Latest Texas Fishing Reports for the Austin Area

Fisher's Of Men Tournament - Lake Waco - 05/23/26

Had the final tournament of the year for Fisher's of Men. My partner and I didn't have a great practice, not finding many fish in their usual spots but did find just a little something.

We started on that little something, which was some backwater in 2-4 feet way up the river, and caught plenty on a small chatterbait and shallow crankbait but only 1 had the size we were looking for at over 4 pounds. We looked around many other spots and then finally stumbled on a random area at the end of the day with very little time left and culled 3 times.

This area was just a shoreline on the main lake with lots of stickups. We may have had a better day if we had just found this kind of area in practice but all-in-all, at least we came up with a limit of 13.43 pounds and 6th place to finish out the year. We ended, what was mostly not a good year, in 5th place overall in points and I'll at least get a nice bonus for that.

Lake Travis 05/09/26

Had a fun day out, taking my daughter and her friend. We had a good time catching a few fish just out enjoying the day. My daughter started things off catching 2 fish on back to back casts throwing a baby brush hog around the flooded brush off a point in around 10 feet of water. That's what we stuck to the rest of the time fishing.

We ended up catching blackjack, 21 bass. I just loved the fact I was able to get my daughter out and now she's already asking to do it again.

Lake Travis 05/06/26

Went out on a midday trip on Lake Travis. A small front went through late morning but didn't last long and the temperature dropped and came back and that's when I hit the water.

I didn't go far from the ramp and pulled up to some submerged trees on an underwater point and started catching right away. Seemed to be every other cast that I had one tied on. Most were small but some were 2-3 pounds. I continued fishing on main lake stuff like this until another front hit and the temp dropped again. This only made the fishing better though actually. So I started figuring out the bite better and started targeting bass in the small cuts off main lake and then the size improved.

I think there's still some bass spawning on the lake as I had several bites where I could see the line move off a spot and stop and no fish on it when I lifted my line. This is where you have to be really fast to get a hook in 'em. I started doing this and caught them all. I also caught some bigger fish up to 5 pounds so this made for a great time on the lake in the short time I was out there.

Best 5 were easy 20+ pounds! Book today and I'll get you on some of this action!

Lake Georgetown 4/28/26

Hit up Lake Georgetown with my buddy and fishing partner, Darrell. We just wanted to stretch the line on a few and I haven't been fishing on this lake in a very long time. We hit a few places, fishing in 5-15 feet of water using some moving baits and soft plastics without much luck, catching a few small fish.

I decided to move up river since the water was up some and started catching fish right away working cover in newly covered fresh green brush that was 1-3 feet of water. We caught our fish on craw worms and creature baits flipping in the middle of trees, thin bushes and flooded grass. We caught a nice little limit and headed home. Good times!

Lake Austin 3/3/2026

Hit up Lake Austin and the fishing is really starting to heat up. You can catch fish in pretty much any depth. The bigger ones are both shallow and deep and some have even finished spawning already given the abnormally warm winter we had. You can throw pretty much anything you want right now as well with soft plastics probably catching the most for me with sometimes little to no movement. When you think you are going slow enough, you could probably slow down. lol

Moving baits like spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and crankbaits are working as well. Today, I caught over 3 dozen with the best 5 going mid 20s. My biggest was a 6.6 stud. I had several giants following my bait around but none were in a feeding mood it seemed. I came across one absolute giant that I must have spooked off a bed as I also could not get her to bite. If I did, you would have heard about it in the Toyota Sharelunker program. lol

If I didn't have a tournament coming up on this lake, I would have been more specific on the baits/lures that I used. Super fun day and it is only going to get better out there.

FOM Tournament - Canyon Lake 1/31/2026

My partner and I fished the first Fisher's Of Men Tournament Trail on good ole Canyon Lake. We practiced the day before and it seemed to be pretty tough. We both only caught a few looking around in our separate boats for most of the practice.

It wasn't until I happened to check on one more area that I got excited about for the next day. It was a large super shallow flat that was right on the edge of the river channel. It was full of hydrilla and I found the fish stacked in here. I threw a red trap a few times and caught a few very fast and they were healthy.

On tournament morning, we went straight to this area and started catching them on the trap pretty quick. We stayed here for a long time and had some decent fish so decided to hit a few spots my partner found. On the first area, my partner caught a nice smallmouth which definitely helped. There was not much else we found so we went back to where we started.

Hitting it pretty hard, we caught a few more while sharing the water with another team that ended up in 2nd place. We finished the day here and headed in.

When we weighed in, we were leading the tournament with 17.34 pounds and I just knew someone would knock us out. That never happened though and we won! Not by much though as that other team I mentioned had 17.18 so it was close. I'll take it! Thank the Lord! What a blessing!

Lake Austin 9/10/25

Lake Austin is fishing good right now. Did a full day to check out the lake and caught plenty. The grass is looking good and the fish are relating to it.

The other areas without grass are holding fish as well like docks, ledges and bluff walls with big rocks. Throwing creature baits, worms and frogs are getting bites. Flipping the grass is catching some bigger fish, especially the taller hydrilla. Book today!

Lake Travis 08/11/2025

Lake Travis is fishing good. Lots of fish finally up shallow after the lake came up over 40 feet in about two weeks after the flooding took place last month.

We are catching them on frogs, spinner baits, crankbaits and creature baits and worms. You don't really need anything but a baby brush hog and use your livescope to find the bigger bass either sticking near cover or cruising along break lines and ledges. Book today!

Lake LBJ 03/09/2024

Had a great day on the lake, despite being chilly and windy for the Fishers of Men tournament. We took 3rd place with just over 17 pounds. We worked cuts and creeks with worms, chatterbaits, wakebaits and a frog.

Most fish were in the backs of places but some were out in the mouths as well. A random grass patch would hold fish as well. Book today for your chance at a big one as bass are in the shallows spawning or close to it on almost all lakes now.

Lake Bastrop 08/30/21

Lake Bastrop was a little on the tougher side but everyone still caught plenty of bass. We had a 10 boat trip out there and it started at 1pm. There was a little bit of schooling activity and you had to get on it really fast if you wanted to catch them while up in the water column.

Small straight tail swimbaits worked good using really light weighted hooks either belly-weighted or like a tiny ned jig head. Colors working were bright white to any shad colors. You could also catch a few using tiny topwater lures like a tiny torpedo or spook jr in the clear color.

If you dropped a small spoon down, you can pick up quite a few off the bottom and even latch on to a big flathead or carp as several of those were caught on some boats. All in all, the spoon outfished any other bait on all the boats. Even when hot and a little tough, we'll still catch fish and have a great time.