Hill Country Region Week of May 22, 2024

Austin

GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Water temperature is in the lower to mid 70s. The bass bite has been decent, but not as good as previous weeks. The wave of spawning fish is over transitioning the bigger fish to deeper water leaving a few small fish shallow. Small soft swimbaits, wacky rigs and shaky heads have been getting some bites shallow. The bigger fish are in deep brush, deep docks and deep natural shoreline. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 10.74 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. The water is stained on the main, and both creek arms are muddy due to runoff. Catfish are good on cut bait and worms shallow to 15 feet, on on jug lines or trotlines with live or cut bait. Black bass are slow with a few catches on spinnerbaits along rocky shoreline and brush. Crappie are slow. White bass are slow.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 77 degrees; 4.28 feet below pool. Water is dirty on the main lake and muddy towards the rivers. Black bass to 6.41 pounds are slow on jigs, shaky heads and top waters in 2-10 feet of water. Crappie to 11 inches are fair under docks with black and chartreuse or white with a chartreuse head jigs in 9 feet of water, and on brush piles with minnows in 12 feet. White bass are fair on crankbaits and small swimbaits. Catfish are good to 5 pounds on cut or prepared bait at Thrifty Park.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees. The lake continues to be full and anglers are reporting good catches of catfish on minnows. Report by The Bait Barn.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 11.46 feet below pool. It has been another exciting week as the water continues to rise. The water is extremely muddy on the North to mid lake and stained on the south end. Striper fishing is excellent using live shad as bait in the 25-50 feet of water. There has also been some good action early on topwater. White bass are biting excellent on live bait, jigging spoons, and topwater early. Use extreme caution while boating. There is a wide range of debris floating in the water and also just under the surface, and many of the exposed trees are now under water. Please exercise safe boating while on the water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 22.91 feet below pool. Bass are good in the hydrilla with a chatterbait, and with a dropshot in deeper grass or main lake points. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 6.23 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits fished in shallow cover. Crappie are good on jigs fished over cover in 12-18 feet of water. White bass are fair on slab spoons fishing windy points and roadbeds. Blue catfish are very good in the shallow flooded areas. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Catfish are good in 20 feet of water on punch bait. Crappie are fair in 15-20 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good grass beds and bulkheads with swimbaits, shallow crankbaits, wake baits and flukes. A frog can smash some fish right now as well in the backs of pockets or along dock edges. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 92.26 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Travis

GOOD. Water stain; 70 degrees; 48.01 feet below pool. Inclement weather has kept anglers off the water. Expect the bite to start to pick up in the marinas. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 74 degrees; 16.18 feet above pool. The Bosque Park ramp is open. Anglers are catching crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, yellow catfish, white bass, hybrids, stripers and largemouth bass. Catfish are being caught on cut and prepared baits. Most other species are being caught on live bait including shad. The U.S. Corps of Engineers parks and ramps are closed. The lake is still over 16 feet above conservation and releasing about 4538 cfs.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees. Bass are great with fish coming on four and five inch stick worms, craw worms and small swimbaits around the grass in 5-10 feet off the reeds. Some nice bass are coming out further throwing deep crankbaits and jerkbaits in shad colors. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

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