Granger lake is currently slightly above pool, meaing there is more than enough water and flow for a run

Ran all the way up past the steps from Taylor park yesterday. Lake is slightly over pool, river access was easy if you know how to avoid the stumps. Water clarity was good. Fished for a few hours in the afternoon, no bites on live minnows. Picked up a few legal size males on some inline spinners, underspins, and rattle trap. Saw a few other catches. Looked to be mostly all small males.

Thanks for info and report@Boudreaux I may go Wednesday, but just go work all upstream from the steps...There were some deeper holes there last year, closer to the 95 bridge...Not sure if still there, but only 1 way to find out And got some new/used wading boots to test out, with my 30 year old neophrene stocking foot waders

I will be at the steps in the morning, hoping for good luck

Only saw 2 caught over 10 white bass with rooster tail yesterday morning. I fishing 7:15 - 10 am and used the rooster tail too but nothing.

Most of the fish I caught sunday were females. Caught them above the steps, below the bridge. They are there.

I was there Wed. 2-22-23 @ 12:30 - 4. I saw a person with 12-18 fish. He was using river minnows. I also saw a fly fisherman catching. He had 10-15 on a stringer. I also talked with “Johnny Waco”. He caught 3 or 4 fish. He thinks more warm days will get this party started. I caught 0 this day on a fly. I was skunked for the first time in a long time. You bet I will be back! Tight lines!

Thanks for the reports! Interesting all those vehicles parked. Somebody must be catching. Personally, I've never done well at this location. I imagine if you use river minnows or are good with a fly rod your catch rate out there would increase greatly. Curious if anybody does well on conventional gear and artificial baits?

I'm with you jsinn01. I have done well one time at Willis Creek but I think I have only caught one fish at the steps.

The crystal clear shallow water, lots of fishing pressure and people wading and stirring up the water definitely make the Steps challenging. Fish early and late, use a fly rod and keep moving upstream until you find fish would be my advice. I've always done well there but I put in the time to learn it.

There are people who are successful using spinning rods there. Fishytx has no issue catching them on a 1/32 ounce white marabou jig. Anything heavier or larger than that will make it difficult to catch fish during certain periods of the run.

Finesse fishing is the key in most cases. Softly drifting a bead chain clouser with small twitches.

All good tips, J-Moe. Honestly I've never put in a ton of time out there to learn it, since the Somerville creeks are only a slightly longer drive for me (and much more productive in my opinion). My best and closest option would be Reimer's Ranch, but there's never any water out there unfortunately.

I here you. I love Reimer's because of the scenery and the wide open areas for fly fishing. Catching white bass in those crystal clear waters around the boulders is something that sticks in my memories.

I can take up river by boat, well past the steps.

So I made my first fishing trip to the steps today. Caught 8 in about two hours. Very slow bite, but it was better than I was expecting. There were a lot of vehicles parked but I didn't see a lot of anglers. I saw several anglers catching fish all over the river, but it was slow. A guy told me the morning bite was awesome, people were pulling them in right and left. Oh well, I still had a great time.
This will be my fiftieth year to fish for these spawning white bass. Over the years I have caught more than my share, that I do know. There's something about this ultralight tackle fishing that I can't seem to get enough of. Maybe because it doesn't last long and you have to make every trip count.
I had fun and that's all that counts. The bite will only get better as the weather warms up.