Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Other species will be shallow feeding early in the morning. Perch and bluegill are bedding shallow biting on small live worms or grubs. Lady Bird Lake is fair with topwater frogs over grass, with a good early morning bite in the same area on weightless flukes. Summer fishing patterns continue to be slow, so fish early in the morning or in the evening for the best bites. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service. Crappie are slow on deep brush out to 20 feet of water with jigs and minnows.

Bass are schooling early and late in the day biting small white moving baits and topwaters, and along main lake grass lines with jigs and shak head ribbon tail worms. Water clear 89-92 degrees 1.04 feet below. Report by Brandon Brown, Brown’s Guide Service. White bass activity is limited to early morning and the evening. Catfish are good on main lake flats drifting with fresh cut shad. Crappie are good in 15-20 feet of water on brush piles. Most of the fish and bait fish are in deeper water. Water lightly stained 87 degrees 3.96 feet low. White bass are good schooling biting on small spoons. Largemouth bass are good on dropshots, Carolina rigged worms and bugs, deep diving crankbaits, shaky heads, and football jigs. Water lightly stained 86 degrees 4.29 feet low. Report by Captain Kent Terrill, 3T Guide Service. White bass are schooling but slow to bite. When fish are shallow, look in murky water with grass, then they move out to deeper water when the sun gets bright and high. Channel catfish are good in 8-30 feet of water on drains and points with punch bait. Report by Captain Olin Jensen, Jensen’s Guide Service. Water is extremely low please use caution. FIsh ledges with a dropshot or Ned rig in 20-40 feet of water. Bass are active in the morning biting on topwaters, but swimbaits are catching better quality fish. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide. The night bite is good under green lights in 25-35 feet of water. Crappie are good in 30 feet of water in standing timber with minnows. A bright color tail on a worm, whether the worm comes that way or you dip it in dye, often makes the worm better.Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of JAlan Henry FAIR. Add a red tail and it really shines at times. Blue Bill Dance likes it so it has to be good, right? Basic blue is a good color in most water colors.A dark purple/blue color, it seemed to be a favorite for bass where I fished, and I used it extensively in the 1970s. I especially liked the old Creme Scoundrel Worm in this color. Black Grape This old color was my favorite for many years.Glitter in worms can make a big difference. Adding some red glitter sometimes makes it even better. Although it seems to blends in, bass seem to find it easily. Watermelon It's hard to beat this clear, green color in clear water.The color was first arrived at accidentally when a manufacturer accidentally mixed colors, but once fishermen started using them, they proved to be surprisingly successful. That color is still great and was the basis for other colors, such as green pumpkin. Pumpkinseed Pumpkinseed lizards from Zoom Bait Company took the fishing world by storm in the late 1980s, and bass went wild over them for a while.I often use it rather than black when I want a little sparkle. Junebug This dark purple color has green flakes in it to make it shine, and it is especially good in clear water.Bass seem to love the color, and it looks natural in the water. It is a standard color for soft plastic lizards, finesse worms, and other worms. Green pumpkin is another all-around color that works in any color water.Black works well in all colors and clarity of water, and it closely mimics the color of some favorite bass foods such as leeches. Black We agree with Tom Mann-it is hard to go wrong with basic black.

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