April 10, 2024 - Texas Parks and Wildlife fishing reports are updated each week, usually by Thursday morning. The reports are compiled by an outside contractor who receives the information from bait shops, marinas and fishing guides. Only the local lakes are listed below. If you would like to see the fishing report for other Texas lakes, click the following link https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/action/reptmap.php?EcoRegion=PW.
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 1.49 feet below pool. Stormy weather in the forecast with rain. Bass are fair but many smaller fish are getting to the bait before the bigger fish because the water is warm. Most fish are coming from 2-7 feet of water with weightless senkos, wacky worms and light Texas rigged lizards. Finally a few fish showing up in 8-14 feet, these fish spawned in February or early March. Cast shallow running crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie fishing has been hit-and-miss while fish are spawning and post-spawn. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
GOOD. normal stain; 62 degrees. Bass are shallow in the grass schooled up on bait. Cast chatterbaits, swim jigs, topwaters, spook and frogs. This should persist for the next few months. Shad are spawning on the docks, hard clay, trees and grass. Crappie are at the end of the spawn in shallow grass and suspended in trees along the edges and mouth creeks. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 6.45 feet below pool. The lake continues to be turbid, so navigate with caution to avoid sandbars and stumps. Bass are spawning in the grass lines in 4-15 feet of water biting crankbaits. Crappie bite is good in the shallows and slow on the brush piles. Some crappie are spawning near cypress trees, wade anglers can target these. White bass are schooling on main lake points with jigs, minnows, crankbaits and jigging spoons. Catfish are in the creeks spawning in 4-8 feet of water, and slowing back to the main lake. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Shad spawn is in full swing. Bass are good keying on hard clay points, grass edges and flooded timber with swim jigs, chatterbaits, topwater spooks or pop-r’s. Offshore bite is 10-20 feet on hard spots and flats, points and creek channel swings using crankbaits, Carolina rigs, shaky heads and dropshots. Crappie have finished spawning in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 68 degrees; full pool. Bass fishing is improving with the first signs of post-spawn bass munching on shad. Junior sized jerkbaits and 3.5 inch soft plastic shad imitations are getting bit. Crappie population is good. Catfish are slow. Report by Eric Wolfe, NacoTack Fishing Services.
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.17 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Largemouth bass are good with primarily male bass schooling offshore, but females will start to join post spawn. Offshore bass are hitting crankbaits and Carolina rigs. The shallow grass bite is on chatterbaits, or a senko. Crappie are fair in the grass with a beetle spin or rooster tail, any small jig. A few more weeks of warm weather will put fish back on stumps and brush. Report by Wyatt Frankens, Wyatt Frankens Guide Service.
