{"id":3816,"date":"2026-02-23T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:51:41","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-feb-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/02\/23\/inks-lake-fishing-report-feb-21-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Pre-Spawn Vegetation Bite &amp; Transition Bass (Feb 21, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and\u00a0<strong>2\u20134 feet of visibility<\/strong>, with water temperatures around\u00a0<strong>60 degrees<\/strong>. Bass are in a mix of\u00a0<strong>pre-spawn and spawning phases<\/strong>, with fish positioned both staging and actively moving shallow as the lake continues transitioning toward the primary spawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the more consistent patterns has been fishing&nbsp;<strong>crankbaits and drop-shot rigs around submerged vegetation in 8\u201312 feet of water<\/strong>. Bass are using these areas as staging and spawning transition zones, and slowing down around productive stretches of vegetation can lead to multiple bites in a relatively small area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 3;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-double-bass-prespawn-pattern-feb-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-double-bass-prespawn-pattern-feb-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-double-bass-prespawn-pattern-feb-2026.jpg 530w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-double-bass-prespawn-pattern-feb-2026-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A client with a quality pair of Inks Lake bass caught while targeting submerged vegetation in classic late winter pre-spawn staging areas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and\u00a02\u20134 feet of visibility, with water temperatures around\u00a060 degrees. Bass are in a mix of\u00a0pre-spawn and spawning phases, with fish positioned both staging and actively moving shallow as the lake continues transitioning toward the primary spawn. One of the more consistent patterns has been [&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":[47],"tags":[149,140,142,144,143,147,148,145,146,141],"class_list":{"0":"post-3816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-inks-lake","7":"tag-central-texas-fishing-report","8":"tag-crankbait-fishing-bass","9":"tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","10":"tag-inks-lake","11":"tag-inks-lake-bass-fishing","12":"tag-inks-lake-fishing-report","13":"tag-pre-spawn-bass-fishing","14":"tag-spawning-bass-fishing","15":"tag-submerged-vegetation-bass","16":"tag-texas-hill-country-fishing","17":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816","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=3816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3817,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions\/3817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}