Hill Country Region Week of December 31, 2025

Austin

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.39 feet below pool. The bass are fair with dropshots fished on the outside edge of healthier grass lines. A lot of fish are suspended out deep in the river channel around bait. Fishing around deep rock on channel swing banks with a jig or Texas rig has been producing some decent bites. Seeing a lot of bait in these areas too. Forward facing sonar with a deep diving jerkbait and a ball head minnow is a good way to target fish right now. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

SLOW. Water stained; 55 degrees; 0.22 feet below pool. Bass are slow with soft plastics. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow on structure and roaming.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.78 feet below pool. Black bass to 4 pounds are slow on all-around jigs, shallow crankbaits on the rocks and docks, and with 5-7 inch minnow style baits scoping main lake pockets suspended over 18-25 feet. Crappie are excellent to 1.75 pounds on minnows, pink and yellow or shad colored jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles, or shooting jigs under docks in 18-22 feet. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds in the lights and scattered around the main lake. Catfish are slow on jug lines with cut shad or perch in the main lake ditches and drains.

Bryan

SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees. Bass bite is slow and inconsistent for most of the day, but starts to pick up in the late afternoon once the fish become more active. Brush piles and the dam have been the hottest spots lately with a shaky head, jig, or dropshot worked tight near cover. There have also been a few schools pushing up on offshore humps, and those fish have been eating a Carolina rig really well when you can get on them. Overall, the lake is still a little off, but the afternoon bite and key structure areas are starting to show some solid signs of life. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 59 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Striper are biting well on live bait. Trolling has been off and on, but right place right time it will produce results. White bass have been scattered and not biting as consistent as the stripers. Bird activity has been mainly over river channels, and there are few fish around them as there are huge schools of small shad suspended in the water column. Key water depths have been as shallow as 5 feet and in 15-40 feet. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Hybrids and stripers are good on jigging spoons and live bait trolling midlake to south lake. White bass are good on the north end in 25-35 feet of water on humps and points with jigging spoons and inline spinners. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service. Crappie are fair in standing timber suspended 25-30 feet down with minnows. Blue catfish are good in 25-30 feet of water on midlake points with cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water normal stain; 66 degrees; 20.31 feet below pool. With the warmer weather the last couple of weeks the fish have been moving a lot. Stripers and White Bass have not been schooling on the surface a whole lot, but you can find them grouped up on the bottom near the dam and the hump at the dam around 30 feet. Jigging spoons right off the bottom have been the ticket to catching these fish. There are also some good groups of large white bass and small largemouth schooled up toward the river. Bouncing small spoons along the bottom where creek drains meet the river channel have been producing lots of fish. The largemouth fishing has also been good with the warmer days. They have pushed up shallow and it’s easy to catch them on weightless worms near the edge of the grass and around flooded brush. Last night’s cold front may pull those fish out but give it a couple of days and a warming trend and they should be right back where they were. Happy New Year! May the new year bring your next personal best and many memories to last a lifetime! Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service. Bass can be caught on the outside edge of the hydrilla deadsticking a weighted wacky rig. A small swimbait around shallower grass has also been producing some bites. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 65 degrees; 9.08 feet above pool. Bass are biting in 4-6 feet of water with white crankbaits or white rattle traps. White bass are schooling near Overlook Park. Water clarity is 5 feet of visibility.

Granger

FAIR. Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair up the river near the primitive campground. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or Zote soap. Yellow catfish are fair on live bait. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

GOOD. Water stained; 56 degrees; 0.80 feet below pool. Cooler weather has bass holding shallow and relating to visible cover. Dropshot rigged finesse worms and jigs are producing the most consistent action around docks, laydowns, isolated brush, and rocks in less than 8 feet of water. Cover water and hit multiple shallow targets to locate active fish. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Crappie are good in 30 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Channel catfish are good in 25-30 feet of water on midlake points with punch bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Any rock around the lake has been able to produce some bass bites on shad imitating baits. Also, there are schools of bass chasing around balls of shad. Livescoping these fish with a minnow has been productive. Water clarity is 2-3 feet of visibility. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 60 degrees; 0.44 feet below pool. Bass are chasing bait balls. Cast imitation shad soft plastics.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 84.52 feet below pool. The lake is very low at only 5.8-percent full. Medina Lake is closed due to low water levels.

Travis

FAIR. Water normal stain; 64 degrees; 13-25 feet below pool. Bass are good targeting ledges in 20-30 feet of water with Texas rigs or jigs. You can also get bit throwing craw colored crankbaits and swimbaits on rocky banks where the wind is hitting. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 55 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Crappie have transitioned to the winter pattern. Fish have migrated from the main lake to deep water in the river channel. Fish are suspended down 15 feet on standing timber and ledges in 20-25 feet of water. Live minnows are best, or use 1/8 ounce jigs in a dark color with a chartreuse tail. The bite is best in the morning. Black bass can be caught while targeting crappie. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 61 degrees. Water levels remain extremely low, and the boat ramp continues to be closed to power boats. Small personal watercraft, like kayaks and canoes, can still launch from the shore, and bank fishing is possible, but the low water means getting to the water will be a bit of a haul. The grass mats have died back some with the changing temperatures but the low water conditions mean that most of the reeds are no longer in the water. Focus on submerged vegetation and try moving techniques like weedless swimbaits, chatterbaits, and lipless crankbaits. Weedless soft plastics, stick baits, dropshot rigs, and jigs are also good options at grass edges and across submerged vegetation. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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