Hill Country Region Week of October 22, 2025

Austin

FAIR. Water clarity good; 77 degrees; 0.55 feet below pool. Bass are biting in open water and around vegetation. Three-inch paddle tail swimbaits are producing when fished over submerged grass, while mid-strolling minnow-style plastics are catching suspended fish located with forward-facing sonar. There has been a consistent shallow bite on weightless soft plastic stick worms around inside grasslines. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.66 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Brownwood

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 75 degrees; 2.22 feet below pool. Black bass to 8.64 pounds are excellent in 3-8 feet of water on buzz baits and topwater frogs in the shoreline grass, and on chatterbaits, crankbaits and jigs in the brush 5-12 feet of water. Crappie are excellent with catches up to 12 inches on minnows and jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles in 12-20 feet of water. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night, with some schooling action in open water on the main lake. Catfish are good on jug lines with cut shad or perch on the main lake flats and drains 10-20 feet of water.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees. The bass bite is improving on brush piles and offshore structures with finesse style baits. The dams are producing bites during lowlight hours of the day. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.99 feet below pool. The water is slowly clearing but most of the lake is stained in color. Trolling for stripers showed signs of improvement with a few keepers caught. Topwater schools slowed some over last week, but the ones that did surface were large fish. The best depths to target have been 15-35 feet of water. Still waiting on a cold front, rain event or 3 days of consistent winds to change the water conditions and the stripers attitude. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Hybrid stripers and white bass are slow with live shad or trolling with downriggers and umbrella rigs. Catching very few keepers. The forecasted cold front should get the high pressure off, and bring cooler temperatures which will improve the bite. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 18.45 feet below pool. As the nights become cooler the water temperature is slowly declining bringing bass into shallow water. Look for schools of shad around flooded brush and hydrilla. Chatterbaits and weightless worms have been working best. Striped bass and white bass are still slow, and there is very little schooling action on the surface. Expect schooling action to pickup as the days become cooler. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service. The morning bass bite has been solid on a spook and chatterbait. As the sun comes up a neko rigged trick worm has been producing around grass. Water clarity 3-6 feet of visibility. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 80 degrees; 8.40 feet above pool. Target bass is shallow water with cover and structure using topwaters, chatterbaits and weightless worms. This time of year shad should start schooling in shallows attracting the gamefish.

Granger

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.62 feet above pool. Fishing remains consistent this week. Black bass are good on plastic worms fished in shallow cover all over the lake. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 4-15 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over points and main lake ridges. Blue catfish are good on jug lines. Yellow catfish are good on live bait fished around cover all over the lake. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

SLOW. Water stained; 81 degrees; 9.05 feet below pool. The lake level has been drawn down to allow for home owners to make repairs to their waterfronts. This has put the boat ramps out of the water making the lake inaccessible to boats. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing,

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.46 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 15-20 feet of water on brush piles with minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good in 20-25 feet of water on midlake points with punch bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are moving shallow hitting topwater frogs and spinnerbaits. You can still catch fish on main lake points with a dropshot or Texas rig. Water clarity 2-4 feet of visibility. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.51 feet below pool. As the weather cools, bass should transition to shallow water to feed on bait fish. Cast reaction baits to land a catch.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 82.20 feet below pool. The lake is very low at only 5.8-percent full. Medina Lake is closed due to low water levels.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 78 degrees; 11.28 feet below pool. Bass are improving due to the cooler evening temperatures, but the most consistent fishing still has been deep. Targeting rocky ledges in 15-25 feet of water with a free rigged 6th Sense Bodega or a 3/8th ounce football jig has been working well and producing better size fish. If you are out early there is a topwater bite to be had the first two hours of the day. A 6th Sense Catwalk in bone has been good, fished around shallow brush adjacent to creek channels. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick's Guiding Service. Bass are biting small paddle tail swimbaits fished around brushy shorelines with a 45-degree slope, along with drop-shot rigged finesse worms. The bite has been steady with good numbers of quality fish being caught. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.76 feet above pool. Before the recent cold front the big crappie were aggressively feeding live bait or artificials in 10-15 feet of water on structures. Crappie bite should be fair to good heading into the weekend. Target brush piles in 12-20 feet of water. Lots of little fish to sift through to find the keepers. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 84 degrees. Thick mats of hydrilla throughout the coves and flats have create difficult fishing conditions for bass. Weedless presentations tend to be the most effective. Where possible, moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and swimbaits tend to work well. Texas-rigged worm, craw, and creature bait soft plastics also continue to be effective. The early morning frog bite and afternoon punch rig are still producing bites. The boat ramp remains closed to boats. Kayaks and small watercraft can be launched from the bank. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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