{"id":3919,"date":"2026-05-03T08:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:20:46","slug":"lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-may-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/05\/03\/lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-may-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bird Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Post-Spawn Flats Bite &amp; Transition Pattern (May 2, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lady Bird Lake is at a normal level with stained water offering roughly 2\u20134 feet of visibility and water temperatures around 71 degrees. Bass are positioned shallow to mid-depth, generally in water up to 10 feet deep, and are relating primarily to flats with submerged vegetation. Most fish appear to be in a post-spawn phase, though there are still some being found on beds. There is currently a mix of fish holding around spawning areas as well as others beginning to transition toward more offshore post-spawn locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neko-rigged creature baits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing the most consistent action when worked through these vegetation-rich flats. Bass are grouped up in specific areas, and once a productive zone is located, it has been possible to generate multiple bites from the same area. Overall, the bite has been good, with consistent action throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 4;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Bird Lake is at a normal level with stained water offering roughly 2\u20134 feet of visibility and water temperatures around 71 degrees. Bass are positioned shallow to mid-depth, generally in water up to 10 feet deep, and are relating primarily to flats with submerged vegetation. Most fish appear to be in a post-spawn phase, [&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":[79],"tags":[166,142,177,178,176,193,198,179,182,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-3919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lady-bird-lake","7":"tag-austin-texas-fishing","8":"tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","9":"tag-lady-bird-lake","10":"tag-lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing","11":"tag-lady-bird-lake-fishing-report","12":"tag-neko-rig-bass-fishing","13":"tag-offshore-transition-bass-fishing","14":"tag-post-spawn-bass-fishing","15":"tag-shallow-flats-bass-fishing","16":"tag-submerged-vegetation-bass-fishing","17":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919","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=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3920,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/3920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}