Hill Country Region Week of July 9, 2025

Austin

GOOD. Water normal stain; 81 degrees; 0.71 feet below pool. Most of the creeks flowing into Lake Austin carried a lot of water this week. There is quite a bit of debris around the lake and a good stain to the water. There is a good shallow bite early in the morning. Whopper ploppers, spooks, poppers, and weightless flukes are getting bites. Once the sun is up fish are moving out deeper around brush piles. Texas rig worms fished slow around and through brush piles is good. A lot of fish are chasing small baitfish out in the river channel. Small jighead minnow style baits are good around these areas. If they’re shallow in the water column they react well to a jerkbait as well. Still a lot of grass growing around the lake and a ton of bluegill in it. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 2.26 feet below pool. The lake is very low and ramps are closed. There is a temporary use ramp available. It is possible to catch crappie and bass from the crappie house and from the bank.

Brownwood

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Black bass to 5 pound are good in 3-15 feet of water on big soft plastics on deep brush, wacky rig senkos, Hag’s swim jigs and Outlier Frogs in the shoreline grass. Crappie are good to 11 inches on minnows and jigs in 10-18 feet on deeper large docks with brush on the main lake and on scattered brush piles. White bass are good to 1.5 pounds on crappie jigs and crank baits out of the lights at night with some schooling early and late. Catfish are fair on cut shad on the main lake flats.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees. Bass are pushing out toward main lake points, and offshore structure. The evening bite is the most productive. Report by the Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slight stain; 82 degrees; 7.67 feet below pool. The Lower Colorado River Authority is advising the public to avoid the lake for the remainder of the week while lake conditions are dangerous due to floating debris, fast currents and possible bacteria levels associated with flooding. Check the LCRA website current conditions.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 19.40.10 feet below pool. The lake rose over 15 feet in a week after the recent flooding. Be sure to call and check on conditions before heading out. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris.

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 84 degrees; 13.89 feet below pool. Some bass are a bit deeper and a shaky head works wonders on this lake around offshore humps and ledges. Find some lay laydowns in around 3-5 feet and flip those for some good bites. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 9.28 feet above pool. The lake is up 9 feet above normal and very muddy in some areas. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair in 15-20 feet of water. White bass are fair off points in 10-15 feet of water. Blue catfish are very good in shallow flooded areas. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

GOOD: Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.80 feet below pool. The Lower Colorado River Authority is advising the public to avoid the lake for the remainder of the week while lake conditions are dangerous due to floating debris, fast currents and possible bacteria levels associated with flooding. Check the LCRA website current conditions.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.43 feet below pool. The Lower Colorado River Authority is advising the public to avoid the lake for the remainder of the week while lake conditions are dangerous due to floating debris, fast currents and possible bacteria levels associated with flooding. Check the LCRA website current conditions. Before the recent flooding bass could be caught skipping deeper docks with jigs, flukes and worms. Work the deeper channel swings with a jig or watermelon, green pumpkin or shad Carolina rigged fluke or worm. Flip a Texas-rigged creature bait or worm on rocks or brush piles on sunny days. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Marble Falls

normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. The Lower Colorado River Authority is advising the public to avoid the lake for the remainder of the week while lake conditions are dangerous due to floating debris, fast currents and possible bacteria levels associated with flooding. Check the LCRA website current conditions.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 83.56 feet below pool. The lake is very low, only 2.5-percent full. At this time there is no access to fish. Some reports of anglers fishing in the river.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 21.93 feet below pool. The Lower Colorado River Authority is advising the public to avoid the lake for the remainder of the week while lake conditions are dangerous due to floating debris, fast currents and possible bacteria levels associated with flooding. Check the LCRA website current conditions. When conditions become safe again target Guadalupe bass on cliffs, rocks and deeper ledges in 10-20 feet. Largemouth are in the grass areas from mid lake to lower end. Find the grass, find the bass. Work the deeper sides to get the bigger fish up to 7-8 pounds. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Waco

FAIR. Water stained; 89 degrees; 4.88 feet above pool. The lake has risen 5 feet, despite this the stain is normal. Crappie are good in 10-12 feet of water on brush piles with watermelon gray chartreuse with glitter, or live minnows. Black bass are fair. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 87 degrees. The boat ramp continues to be closed and blocked off through 2025, but kayaks and canoes can still be launched from the bank. Water levels have risen a foot from the recent heavy rains. Working moving baits over grass patches continues to be one of the more successful techniques. Popular baits include crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and chatterbaits. Soft plastics techniques are also working well, with Texas-rigged and wacky worm baits, craw and shad profiles, and dropshots all seeing success. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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