FISHING REPORT

Austin

FAIR. Water clear; 78 degrees; 0.55 feet low. Bass are good on Lake Austin off docks. deep bluff walls and at the mouths of creeks. On Lady Bird Lake bass are good jerkbaits, paddle tails, wacky worms, topwater worms on submerged grass and around bridges in all depths, especially when the current is flowing. Catfish are good on juglines.

Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Bastrop

GOOD. Water clear; 90 degrees. Fish are in the summer pattern. Bass fishing is good with schooling action near the hot water discharge with small topwaters and small jigging spoons and small finesse worms. Anything small will match the minnows. Crappie are excellent in 22-27 feet over brush live minnows.

Report by Charles Whited, Barefoot Fishing Tours.

Belton

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 4.40 feet low. The threadfin shad spawn is now over, and with it much of the spring bank fishing opportunities that accompanied it. White bass are routinely present on topwater early in the morning and late in the evening feeding on shad. The midmorning bite is good with fish heavily congregated in 35-50 feet of water using the MAL Heavy with barbless hooks helps anglers “make hay while the sun shines” by quickly unhooking fish and getting back down to catch more fish while the fish are aggressive.

Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.

Granger

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.16 feet high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are very good all over the lake on 1/32 ounce jigs fished over structure in 4-10 feet of water. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on shad fished along shallow windy shorelines. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines fished up river.

Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.

LBJ

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.68 feet low. Bass are good under docks with frogs and senkos, and swimbaits along banks as the bass feed on bait fish. Night fishing is good for bass and white bass on submerged water lights using small crankbaits and crappie jigs.

Report provided by Carson Conklin, ATX Fishing.

Somerville

FAIR. Stained; 82-84 degrees; 0.22 feet below. Crappie, bluegill, and catfish are good in Somerville Marina early morning and late evening. Black bass are fair hitting jigs with plastics on rocky points, brush, and on drop-offs in 10-15 feet of water. Crappie are good on main lake brush piles in 8-18 feet of water using minnows and various colored jigs. The bite is starting to slow with more undersized catches as the water temperature increases. Catfish are good early morning using shad, liver, and punch bait. White bass are good with larger fish showing up for summer. Hybrid bass are good hitting jigs bounced into schools or trolling with pet spoons, shad, and pencil minnows in 8-10 feet of water.

Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.