Tyler — SLOW. Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool. Bass are slow in 10 feet of water crankbaits and spinnerbaits, and trick worms. Crappie are scattered and the bite is slow on minnows and jigs. Bream are fair on red worms. Catfish are slow on liver and stinkbait. Report by Paul Taylor, The Boulders at Lake Tyler.

Palestine — GOOD. Water normal stain; 63 degrees; 0.29 feet above pool. The lake continues at the full level, giving lots of area for spawning activity. However, the weather continues to be uncooperative, keeping the water temperatures about 5 degrees lower than normal for this date. The fish are moving in through the staging areas, but in 2-3 days they are pushed back out by north winds and lower temperatures. All species can be caught and fishing is good, but the bite periods remain short. Best bet is to watch the wind forecasts for south to southeast winds at less than 10-12 mph, and watch the moon position for the classic rise, set, and meridian times. Blue catfish remain very good on live minnows and cut bait. Hybrid stripers are good trolling rigs, but they tend to move out of an area quickly, a pattern that will continue until the strong shad spawn develops. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing. Crappie fishing is good on jigs and minnows in 1-15 feet of water. About half of the fish have already spawned. Bass fishing is good in 2-8 feet of water on plastics around structure and baits that displace water on grass lines and edges of structure. Report by Sam Parker, Freshwater Fishing Adventures.

Fork — GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. Lake Fork bass bite has slowed down a bit with dropping water temperatures. Lots of 58-62 degree water and the lake if turbid after the recent rain. Spinnerbaits and chatterbaits around grass in 4-5 feet of water has been the best. Texas rigs are fair around deeper edges of grass and big lay downs in 4-6 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Bass are moving up and down with the weather changes, I’m offering shallow and subsurface until I find a working pattern. The bite changes as the water temp rises or falls. Frog pattern top waters are excellent in the grass and brush. Small craw patterns will work well on bedding bass. Crappies are moving to the creeks and staging, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream are beginning to make themselves known in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike.Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie fishing has been up and down and all over the place this past week. Patterns are not just changing weekly or daily but sometimes hourly. Fish can be in water deeper than 30 feet, or as shallow as 1 foot. Seeing fish around grass, around timber, under bridges, under docks and on ledges. There are very few fish on brush piles and lay downs. Finding fish all over the bridge in the morning then gone that afternoon. The cold fronts and winds have really made finding patterns that will hold up difficult. Not seeing very many fish spawned out yet, so we should have shallow fish for the next months. The bite when you do find fish, and they do not run, is good on small hand ties, minnows, soft plastics. The catfish bite continues to be red hot in 12-18 feet of water around trees that have birds roosting overnight. We should see fish showing back up around trees along creek channels in 18-25 feet of water as well. Bait the area with cattle cubes or sour grain to get the catfish loaded up. Any prepared catfish bait works great and we have been having great trips using punch bait. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

Lake O’ the Pines — GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 1.93 feet above pool. Crappie are good with in 2-6 feet of water biting on minnows or jigs. Sand bass are fair in the creeks. Catfish are good 2-10 with your bait of choice. Report by Marty Thomas, Lake O’ the Pines Crappie Fishing. Most bass are in 10 feet or less. Bass are good shallow on weightless skinny dippers, chatterbaits, and lipless crankbaits. Females are starting to move shallow to beds at the backs of coves. Report by Mike Stroman, R & R Marine.

Caddo — FAIR. Water stained; 61 degrees; 2.75 feet above pool. After the recent rain Caddo has come up about 2 feet and the clarity is muddy with lots of current coming. Navigate with caution when running the river and bayou keeping a vigilant lookout for floating logs. The bass bite continues to be good with fish moving in the shallows around trees, the grass and pad stems in the flats. You do seem to get more bites in less than 2 feet of water around the trees using flukes, senkos and frogs. Once the lake cleans up some and the current slows down you should be able to find fish in the current spots on the river and bayou with rattletraps, crankbaits, shaky heads or dropshots. It is always a great time to fish this lake that God spoke into existence looking for that bite of a lifetime. Report provided by Vince Richards, Caddo Lake Fishing & Fellowship.

Athens — GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Water clarity is clear on the main lake and stained in the creeks. Bass are on spawning beds in 2-4 feet of water. Cast jigs, shaky heads, Texas rigged craws on the beds. Some bass are staging in 4-8 feet on grass lines and breaks hitting shad patterned jerkbaits and chatterbaits over the top of grass. Crappie are fair and scattered in 2-8 feet of water fishing a minnow under a float. Crappie should start to spawn soon. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service.

Hawkins — SLOW. Water slightly stained. 60 degrees. Time to start working those topwater patterns. Chain Pickerel are excellent in the lily pads and around flooded grass. Look for bedding bass in the grass and shallow brush. Small crayfish patterns are excellent. Small deceivers and streamers should work well. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service.

Jacksonville — SLOW. Water slightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Water is clearing up except for the back of creeks from recent rains. The bass bite is good shallow or deep on soft plastics, chatterbaits, and swimbaits. More bass are pushing to the banks.