Tyler — SLOW. Water stained; 51 degrees; 2.67 feet below pool. Bass are good on crankbaits and trick worms. Few reports of catfish are bluegill. Crappie are good in 25-35 feet of water using minnows. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Palestine — GOOD. Water normal stain; 50-54 degrees; 1.79 feet below pool. Crappie fishing is excellent on minnows and jigs in standing timber and on the State Highway 155 bridge pillars in 20-35 feet of water. Largemouth bass are fair in 3-8 feet of water early morning on moving swimbaits. Then later in the day on points or structure in 8-15 feet of water. Report by Sam Parker, Freshwater Fishing Adventures. Blue catfish are good on rod and reel baited with live minnows or cut bait in deeper creek channels leading into the lake. Also, fishing the upwind side of humps and road beds in 15-22 feet of water. No activity yet on the Chandler Neches fishing area for white bass. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing.

Caddo — GOOD. Water stained; 47 degrees; 0.79 feet above pool. Caddo water temperature are hovering around 46-48 and the fish are bunched up in the river chasing bait. As always look for the birds on the poles as they will be chasing the bait. Current is good and water is not stained, but white or shad baits will work great. Crankbait, rattletrap, swimbait, Alabama rig will get bit and if they are on bottom a 1/2 to 1/4 ounce spoon will get fish. Really a fun time to be on Caddo to fish and enjoy this lake God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water stained; 49 degrees; 1.13 feet above pool. Crappie are good 30-40 feet deep on standing timber or drifting in the main creek channel on minnows or jigs. Catfish are fair 25-30 feet deep on cut bait. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O’ the Pines Crappie Fishing. Bass are good in 18-22 feet of water on points using dropshots, jigging spoons, Alabama rigs, or red rattletraps. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine. Crappie are good throughout the lake in 16-22 feet of water vertically jigging jigs or minnows. Bass are fair in 8-19 feet of water dropshots, jigs and Texas jigs. Report by Kacey Tilley, Fish Perfect Guides & Outfitters.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 49-52 degrees; 1.67 feet below pool. The bass bite continues to be slow due to the cold fronts rolling through. The shallow bite is the best bite using chatterbaits and square bill crankbaits in 2-4 feet of water. The bite just off shore is fair with Carolina rigs with smaller baits in 5-7 feet of water near depth changes. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are moving deep for the winter to flooded tree tops in 30 plus feet of water. Cast Clousers, ned rigs, and large shad patterns with sinking lines. Crappie are moving out to the open water in 30 plus feet of water casting small jig patterns with full sinking lines. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork continues to be really good and in the full winter pattern. The shad are beginning to stack up more out in deep timber. Look for timber along creek channels in 48-58 feet right now. Seems like the majority of the fish are between the 515 West Bridge and the 154 Bridge. We have been seeing some single white crappie on pole timber and down in deeper Bois D’Arc trees. We are also seeing big groups of black crappie on taller trees that may be only 15-30 feet below the surface. Our best presentation continues to be pitching small hand tied jigs past the groups and swimming it over them to draw single fish off at a time. Minnows are still producing well and soft plastic baits. These crappie are feeding hard on shad right now and should respond to most any bait you get in front of their eyes. The catfish bite was a little tougher this week. Try to find areas to bait that are close to deeper water where the shad are thick. We have had good luck also in years past in shallow areas with lots of roosting trees. Seems like the areas in between are just not holding good fish right now. Getting a good baited hole going with cattle cubes or sour grain seems to be very important this winter for the channel cats on Lake Fork. You should still do well with any prepared catfish bait once you get the fish stacked up. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Athens — GOOD. Water normal stain; 45-48 degrees; 0.86 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady but should slow after the forecasted cold front. Reports that bass are slow, but can be caught shallow around docks on shaky head worms and jigs, or scattered on brush piles out to 25 feet. Crappie are fair but limits can be caught on brush piles in 20-25 feet of water using jigs and minnows. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Hawkins — SLOW. Water slightly stained. 50 degrees. Chain pickerel will be feeding around brush and grass. Black bass will feed in the shallows during warm periods. Try small baitfish imitations with barbless hooks along calm sunny banks. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 54 degrees; 1.39 feet below pool. Bass are good using soft plastics shallow and deep on dropshot, and red rattletraps with 3/4 ounce jigs on deep brush.