Hill Country Region Week of March 13, 2024

Austin
GOOD. Water normal stain; 62 degrees; 0.75 feet below pool. Quite a few bass are shallow with a handful of fish on beds. Lightweight Texas rigged worms, flukes and small swimbaits have been the ticket. Fish are spawning in shallow pockets and around shallow docks and bulkheads. Good time of the year to be fishing lake Austin! Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.
Brady
FAIR. Water stained; 58 degrees; 13.23 feet below pool. Spring seems to be coming early this year, so the bass are moving up earlier. When the water hits in the 60 degree range you can start looking for the big females to go shallow. This is by far my favorite time of year. Break out those spinnerbaits and bladed jigs and always have a lizard or creature bait on deck. Once the females lock onto a bed they get very difficult to catch but before that they’ll be munching hard. Sight fishing will become a factor soon as well. Catfish will be moving shallow and feeding at night especially and the white bass should be moving up the creeks. Crappie will be shallow and looking to spawn as well.
Brownwood
GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees; 8.68 feet below pool. Black bass to 12.49 pounds are good on jerkbaits, chatterbaits and crankbaits in 3-8 feet. Bass are in a prespawn and starting to get on beds. Crappie are fair using minnows on brush piles in 6-10 feet and starting to move shallow. White bass are good on crankbaits. Catfish are good on cut or prepared bait around baited holes.
Bryan
GOOD. Water stained; 60 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Catfish, crappie and bass can be caught near the restaurant, off rocks and floating docks with small minnows, worms, and cut bait. Report by The Bait Barn. Bass are good shallow but can be caught on brush piles during the day. Flip a Texas rigs, Carolina rig, or crankbait. Report by The Aggie Anglers.
Buchanan
EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 62 degrees; 25.58 feet below pool. Fishing has been excellent for striper and white bass. Striper are biting live bait and jigging spoons 15-45 feet of water. The shad spawn is just around the corner and after this next front passes and the water warms it should be starting. White bass are extremely active, jigging spoons, and trolling crankbaits have been great producers 5-30 feet of water. There has been some limited bird activity but not consistent. Report by Travis Holland, TH Fishing. Crappie are good in 2-12 feet of water on chartreuse jigs. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are starting to spawn and if in the right area, many catches can be had flipping trees in 2-5 feet of water. Just use a craw worm, fluke or worm in these areas and you can also throw moving baits like a spinnerbait, shallow crankbait or a jig in rock piles all over the lake. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Canyon Lake
GOOD. Water clear to normal stain; 63 degrees; 21.56 feet below pool. Fishing is good with bass moving into pre-spawn and spawning phase. Working a spinnerbait or chatterbait in shallow water, or a swimbait on the grass edges is producing as well. Report by Evan Coleman, Big Bassin Fishing.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.79 feet above pool. Black bass are good in shallow water on various baits fished up river. Crappie have been slow this week with some caught up river suspended 6 feet down. White bass are good up river at Dickerson's Bottom. Blue catfish are good on jug lines baited with Zote Soap. Yellow catfish are slow. Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
LBJ
FAIR. Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 2-15 feet of water with chartreuse jigs. Catfish should be in 15-20 feet of water on punch bait. Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Lake LBJ has been on fire as of late with bass catches up to and over 10 pounds. Work chatterbaits, flukes and wake baits in pockets and flip a worm or lizard around the beds along the edges of pockets, coves and canals. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Medina
SLOW. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 90.52 feet below pool. Few reports and anglers on the water due to limited access and low water level. Very little public access.
Travis
GOOD. Water stain; 60 degrees; 49.52 feet below pool. Bass are loaded up ready for the spawn at the backs of pockets and creeks. Still some big fish out in the mouths or main lake points and ledges. Cast shallow crankbaits, worms, jigs, shaky heads and dropshots. Report by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs.
Waco
GREAT. Water stained; 58 degrees; 1.01 feet above pool. Crappie are in 8-13 feet of water on lake Waco, with good numbers being caught in the creeks and rivers. The males are sitting in the banks in 1-3 feet of water while the females are staging in deeper water. Report by Zach Minnix, Jig N’ Jerk Guide Service.
Walter E. Long
SLOW. Water stained; 69 degrees. Bass are good with some big fish being caught in the grass lines in 3-8 feet of water with finesse baits. Some bass are beds but most will begin spawning within the next two weeks. Report by David Report by David Townsend, Austin Fishing Guide.

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