Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.72 feet below pool. Fishing has been up and down like a roller coaster and the weather. Night fishing is best for catfish and crappie in the lights. Crappie are slow using minnows on brush in 16-25 feet of water, and off the barge. Catfish are slow in 16 feet of water stink bait. Bream are slow on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake. Bass are slow in 10-12 feet of water crankbaits. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Palestine — SLOW. Water slightly stained; 91 degrees; 0.75 feet below pool. Depending on what happens with Hurricane Francine, the lake could rise over 6 inches. The rising water will cause the clarity to be murky, but that should be good for the bass. Look for bass in the shallows, especially where there is foliage or wood in the water. Try Texas rigs, soft plastic jerkbaits, chatterbaits, and frogs. The rain is good for the catfish bite, with the best bite during the day especially for blue catfish. Just check the moon position and go. Good smelly baits like shrimp and cut shad are good for the larger catfish shed. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Bob Sandlin — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.38 feet below pool. Channel catfish are fair in 25 feet of water on baited holes with stink bait. Crappie limits are possible in 25 feet of water on standing timber with black and green jigs. Channel catfish are fair in 25 feet of water on baited holes with stink bait. White bass are fair at night in the lights with a white spinnerbaits. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Black bass are feeding early on shad patterns around grass and retaining walls. Main lake points are good for bass using clouser type patterns. Bream are plentiful with wooly buggers and small worm patterns. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Morning bass bite has been best with soft jerkbaits, small profiled swim jigs, or bladed jigs in deeper water around docks that have healthy hydrilla. Midday has been okay with pitching jigs into and around hardcover. Bass are schooling on the surface late in the day, so keep a top water walking bait or 1/4 ounce rattletrap close since black bass, spotted bass, and white bass are chasing bait. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers.

Caddo — GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.12 feet below pool. Caddo is so beautiful this time of the year and these cooler temperatures have improved the bite. Throw a buzzbait, frog or pop R early at daylight for a chance with a big bite. A fluke, light Texas rig or spinnerbait will work well on schooling fish and on the grass lines around the river right now. A shaky head, drop shot or a spoon will work in the deeper spots on the river or bayou with the school fish around the cuts, humps and curves. Just a fun and beautiful time to be out here on Caddo enjoying this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 81 degrees; 1.59 feet below pool. Cool mornings has helped the shallow bass bite in 2-4 feet of water with chatterbaits and frogs worked around the pond weeds. Carolina rigs and Texas rigs are good off shore in 12-17 feet on points and flats near creek channels. Flukes and big worms best. Crankbaits off shore have slowed down a bit but mid range bite picked up in 10-15 feet. XD 5 best chartreuse and blue. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Bass are feeding in 10-12 feet where the thermocline is not present. Look for schooling bass in the open water and creeks as shad hatch is in full swing. Also, check out the brush piles as big bass are using them to feed on crappie. Bream are excellent in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The Lake Fork crappie fishing continues to be hot even though the temperatures are dropping each week. The big white crappie have been showing out on timber in 18-28 feet. There has also been a great bite for white crappie on brush piles in 14-22 feet. We are still not seeing the black crappie stacking up as the water cools down, but it should not be long. Minnows are still the dominant bait by far on Lake Fork, but we are seeing the jig bite get better each week going into fall. Catfish are moving deeper and in huge numbers. Seeing tons of fish around timber along creek channels in 18-28 feet. They are following the shad as they migrate towards deeper water where they will spend the winter. You can just target them around timber with any catfish bait of choice or bait the area well with cattle cubes or sour grain to really tear them up. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 0.52 feet below pool. Bass are on isolated hardcover in relatively deeper water near creek channels. Throwing a green pumpkin jig with chartreuse has been producing, as well as 1/4 ounce rattle traps on grass edges that have signs of bait activity. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers.

Athens — SLOW. Water slightly stain; 80 degrees; 0.43 feet below pool. Hard temperature drop turned the bite off, with water temperature now ranging from 74-85 degrees, Bass are scattered and hard to find. Bass are slow but some schoolers can be caught on small topwaters. Crappie are slow on small jigs over deep brush 26 feet. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Hawkins — GOOD. Water slightly stained. 80 degrees. Bass are good with clousers around edges of grass during the day. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass. Bream will be on beds and easy to spot, remember they can see you too. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.06 feet below pool. Bass are good on soft plastics in 8-16 feet of water. Topwater bite has improved.