Austin Fishing Report
- Apr 17, 2024
- GOOD. Water slight stain; 72 degrees; 0.70 feet below pool. Bass have been consistently shallow for the last couple of weeks. Fish can be caught on shaky head senkos, dropshots and small soft swimbaits. Cloudy days with a little bit of wind have been best for catching bigger fish shallow. Still seeing some fish on beds, and as the weather continues to warm another group of fish will be pushing up to spawn. Check the backs of pockets, around shallow docks and big flats for beds. If you can find grass, fish it because there are probably some fish. Lady Bird Lake is heavily stained on a majority of the lake below the MoPac Expressway. We are catching fish on a number of baits right now. Soft swimbaits over grass lines and around hardcover is good. Slow dragging light Texas rigged worms in the grass are also producing good fish right now. Some topwater can be found right now. Frogs, spooks and poppers. We are not getting a bunch of hits on topwater but quality seems to be consistent. The topwater bite will get improve in May. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.
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