{"id":3857,"date":"2026-03-22T16:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:36:17","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-march-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/03\/22\/inks-lake-fishing-report-march-21-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Spawn, Staging Fish & Early Morning Shad Spawn (March 21, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inks Lake is at a normal level with water temperatures around 68 degrees and stained water offering roughly 2\u20134 feet of visibility. Bass are positioned shallow and relating to a mix of points, rock, and wood. Fish are currently in all phases of the spawn, with some actively spawning while others remain grouped up in typical staging areas. It\u2019s common to encounter small groups of fish in these areas, especially those not yet committed to the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing the most consistent action, with the occasional better fish mixed in. Larger swimbaits are also generating a few bites, primarily around the same shallow staging areas. Early in the morning, anglers may run into a brief shad spawn pattern, where weightless soft plastic jerkbaits can produce a handful of quick bites before the activity tapers off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A healthy Inks Lake bass caught on a drop-shot rigged finesse worm while fishing shallow staging areas with rock and wood cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inks Lake is at a normal level with water temperatures around 68 degrees and stained water offering roughly 2\u20134 feet of visibility. Bass are positioned shallow and relating to a mix of points, rock, and wood. Fish are currently in all phases of the spawn, with some actively spawning while others remain grouped up in […]<\/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":[149,142,159,144,143,147,175,164,154,173,174],"class_list":{"0":"post-3857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-inks-lake","7":"tag-central-texas-fishing-report","8":"tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","9":"tag-highland-lakes-fishing","10":"tag-inks-lake","11":"tag-inks-lake-bass-fishing","12":"tag-inks-lake-fishing-report","13":"tag-shad-spawn-bass-fishing","14":"tag-shallow-water-bass-fishing","15":"tag-spawn-fishing-bass","16":"tag-staging-bass-fishing","17":"tag-swimbait-fishing-bass","18":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857","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=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3858,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions\/3858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}