{"id":4071,"date":"2026-09-07T20:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:14:49","slug":"lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-september-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/09\/07\/lady-bird-lake-fishing-report-september-7-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bird Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Bass Shifting Back to Submerged Grass (September 7, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lady Bird Lake is offering stained water with 3\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 80 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. The best fishing has shifted back toward submerged vegetation in 5\u201310 feet of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Urchin style baits fished in and around the vegetation have been producing the best action, with drop-shot rigged finesse worms also catching fish in the same areas. The nomadic offshore schools that were producing throughout the summer have been less prevalent recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lady-bird-lake-bass-drop-shot-fishing-09-07-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lady-bird-lake-bass-drop-shot-fishing-09-07-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Client holding a largemouth bass caught on a drop-shot rigged finesse worm at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas\" class=\"wp-image-4064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lady-bird-lake-bass-drop-shot-fishing-09-07-2026.jpg 605w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lady-bird-lake-bass-drop-shot-fishing-09-07-2026-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A quality Lady Bird Lake bass caught on a drop-shot rigged finesse worm while targeting submerged vegetation. This fish was landed on 8-pound P-Line fluorocarbon during a guided fishing trip in downtown Austin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Bird Lake is offering stained water with 3\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 80 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. The best fishing has shifted back toward submerged vegetation in 5\u201310 feet of water. Urchin style baits fished in and around the vegetation have been producing the best action, with drop-shot [&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":[166,142,211,177,178,176,252,254,161,240],"class_list":["post-4071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-lady-bird-lake","tag-austin-texas-fishing","tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","tag-grass-fishing-bass","tag-lady-bird-lake","tag-lady-bird-lake-bass-fishing","tag-lady-bird-lake-fishing-report","tag-late-summer-bass-fishing","tag-september-bass-fishing","tag-submerged-vegetation-bass-fishing","tag-urchin-style-bait","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071","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=4071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4072,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions\/4072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}