Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.92 feet below pool. Crappie are fair under the boat houses with minnows. Catfish are slow in 10-16 feet of water stink bait and nightcrawlers. Bream are slow on red worms off the barge and throughout the lake. Bass are slow on trick worms and crankbaits. Report by The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Palestine — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 1.26 feet below pool. Lake level is down, but the forecasted rain should raise it some. Overall fishing is slow, as we are going through some change-of-season weather switches, with frosty mornings and sunny afternoons. Some good reports on white bass in afternoons in west facing creeks, such as Chimney Cove, with some topwater feeding. Also, midday trolling bite for hybrids over humps, roadbeds, and underwater bridges is good on spoons, but it is a short period. Look at the moon position tables to help. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Bob Sandlin — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.15 feet below pool. Largemouth bass bite is excellent. Spotted bass schooling around the dam has slowed. Water clarity is good in coves that have not been wind blown. The fish are bulking up for the winter, and have been biting shad colored baits up in shallow coves and creek channels. Flukes, small swimbaits, or a dark colored jig around boat ramps have all produced good size fish. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service. Windy, sunny banks and retaining walls are good bets for black bass. Try subsurface fish patterns in 5-10 feet of water. On warm, sunny days, small shad pattern flies might produce bass around submerged vegetation. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Caddo — GOOD. Water stained; 53 degrees; 0.23 feet above pool. Caddo is starting to see its winter season kick in with water temperatures in the low 50s now. We still need a bunch of rain but as of now it is still dry. Beginning to see crappie anglers out here more, and the white bass are running better. Anything that looks like a shad should work, rattle traps, swimbaits, Alabama rigs, chatterbaits and crankbaits. Keep your fluke tied on for when they are being hard to bite or a drop shot. This is one of my favorite times of the year to be on this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 2.48 feet below pool. The early morning bass bite is slow, but moving baits work around ditches and small creeks. Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, square bill crankbaits are best in 3-5 feet. Texas rigs and Viper XP jigs are good on big wood near channels and drop offs 3-7 feet best. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Cooler water so now have deeper fish. Black bass are slow in 5-10 feet of water with Clousers with a sinking tip line are your best bet. Focus on creek bends and drop-offs. Small streamers and top water patterns might catch active bass in creeks on warm days. Report by Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork. Lake Fork water temperatures have finally dropped into the upper 50s and the big fish are showing up and showing off. This week we have fish all over the lake in depths from 12-58 feet. You can find big numbers of black crappie at the base of shallow trees in 12-18 feet in the mid lake areas. Sometimes you will find white crappie in the same trees suspended halfway down. It is the opposite once you move to deeper water. The black crappie are higher on the trees off shore and the white crappie are further down on the trees. We have seen some bigger crappie in the 2.5 pound range being caught so the winter time big fish season has arrived. The best areas for concentrations of fish are loaded with shad. The bite has been up and down this week but my boat has put the minnow bucket up until next summer. You can still use minnows and they will produce great. Small hand tied jigs are also working extremely well this week. We should also see the aggressive fish hitting plastics and even large baits as the water cools off. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Largemouth bass bite is excellent. Spotted bass schooling around the dam has slowed. Water clarity is good in coves that have not been wind blown. The fish are bulking up for the winter, and have been biting shad colored baits up in shallow coves and creek channels. Flukes, small swimbaits, or a dark colored jig around boat ramps have all produced good size fish. Report by Blake Doughtie, Lake Country Lunkers Lures and Guide Service.

Martin Creek — GOOD. Water slight stain; 69 degrees; 1.97 feet below pool. Navigate with caution because many stumps are just below the surface. Bass are good in the hydrilla with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, swimbaits, rattletraps and senkos. Big schools of white bass along county line road in 25 feet using small jigging spoons work well. Crappie fair in 10-25 feet fishing brush and timber with minnows and Bobby Garland screamer colored jigs. Catfish are good at the hot water discharge area with punch bait, cut bait and live bait. Report by Hambone guide service.

Athens — GOOD. Water normal stain; 64 degrees; 0.78 feet below pool. Bass are good in the grass in 5-10 feet with Texas rig worms, wacky rig senko and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are slow on small jigs over deep brush 25 feet. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.

Hawkins — GOOD. Water slightly stained. 60 degrees. Chain Pickerel are active in shallow water. Concentrate on areas with stumps, brush, and vegetation. Small bass are active in shallow areas relating to vegetation and structure. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Water is clear in the mid 60’s, suspended fish biting swim baits and in brush. Soft plastics in deeper brush, on docks, and on the bank were producing