Welcome to my Central Texas Fishing Reports page. I update these reports regularly based on firsthand experience guiding anglers on many of the area’s best bass lakes. Here you’ll find current fishing conditions, water temperatures, water clarity, productive techniques, and seasonal bass patterns for lakes including Lake Austin, Lady Bird Lake, Lake Travis, Lake Georgetown, Lake LBJ, Inks Lake, Belton Lake, Stillhouse Hollow Lake, and more. Whether you’re looking for trophy bass or simply want to know what’s producing before your next trip, these reports are designed to provide current, reliable information from time spent on the water. Each report also includes my Big Bass Score and Numbers Score to provide a quick snapshot of current fishing conditions. If you’re curious how those ratings are determined, you’ll find a full explanation at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n
Last Updated 05 November 2026<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Belton Lake<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 11\/02\/2026 \u2013 Belton Lake is offering clear water with temperatures around 72 degrees and a water level approximately 1\u20132 feet below full pool. The best fishing has been around shallow cover and secondary points in the first half of creek arms and pockets, particularly in areas receiving some wind.<\/p>\n Weightless soft plastic jerkbaits have been the most productive presentation, targeting bass in less than 8 feet of water. Overall, the fishing has been fair.<\/p>\n Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inks Lake<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 10\/23\/2026 \u2013 Inks Lake is offering clear water with temperatures around 72 degrees and a water level approximately 1 foot below full pool. The best fishing has been around shallow cover in pockets and creek arms, primarily in 1\u20135 feet of water.<\/p>\n Urchin style baits have been the most productive presentation when targeting bass around this shallow cover. Overall, the fishing has been fair.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Lady Bird Lake (AKA: Town Lake)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 10\/20\/2026 \u2013 Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with 4\u20136 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lake Austin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n 10\/30\/2026 \u2013 Lake Austin is offering clear water with temperatures around 74 degrees and a water level near normal pool. The best fishing has been around submerged vegetation on main-lake flats in less than 10 feet of water.<\/p>\n Urchin style baits and lightly Texas-rigged stick worms fished over the submerged vegetation have been the most productive presentations. Overall, the fishing has been fair.<\/p>\n Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 5 <\/p>\n Lake Buchanan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 03\/07\/2025 – Water temp is 49-52 on the lower end and 55-57 on the upper end.\u00a0 Water clarity also varies from being about 4 ft visibility on the lower end to only 2 ft visibility on the upper end.\u00a0 The bite has slowed down quite a bit and those bigger bites have gotten tougher to come by.\u00a0 The best pattern we’ve had going right now is just using drop-shot rigged finesse worms around rockpiles.<\/p>\n Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lake Georgetown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 08\/12\/2026 \u2013 Lake Georgetown is offering stained water with 2\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 85 degrees, and a water level approximately 2 feet below full pool. The best fishing has been around small, shallow rocky points with wind blowing across them.<\/p>\n Small baitfish-colored squarebill crankbaits have been producing the best action, with wind-blown rock being the key to locating active bass.<\/p>\n Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 1; Total = 3<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lake Lyndon B. Johnson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 10\/27\/2026 \u2013 Lake LBJ is offering stained water with 2\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 70 degrees, and a water level near normal pool. The best fishing has been around shallow docks in pockets and creek arms, as well as rockpiles in less than 10 feet of water.<\/p>\n Urchin style baits have been producing well around docks, while drop-shot rigged finesse worms and urchin style baits have been effective around shallow rockpiles.<\/p>\n Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 5<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lake Marble Falls<\/strong><\/p>\n 10\/24\/2026 \u2013 Lake Marble Falls is offering stained water with 2\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 70 degrees, and a water level near normal pool. The best fishing has been around rocky areas where shallow flats transition into steeper channel-swing banks.<\/p>\n Finesse jigs have been the most productive presentation when targeting bass around these transitions in less than 10 feet of water. Overall, the fishing has been fair.<\/p>\n Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lake Travis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 11\/04\/2026 \u2013 Lake Travis is offering clear water with temperatures around 74 degrees and a water level approximately 4 feet below full pool. The best fishing has been around rocky transition areas where flats give way to steeper channel-swing banks, particularly where brush is present.<\/p>\n Bass have been scattered throughout the water column, from just a couple of feet down to around 20 feet, making for a typical fall pattern. Drop-shot rigged finesse worms and urchin style baits have been the most productive presentations. Overall, the fishing has been fair.<\/p>\n
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