Bass are biting soft plastics on brush and structure in 8-20 feet with a dropshot, Texas rig, shaky head. Minnow baits and rattletraps are working on suspended and schooling fish.

Here is the latest Fishing Report as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife for July 12.

Carolina rigs, Texas rigs and deep cranks worked on main lake structure in 12 to 18 feet are the best bets. Also, some fish caught flipping grass edges in 8 to 12 feet. Crappie are fair around the ...

Bass are slow on Alabama rigs and football jigs near ... 1.07 feet below pool. Crappie are fair over brush in 32-40 feet of water on jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas ...

Bass are good and can be caught in grass 5-8 feet with Texas rig worms, wacky rig senko and chatterbait. Crappie are slow on small jigs over brush. Report by Reagan Nelson, Lake Athens Bass Guide.

Also some fish hitting spoons, drop shots and Texas rigs around brush piles in 15 feet. Crappie fishing fair to slow around brush using jigs and minnows. Advertisement ...

Jigs and Texas rigs worked along outside grass edges also producing. Better quality fish coming around offshore brush piles in 18-20 feet using jigs. Spy baits working well on suspended fish. Crappie ...

ATHENS: Water fairly clear, 66-71 degrees; 1.74 feet low. Black bass are fair to good on buzzbaits early, later switching to medium running shad pattern crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigs ...