Hill Country

Water normal stain; 81 degrees; 0.50 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 ...

Water slight stain; 80 degrees; 0.48 feet below pool. Water is stained mid lake and muddy around Garrett Island and north. Trolling with downriggers and umbrella rigs produced stripers and hybrids in 18-32 feet of waters. Look for cleaner pockets of water. Topwater is hit-or-miss but they are coming...

Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.44 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....

Water slightly stained; 86 degrees; 0.42 feet above pool. Black bass to 6 pounds are slow in 3-15 feet of water on big soft plastics, wacky rig senkos and Hag’s 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 t...

Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 18.18.10 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....

normal stain; 84 degrees; 9.92 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....

Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.25 feet above pool. Water is 4 feet above normal and clearing slowly. Everything is slow except the catfish. Blue and channel are very good to 20 pounds on shad and Zote soap. Jug lines and drop lines in the flooded trees are working well. Report by Tommy Tidwell...

: Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 2.19 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...

Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 82.35 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....

Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 8.38 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 L...