{"id":3779,"date":"2026-01-23T21:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:41:45","slug":"lake-lbj-fishing-report-january-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/01\/23\/lake-lbj-fishing-report-january-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake LBJ Fishing Report \u2013 January 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lake LBJ is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20133 ft visibility. Water temperatures are around 54\u00b0, and the lake is settling into a typical winter pattern that should become even more pronounced following the upcoming cold front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most consistent bite has come from fishing&nbsp;<strong>crankbaits and jigs<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>2\u201310 feet of water<\/strong>, focusing on&nbsp;<strong>rocky areas and docks with hard, rock bottoms<\/strong>. The bass are grouped up, and when you catch one in an area, it\u2019s worth slowing down and working it thoroughly, as there are often multiple fish holding in a very small zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 3;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 5<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Client holding a largemouth bass caught on Lake LBJ in January 2026 on a finesse jig near a hard-bottom dock.\" class=\"wp-image-3777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lake-lbj-bassquatch-jan-17-2026.jpg 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Client with a Lake LBJ bassquatch caught on a finesse jig near a hard-bottom dock during mid-January conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake LBJ is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20133 ft visibility. Water temperatures are around 54\u00b0, and the lake is settling into a typical winter pattern that should become even more pronounced following the upcoming cold front. The most consistent bite has come from fishing&nbsp;crankbaits and jigs&nbsp;in&nbsp;2\u201310 feet of water, focusing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[59,38,113,117,89,52,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-3779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lake-lbj","7":"tag-bass","8":"tag-crankbait","9":"tag-dock-fishing","10":"tag-jig","11":"tag-rocky-structure","12":"tag-stained-water","13":"tag-winter-fishing","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3780,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions\/3780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}