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The Texas rigged Bellows Gill. The Texas rig just might be a bass angler’s best option for early summer action. There are limitless options of bait styles you can put on your hook, and depending on ...

Fishing guide Ben Matsubu says crappie fishing has been good when the wind allows. Best bite coming in 10 to 15 feet in the ...

Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says bass are fair to good in 2-8 feet using Texas rig plastics and weightless Flukes/Senkos. Cranks and jighead minnows are working away from the bank. Also some fish ...

What Is a Soft Stickbait and Why Do Bass Love It? A soft stickbait is a cylindrical 'worm' that is commonly found in four to six inch sizes. With no fancy appendages, lips or moving parts, these ...

ATHENS — Water level is 1.29 feet high and clear. Water temp in the low 80s. Fishing guide Reagan Nelson says bass fishing has been good. Nelson recommends targeting grass beds in 8-12 feet with Texas ...

Water level is 7.98 feet high and stained to clear. Water temperature in the low 80s. Bass anglers still reporting good numbers on heavy Texas rigs flipped in flooded brush. Fishing guide Mike ...

Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees; 1.16 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water, and off the barge. Catfish are ...

NACOGDOCHES — Water level is about five inches high and falling. Water temp in the mid-80s. Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says bass fishing has been good early and late, throwing topwaters and Texas ...

Athens — GOOD. Water clear; 81-83 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool. Bass are good on grass edges throwing small swimbaits and moving baits, or on brush piles 20 feet deep with jigs, Carolina rigs, and ...