Hill Country Region Week of November 26, 2025

Austin

FAIR. Water clarity good; 67 degrees; 0.57 feet below pool. Bass 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 matted grass to punch through with a heavy jig. 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; 68 degrees; 0.42 feet below pool. Bass are slow to 2.67 pounds. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 2.28 feet below pool. Black bass to 8 pounds are good in 13-28 feet of water on Alabama rigs, and along the shoreline in 3-8 feet with a bladed jig, crankbait or jigs. Crappie are excellent to 12 inches on minnows and jigs on the main lake scattered brush piles in 10-15 feet. White bass are slow to 1.50 pounds out of the lights at night. Catfish are fair on jug lines with cut shad or perch.

Bryan

SLOW. Water stained; 65 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; 1.14 feet below pool. The lake has received some good inflow, with the possibility of more to come this next week. There is an abundance of 16-17.5 inch stripers, but some solid keepers are mixed in. Vertical jigging has produced the best action with ½ ounce to 1 ounce slab spoons. The magnum sized white bass have shown up and are biting the same vertical jigging technique in the same areas. The gulls are working intermittently as the lack of wind the past week has made the bite a little slow depending on the time of day. Fish have been in the 18-36 feet of water. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. There is some bird action leading the way to topwater action for hybrids and stripers. White bass are excellent on jigging spoons or smaller live shad from midlake to the north end. Stripers are fair to good midlake to the south end trolling with umbrella rigs, downriggers, or live shad. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service.

Canyon Lake

FAIR. Water stained; 72 degrees; 19.48 feet below pool. Striper action is really starting to pick up. The first and last hour of the day is best, but look for schooling action under seagulls. Umbrella rigs, 3/4 ounce spoons, and big topwater walking baits worked quickly will get it done. Search from mid lake to the dam. Largemouth bass are good on the deep edge of the hydrilla slowly working a weightless worm. Crappie are slow. Report by Tyler Stanley, Game on Guide Service.

Georgetown

FAIR. normal stain; 65 degrees; 9.10 feet above pool. 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 to the creek channels.

Granger

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.35 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

FAIR. Water stained; 66 degrees; 3.61 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; 70 degrees; 0.34 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. 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; 67 degrees; 0.70 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; 75 degrees; 83.46 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; 12.32 feet below pool. The pattern may change after the cold front so use trial and error to locate fish and determine the pattern. Start in shallow water with topwater frogs, then move deeper. Before the front bass were good on small topwaters at the marinas. Bass were 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

FAIR. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.36 feet above pool. Crappie are slow to fair in 12-18 feet of water in standing timber, brush piles and other structures. Crappie are not very active so you will have to work for a bite. Use a very slow presentation deadsticking. Smaller profile jigs and live bait performing equally well. If the water turns murky after the forecasted wind and rain use a blue, or black jigs. 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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