Hill Country Region Week of October 15, 2025

Austin

GOOD. Water clarity good; 82 degrees; 0.56 feet below pool. Bass are holding around submerged vegetation in 12 feet or more of water, biting best on drop-shot rigged finesse worms and light Texas-rigged stick worms. For anglers chasing a bigger bite, skip a hollow-body frog under overhanging cypress trees near shallow inside grasslines. Weightless soft plastic stick worms and poppers fished early or late in the day around the shallow grass will also draw strikes. The early morning hours continue to offer the best action. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.50 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 2.03 feet below pool. Black bass to 7.69 pounds are good in 3-8 feet of water on topwater frogs in the shoreline grass with some fish on flukes, chatterbaits, crankbaits and jigs in the brush 5-12 feet. Crappie are excellent to 13 inches on minnows and jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles in 10-20 feet of water. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds on crappie jigs and crankbaits out of the lights at night and schooling action in the open water of the main lake. Catfish are good on jug lines with cut shad or perch on the main lake flats and drains 10- 25 feet of water.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees. The bass bite is improving on brush piles and offshore structures with finesse style baits. The dams are producing bites during lowlight hours of the day. Report by The Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

SLOW. Water stained; 80 degrees; 1.91 feet below pool. The water is slowly clearing but most of the lake is stained in color. Trolling for stripers showed signs of improvement with a few keepers caught. Topwater schools slowed some over last week, but the ones that did surface were large fish. The best depths to target have been 15-35 feet of water. Still waiting on a cold front, rain event or 3 days of consistent winds to change the water conditions and the stripers attitude. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. A few more keeper size hybrid stripers are being caught but the bite continues to be slow with live shad or trolling with downriggers and umbrella rigs. A few catches of catfish to report. Some quick topwater action as small schools of white bass and hybrids surface briefly. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Canyon Lake

SLOW. Water stained; 81 degrees; 18.11 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are schooling around submerged hydrilla. Look for shad on the surface and fish surfacing. There are a lot of fish, but they can be picky. Small jerkbaits, crankbaits, soft plastic shad imitations, and spoons worked quickly work best. Weightless worms along the edge of the grass and stick-ups in the afternoon have been the ticket to producing numbers later in the day. With all the shad on the surface, there are small amounts of striper schooling midlake, early in the morning. 3/4 ounce war eagle spoons, and umbrellas rigs can help seal the deal. As the water temperature gets lower, this action should last longer and longer and will become much more abundant going into winter. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 82 degrees; 8.00 feet above pool. As the weather cools, bass should transition to shallow water to feed on bait fish. Cast reaction baits to land a catch. Reports of bass biting in the San Gabriel River above the steps.

Granger

GOOD. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.44 feet above pool. Fishing remains consistent this week. Black bass are good on plastic worms fished in shallow cover all over the lake. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 4-15 feet of water. White bass are good on slab spoons fished over points and main lake ridges. Blue catfish are good on jug lines. Yellow catfish are good on live bait fished around cover all over the lake. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell's Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

FAIR. Water stained; 81 degrees; 0.90 feet below pool. Bass are fair to good around docks in 8–14 feet of water on a dropshot rigged finesse worms. Catching steady numbers with the occasional quality fish. Hybrids and stripers are schooling early on the main lake, chasing shad and providing good topwater action. Large schools of shad are thick throughout the lake, so keep an eye out as game fish are often close by. Some dead catfish have been observed recently, with no consistent catfish bite to report. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing,

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Crappie fishing has slowed to fair in 15-20 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. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Water clarity 2-4 feet of visibility. Bass are good with a white spinnerbaits in the mornings around shallow structure. As the sun rises the fish are moving to deeper main lake points. A Texas rig worm and drop shot have produced. Crappie bite has been fair in brush piles around 18 feet of water. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing Tours.

Marble Falls

SLOW. normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. As the weather cools, bass should transition to shallow water to feed on bait fish. Cast reaction baits to land a catch.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 81.90 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; 82 degrees; 10.76 feet below pool. Bass are improving due to the cooler evening temperatures, but the most consistent fishing still has been deep. Targeting rocky ledges in 15-25 feet of water with a free rigged 6th Sense Bodega or a 3/8th ounce football jig has been working well and producing better size fish. If you are out early there is a topwater bite to be had the first two hours of the day. A 6th Sense Catwalk in bone has been good, fished around shallow brush adjacent to creek channels. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick's Guiding Service. Bass are biting along 45-degree sloping shorelines with a mix of rock, brush, and docks, mostly in less than 15 feet of water. Drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been the most consistent producer. Weightless soft plastic jerkbaits are also working well early in the morning before that bite fades after the first couple of hours. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool. Crappie are good to excellent on live bait and purple and chartreuse ⅛ ounce artificials in 10-20 feet of water on brush or structure. Large quantities can be caught but the quality is off. Black bass up to 6 pounds are good on topwaters in the early morning, or deep diving crankbaits on ledges. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees. The boat ramp remains closed to boats. Kayaks and small watercraft can be launched from the bank. Thick mats of hydrilla throughout the coves and flats have made it difficult and weedless presentations tend to be the most effective. Where possible, moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and swimbaits tend to work well. Texas-rigged worm, craw, and creature bait soft plastics also continue to be effective. The early morning frog bite and afternoon punch rig are still producing bites. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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