Lake Lewisville Summer Striper

I apologize for the late Lake Lewisville Summer Striper report, but I’ve been busy ripping lips! I was able to reschedule my trip today because of this big wind that blew in and fish tomorrow instead. May turned out to be an excellent month of fishing, just like it has in the past. The hybrid striper bite began a little later than the past few years, but once they got going it was awesome! The hybrid stripers and white bass have returned in full force from the creeks on Lake Lewisville, and they are hungry. The fishing has continued to remain excellent into June and should be strong through July. Please be safe on the water, especially if you’re out on Lewisville on the weekends.

The boat traffic is starting to pick up quite a bit. Please also be courteous to other boaters and guides if they are fishing a spot. I’ve had multiple experiences lately where people are pulling up right next to me with their big motor running. Use your trolling motor to come in if you are going to pull up on someone or don’t do it at all. Learning to use your sonar and topo map is also another suggestion. Finding fish on your own is downright rewarding and is a big part of the fishing game.

Finding Fish and What To Look For-Lake Lewisville Summer Striper

Regardless of the brand of sonar you have, they all have a color pallet or scheme that helps you in determining what you’re looking at. I use Lowrance graphs but know a lot of guides that prefer Humminbird. Garmin has recently come out with some awesome technology as well. Their Live Scope transducer is new and shows fish in real time and gives you a better understanding of how fish are reacting to your bait. I worked at Bass Pro Shops in the marine department throughout my college career at the University of North Texas, so I was always messing around with all the fish finders and GPS during my downtime. Fish are going to appear as arches/inverted Vs or as bumps on the bottom depending on your speed. The thicker the arch, the bigger the fish.

The faster the boat is moving, the more distorted and more difficult it will be to read the graph. Vise versa, if you are sitting still, fish may appear as straight horizontal lines. If you are looking for fish, move around at idle speeds of 2-5 mph. This speed will allow for the best return from your sonar. The color scheme of your graph is also very important in determining the species and size of the fish you are looking at. You can change the color scheme to what you like the best. My Lowrance graphs show bigger fish or a dense return as a yellow arch. Orange usually indicates white bass or small hybrids, and blue and red are your least dense returns and are usually smaller fish. A school of baitfish usually looks like someone took the end of a paintbrush and blotted your screen with it.

Some would describe them as clouds. As far as where to look, if you have a GPS and a map card of your lake, then look at points and humps this time of year in depths of 12-32 foot of water. Sometimes fish will hold on the ledges of a structure and other times they will be right up on top of the shallowest point. I enjoy the hunt of finding fish. Fish are crazy and don’t always show up at the same place you found them last time. Learning to use your equipment will undoubtedly help you put more fish in the boat. I offer sonar and GPS instructional trips if that sounds like something you’d be interested in. 

Lake Lewisville Fishing Report-May

It has been awesome fishing the past month. We have been filling a 120-quart cooler to the brim on most days. Hybrid striper limits have been common and the white bass are numerous and hungry as well. Fish can be caught pretty much all day long right now. Live bait is the bait of choice for me but requires a lot of work. However, the rewards and results are worth it to me. Fish can be found on humps and points all over the lake. We just have to find them for that day. If you don’t have a way to keep shad alive, you can catch white bass on slabs right now too.

A 1- ounce chartreuse slab will work. I have had a bunch of people ask how the high water has affected the fish, and so far it has not made a difference besides maybe a later start for the hybrid striper bite. We have been starting early and beating the heat. I think I have taken more kids fishing this summer than I ever have, and it has been great! I only have a few more days left in June available including the weekend of the 29th and 30th. Let me know if you’d like to get out on the water and catch some fish!  Find more information about Lake Lewisville Summer Striper on our Facebook Page!

I’d like to thank everyone who has been fishing with me this year. Y’all are great. Let me know if I can help you out with any fishing related questions.  For more information please follow Lake Lewisville Fishing Guide.

Thanks again,

Wes Campbell

214-282-7093