Hill Country Region Week of November 19, 2025

Austin

FAIR. Water clarity good; 72 degrees; 0.59 feet below pool. The bass bite is slowing. Fish are really keyed in on small bait fish out in the river channel. Small ball head swimbaits, jerkbaits and Alabama rigs are good choices to catch these fish. Still quite a bit of grass matted. Punching a heavy jig through the tops of it is still getting good bites. The water has a decent stain throughout the entire lake right now. A lot of the grass is starting to brown up. Fish have also been eating a spinnerbait and chatterbait with the right conditions. Wind and cloud will keep them shallow. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

SLOW. Water stained; 73 degrees; 1.93 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 67 degrees; 2.72 feet below pool. Black bass to 4.25 pounds are good in 13-28 feet of water in the river with soft plastic minnow styled baits and juice box colored soft plastic creature bait. There is a good bite along the shoreline brush in 3-8 feet of water with bladed jigs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie up to 14 inches are good on minnows and jigs in main lake scattered brush piles in 8-18 feet. White bass up to 1.25 pounds are slow on crappie jigs and crankbaits in the lights at night. Catfish are slow on juglines with cut shad or perch.

Bryan

SLOW. Water stained; 70 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

SLOW. Water stained; 65 degrees; 1.92 feet below pool. Striper fishing continues to improve daily. Limits with some solid keeper fish with an abundance of 16-17.5 inch fish in the mix. Fish are suspended about 20 feet down in the thermocline throughout the lake in all depths with bait fish. Topwater action is still limited to none. Trolling and vertical jigging are best patterns for striped bass and white bass while the fish continue to move quickly. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. There is topwater action for hybrids and stripers. White bass are good on jigging spoons, with some smaller topwater schools on the north end of the lake. Stripers and hybrids are fair to good trolling with umbrella rigs, downriggers, or live shad. Most white bass, stripers and hybrids are holding on main lake points and humps from 18-35 feet is where. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 19.37 feet below pool. Water temperatures are ranging from the high 30s one week and 70s the next so the bass are scattered. Flooded brush near hydrilla close to a creek or river channel will hold fish. If you catch one there is likely more close by. Mid to late day hydrilla edges in 15-25 feet have been the most consistent this week. Weightless or lightly weighted straight tail worms have been doing the most damage. Striper action is slowly picking up. Look for schooling action under seagulls from mid-lake to the dam. Cast or jig ¾ ounce spoons through the schools, shake a minnow or slow roll an umbrella rig around fish to get a few more bites. Expect the bite to improve in the near future. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 76 degrees; 9.09 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; 66 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs fished in standing timber. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad. Yellow catfish are good on live bait. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 8.53 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; 0.39 feet below pool. Fishing patterns will hold steady until there is a very cold front. 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 cut shad. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Try baits that put off a little less action and look more natural as the weather cools. The morning bite has been solid around grass with moving baits and topwaters. As the sun rises cast Texas rigged worms on main lake points. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.64 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; 83.17 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; 72 degrees; 12.76 feet below pool. Bass are good on small topwaters at the marinas for 2-3 pound fish. Bass are good on bluff walls 30-35 feet down bouncing a football head jig with a craw on it on the ledges. Bait fish are very small so match the hatch. Report by Randal Frisbee, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.74 feet above pool. Crappie are fair in 12-18 feet of water in standing timber, brush piles and other structures. Jigs and live bait performing equally well. The jig color does not matter, but you will need to use a very slow presentation and get the lure right in front of the fish. 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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