Austin Bass Fishing Guide & Tournament Angler
Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with 4–6 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 75 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. The best fishing has been around shallow inside grasslines in less than 7 feet of water.
Urchin style baits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been the most productive presentations around these shallow grasslines. Overall, the fishing has been fair.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4
Lady Bird Lake is offering stained water with 3–4 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 80 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. The best fishing has shifted back toward submerged vegetation in 5–10 feet of water.
Urchin style baits fished in and around the vegetation have been producing the best action, with drop-shot rigged finesse worms also catching fish in the same areas. The nomadic offshore schools that were producing throughout the summer have been less prevalent recently.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4
Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with 4–6 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 88 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. Targeting nomadic schools of bass relating to baitfish continues to produce well, with forward-facing sonar playing a key role in locating and staying with these fish.
Wake baits and soft plastic jerkbaits have been effective around the roaming schools. Another productive pattern has been targeting isolated deeper weedbeds in 18–22 feet of water with drop-shot rigged finesse worms.
Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 6
Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with 4–6 feet of visibility and a water level at normal pool. The best way to catch numbers has been targeting large nomadic schools of bass roaming offshore and feeding on schools of shad.
Small weightless soft plastic jerkbaits have been producing well, with forward-facing sonar playing a key role in locating and staying with these schools. For anglers looking for larger bass, urchin style baits fished over submerged vegetation in key areas have been the better option.
Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 6
Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with water temperatures around 83 degrees and a water level at normal pool. Bass are being caught on two distinct summer patterns, with good opportunities both around shallow submerged vegetation and from nomadic schools roaming open water in search of shad.
Urchin style baits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing well along shallow inside grass lines. Weightless soft plastic jerkbaits are also producing consistent action when targeting roaming schools of bass with forward-facing sonar. Locating concentrations of baitfish has been key to staying with these nomadic fish, while the shallow grass continues to provide opportunities for quality bites.
Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 6