GO FISHACTIVETop species · live conditions
Bluegill
HIGH CONFIDENCE — Any time today — steady bite.
USGS + NWS·DERIVED·13m ago
Arkansas Lake
Lake Charles
Live77°F Water TempUpdated 13m ago
LakeStrawberry River
GO FISHACTIVETop species · live conditions
Channel Catfish
HIGH CONFIDENCE — Any time today — steady bite.
USGS + NWS·DERIVED·13m ago
GO FISHACTIVETop species · live conditions
Largemouth Bass
WORTH THE TRIP — First & last light.
USGS + NWS·DERIVED·13m ago
AGFC Weekly · Week of Jun 25, 2026· Northeast
One report, three ways — glance the gauges, listen on the drive, or read every word.
Pocket score · this week
100
GO FISH
Top bite: Channel Catfish. AGFC corroboration leads · GO.
What's biting · this week
Channel CatfishHOT
BluegillHOT
The read · AGFC + your signals
Lake Charles
(updated 6-25-2026) Marsha Robinson at Lake Charles State Park (870-878-6595) says that bream and catfish are going strong. Bass and crappie, meanwhile, have gone into summer hiding.
Bream are good, and with the full moon just around the corner, they should be excellent this weekend. Worms, crickets and small jigs are working near rocky points and along the shoreline. Catfish are better in deep water, and they favor worms and blood bait. The catfish bite is good.
Some good fishing days based on “moon times” are now through June 30.
The surface water temperature has warmed considerably in recent days; it was 82.2 degrees on Sunday. Clarity is the usual murky, and the water level remains low.
Where they're holding · Channel Catfish
LIVE TEMPSTRIKE ZONEHolding 3–10 ftLive Bait
Surface0–3 ft · 77°F
Warm surface layer — the early & late topwater window.
ShallowSTRIKE ZONE3–10 ft · 76°F
Where they're holding — work the strike zone through 3–10 ft.
Mid-depth10–15 ft · 75°F
Cooling transition along structure and breaklines.
Deep15+ ft · 69°F
Cold, stable deep water — vertical presentations.
Live Bait
Holding depth from AGFC creel data (3–10 ft); temperature-by-depth modeled from the live surface reading.
📡 Intel Sources · AGFC + gauges agreeHigh
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PROAGREES
Local guide network
Regional guides · this week · seeded
SHOPAGREES
Area tackle shops
Bait-shop intel · this week · seeded
COMPAGREES
Recent tournaments
Club weigh-ins · this week · seeded
COMMUNITYMIXED
Angler logs
Community catches · today · seeded
SENSORAGREES
USGS · USACE · NWS
Live gauges · 13m ago
Arkansas Lake
Lake Charles
Live77°F Water TempUpdated 13m ago
LakeStrawberry River
GO FISHACTIVETop species · live conditions
Bluegill
HIGH CONFIDENCE — Any time today — steady bite.
USGS + NWS·DERIVED·13m ago
GO FISHACTIVETop species · live conditions
Channel Catfish
HIGH CONFIDENCE — Any time today — steady bite.
USGS + NWS·DERIVED·13m ago
GO FISHACTIVETop species · live conditions
Largemouth Bass
WORTH THE TRIP — First & last light.
USGS + NWS·DERIVED·13m ago
AGFC Weekly · Week of Jun 25, 2026· Northeast
One report, three ways — glance the gauges, listen on the drive, or read every word.
Pocket score · this week
100
GO FISH
Top bite: Channel Catfish. AGFC corroboration leads · GO.
What's biting · this week
Channel CatfishHOT
BluegillHOT
The read · AGFC + your signals
Lake Charles
(updated 6-25-2026) Marsha Robinson at Lake Charles State Park (870-878-6595) says that bream and catfish are going strong. Bass and crappie, meanwhile, have gone into summer hiding.
Bream are good, and with the full moon just around the corner, they should be excellent this weekend. Worms, crickets and small jigs are working near rocky points and along the shoreline. Catfish are better in deep water, and they favor worms and blood bait. The catfish bite is good.
Some good fishing days based on “moon times” are now through June 30.
The surface water temperature has warmed considerably in recent days; it was 82.2 degrees on Sunday. Clarity is the usual murky, and the water level remains low.
Where they're holding · Channel Catfish
LIVE TEMPSTRIKE ZONEHolding 3–10 ftLive Bait
Surface0–3 ft · 77°F
Warm surface layer — the early & late topwater window.
ShallowSTRIKE ZONE3–10 ft · 76°F
Where they're holding — work the strike zone through 3–10 ft.
Mid-depth10–15 ft · 75°F
Cooling transition along structure and breaklines.
Deep15+ ft · 69°F
Cold, stable deep water — vertical presentations.
Live Bait
Holding depth from AGFC creel data (3–10 ft); temperature-by-depth modeled from the live surface reading.
📡 Intel Sources · AGFC + gauges agreeHigh
Live where we have it — AGFC + gauges drive the confidence; pro/shop/tournament/community rows are seeded previews, not counted. Mute a source you don't trust.
PROAGREES
Local guide network
Regional guides · this week · seeded
SHOPAGREES
Area tackle shops
Bait-shop intel · this week · seeded
COMPAGREES
Recent tournaments
Club weigh-ins · this week · seeded
COMMUNITYMIXED
Angler logs
Community catches · today · seeded
SENSORAGREES
USGS · USACE · NWS
Live gauges · 13m ago
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