Hill Country Region Week of January 20, 2021

Austin

SLOW. Water clear; 57 degrees; 0.859 low. Largemouth bass are slow on buzz baits, crankbaits, skirted jigs, and drop shots near timber, deep points, and rock ledges. Sunfish are slow on cut earthworms along ledges, boat docks, and brush. Catfish are fair with punch bait and live bait.

Brownwood

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 2.75 low. Largemouth bass are slow with drop shots, jerk baits, and jigs near brush piles, rocky shorelines, and fallen timber. Crappie are fair on minnows in brush piles and timber edges near a creek channel or drop off. White bass and hybrids are fair on slabs, live bait, and trolling swimbaits. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait in 15-25’ near baited areas.

Buchanan

GOOD. Water clear; 52-54 degrees; 6.65 low. Largemouth bass are fair with jigs, football jigs, brush hogs, and green or purple drop shots on bluffs, rock ledges, and the rocky shorelines. Striped bass are good along the river channel with live bait and dead sticking swimbaits. White bass are fair on silver slabs near drop-offs, humps, and flats. Use sonar to locate schools of baitfish and feeding fish. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in 15-25’ fishing timber and brush piles. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait. Blue cats are good on cut bait.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 5.41 low. Striper fishing is good along the river channel with live bait. Trolling swim baits is working as well. White bass are fair on humps, flats, and ridges with white slabs and jigging spoons. Largemouth bass are fair with rattle baits, jigs, Carolina rigged plastic worms, and diving crankbaits near drop-offs, timber and rock piles in 15-30”. Smallmouth bass are fair on small swimbaits, green or brown plastic grubs, and small cranks in 8-20’ along rock ledges and steep rocky shorelines. Catfish are good with prepared baits and cut bait. Crappie are fair with live minnows and jigs near brush piles and timber near a creek or drop off in 15-25’.

Granger

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 0.71 low. Black bass are fair on red Texas-rigged plastic worms, diving crankbaits, brown/green grubs, and jigs near rocky shorelines, brushy creeks, and timber in 12-20’. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse tipped tube jigs on brush piles and timber near a drop-off in 14-24’. White bass are slow on chrome or white slabs in 25-35’ near lake channels, flats, and drop-offs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait. Yellow cats are slow.

LBJ

FAIR. Water clear; 53 degrees; 0.70 low. Black bass are slow on drop shots, suspended jerk baits, football jigs, and square bill crankbaits worked near brush, creek edges, and rock ledges. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles, rock ledges, and docks. White bass are fair over main lake points, flats, drop-offs, and humps with slabs. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait in 14-28’ in baited areas.

Medina

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 32.42’ low. Black bass are fair on worms and jigs in creek structures, points, and coves. Crappie are slow with jigs and minnows, but should pick up in early to mid-February. White bass are fair on spoons and jigs near the deeper points. Striped bass are fair on rattletraps in open water finding the schools. Smallmouth bass are good on white grubs and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers, and blood baits in the inflow from feeder creeks.

Travis

GOOD. Water clear; 56 degrees; 21.77 low. Largemouth bass are fair with medium diving crankbaits, red/orange skirted jigs, minnow-like soft baits, and red drop shots near deeper boat docks, rock ledges, and points with drop-offs. White bass are fair with slabs or jigging spoons working the main lake channel, drop-offs, and humps. Trolling is still effective with pearl or white swimbaits. Striper action along the main river channel is good with live bait and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows in 15-25’ near docks, brush piles, and rock ledges. Catfish are good on live bait and prepared baits in 12-26’.

Waco

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 0.81 low. Largemouth bass are fair on skirted jigs, suspended jerk baits, orange/black craws, and pearl swimbaits near the ledges, creeks, steep shorelines, and rocky coves. Crappie are fair on minnows fishing brush piles around 13-26’. Sunfish are slow on cutworms. Channel and blue catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait.

Walter E. Long

FAIR. Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; Largemouth bass are fair on purple drop shots, shad like crankbaits and spinners near timber, creek ledges, and brushy shorelines. Hybrid stripers are fair with live shad or silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows in 14-24’ near brush piles. Catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait. Sunfish are slow on worms and crickets.

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