Hill Country Region Week of November 12, 2025

Austin

FAIR. Water clarity good; 72 degrees; 0.65 feet below pool. Bass are biting spinnerbaits and jerkbaits fished around main lake submerged vegetation. Focus on the outside, deeper edges of the grass for the most consistent action. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing. Bass fishing is good right now on Lake Austin. With the grass starting to die off, there is a pretty good stain to the water. Quite a few fish are up shallow and the back pockets have been holding groups of bait with fish schooling around them. The majority of the fish are out in the river channel, suspended around bait. Weightless flukes, small swim baits, jerkbaits and Alabama rigs are all good options to catch these fish. Fish are starting to thicken up for the winter for sure. Great time to get out on the lake. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

SLOW. Water stained; 73 degrees; 1.88 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Brownwood

EXCELLENT. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.62 feet below pool. Black bass to 9.25 pounds are excellent in 13-28 feet of water on imitation minnows, craws in juicebox in the rivers, and green pumpkin tornado worms in the shoreline grass. Some catches in the brush in 3-8 feet of water on a soft plastic that mimics baitfish during the spawn, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good with catches up to 14 inches on minnows and jigs on main lake scattered brush piles in 8-18 feet. White bass are slow to 1.25 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night. Catfish are slow on jug lines with cut shad, or perch.

Bryan

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees. As cold fronts start to cool the water temperature, expect the bite to improve. Bass can be caught with topwater baits, or on ledges with Carolina rigs.

Buchanan

SLOW. Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.94 feet below pool. Striper fishing has improved, we are starting to see some limits and keeper fish with an abundance of 12-16 inches in the mix. Trolling and vertical jigging are best patterns as the fish are still moving fast. There is limited to no topwater activity. White bass have been mixed in the same areas in 15-35 feet of water. Persistence and covering water has been the key. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Same pattern, but increased topwater action for hybrids and stripers. White bass are good on jigging spoons, with some smaller schools on top. Stripers and hybrids are fair to good trolling with umbrella rigs, downriggers, on live shad. Occasionally there are some smaller schools on top. Main lake points and humps from 18-35 feet is where most white bass, stripers and hybrids are holding. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water stained; 68 degrees; 19.18 feet below pool. There is good early morning schooling bass action around main lake wind blown points and banks. Small walking baits and poppers early can get you a few good bites. There are a lot of fish around the hydrilla, and in the flooded brush. Weightless worms on the edge of the grass can be very effective. There is also a good number of fish that have gone up shallow. The striped bass fishing is slowly picking up. There is still no sign of schooling action, but there were a few fish caught last week on jigging spoons. Check heavy bends along the old river channel and in the tops of submerged cypress trees. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 76 degrees; 8.89 feet above pool. Bass are good offshore in 8-15 feet of water. Bass are in the grass, but it can be difficult to find good areas of grass. A shaky head is your friend but a jig or crankbait will get some good bites as well. Work the ledges near shore with jigs or Texas-rigged plastics to get some good bites as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Granger

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. Black bass are fair up the river and around main lake structures with worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs fished in standing timber. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with Zote Soap or shad. Yellow catfish are good to 30 pounds on live bait. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 8.63 feet below pool. Boat access continues to be limited. Few fishing reports available. Anglers fishing from the bank or kayaks have been reporting fair success, but no real reports about specific patterns or techniques that may be working. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.42 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 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 and shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. The morning bite has been solid around grass with moving baits and topwaters. As the sun rises higher Texas rigged worms on main lake points has been producing. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.51 feet below pool. As cold fronts start to roll through expect a good bite a few days before then the bite to slow after. Look for early morning bass topwater action. Watch for birds to lead the way to actively feeding fish.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 82.95 feet below pool. The lake is very low at only 5.8-percent full.

Travis

FAIR. Water normal stain; 72 degrees; 12.36 feet below pool. Cooling fall weather has improved the bass bite, though conditions remain variable. The best action has come on Texas-rigged plastics in less than 10 feet of water. Focus on transition areas with a mix of brush and rock for quality largemouth. Forward-facing sonar can be used to locate schools of bass roaming open water following baitfish, with suspending jerkbaits producing steady action. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing. Bass are very good targeting fish shallow around rocky points and brush near the mouths of coves. A topwater walking bait in bone has been good early around sunrise. Later in the day use a 3.5 inch weedless paddle tail swimbait to get through the brush to catch numbers. When the shallow bite slows, Texas rigged plastics in 10-20 feet of water around patches of submerged brush have been producing catches. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick's Guiding Service.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.66 feet above pool. Crappie bite was excellent before the cold front. Lots of big fish were in 12-15 feet of water in standing timber. Lots of little fish on brush piles in 12-15 feet of water. Jig and minnows are both effective. After the cold front fish spook easily and have a case of the lock jaw. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 72 degrees. All boat ramps remain closed to boats and water levels are extremely low. Kayaks and small watercraft can be launched from the bank but expect muddy conditions. Hydrilla has thinned with less surface mats, so weedless presentations tend to be the most effective. Where possible, moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and swimbaits. Texas-rigged worm, craw, and creature bait soft plastics also continue to be effective. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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