Lake Livingston Fishing Report`
July 17,2019
David Scott Cox
Palmetto Guide Service
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Charlie’s Worms
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Tsunami Airwave Rods
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Normal Lake Level – 131.0’
Current Lake Level – 131.4’
Release – cfs. 8,000
Water Temperature –77- 78’
Water Clarity – upper river channel muddy, mid lake clearing, lower lake clear. upper creeks clear
FISHING FORECAST: Following a wet spring through early summer Lake Livingston is settling down now to normal summer patterns with some great fishing. Whites are being caught now in good numbers on mid and lower lake humps. These typical summer patterns have been slow to come this year as the lake settles out following all the rains. Use your electronic fish finders and GPS now to look for White Bass to be stacking up on mid lake and lower lake humps. Find the fish on your graph and jig a “Tsunami Zombie Eye jig” off the bottom.
Look for Whites and Stripers to surface school now. This can be some of the most exciting fishing of the year. I am always looking for birds working over schooling White Bass. Try to quietly get up wind of the schooling fish and let the wind blow your boat into the feeding frenzy. Almost any bait will work now. One of my favorites is a Pop r or a Zara spook with a Pet Spoon tied on the back for a trailer. You will catch Whites two at a time with this rig. When fishing in August I like to get on the water early and get off early, often through fishing by 10:00 am.
Lake Livingston consist of over 90.000 acres of water and 450 miles of shore line. Good luck fishing!
SPECIES REPORT:
Black Bass {largemouth} Fish lower lake boat houses and rocky points. Throw Norman medium diving crank baits around rocky points. Flip June Bug Baby Brush Hogs now in Kickapoo Creek. Throw white spinner baits around shallow wood and rocky points. Some good fish still being caught on Charlie’s jigs fished around docks in Newton, upper Carolina and Bethy creeks.
Catfish. Good catfishing on jug lines in Penwaugh Bay and the mouth of Kickapoo creek. Rod and reel baited with chicken liver good on the 190-road bed. Key on the old bridge structure. Fishing for Blue Cats on rod and reel has been good in Harmon creek under the bird roost.
Crappie. Look for Crappie In the deep holes in the creeks near cut banks. Bethy, White Rock and Harmon should be good now. Use minnows and jigs on a slip cork about 4’ down as water temperature rises.
White Bass. Whites are stacking up on mid lake and lower lake humps near the 190-road bed and Pine island. Look for schooling Whites under the birds. Pay close attention to the wind now fishing open water. GOOD LUCK FISHING LAKE LIVINGSTON