Hill Country Region Week of December 24, 2025

Austin

FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.51 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; 0.11 feet below pool. Bass are slow with soft plastics. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow on structure and roaming.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 52 degrees; 2.65 feet below pool. Black bass to 8 pounds are good in 3-18 feet of water on all around jigs in juice box, crankbaits on the rocks and docks, or on soft plastics scoping main lake pockets suspended over 18-25 feet. Crappie are excellent to 1.90 pounds on minnows, pink and yellow or shad colored jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles and docks in 18-22 feet. White bass are good 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; 1.12 feet below pool. Surface temperatures range 58-61 degrees and the water is slightly stained on most of the lakes, and muddy from the mouth of the river and north. Stripers are good on live bait, or vertically jigging with half ounce to one ounce slab spoons. Trolling has produced catches, but is less consistent. White bass are biting with the same vertical jigging technique in the same areas. Bird activity has been limited. Fish have been in the 18-36 feet depths. 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 25-30 feet of water on brush or timber piles 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 stained; 60 degrees; 20.08 feet below pool. Striped and white bass continue to school near the dam for the first hour of the day. Look for seagulls and fish surfacing. Some days they come to the top and some days they do not. Three-quarter ounce spoons and heavy underspins casted have been working well. If there is no surface action present. Search ledges and drop-offs around the hump at the dam and river channel swings near the dam in 30-50 feet of water. Side imaging is the best for finding these schools below the surface so that it can also be done with 2D sonar. spoons dropped to the bottom and jigged in the schools have been working well. The fish move a lot, so you will have to try and keep them under the boat. Anchoring is probably not the best idea. Using a trolling motor or just drifting through the schools will be the best option. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are good focusing on rocky drops and points. A weightless worm or finesse jig has been working well. The schooling action should continue to be good through the end of the month and well into January. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 60 degrees; 9.18 feet above pool. Reports of sand bass action from the bank and from the overlook. Bass are feeding up for the winter chasing shad. Target bass on points casting small shad imitation baits into the schools. When you can find grass, cast topwaters or spinnerbaits. Bait fish should be moving towards the creek channels.

Granger

FAIR. Water stained; 54 degrees; 0.49 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; 57 degrees; 0.85 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; 52 degrees; 0.29 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25 feet of water on brush piles with minnows or 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. Look for bass suspended around grass or isolated structure and throw an Alabama rig, underspin or minnow. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 60 degrees; 0.67 feet below pool. Bass are feeding on shad to bulk up for the winter. Be sure to size lures to match the size of shad. Watch for birds to lead the way to topwater action.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 84.15 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; 12.97 feet below pool. Bass are good targeting fish in 10-20 feet of water around drains and creek channels not far from the main lake with soft plastics and jigs. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service.

Waco

SLOW. Water stained; 55 degrees; 0.42 feet above pool. Crappie are slow and difficult to find. Crappie may be transitioning to deep channels and ledges. When you find fish, tempt a bite with live minnows. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 63 degrees. The boat ramps remain closed to boats and are currently being repaired. During this time the water levels are extremely low. Kayaks and small watercraft can be launched from the shoreline but expect challenging, potentially muddy conditions. Though the hydrilla mats have been steadily shrinking, fishing weedless presentations still tends to be the most effective. Where possible, moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and jerkbaits. Texas-rigged worm, craw, and creature bait soft plastics also continue to be effective. With cooling wintertime conditions, slow your presentations down. Report by Team YAKUSA Report by Team YAKUSA

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