{"id":3882,"date":"2026-04-05T20:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:20:08","slug":"lake-austin-fishing-report-april-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/04\/05\/lake-austin-fishing-report-april-4-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Austin Fishing Report \u2013 Grassline Bite with Rock Mix Producing (April 4, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lake Austin is at a normal level with clear water offering 4\u20136 feet of visibility and water temperatures around 73 degrees. Bass are positioned shallow and are relating primarily to inside grasslines, especially in areas where grass mixes with rock. Fish are in all phases of the spawn and are grouped up in specific areas, making it possible to catch multiple fish in a short stretch once a productive zone is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weightless soft plastic jerkbaits and wacky-rigged Senkos have been producing the most consistent action when worked along these grasslines. The key has been covering water until fish are located, then slowing down and thoroughly fishing that area to capitalize on grouped-up bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 5<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Lake Austin Bassquatch caught in the rain on a wacky-rigged Senko. We stuck it out through the pouring rain storm and were rewarded with the biggest fish of the trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lake Austin is at a normal level with clear water offering 4\u20136 feet of visibility and water temperatures around 73 degrees. Bass are positioned shallow and are relating primarily to inside grasslines, especially in areas where grass mixes with rock. Fish are in all phases of the spawn and are grouped up in specific areas, […]<\/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":[64],"tags":[166,136,131,134,132,164,154,155,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-3882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lake-austin","7":"tag-austin-texas-fishing","8":"tag-grass-line-bass-fishing","9":"tag-lake-austin","10":"tag-lake-austin-bass-fishing","11":"tag-lake-austin-fishing-report","12":"tag-shallow-water-bass-fishing","13":"tag-spawn-fishing-bass","14":"tag-wacky-rig-senko-fishing","15":"tag-weightless-soft-jerkbait-fishing","16":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882","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=3882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3883,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions\/3883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}