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Lake Cypress Springs Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

East Texas' postcard pocket: Cypress Springs' clear coves and manicured shores hide bass quality behind the lake-house calm.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Lake level
375.48 ft
Air / High
81 / 84 F
Wind
SSE 5 mph

Sources: Texas Water Development Board (Lake Cypress Springs), Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Lake Cypress Springs sits in the sweet spot of the season: active fish and workable weather. The gauge reads 375.48 ft, easing 0.17 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 5 mph, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 84. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:58 AM-11:58 AM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Largemouth bassGood

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

CrappieFair

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

White bassFair

Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

Tomorrow: Similar at 86 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Texas requires a fishing licence from age 17, from $30.00 for residents. What a Texas licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with TPWD before you keep anything. The season dates for Texas, read off the agency, are on the Texas seasons page.

Water and weather

Daily lake level from the Texas Water Development Board (Lake Cypress Springs); live weather.

Water level, last 30 days

Texas Water Development Board daily estimate, 88.1% of conservation capacity on 2026-10-23.

375.49375.69375.89375.48 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp81 F
High / Low84 / 48 F
WindSSE 5-7 mph
Pressure1019.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain1% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:31 / 18:38
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Lake Cypress Springs this week

The best day on Lake Cypress Springs this week looks like Sunday Oct 25, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Sunday, Oct 25 β€” excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
9:58 AM-11:58 AM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
Minor period
4:19 AM-5:19 AM
Sun
07:31 to 18:38
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 7 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Cypress Springs: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: the spring run up the tributaries, then summer surface schools

A silvery temperate bass of rivers and large reservoirs, also called sand bass, that schools in open water after shad and runs up tributaries to spawn in early spring. Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

When to come: the Lake Cypress Springs calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Crappie
Catfish (blue, channel)
White bass
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Lake Cypress Springs today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 86 F, wind to 5 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 83 F, wind to 5 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 79 F, wind to 7 mph.

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Before you go

License

Texas requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Texas license. Bass 14-inch/5; district park fees: check TPWD/FCWD.

Access

Guthrie Park, Mary King Park, Walleye Park district ramps.

About this water

3,400 acres, Franklin County, TX. The Cypress basin's clear pocket.

Fishing Lake Cypress Springs: the full guide

The franklin county gem

Cypress Springs tucks 3,400 clear acres behind Bob Sandlin's fame: the Cypress basin's postcard: manicured lake-house shores, deep clear coves, and a bass fishery (Florida genetics, brush-pile culture) that quality-beats its size for those who fish past the pontoons.

Clear-water program

The docks and planted brush run the year: skip jigs beneath the walkways, drop shots on the 15-25-ft piles, topwater at first light off the points. Spring's spawning coves sight-fish beautifully: summer nights under the dock lights carry the heat: the clarity sets finesse terms.

The quiet card

Crappie stack the same brush (a steady dock-light night fishery), bream raft the sandy pockets, and the cats work the creek channels: with the water district's stocking keeping the balance deliberate. It is a boutique fishery: small, clear, better than it must be.

Franklin practicalities

Water-district parks ramp the shores (Walleye Park's name outpromises: Guthrie, Mary King): summer weekends hum with lake-house traffic (dawn rules): and Mount Vernon anchors supplies. Bob Sandlin and Monticello sit minutes away: the basin's triple-header day.

Common questions

Is Cypress Springs better than Bob Sandlin?

Different games: Sandlin's timber scale versus Springs' clear finesse. The basin's regulars fish both by mood: quality lives in each.

When do the dock lights produce?

Summer nights: crappie first, bass shadowing: the lake-house glow is the structure. Skip jigs by day, minnows by night.

Does Cypress Springs connect to Bob Sandlin?

No water link: the basin's lakes sit minutes apart by road but fish separately. The triple-header day (Springs, Sandlin, Monticello's legacy) runs on trailer miles, not channels.

Is fishing good at Lake Cypress Springs right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Lake Bob Sandlin6 miLake Fork28 miLake O' the Pines37 miLake Tawakoni50 miLake Tyler58 miWright Patman Lake60 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Reservoir level
Texas Water Development Board β€” Lake Cypress Springs
Water Data for Texas, daily average elevation estimated by the TWDB from operator data (for this lake, the Lower Colorado River Authority). A daily figure, not a live reading.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 33.0670, -95.1670 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on how our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.