humps, and ledges in 15-28 feet of water. Slabs, small swimbaits, and live bait are working. Hybrid stripers are slow, but can be picked off every once in a while mixed in with the white bass. If you are keeping fish, please be aware that there are a lot of undersized hybrid stripers in the lake that look very similar to a white bass.…
Ray Hubbard Fishing Report
FAIR. Water lightly stained; 56-60 degrees; 0.08 feet below pool. White bass are good fishing deep areas with slabs and jigs in 35-39 feet of water suspended 5-8 feet off the bottom. Crappie are good on trees off of point 30-34 feet of water with jigs but minnows working best. Catfish are good on long flats in 35 feet of water using cut bait drifting with socks. Report by John Varner, John Varner’s Guide Service.
Ray Roberts Fishing Report
FAIR. Water is clear; 56 degrees; 1.48 feet below pool. White bass are good in 37-42 feet jigging with slabs with a bucktail trailer. Blue and some channel catfish are good mixed in with white bass biting on cut shad or on the slabs. Bass are slow at all depths. Crappie are slow.. Report by Jim Walling, Ucatchem Guide Service.
Tawakoni Fishing Report
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.20 feet below pool. The extended warm-up has tricked the fish back into an early fall pattern, but that will not last long after the forecasted winter weather. Hybrid striper and white bass have remained good. We are seeing a lot of fish pull back onto humps and points. Slabs, spinnerbaits and swimbaits in chartreuse have been putting fish in the boat in 10-25 feet of water. Trophy catfish have slowed down as water…
Texoma Fishing Report
EXCELLENT. Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.03 feet below pool. Striped bass are very good on humps and ledges in 10-25 feet of water with Alabama rigs, swimbaits or live bait. There is very little bird action to direct you to fish so you will need to look around. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striped bass are good on the west end of the lake near the mouth of the red. Catching them on flukes dead sticking 40-60 feet…