Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 77 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Forecasted weather change should improve the bite. Crappie are slow with some decent size fish suspended in 16-20 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are fair in 10-16 feet of water stink bait, liver and nightcrawlers. Bream are fair on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake. Bass are fair on topwater baits, crankbaits and spinnerbaits scattered throughout the lake. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler. Crappie are good scattered on docks in 6-8 feet of water, or on the southern end of the lake chasing shad on minnows. Report by Caleb Hensley, 903 Fishing.

Palestine — FAIR. Water slightly stained; 69 degrees; 1.17 feet below pool. As the lake approaches its annual normal low in late October and early November, around 2 feet low, consider these factors. First off, please remember that there are no reliable lakes lanes in Lake Palestine marked on the lake with buoys or on maps for any lake level. Second, please note that even though the areas of standing stumps are diminishing, each 3 inches of depth loss brings your lower unit closer to more solid tree trunk tops. The boat launches, as shown on the page “Public Access Facilities”. The sites A-1 through A-3 are getting shallower, and Chandler may not give access to the lake at all. Sites B-1 through B-3, Kickapoo and Flat Creek publics are very small and parking areas quickly fill, but Flat Creek Marina, while continuing to improve services, still is very shallow. The C sites, Campers Cove, Palestine Pines, and Kiloland no longer exist at all, Lake Palestine Marina is very tight and close to rocks, and what is shown as “Lake Palestine Campground” is really the Lake Palestine Resort. Of the D sites, Cherokee Landing no longer exists and Chimney is not usable for most trailered boats. Of the major marinas, all are usable, though Lake Palestine Resort is single lane and Flat Creek Marina is shallow and requires some caution. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Bob Sandlin — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Channel catfish are excellent in 10-14 feet of water with stink bait or chicken liver. Crappie are excellent in 10-20 feet on brush piles with jigs or minnows. Report by Joey Crews, Lake Bob Sandlin Chubby Chaser Guide Service. Water clarity has been better in the calm pockets or coves. Fish are biting natural colored jigs along the remaining healthy grass edges, and on isolated areas of hard cover particularly near boat ramps and shell beds. Shallow secondary points can be good with a jig or a Texas rigged craw in black and blue. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.

Caddo — GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Fishing on Caddo should improve after the recent rainfall and cooler temperatures. Fishing is best when water temperatures are in the 50s, but until then keep a top water, swimbait, chatterbait, spinnerbait, fluke or rattle trap on your deck out on the main lake and cover water looking for grass mats or pad stems holding schools of fish. The river bite should turn on quick and shad colored crankbaits, rattle traps, chatterbaits, and swimbaits. Keep a dropshot or Texas rig in junebug handy until the water temp falls under the 60s. The lake is always fun this time of year and a great time to come visit this lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 81 degrees; 2.14 feet below pool. Bass are good in shallow water early morning on topwaters around grass. Offshore bass are on mid range flats or first break line in 4-6 feet with square bill crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Carolina rig bite is still good on long points or ridges 6-10 feet. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is just phenomenal right now going into the early winter months. We have fish in depths from 14-58 feet. You can find crappie almost everywhere on the lake but if you find the right area they are loaded up. We are seeing some black crappie grouped up in numbers. The huge white crappie has been showing off the past month also. We are catching fish on timber mostly and pole timber and Bois D Arc trees are both good. Some fish will be holding to bridges as they migrate as well. Minnows continue to be the best bait, but jigs will work too. The catfish bite on Lake Fork is nothing short of incredible. There are so many catfish in the 20-25 feet range around timber you can almost fish anywhere. If you drop some cattle cubes or sour grain in an area you will be catching fish within 30 minutes on any prepared catfish bait you drop down. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.82 feet above pool. Spotted and black bass are fair but can consistently be caught with 3-4 inch shad swimbaits on secondary points with grass or timber. Spinnerbaits or swim jigs have been great around docks. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Crappie are great on timber in 10-25 feet of water.

Athens — GOOD. Water normal stained; 73 degrees; 0.76 feet below pool. Bass are good on the inside 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. Streamers fished above grass and near lilies should draw bass. Try topwaters lures early and late in the day. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water normal stain; 73 degrees; 0.09 feet above pool. The best bass bite is on soft plastics around boat docks and brush piles. Swimbaits on suspended fish and fish on brush. Topwater bite was nonexistent.