Hill Country Region Week of February 4, 2026

Austin

SLOW. Water stained; 51 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. Bass are good fishing spinnerbaits and swimbaits over grass flats. Target brush piles in 10-20 feet of water throwing a jig with a craw trailer. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Brady

SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.44 feet below pool. Expect fish to push deeper and the bite slow due to the weather. Bass should be offshore biting Carolina rigs, jerkbaits or small swimbaits. Crappie will be scattered.

Brownwood

SLOW. Water stained; 45 degrees; 3.10 feet below pool. Black bass to 8.33 pounds are excellent on soft plastics, in Lone Star Disco color, scoping around docks and stroking them on the ledges in 15-18 feet of water. Throw shallow crankbaits and jigs on the rocks and docks around main lake pockets and suspended points. Crappie are slow to 11 inches on minnows or jigs on main lake scattered brush piles. The best jig colors have been chartreuse and white or shad. White bass are slow with catches up to 1.5 pounds. Fish are scattered around the main lake biting crankbaits. Catfish are slow on minnows and on jug lines with cut shad or perch on the main lake docks and drains.

Bryan

SLOW. Water stained; 50 degrees. Continue to target bass on the bottom around deep cover with a jig or a Texas rigged craw or creature bait. When the water is a little clearer throw a suspending jerkbait with a long pause. If the bass are finicky, downsize to a shaky head or a Ned rig and just let it soak. When there is a reaction bite cast a lipless crankbait, spinnerbait or chatterbait. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

GOOD. Water stained; 53 degrees; 2.56 feet below pool. White bass are good trolling crankbaits in the river. Striped bass are good with jigging spoons or deadsticking soft plastics 30-50 feet of water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Crappie are fair with fish bunched up in 25 feet of water on brush and 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; 50 degrees; 21.03 feet below pool. Water temperature 51°. The stripers and White Bass have been grouped up along the creek channels in 20 to 30 feet of water along the bottom. Jigging three-quarter ounce war eagle spoons in silver or white off the bottom has been the best bet. Largemouth bass fishing has been decent. With the colder weather, the fishing has still been good. You just have to really slow. Light and weightless soft plastics along the edge of the grass and rocky drop offs have been producing some fish. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service. Bass are positioned on the outside grass edges biting a dropshot or a Texas rig. Working a swimbait over top of the grass is producing catches as well. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Georgetown

SLOW. water stained; 51 degrees; 8.58 feet above pool. Fishing patterns are consistent with a very slow bite. Largemouth bass are slow, and best to target below the thermocline tight to structure fishing slowly with jigs or soft plastics.

Granger

FAIR. Water stained; 48 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on jigs and black Power Worms. Crappie are starting to show up in shallow sloughs and coves. They will move up after a few warm nights. White bass are beginning to make runs up the river and creek. Blue catfish are good on shad fished along shallow windy banks. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

GOOD. Water stained; 48 degrees; 0.76 feet below pool. The lake is now firmly set up in winter patterns. Bass are being caught on crankbaits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms fished around rocky areas and submerged vegetation in up to 15 feet of water. Fish are grouped tightly and relating closely to these areas, so slowing down and thoroughly working productive zones has been key under the colder conditions. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing, (435) 313-1838, andermeine.com. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

LBJ

FAIR. Water stained; 50 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25-30 feet of water with chartreuse jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair in 25-30 feet of water on midlake points with shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are slow but improving on deeper rocky banks. Fishing super slowly with a worm or craw has been productive. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

FAIR. normal stain; 45 degrees; 0.66 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25-30 feet of water with chartreuse jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair in 25-30 feet of water on midlake points with shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 49 degrees; 85.56 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; 57 degrees; 13.81 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good on jerkbaits fished around windblow points have been working well. Also, targeting rocky gradual sloping banks where the wind is pushing into, throwing medium diving craw colored crankbaits has been good. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 48 degrees; 0.53 feet above pool. Crappie are in the creek and river channels. Start in deeper water around 30 feet and work your way shallow. Target the edges with depth changes like deep pockets in the mouth of the inlets and slews. Check standing timber and other structures. Present live bait extremely slowly and be prepared for a light bite. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 42 degrees. GOOD. Water temps 45°. Water levels remain low, and repairs on the boat ramp continue. The ramps are closed to power boats due to ongoing repairs but progress is being made. You can still launch personal watercraft like kayaks and canoes from the shore, and bank fishing is possible. Much of the submerged vegetation has died back and we're seeing winter conditions. This means that lower water temps will slow fish down and push them deeper. Slow down your presentations and look for reaction bites with jerkbaits, 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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