{"id":3869,"date":"2026-03-29T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:14:54","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-march-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/03\/29\/inks-lake-fishing-report-march-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Post-Spawn Bass on Wind-Blown Points (March 28, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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, primarily less than 10 feet deep, and are relating to wind-blown points with hard bottoms. Most fish appear to be in a post-spawn phase, though some are still being found on beds or holding around spawning areas. Fish are grouped up in specific areas, making it important to key in on productive stretches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing the most consistent action when worked through these wind-blown areas. Once a fish is located, slowing down and thoroughly working that area has been key to catching multiple fish. There has not been a strong time-of-day pattern, with fish being caught consistently throughout the day.<\/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-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inks-lake-bass-drop-shot-cold-front-spawning-area-march-28-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inks-lake-bass-drop-shot-cold-front-spawning-area-march-28-2026-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Angler holding a largemouth bass caught on a drop-shot rig during a cold front in a spawning area at Inks Lake\" class=\"wp-image-3864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inks-lake-bass-drop-shot-cold-front-spawning-area-march-28-2026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inks-lake-bass-drop-shot-cold-front-spawning-area-march-28-2026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inks-lake-bass-drop-shot-cold-front-spawning-area-march-28-2026-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inks-lake-bass-drop-shot-cold-front-spawning-area-march-28-2026.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Client with a quality Inks Lake bass caught on a drop-shot rigged finesse worm during a spring cold front while fishing a spawning area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, primarily less than 10 feet deep, and are relating to wind-blown points with hard bottoms. Most fish appear to be in a post-spawn phase, though some are still being [&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":[149,142,159,144,143,147,179,164,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-3869","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-post-spawn-bass-fishing","14":"tag-shallow-water-bass-fishing","15":"tag-wind-blown-point-bass-fishing","16":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869","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=3869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3870,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869\/revisions\/3870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}