Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.16 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water, and off the barge. Catfish are good in 10-16 feet of water stink bait, liver and nightcrawlers. Bream are good on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake. Bass are fair on topwater baits, crankbaits and spinner baits in 4-12 feet of water. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Palestine — FAIR. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 1.28 feet below pool. Just as some cooling occurred along came hot and clear weather again. Wind has increased which stirs the water some to help mix and break up the water. Bass have been slow, except during the cooler weather periods, but remain primarily on boathouse patterns. White bass and hybrid stripers remain good early and late, with live minnows, trolled spoons, and casting a Little George lure and small slabs. Catfish are good for daytime rod and reelers. Blue catfish are hitting live minnows and shrimp, and small channels will bite anything you cast. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Bob Sandlin — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.92 feet below pool. Crappie are excellent in 15-20 feet of water on brush piles with minnows or 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 chasing shad and bream. Windy retaining walls will produce marauding bass. Try topwater baits in a fish pattern and streamers in a bream pattern. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Bass can be caught throwing a white buzzbait in the early morning around hard cover will produce bites. During the day, pitching senkos or Texas rigged creature baits around docks and grass edges. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.

Caddo — GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.29 feet below pool. The lake level is low so navigate with caution. Some white bass are starting to show up in the river systems and you still have the black bass feeding on shad in the grass and pads. A frog, fluke, swimbait, pop r , trap or buzz bait will all work this time of year on the flats. Try a Shad crankbait , spoon, drop shot or light Texas rig in the river fishing the cuts, turns, grass or pad lines. Look for the bait on your graph or look for the birds, remember to listen for the pads popping as that is bait under them and the bass will be there. This is a wonderful time to come out and visit this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 81 degrees; 2.06 feet below pool. Bass topwaters are good early around grass after sun up and mid range in 4-6 feet square bills on flats with grass and timber lines. Carolina rigs are good in 12-14 feet on points. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Windy banks can provide schooling bass action, so be ready with a small topwater lure or streamer. Dock fishing is providing a variety of fish with small beaded fish imitations. Catfish are shallow around boat houses. Bream are scattered in shallow banks. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is improving as the water temperature drop into the 70s. You can find fish all over the lake and any type of structure between 12-58 feet. We are seeing some fish on brush piles, laydowns, bridges and road beds. The best fish are definitely on timber. Focus on the edge of timber and creek channels mostly. We will see more fish hitting deeper timber as the water temps drop to the 60’s and 50’s over the next few months. Minnows are still a dominant bait, but small hand ties are producing again and soft plastics should also put some good fish in the boat. The overall bite will get better and better as we head deeper into fall and winter. Catfishing continues to be incredible on Lake Fork. We are seeing lots of catfish around timber in depths from 18-58 feet as they follow bait fish using smelly prepared catfish bait. You can also draw even more fish in with some chum, cattle cubes or sour grains. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.91 feet above pool. Bass schooling activity can be seen on the surface near main creek channels, and a weightless fluke is hard to beat. Deeper water near the pump station is holding good fish, and can be caught throwing small underspin swimbaits. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.

Martin Creek — GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.95 feet below pool. Bass are good on redbug colored texas rigged worms fishing points with hydrilla. Rattletraps work well in Jet Ski Cove and Dry Creek over the hydrilla. Try square bill crankbaits at the high lines along the creek channel. Crappie remain good with fish suspended 15 feet over brush using minnows and Bobby Garland screamer color jigs. Reported by Hambone guide service.

Athens — SLOW. Water slightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady for the first week of October. Bass are slow, but can be caught on the outside of grass lines with Texas rig worms and weightless flukes. Crappie are slow on small jigs over deep brush 25 feet. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.

Hawkins — GOOD. Water slightly stained. 80 degrees. Bass are chasing bait fish around the edges of grass. Bead heads will tempt bream and bass, dropping the flies at the front of the grass line. Try clouser-type patterns around boat houses. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water normal stain; 79 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Fish are hitting better on topwater and small swimbaits. Brush hogs on a Texas] rig seem to be producing well against the bank and on brush.