On this page you can find my latest bass fishing reports for the various bodies of water that I offer guides. You can find the guide for what the scores mean at the bottom of the page.
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Belton Lake
11/09/2024 – A few different patterns going right now. Really try to focus on finding areas where there is some baitfish activity. If you find a good amount of shad in an area, fish it hard. The areas we found this tended to be the steeper shorelines. It’s far more about finding the right areas right now rather than the particular bait/technique. We did well with a variety of lures once we were in the right area: drop-shot rigged finesse worms, t-rig Bass Pro Shops 7″ ribbontail worm, medium crankbaits, and suspending jerkbaits to name a few.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 5
Inks Lake
03/22/2025 – Catching good numbers of bass right now, but all of the fishing pressure certainly seems to be having a negative impact on the average size of bass we are catching. Certainly getting more difficult to find those bigger bites. Drop-shot rigged finesse worms fished around submerged vegetation continues to be the dominant tactic for generating numbers of bites and is getting some bigger ones as well. Just have to sift through all of the little ones.
Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 6
Lady Bird Lake (AKA: Town Lake)
06/30/2023 – We found the fishing tough. Only caught several small bass. If I were to go out and give it another shot, I would spend more time throwing a jerkbait around bridge pilings, as well as spend more time fishing submerged vegetation along the shorelines with a hollow-body frog and other various topwater baits. I would also spend more time punching the grass along the shorelines.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 1; Total = 3
03/26/2025 – Doing very well for numbers of good sized bass right now with a big one showing up every few trips or so. Lots of techniques will produce bass right now, but one of the most consistent patterns right now is simply fishing the submerged vegetation with drop-shot rigged finesse worms. Depth doesn’t really seem to matter much. Just fish that grass!
Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 4; Total = 7
Lake Buchanan
03/07/2025 – Water temp is 49-52 on the lower end and 55-57 on the upper end. Water clarity also varies from being about 4 ft visibility on the lower end to only 2 ft visibility on the upper end. The bite has slowed down quite a bit and those bigger bites have gotten tougher to come by. The best pattern we’ve had going right now is just using drop-shot rigged finesse worms around rockpiles.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total 4
Lake Georgetown
11/09/19 – Post cold front conditions made for some difficult fishing on this day. Just make sure to get out there before or during a cold front and you should catch them really well. Did well with a medium diving crankbait along rocky shorelines just before the front came through.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 1; Total = 3
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson
02/05/2024 – Slow fishing overall, but there are a few good ones to be caught. Try using craw colored crankbaits around rocky areas.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 1; Total = 3
01/25/2025 – Did really well by using an Alabama rig loaded with Bass Pro Shops Speed Shads as well as a River2Sea Ruckus lipless crankbait fished over submerged vegetation.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 5
Lake Walter E. Long (AKA: Decker Lake)
10/16/2024 – Boat ramp is now closed due to low water levels while the city “works on the dam.” Projected open date again is not until 2027!!!
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 4; Total = 6
02/12/2025 – Well, the REAL reason people go to O.H. Ivie is for that shot at a Mega Bassquatch, and those fish are pretty darn tough to get to bite right now. Every so often somebody dupes one, but you’ve got to throw at hundreds of them it seems like before getting one to bite. However, if you are cool with just going and catching bass and MAYBE hooking a big one while you are at it, you can catch plenty of fish right now using a football jig on steep rocky shorelines just outside of spawning areas. You can also do pretty well livescoping open water nomadic bass with a Rapala Crush City Mooch Minnow.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4
Stillhouse Hollow Lake
02/07/2025 – Did pretty well by looking for open water nomadic bass relating to schools of shad. Found them hanging out over 40-60 ft of water and caught several good fish by mid-strolling a Rapala Crush City Mooch Minnow.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 5
“Score” Guide / Key: The score is comprised of two areas – odds of catching a big bass and odds of catching lots of bass. I rate each area on a scale of 1-5. Read the definitions below as: odds of a big bass (number of fish). These scores are based on a full day (8 hours) of fishing. Numbers of bass are based on the number of bass over 14″ in length and does not include smaller bass which can be much more numerous during a trip. Here’s what the scores mean…
1 = Odds are slim to none (0-4 fish in the boat)
2 = Meh, probably not going to happen, but some big ones at least live here (5-8 fish in the boat)
3 = A definite “maybe” for one over 5 lbs (9-12 fish in the boat)
4 = Decent odds of someone in the boat hooking one over 5 lbs (13-20 fish in the boat)
5 = It’s on! The odds of there being at least one 5+ pound bass put in the boat are very good. (20+ fish in the boat)
Therefore, that gives a lake a possibility of 10 total points. If you ever see me score a lake as a 10, that means you better book your trip right now because it’s on fire! A perfect score of 10 rarely happens, but be ready if it ever does! A “big bass” in the big bass score is considered a fish over 5 pounds.
Austin Bass Fishing Guide
Austin Fishing Guide