{"id":3921,"date":"2026-05-03T08:22:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:22:51","slug":"lake-austin-fishing-report-april-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/05\/03\/lake-austin-fishing-report-april-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Austin Fishing Report \u2013 Shallow Flats Bite &amp; Spawn to Post-Spawn Transition (April 28, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lake Austin is at a normal level with clear water offering roughly 4\u20136 feet of visibility and water temperatures around 72 degrees. Bass are positioned shallow, generally less than 6 feet deep, and are relating to flats with submerged vegetation. Fish are in a mix of spawning and post-spawn phases, with many grouped up in specific areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop-shot rigged finesse worms and Neko-rigged creature baits have been producing the most consistent action when worked through these shallow vegetation flats. Once fish are located, it is common to generate multiple bites from the same small area. Overall, the bite has been good, with steady action throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 4;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 8<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lake-austin-bass-double-catch-drop-shot-grass-flat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lake-austin-bass-double-catch-drop-shot-grass-flat.jpg\" alt=\"angler holding two largemouth bass caught on a drop shot rig on a shallow grass flat at Lake Austin\" class=\"wp-image-3917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lake-austin-bass-double-catch-drop-shot-grass-flat.jpg 605w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lake-austin-bass-double-catch-drop-shot-grass-flat-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pair of quality Lake Austin bass caught on a drop-shot rig fishing shallow grass flats during a strong post-spawn bite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Austin is at a normal level with clear water offering roughly 4\u20136 feet of visibility and water temperatures around 72 degrees. Bass are positioned shallow, generally less than 6 feet deep, and are relating to flats with submerged vegetation. Fish are in a mix of spawning and post-spawn phases, with many grouped up in [&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":[64],"tags":[166,142,131,134,132,193,179,182,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-3921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lake-austin","7":"tag-austin-texas-fishing","8":"tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","9":"tag-lake-austin","10":"tag-lake-austin-bass-fishing","11":"tag-lake-austin-fishing-report","12":"tag-neko-rig-bass-fishing","13":"tag-post-spawn-bass-fishing","14":"tag-shallow-flats-bass-fishing","15":"tag-submerged-vegetation-bass-fishing","16":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921","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=3921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3922,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921\/revisions\/3922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}