Tyler — SLOW. Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. The bite is slow for all species. Anglers are losing a game of hide-of-seek with the fish. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Palestine — GOOD. Water normal stain; 63 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. Crappie fishing is good on jigs and minnows in 1-15 feet of water. About half of the fish have already spawned. Bass fishing is good in 2-8 feet of water on plastics around structure and baits that displace water on grass lines and edges of structure. Report by Sam Parker, Freshwater Fishing Adventures. The weather frontal activity keeps interfering with water temperature and it seems stuck in the 62-64 degree range. This is not encouraging the spawn and the shoreline reeds still need to green up. Yellow bass are spawning both in the shallows on sandy shore next to reeds and in deeper hard humps, clay and gravel bottoms, and roadbeds, down to about 10-13 feet. These littlest members of the striped bass family have no minimum size or bag limit, have almost no red meat, and make tasty little 2 bite filets. Most small crappie jigs and minnows will catch them. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing.

Caddo — FAIR. Water stained; 61 degrees; 1.24 feet above pool. Caddo is a little muddy after the recent rain, and the cold nights have dropped the water temps by 11 degrees. This has slowed the bite this week. Once the night temperatures steady out in the 60s expect the bite to turn on. Target bass in the trees with flukes and senkos in dark colors this time of year. When it gets cold they seem to move out on the flats in the grass and pad stems, so a chatterbait, rattletrap or swim jig will work good. Still one of my favorite times of the year to fish this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 61 degrees; 0.07 feet below pool. Bass are good with lots of fish in the shallows, and some are spawning. Topwaters, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and senkos are good in 1-4 feet of water. Texas rigs are good on the edge of grass in 2-4 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Bass are in the shallows working streamers are working in 1-8 feet. Clousers should produce good results around structure. Crappie will be moving towards the banks, small patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream will also move to warmer water, a wooly bugger would be a good choice. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork has been really good this past week. Seeing fish from 1-32 feet deep right now. Focus on fish in the 10-18 feet range mostly on timber and brush. It is necessary to cover a lot of water, but then some days fish are concentrated and you can catch 50 fish in a small area quickly. Still seems to be dirty water on the shallow north ends of the lake. Due to those water conditions we are holding baits on fish longer before we see reactions mostly. All baits are working right now so use minnows, soft plastics or hand tied jigs. Still seeing the best shallow bite in the last few hours of the day. The catfish continue to stack up around cormorant roost trees on the north ends of the lake. Look for trees early or late in the day holding lots of birds. Best depths seem to be 13-20 feet and close to creek channels. Baiting around those trees with cattle cubes or sour grain will help keep some fish in the area during the daytime. If you like to fish after dark the fish are naturally stacking up under those trees. Use any catfish bait of choice and you should be able to catch lots of good eater size channel catfish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.27 feet above pool. Crappie are good with some fish showing up shallow in 2-6 feet of water biting on minnows or jigs. Sand bass are good fishing running up the creeks biting yellow or white roadrunners. Catfish are good 10-15 deep with cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O’ the Pines Crappie Fishing. Most bass are in 10 feet or less. Bass are good shallow on weightless skinny dippers, chatterbaits, and lipless crankbaits. Females are starting to move shallow to beds at the backs of coves. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Athens — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Bass are pushing shallow for the spawn. Cast your favorite lure whether it be worms, crankbaits, jigs, or chatterbaits. Concentrate on grass flats in 10-12 feet of water for bigger fish. Some sight fishing is going on but fish are not committed so a quick reaction time is needed. Crappie are fair and scattered moving shallow minnow under a float in shallow water 2-6 feet of water. Crappie should start to spawn soon. Crappie are susceptible to changes in weather, so expect the fish to move deep after a drop in temperature. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Hawkins — SLOW. Water slightly stained. 58 degrees. Chain pickerel are shallow in the lily pads and around brush and grass. Black bass will feed in shallow water on warm banks and creeks. Try small baitfish imitations with barbless hooks. Fish calm sunny banks. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water slightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. Bass seem to be everywhere, on the bank, and mid level depths. This bite is good on soft plastics from the bank out to 12 feet.