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.
Also, make sure to check out my Facebook Fan Page to see me on Facebook Live doing my weekly fishing report and question/answer session with my live audience!
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
02/01/2025 – A little slower fishing recently, but I’ve got to believe things are going to start getting really good here soon! Right now, it seems like the best way to go is to just cover as much water as possibly using a bladed jig in submerged vegetation.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4
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
01/17/2025 – Water temperatures are sitting around 51 degrees. Water clarity is pretty good at about 6+ ft visibility through much of the lake. Fishing is certainly a little tougher since the cold really hit and dropped the water temps into the low 50s, but we are still catching them ok. We are targeting outside deeper grasslines in 15+ ft and using drop-shot rigged finesse worms as well mid-strolling with jighead minnow style baits.
Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 5
Lake Buchanan
02/04/2025 – Water temperatures ranged from 52-57 degrees. Water clarity was around 4-5 ft visibility. The water is both warming up and clearing up quite a bit. The bass seem to be “moving up” and getting pretty active with the warming water. We did well targeting shallow rock with both Alabama Rigs loaded with 4″ Bass Pro Shops Speed Shad swimbaits and squarebill crankbaits.
Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3; Total 6
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