{"id":4029,"date":"2026-08-06T09:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2026-08-06T09:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:05:51","slug":"lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-august-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/08\/06\/lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-august-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bird Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Find the Bait, Find the Bass (August 1, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with roughly 4\u20136 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 80 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. Summer patterns are in full swing, with the best fishing coming from large schools of nomadic bass roaming the lake in search of schools of shad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weightless small soft plastic jerkbaits have been producing the most consistent action when targeting these roaming fish, with forward-facing sonar playing a key role in locating and staying with the schools. Because these bass are relating to baitfish rather than bottom cover, structure, or a specific depth, anglers should focus on finding the bait first. Drop-shot rigged finesse worms fished through submerged vegetation are also producing a steady bite. Overall, the fishing has been good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 2;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Bird Lake is offering clear water with roughly 4\u20136 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 80 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. Summer patterns are in full swing, with the best fishing coming from large schools of nomadic bass roaming the lake in search of schools of shad. Weightless small soft plastic [&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":[166,142,51,177,178,176,208,204,210,232,161,201],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-lady-bird-lake","tag-austin-texas-fishing","tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","tag-forward-facing-sonar","tag-lady-bird-lake","tag-lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing","tag-lady-bird-lake-fishing-report","tag-open-water-bass-fishing","tag-schooling-bass-fishing","tag-shad-fishing-pattern","tag-soft-plastic-jerkbait-fishing","tag-submerged-vegetation-bass-fishing","tag-summer-bass-fishing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029","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=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4030,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}