Lake Tawakoni Fishing Report Capt michael littlejohn
May 2025
May Fishing Report
We are seeing a major pattern shift as high temperatures climb into the mid 80s through the month of May. Fish including Striper and WHITE Bass are finishing up their spawn and are feeding on large schools of threadfin shed on Main lake points and humps.
Best way to target these fish are with slab spoons and swim baits. Sometimes you will see feeding sea seagulls but mostly these fish are down on the bottom in depth ranging from 17-35ft.
The eating size channel in blue catfish bite is wide open. May is one of the very best months of the entire year to catch limits of eating sized catfish. You can bait holes with range cubes in 20ft and use cheese based punch baits with reliable success.
The crappie bite is getting better every day. Jigs are doing well in 10-20ft on natural standing timber. Also, the bridge pickings early in the morning are holding fish.
March 2025
This weeks Texas Parks & Wildlife’s sneak peak Tawakoni Fishing Report:
Lake Tawakoni continues on its warming trend and the fish are responding well.
As of today, the water temp on the main lake is 55° and the upper ends are closer to 60°.
The hybrid striper and white bass bite is still slow on main lake but we are seeing signs of fish finally showing up. The creeks / rivers are still fishing good on small inline spinners, jigs and road runners.
The trophy catfish bite is great. We are consistently seeing fish up to 60lbs being landed daily on our boats including a whopper of 74.5lbs landed by a customer. Fish are preferring fresh cut gizzard Shad and drum. Best depths are 2-20ft.
The eating sized catfish bite has kicked off. We are seeing great numbers of quality 2-5lb fish in 5-15ft. Fish are preferring wind blown banks and small pieces of fresh Shad.
The crappie bite continues to get better. Both shallow water and mid depth fishing are good. Jigs in knee deep water are good in buck brush and grass. Also, shallow bridge pilings and dock pilings are good.
Largemouth bite has improved. On warmer days we are seeing a good rip-rap bite on square bills, senkos and spinner baits. Key depths have been 4-12ft.
Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service
Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service." Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. White bass and hybrid striper are in a solid summer pattern occasionally feeding on the surface on schools of shad. This pattern is not consistent but when found is extremely fun. Slabs and swimbaits are the ticket when this happens. There is a more consistent bite on white bass and hybrid stripers on humps and drop offs in 12-25 feet. The eating size channel and blue catfish bite is wide open. Prepared bait such as punch bait and dip baits are working best in 8-22 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows around bridge columns and docks. The best bite has been early in the morning in 12-14 feet of water. Largemouth are good early on frogs. Switching an hour after sun up to shallow crankbaits and soft plastics such as flukes or trick worms are working well. Shallow is the key in 1-3 feet of water. Updated Fishing Report Provided for us by ,The Best of the Best,My friend , "Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service." Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.08 feet above pool. White bass and hybrid striper are in a solid summer pattern occasionally feeding on the surface on schools of shad. This pattern is not consistent but when found is extremely fun. Slabs and swimbaits are the ticket when this happens. There is a more consistent bite on white bass and hybrid stripers on humps and drop offs in 12-25 feet. The eating size channel and blue catfish bite is wide open. Prepared bait such as punch bait and dip baits are working best in 8-22 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows around bridge columns and docks. The best bite has been early in the morning in 12-14 feet of water. Largemouth are good early on frogs. Switching an hour after sun up to shallow crankbaits and soft plastics such as flukes or trick worms are working well. Shallow is the key in 1-3 feet of water.
Feb 2025 GREAT. Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 1.51 feet above pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to fish excellent as main lake temps sit right at 66 degrees. Hybrid striper and white bass have been solid with easy limits of fish coming off artificials including swimbaits and slabs. Fish are most consistent in less than 10 feet of water. The eating sized catfish bite is wide open. Blue catfish are biting well on cut shad in less than 4 feet. Crappie are good on minnow and jigs in 12-15 feet on brush and timber. The largemouth bass bite is good with shallow franks, worms and spinner baits doing damage. We are seeing lily pads in several coves and bass are in them. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
February 2025
Lake Tawakoni is beginning to turn back on!
Main lake temperatures are hovering right at 50°. With the warm weather expected over the next seven days I expect to see temperatures to rise significantly. This is really going to get our white Bass and Hybrid Striper active and feeding. The hybrid Striper and white bass are being caught on plastics and swim baits in 20-35ft.
The trophy catfish are good on fresh cut shad and cut bait in 10-25ft. Both drifting and anchoring are working equally good. The largest fish we landed this week was 60lbs.
The eating sized smaller catfish are also becoming active and can be targeted in shallow water on very small pieces of cut shad. Look for these fish in 2-10ft of water on wind blown points.
The crappie are good right now. They are in transition and we are starting to see them move up out of deep water and into the mid depths and semi-shallow water. Minnows and jigs are working equally good.
The largemouth bass bite has also turned on. Anglers are catching fish on rip-rap and shallow docks on soft plastics like brush hogs and small flukes in 2-6ft.
Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
November 2024
Good . Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.37 feet below pool. The fall feed is showing up in full force this week. With the recent rain, the lake has come up a foot and we are currently 3 inches low. Stripers, hybrid stripers and white bass are solid feeding on schools of shad throughout the entire lake. We are finding fish in 3-50 feet with slabs or swimbaits working best. The trophy catfish bite has kicked off and we are seeing several fish up to 50 pounds being caught on fresh shad in the mid depths of 15-25 feet. The eating sized catfish bite is again wide open on baited holes from 18-30 feet with prepared baits. Crappie are more active now than they have been in months. Both brush and bridge pilings are holding fish. Minnows and jigs are working equally well. The largemouth bite has been good this week with numbers of fish coming out of shallow water near dock posts, shallow retaining rock and riprap. Shaky heads, squarebill crankbaits and even daylight topwaters have been good. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
August 2024
Lake Tawakoni fishing report : Provided by "Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service" . Water condition good,. Water is lightly stained,water temp 90 degrees; 0.60 feet below pool. Fishing is good overall despite some of the highest water temperatures we have seen in a long time. White bass and striper fishing has been good early in the day. Fish are moving and keeping up with them has been a chore. Trolling and throwing slabs are working in 10-20 feet of water. Eater sized catfish are great. Channels and blue catfish are abundant on prepared baits in 20-30 feet of water. The crappie bite is good early then slacks off mid morning. Live bait is working best right now in 10-15 feet of water. Largemouth bass have been good early and late on white frogs, crankbaits and Carolina rigged black worms.
June 2024
GREAT. Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. Fishing continues to be great. The hybrid striper and white bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Fish have transitioned from schooling to relating to structure.
Eater sized blue and channel catfish bite is great. Most fish are coming off of prepared bait such as punch and dip baits in 24 feet of water.
Crappie are good with quality fish in decent numbers in 8-14 feet of water. Minnows are working equally good as jigs. Bridge columns and brush piles are working best. The largemouth bite is about as good as it has been all year.
Good numbers of fish are being caught on weightless flukes, chatterbaits and crankbaits around riprap, grass and docks are best right now.
Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Lake Tawakoni Fishing Report
LAKE TAWAKONI "Fishing Report ,water temp/and lake water condition ". This updated fishing report is Provided by "Captain Michael Littlejohn; of Michael-Teri Littlejohn,Lake Tawakoni Guide Service" and "Open Water Lodge ,Wills point Texas For (Fishing Guide Service and or Cabin Lodging call 903-441-3937) FISHING REPORT AND OUR CURRENT WATER TEMP AND CONDITION :. The lakes water is in good condition/lightly stained and 63 degrees; 0.22 feet above pool.
Hybrid striper and white bass bite are good with many fish spawned out but some with eggs.
Seeing lots of fish in open water and numbers on humps and points. Slabs and swimbaits are working best. Trophy catfish bite is winding down. Eater sized blue catfish bite is in full swing using fresh cut shad in 1-5 feet of water. Crappie bite is hit-or-miss on warmer days in 1-3 feet of water. Jigs are out fishing minnows.
Largemouth bass are pitching buck brush, or near the dam throwing crankbaits and rattletraps. .
Lake Tawakoni Fishing Report 2/3/2023
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 0.97 feet below pool. Lake Tawakoni continues to produce good numbers of fish, despite the dramatic cool down we are currently having. White bass and hybrid striper bite is good. Fish are still concentrated on the mid and southern regions of the lake using flukes, swimbaits and slabs. Best depths have been 28-45 feet of water near drop-offs, ledges and humps. The trophy catfish bite has remained decent but with the cool down should turn on. Fresh gizzard Shad is the ticket in 25-40 feet. Eater catfish bite was good, but with the cool down should slow down some. Look in the 15-30 feet of water with worms, or very small pieces of shad or chicken gizzards. Crappie bite has been good on main lake structure in the 25-40 feet of water. The largemouth bite has been slow. Alabama rigs in shallow water using 3 inch swimbaits. Report by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.
Lake Tawakoni Water Condition and fishing report : 10-31-2022 Provided by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service. Water condition, lightly stained; 73 degrees; 3.96 feet low. The water temperature has begun to cool down and the fall frenzy is about to start. White bass and striped bass fishing is good with fish stacked on main lake humps and ridges in 8-20 feet of water biting on crankbaits, Alabama-rigs and slab spoons. Crappie are good with jigs and minnows in brush piles in 10-12 feet of water. The blue and channel catfish bite is on fire. Eater size fish, 1-4 pounds, have been very easy on prepared baits such as punch bait and dip baits. Timber on the north end of the lake has been the ticket in 12-20 feet of water. Largemouth bass are picking up and fishing for them is decent. Topwater lures early then switch over to a plastic, such as a brush hog, has been putting fish in the boat near shallow docks, rip rap and other isolated structures in water 1-5 feet.
Apr 13, 2022 Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.66 feet low. Windy, windy, windy! Lake Tawakoni has been hard to fish this past week with huge northwest winds then an immediate turnaround of south winds gusting to 40 mph. With that said, the blue catfish in the 2-5 pound range have still been good and limits have been reached despite the tough conditions. Fresh Shad cut in very small pieces is putting fish in the boat. Look for water in the 2-10 feet range and target wind blown points. The hybrid and white bass bite has been moderate at best this week mainly due to the foot rise in water level mixed w/ very windy conditions. The fish we are seeing on side imaging are in 25-32 feet and moving fast. Slab spoons in 1oz topped with a crappie jig are working. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in 1-10 feet of water. The spawn is still going strong. Bass are great in very shallow water on small crankbaits and flukes. Target shallow docks and even try the rip rap around retaining walls.Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service. Report provided by Captain Michael Littlejohn, Lake Tawakoni Guide Service.