Athens — SLOW. Water clear; 84-88 degrees; 1.15 feet below. Bass are slow with active schools early and late in the day biting on topwaters and white flukes. Crappie are slow on brush out to 25 feet on small jigs. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Caddo — SLOW. Water stained; 79 degrees; 0.74 feet above. After the recent rains the rising water levels have made it slightly easier to navigate obstacles. The best bites in the river and bayou systems as you can find some fish schooling early biting on a fluke, pop r or choppo. The texas rig, dropshot or shaky head all work good once the sun comes up over the trees. Try junebug or green pumpkin magic for your colors or the old reliable watermelon red is always good too. Come out and enjoy this majestic lake that God spoke into existence as the views are always majestic on Caddo. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Cedar Creek — EXCELLENT. Water normal stain; 81-84 degrees; 3.35 feet low. Fishing continues to be excellent with patterns similar. Crappie are excellent in brush piles in 10-14 feet of water minnows and small jigs. The fish are starting to transition into the fall pattern. White bass and hybrid bass are excellent, surfacing on top chasing shad. Rattletraps and spoons are working good, but once the fish quit schooling, go to humps using a silver slab. Largemouth bass are excellent shallow feeding early in the mornings and late in the evenings, using chatterbaits and buzzbaits against rocks and docks. Some fish on brush but the better quality is coming shallow. Catfish are good on humps with live shad. Report by Kyle Miers, Lake Country Outfitters.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 78 degrees; 5.85 feet low. Water temperatures have been cooling down with the cool mornings improving the topwater bite. Yellow Magic lures in shad patterns on points and secondary points are good early in the day. June bug colored shaky heads in 3- 7 feet of water are producing on big wood. Square bill crankbaits in a 2.5 inch bream pattern are good in 3-5 feet of water around channels. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Pro. The bite on Lake Fork has been getting better and better as the temperatures cool down. The fall bite has started with the big white crappie stacking up on trees in 18-28 feet of water. The bite has improved for fish stacked on brush piles. Laydowns are loaded with tons of smaller fish, but can be slow to bite. Minnows are producing best, but as the surface temperature cools down the jig bite will heat up. Some days swimming small hand ties over brush piles, laydowns and the bottom is producing well. Report provided by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Jacksonville — GOOD. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 1.55 feet below. Bass fishing is good in 6-15 feet of water in brush, humps and rocks with soft plastics Texas rigged, or a dropshot. Topwater bite is improving along the bank, as well as with schooling fish in deeper water.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.65 feet low. Fishing patterns will be similar for another few weeks until the weather cools off some more. Catfish are good on baited holes 15-20 feet of water using cheese bait. Crappie are fair on brush in 12-20 feet of water biting on minnow and jigs. Bass are good early topwater baits shallow. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O’ the Pines Crappie Fishing.

Palestine — GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.90 feet low. Bass are active in 2-4 feet of water between boat houses with a ¼ ounce big eyed jigs or 3/8 ounce waddle head jig, or a Texas rigged rage bug soft plastic. Crappie are fair in brush piles in 17-24 feet of water biting silver with a chartreuse tail jig, and small minnows. Catfish are great pitching under docks with at least six feet of water in front of them with chicken livers and hearts, and on baited holes in the river channel. White bass are slow suspended out in deep water. Try the 155 roadbed trolling big crankbaits, or tail spinner baits. Report by Ricky Vandergriff, Ricky’s Guide Service.

Sam Rayburn — FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 4.48 feet low. Bass are good in pockets and points in the creek channel using crankbaits and Carolina rigs. White bass are schooling on flats biting small crankbaits and silver spoons. Crappie are good on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Crappie will begin to migrate to the rivers to the pockets in the next few weeks. Catfish are good off points with and in the creek channel. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Toledo Bend — FAIR. Water stained; 76-78 degrees; 4.03 feet low. The water level is 168.0 with one generator running from 2-8:00 P.M. Water temperature at the dam is 76-78 degrees with surface temperature around 78. The back feeder creeks are starting to clear up and the mid and main lake is clear. The full moon last weekend created tough conditions for the weekend tournament fisherman. Black bass are still in the fall transition and remain scattered, and hard to pattern. Bass have been caught on small 1/4 ounce chrome, black or blue rattletraps, bladed baits, smaller crankbaits in shad colors, jerk baits, and flukes. The worm bite has been producing on a Texas rig using an 8 inch tequila sunrise ribbon tail, and 6 inch salty sinker in blue smoke and watermelon candy rigged wacky style. Fly fishing has been tough in the shallows and flats. Crappie bite is improving in 20-25 feet of water using small minnows. Bluegills are still mixed in with crappie in the brush piles in deeper water. Catfish are in 20-25 feet of water off the breaks in the main river channel. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Master Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak Sales, Fishing Guide Service & Rod Repair

Tyler — FAIR. Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 2.14 feet below. Beautiful weather for fishing and the bite is improving. Catfish are good on minnows and nightcrawlers, the cooling weather has brought the fish up. Bass are fair on topwaters and minnows in submerged vegetation around piers. Crappie are good in 16-20 of water on brush piles and submerged structures using live minnows. Bluegill are good mixed in with the crappie biting red worms. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.