{"id":3931,"date":"2026-05-19T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:56:14","slug":"lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-may-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/05\/19\/lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-may-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bird Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Shallow Post-Spawn Bass &amp; Strong Shad Spawn Bite (May 18, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lady Bird Lake is at a normal level with clear water offering roughly 4+ feet of visibility and water temperatures around 74 degrees. Bass are primarily in a post-spawn phase, but the relatively cool start to the summer has kept many fish from fully transitioning into traditional summer patterns. Most productive areas have been shallow flats with submerged vegetation in less than 10 feet of water, where bass continue to group up and feed actively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drop-shot rigged finesse worms and Neko-rigged creature baits have been producing the most consistent action when worked through these shallow grass areas. An early morning shad spawn bite has also been highly productive, while areas holding spawning sunfish have continued to attract quality bass throughout the day. Overall, the fishing has been really good, with fish still remaining surprisingly shallow for this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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\/lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing-guide-client-catch-may-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing-guide-client-catch-may-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Client holding a large post-spawn largemouth bass caught on Lady Bird Lake in May 2026 using a drop-shot rigged finesse worm around shallow submerged vegetation.\" class=\"wp-image-3928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing-guide-client-catch-may-2026.jpg 807w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing-guide-client-catch-may-2026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing-guide-client-catch-may-2026-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A quality Lady Bird Lake bass caught during a strong post-spawn bite on a drop-shot rigged finesse worm fished through shallow submerged vegetation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Bird Lake is at a normal level with clear water offering roughly 4+ feet of visibility and water temperatures around 74 degrees. Bass are primarily in a post-spawn phase, but the relatively cool start to the summer has kept many fish from fully transitioning into traditional summer patterns. Most productive areas have been shallow [&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":[166,200,149,142,177,178,176,193,179,175,164,161],"class_list":["post-3931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-lady-bird-lake","tag-austin-texas-fishing","tag-bluegill-spawn-bass-fishing","tag-central-texas-fishing-report","tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","tag-lady-bird-lake","tag-lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing","tag-lady-bird-lake-fishing-report","tag-neko-rig-bass-fishing","tag-post-spawn-bass-fishing","tag-shad-spawn-bass-fishing","tag-shallow-water-bass-fishing","tag-submerged-vegetation-bass-fishing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931","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=3931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3932,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}