Hill Country Region Week of June 11, 2025

Austin

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.51 feet below pool. Summertime patterns are in play on Lake Austin. Bass are deep around bait and setting up on brush piles. Early morning bites can be found on the bank and as the day goes on fish are pulling out deeper around creek mouths and open water. Small swimbaits, dropshots, Texas rigs and shaky heads fished deep are getting bites. Quite a bit of grass growing deeper on both ends of the lake. Lightweight Texas rigs fished deep are getting bites. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Brady

FAIR. Water stained; 80 degrees; 15.11 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; 81 degrees; 0.48 feet above pool. Black bass to 6.19 pounds are good in 3-25 feet of water on spinnerbaits and topwaters. Bass have moved into an early summer pattern with some schooling in small wolf packs. Crappie are good to 12 inches on minnows and jigs in 18-25 feet of water on deeper large docks with brush on the main lake. White bass are good to 2 pounds on crankbaits out of the lights at night with some schooling early and late. Catfish are fair on cut shad, nightcrawlers and chicken livers on the main lake flats.

Bryan

GOOD. Water stained; 80 degrees. Brush piles have been a huge factor to catch bass after the shad spawn. Bass can still be caught shallow, but offshore points and rock have produced the best. Report by the Aggie Anglers.

Buchanan

EXCELLENT. Water slight stain; 76 degrees; 15.83 feet below pool. Boating hazards are prevalent on the north end after the recent inflow, so exercise caution while boating. The shad spawn is still going but not lake wide and they are holding just off the bank on some rocky shorelines. The white bass and striper are around the spawn and are biting on just about anything thrown. Several days last week there were abundant top water white bass schools and a few stripers. The stripers are biting excellent on live shad in 9-45 feet of water. White bass continue to bite on slabs and soft plastics 20-36 feet of water on wind-blown points and humps. The trolling bite for stripers has picked up but has not had a day to day consistency. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Garrett Island and North is extremely muddy. Catfish are good at the mouth of the river in 2-10 feet of water in the current with cut bait. Hybrids and stripers are hitting umbrella rigs in 15-30 feet of water, or live bait in 30-50 feet of water over sand points and trees. Increased topwater and trolling action. Report by Captain Aaron Dick, One Up Fishing Guide Service. Bigger bass are being caught on rock piles in 5-15 feet on jigs, swimbaits and most Texas-rigged soft plastics. Flipping trees is good right now as well with flukes and craws. The topwater bite is starting to turn on as well and you can catch some big bass throwing around rocky points and shallow ledges. Crankbaits are always a good choice as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good in 15-20 feet of water around standing timber and main lake points. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service.

Canyon Lake

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 78 degrees; 31.80 feet below pool. Striped bass and white bass are good fishing humps on the lower end and long drawn out points in 20-30 feet of water with shad colored swimbaits and jigging spoons. Bass are excellent around the grass with topwaters in the morning and your favorite plastics during the day. Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Georgetown

GOOD. normal stain; 77 degrees; 10.13 feet below pool. Bass fishing remains consistent. Look for some spawning fish mid to up river and use soft plastics like lizards, creature baits and worms for those. 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; 80 degrees; 0.92 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on plastic worms fished in shallow water. Crappie are good on minnows fished over brush piles in 7-10 feet of water. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with shad or cut bait. Yellow catfish are good on live bait. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

Inks

GREAT: Water normal stain; 80 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Inks Lake has been fishing well all year for bass. Working the grass with worms or flukes will land a good bite. Skipping docks is a great way to get some big bites as well. A frog in the shallows will get some big bites and a shallow crankbait or even dropshots around the bulkheads will get some good bites as well. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

LBJ

GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 18-24 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are good in 25 feet of water with punch bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good on docks and bulkheads in 3-10 feet of water skipping a light jig or Texas-rigged fluke or worm. Some fish can be caught on rock and brush piles in 10 feet of water using soft plastics. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Marble Falls

normal stain; 76 degrees; 0.59 feet below pool. Bass are good skipping docks with craws, flukes and worms, or cranking bulkheads and shallow rocks. Topwater action is good with frogs and topwaters. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.

Medina

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 94.41 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level.

Travis

GOOD. Water normal stain; 82 degrees; 43.48 feet below pool. Lake Travis is fishing great. Bass are on the verge of schooling up as the water temperatures rise into the 80s. Most fish are being caught on worms, creature baits, craws and swimbaits or flukes. Look for grass on the channel swings on the main lake for a lot of bass. Some of the bigger bass are on the deeper outer side especially in the isolated patches of grass. There are some good bass on the deeper ledges as well in 15-30 feet of water. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs. Time to fish marinas in 30-40 feet of water for bass, white bass, crappie and bluegill. Grass action for bass has slowed. Bounce between shaded bluff walls with a craw and marinas with small swimbaits and small spoons. The water is crystal clear when there is no wind, so downsize baits. Report by Randal Frisbie, Central Texas Fishing Guide, LLC.

Waco

GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.65 feet above pool. Crappie are on fire in the summer pattern hanging out in 10-18 feet of water on structures. Minnows always work well, but a purple crappie jig with a chartreuse tail is a good artificial. Black bass are suspended over structure in 20 feet of water hitting crankbaits or a silver spoon. Report by Greg Culverhouse, Crappie King.

Walter E. Long

GOOD. Water normal stain; 85 degrees. Water temperatures are in the high mid to high 80s. Water clarity is good. The boat ramp is fully closed and blocked off through 2025, but kayaks and canoes can still be launched from the bank. Water levels are still low but relatively seem to have improved some from recent rains. Techniques that include moving baits like lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and A-rigs continue to be productive. Weedless-rigged soft plastics are also working well, with Senkos, dropshots, and shaky heads getting bit. Report by Team YAKUSA.

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