Fishing Reports
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.32 feet above pool. Crappie are in 9-25 feet of water on timber and brush. Timber is more consistent for keepers and bigger fish on laydowns in 10-12 feet. Minnows are king out fishing jigs. Plenty on the boat ramps with a cast net 3/16 net. White bass are good in 15-20 feet on main lake points all day with a 1 ounce white or chartreuse slab bounced off the bottom. A splasher is still working to bring fish to the boat. Most slabs come with treble hooks, but if you cut all but one hook off it will make getting fish off the hook easier. Catfish are good using punch bait as you chum in 10-15 feet of water with range cubes. Black bass are really good in the mornings on red, or chartreuse and white spinnerbaits in 7 feet of water. Then switch over to 3-6 foot divers, and if that is not working switch to the 12 foot diver in crawfish color or sexy shad. Swim jigs and senkos are working in the floating tire reefs. Target bass around boat ramps, underwater rock, piles, flooded brush, and any of the riprap. Live Scope with a swimbait over crappie piles is super fun right now. Lots of bass in the 10-20 feet range in the piles. If you have side imaging, locate predominantly any submerged boat ramp, and you should have some pretty good luck there. Bluegills are really good on almost every brush pile in 15 feet of water with earthworms and bacon crickets. Use a 2-4 pound fishing line, any heavier on the line and the catch ratio dwindles. Average size fish is 6-8 inches with 9 inch kickers. Report by Carey Thorn, White Bass Fishing Texas.
Lake Information
Region: Prairies & Lakes