Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.84 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. 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 — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 1.12 feet below pool. Water temperature is still holding in the lower 60s, with no major fronts or rain to drop the temperature. Bass did slow down in the shallows, enough wind and clouds to move the shad back out a little. Blue catfish remain good for rod and reelers, with a lot of 1-4 pound fish being caught, mostly on shrimp and live minnows. Larger blue catfish are coming on cut bait. The highlight last week, which should continue if the weather stays about the same, was hybrid stripers. These were very good at times, especially around midday, late morning til early afternoon, trolling over humps in 12-20 feet. Near Smith Point was a good example. Both Redneck and Yankee rigs worked well, using either 2 in Pet spoons with feather, and Coyote spoons. Most of the new sunshine stripers are in the 20-24 feet and up to about 5 pounds. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

Bob Sandlin — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.02 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 banks and retaining walls should hold bass. Try subsurface fish patterns near the backs of coves and creeks and around vegetation and flooded grass. Look for schooling bass, chasing shad. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Caddo — GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.30 feet above pool. This cool weather that we are finally experiencing should start the winter patterns. Water temperatures have still been in the lower to mid 60s and that has slowed down the winter feeding frenzy we see out here on Caddo. This typically happens when water temperatures fall to the low to mid 50s. Bass are biting in the river system with crankbaits, rattle traps, chatterbaits, swimbaits and Alabama rigs. Target the cuts, turns and points in the river and to locate bass. On the main lake stick to the chatterbaits, flukes and swimbaits around the grass and lily pads. Reports of some still being caught on trees with senkos. The white bass and crappie should start up pretty soon also with the cold weather and if we keep some current. Always fun to come out to Caddo no matter how the bite is just to see this majestic lake that God spoke into existence. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 2.33 feet below pool. Bass morning bite has been slow with a few coming on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in 3-5 feet around grass and flats. Square bill crankbaits are good in 3-5 feet around timber. Shaky heads and Texas rigs on humps 5-7 feet best. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are sporadic around vegetation. Small streamers and top water patterns are catching active fish chasing bait. Catfish are shallow around boat houses and brush. Report by Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is heating up as the water temperature cools to the lower 60s. Tons of shad are showing up in the deeper water in the mid lake section in 36-56 feet range. The crappie are following the bait fish and beginning to stack up in those areas on timber and brush. The big white crappie are in the middle sections of the timber. You can still find groups of black crappie in different depths. Some black crappie are grouped up at the base of trees in 13-18 feet close to deep water areas. They are also on top of some trees in deeper water. The jig bite has been heating up this past week as well. We’ve had great success with small hand tied jigs in white and chartreuse as well as purple and gray. Soft plastics will also get you bit as the fish get more aggressive with the cooler water temperature. Catfishing is excellent along timber in creek channels in 18-28 feet. Start fishing with prepared bait and they will find you. If you prepare a hole with cattle cubes or sour grain. Any catfish bait of choice will load the boat with tons of eating size channel catfish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.77 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; 71 degrees; 1.88 feet below pool. Bass are in pre-spawn pattern now. The Dry Creek area is producing good catches with swimbaits, chatterbaits and hybrid hunters. Fish along the hydrilla and creek channels. Crappie are fair to good but have scattered somewhat. Fish are in brush in 10-25 feet with minnows and pintail jigs. The catfish should start stacking up at the hot water discharge once we start getting some cold weather. Report by Hambone guide service. Report by Hambone Guide service.

Athens — GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.71 feet below pool. Bass are good and can be caught on inside grass lines 4-8 feet with Texas rig worms, wacky rig senko 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. 70 degrees. Bass are good with small poppers in baitfish patterns around shoreline brush and boat docks, and woolly buggers around hydrilla are a good bet. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. The best bite is on soft plastics around docks and brush piles. The topwater bite is fair as the sun sets on docks and retaining walls.