Hill Country Region Week of April 24, 2024

Austin

GOOD. Water slight stain; 72 degrees; 0.62 feet below pool. Bass are good in shallow water with quite a few male bass showing back up on beds due to the full moon. Seeing females roaming shallow right now as well. Weightless plastics, and soft swimbaits up shallow are good baits. Fishing around flats and shallow docks has been good. There are a ton of small baitfish up shallow right now around grass. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 13.32 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are very good up to 7 pounds on rocks with crankbaits, chatterbaits and senkos. Catfish are very good on live perch or cut shad on trotlines or jug lines. Crappie are good in the marina or around hardwood main lake or creek entrance. White bass are good schooling on small crankbaits, or spinnerbaits.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 68 degrees; 8.95 feet below pool. Black bass to 8.48 pounds are excellent on jigs, spinnerbaits and crankbaits in 3-12 feet of water. Most of the bass are in a post spawn transition. Crappie are good in the cove pockets with black and chartreuse jigs, and in brush piles out to 10-12 feet on minnows. Some fish are spawning and a few post spawn. White bass are good on crankbaits and small swimbaits in the lights late in the day, and the bite is slow during the day. Catfish are good on cut or prepared bait around the flats

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees. Weather is improving, bringing out the anglers. Consistent fishing patterns for catfish, crappie and bass near the restaurant, off rocks and floating docks with small minnows, worms, and cut bait. Report by The Bait Barn. Bass are in a transition period switching to summer patterns. Fishing has been tough out on the water but you can catch some on brush piles. Water is stained. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 72 degrees; 24.80 feet below pool. Water clarity is improving on the north end of the lake, and the mid to south end water remains clear. Striper fishing is excellent using live shad as bait in the 5-30 feet of water. The shad spawn is in full swing and the shallow water early morning bite is great. Focus on sandy shorelines twenty minutes before first light, the bite can continue throughout the day but is generally finished by 8 A.M. White bass continue to good early in the morning on topwaters, jigging spoons, live bait, or trolling crankbaits. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Crappie are good in 10-20 feet of water on brush piles with orange and chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good in the backs of creeks, flip every stick up as there is still some spawning action. There is a lot of fish on rock piles and rocky points also so hit all of those. Using jigs, swimbaits and flukes will get you plenty of bites in these places. A medium or deep crankbait will also get you a bite on the deeper rock piles. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 22.24 feet below pool. Fishing pattern is holding steady. Bass are excellent on moving baits around grass, or with a neko rig on deeper grass. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.29 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on buzz baits fished near timber. Crappie are good on jigs fished over brush in 8-12 feet of water. White bass are good along shallow windy shorelines and roadbeds. Blue catfish are very good on shad in 3-4 feet of water along windy banks. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 10-20 feet of water on brush piles with chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good with a few fish on beds, but there are still plenty in the backs of pockets so use shallow moving baits like a wake bait, swimbait or frog to get some of those good ones. Skipping docks is always a good way to load the boat too using a weightless wacky worm or a jig to get some good bites. Do not forget to run the bulkheads with a shallow crank, fluke or frog. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 91.53 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Travis

GOOD. Water stain; 65 degrees; 50.46 feet below pool. Bass are good in the main lake in shallow water and pockets, and points off the main lake with swimbaits and craws. More bass starting to show up in marinas. Still waiting on the topwater bite. White bass are schooling mid-lake chasing the shad spawn. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC. Bass are good on main lake flats with grass where you can use a number of techniques including shallow to medium crankbaits, swimbaits and spinnerbaits. Plastics like worms, craws and creature baits. There are some good fish along cliff walls and ledges as well. Flip up tight to get the most bites with some fish up to pretty good sizes like 5-6 pounds. A Texas-rigged straight worm or curly tails, craw worms, and a dropshot with a finesse worm works as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Bass are good on small swimbaits and under spins. Shad are spawning. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

Waco

GREAT. Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.18 feet above pool. The lake is stained to murky with recent runoff from rains. White bass are returning to the upper lake. Boaters will begin catching more white bass and hybrids on the lake while they migrate from the upper ends of the lake towards the dam over the next few weeks. Crappie bite is improving in shallow water on live minnows and artificial jigs fished around shoreline trees in the back of coves and marinas. This pattern will hold up for about one month. Largemouth bass are spawning and can still be caught on Texas rigs, small swimbaits, bladed jigs and creature baits in creeks and flats. Anglers are still catching channel catfish and blue catfish on live and cut bait on rod and reel and juglines. Yellow catfish will begin spawning later on as the water must warm up even more. They can mostly only be caught on live bait. Lake is murky due to runoff and high winds. Boaters should take caution by wearing their PFDs while on the lake due to unpredictable storms with high winds and waves. Navigate with caution watching for stumps and debris in the lake from runoff.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water stained; 71 degrees. Bass are good with several 5-6.5 pound catches using a variety or lures but the lure of choice continues to be worms. Hybrids have been schooling on and off. Crappie anglers are catching good numbers. The sunfish have moved to the shallows this week. Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

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