Lake Austin

FAIR. Water normal stain; 57 degrees; 0.54 feet below pool. An early week small cold front pushed the bass to deep drop-offs near spawning areas. Seeing some fish staged up ready to spawn. Dropshots and Neko rigs fished slowly around these areas have been getting bites. If the weather is overcast and windy, fish will eat a rattletrap, bladed jig and spinnerbait ripped over the grass. Report by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing. Lake Austin has been producing good bass in the hydrilla. Looking for holes in the grass in 3-10 feet of water, throwing chatterbaits, swim jigs, and swimbaits have been good. Water temps are in the low 60's with great water clarity throughout most of the lake. Report by Tyler Torwick, Torwick’s Guiding Service. The bass spawn is well underway, with many bass positioned shallow and actively on beds. A consistent pattern has been fishing inside grass lines with drop-shot rigged finesse worms in less than 6 feet of water where bass are staging and guarding spawning areas. Large schools of bass are also roaming open water chasing shad and can be targeted with forward-facing sonar and weightless soft plastic jerkbaits. Sight-fishing remains productive, though rotating presentations are often needed to trigger bites. Fishing pressure is high, and boat traffic can occasionally stain otherwise clear areas. Report by Ander Meine, Bassquatch Fishing.