Hill Country Region Week of February 5, 2025

Austin
GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 0.45 feet below pool. Large groups of bass are in 8-12 feet of water on grass. The bite is good on Texas rigs, wacky rigs, jerkbaits and Alabama rigs. Some fish up shallow in the creeks as well. Backs of creeks are nearing 60 degrees. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.
Brady
SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees; 13.80 feet below pool. Black bass are slow with a few being caught late afternoon before dark around deeper rocky shorelines using senkos and slow rolling spinnerbaits. Catfish are slow with a few caught late afternoon into the night on cut bait. Crappie and white bass are slow.
Brownwood
FAIR. Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Black bass to 5 pounds are poor on jigs around bait balls in open water scoping and squarebill crankbaits in 2-4 feet. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows in brush piles 15-20 feet. White bass are slow to 2 pounds on minnow style baits and Alabama rigs scattered around the lake. Catfish are slow on cut bait and livers.
Bryan
SLOW. Water stained; 54 degrees. Bass are starting to group off points and offshore structure. The bite is slow, slowly working shaky heads, dropshots, Carolina rigged plastics worked. Expect a slow bite while cold fronts continue to roll in. Report by the Aggie Anglers.
Buchanan
EXCELLENT. Water slight stain; 53 degrees; 17.50 feet below pool. This time of year the fishing pattern is consistent until spring weather arrives. Striper limits and limits of magnum size white bass are possible. Water depths to key on are still 32-47 feet vertically jigging 3/8-2 ounce white and chartreuse spoons. The trolling bite has been hit-and-miss in 13-26 feet near trees, but quality stripers can be caught. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Warming trend heading into the weekend. Striper deadsticking bite is good in 45-60 feet of water. White bass are slow, but can be caught on jigging spoons in 30-50 feet of water. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service. Bass are shallow anywhere near balls of bait. Target rock piles with crankbaits, shaky heads, flukes and creature baits. Crappie are good in 10-15 feet of water over brush and trees. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Crappie are fair on chartreuse jigs in 15-20 feet of water. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.
Canyon Lake
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 53 degrees; 29.08 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are good dragging along the grass or near hydrilla in 14-20 feet of water with an Alabama rig or underspin with your favorite plastics. Stripers and white bass can be found on deep humps in 35-55 feet of water with jigging spoons. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.
Georgetown
SLOW. Water stained: 53 degrees; 11.03 feet below pool. Sand bass can be caught with spoons. Bass can be caught in vegetation with crankbaits and Texas rigs.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. Black bass are fair up river on grubs and in line spinners. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows fished up river and in Willis Creek. White bass are fair with some starting to show up around Dickerson's Bottom, The Steps. Blue catfish are very good to 40 pounds on juglines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
LBJ
GOOD. Water stained; 52 degrees; 0.24 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 25-30 feet on brush and boulders with minnows. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good near laydowns and brush piles with jigs and Texas rigged soft plastics, lipless crankbaits and square and some days a spinner baits. Bigger fish are in 14-20 feet and as shallow as 5 feet. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Medina
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 92.75 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.
Travis
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 52 degrees; 43.64 feet below pool. Good numbers of bass in 5-15 feet and 30-40 feet of water on ledges with brush hogs, medium to large creature baits, medium to deep crankbaits, squarbill crankbaits and jerkbaits. You want to run the edges of rocky shores. The rockier the better. Slow moving pumpkin worm on deep ledges is working well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Waco
SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees; 1.83 feet below pool. Few anglers on the water due to the cold front. Catfish are being caught in 12 feet of water under trees with cut bait. Crappie are hit-or-miss with the best bite in the morning at 9 a.m. in 17 feet of water on structure with jigs. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.
Walter E. Long
GOOD. Water slight stain; 52 degrees. Water levels are very low, and the boat ramp remains off-limits to power boats because of scheduled dam repairs. Small personal watercraft like kayaks and canoes can still launch from the shore, and bank fishing is an option. Shallow water and bare rock piles make the ramps unusable. Look for areas with underwater vegetation covered by a couple feet of water. Try moving lures such as weedless swimbaits, chatterbaits, jerkbaits, or lipless crankbaits. Weedless soft plastics, stick baits, or dropshot rigs also work well along grassy edges or above submerged plants. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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