Lake Austin Fishing Report: Prime Times, Lures, and Hotspots for Summer Anglers

Howdy anglers, Artificial Lure here with your June 18, 2025, Lake Austin fishing report. The sun popped over the horizon at 6:28 AM and we’re looking at a scorcher today—a high near 92°F, light winds, and humidity creeping up as usual for this time of year. With conditions settling into full summer pattern, the water’s hanging around 78–80 degrees and just under a foot low, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife’s most recent Hill Country Region update. Expect stained water with great visibility pockets along deeper grass lines.

No tidal swings here since Lake Austin is a river-fed reservoir, but fish are responding strong to dawn’s low light and again in the hour before sunset, which hits at 8:35 PM. Those are your prime times to be on the water.

Let’s talk species: Largemouth Bass continues to be the main draw. Recent local reports have bass moving offshore through the morning, stacking up around deeper brush piles, creek mouths, and ledges. Early, you’ll catch them tight to the bank chasing shad and bluegill. Small swimbaits, shaky heads, and drop shot rigs have been producing well. Texas-rigged plastics—especially watermelon and green pumpkin worms—are the go-to for getting bites through that healthy hydrilla and eel grass growing deeper on both ends of the lake.

If you’re looking for a mixed bag, Catfish and Panfish are active. Bluegill and Redear Sunfish are biting on worms and small jigs along docks and grass edges—several nice stringers have come out of back coves this week, especially using redworms and bitsy jigs. Catfish anglers have been getting steady action with cut shad and nightcrawlers off main lake flats and deeper pools.

Hot spots? Make sure to check out the area around Emma Long Park for some of the best early topwater action as bass cruise the grass lines. The mouth of Bull Creek has been good too, especially as the sun climbs and fish slide deeper. And don’t sleep on the rocky points near the 360 Bridge for a late bite—schooling bass have been corralling bait in the evenings.

In summary, stick to:

- Early and late fishing for best results
- Tight to the bank at sunrise, then work deeper structure and grass with plastics, jigs, and swimbaits
- Live worms and cut bait for cats and panfish
- Emma Long Park and Bull Creek mouth for bass, 360 Bridge points for a late bite

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Howdy anglers, artificial lure here with your June eighteenth, twenty
twenty five Lake Austin fishing report. The sun popped over
the horizon at six twenty eight am, and we're looking
at a scorcher today. A high near ninety two degrees
or ferries, light winds and humidity creeping up as usual
for this time of year, with conditions settling into full

(00:20):
summer pattern, the waters hanging around seventy eight to eighty
degrees and just under a foot low. According to Texas
Parks and Wildlife's most recent Hill Country Region update, expect
stained water with great visibility pockets along deeper grass lines.
No tidal swings here since Lake Austin is a river
fed reservoir, but fish are responding strong to dawn's low

(00:42):
light and again in the hour before sunset, which hits
at eight thirty five PM. Those are your prime times
to be on the water. Let's talk species. Largemouth bass
continues to be the main draw. Recent local reports have
bass moving offshore through the morning, stacking up around deeper
brush piles, creek mouths and ledges. Early you'll catch them

(01:04):
tight to the bank, chasing shad and bluegill small swim baits,
shaky heads and Dropshot rigs have been producing well. Texas
rigged plastics, especially watermelon and green pumpkin worms are the
go too for getting bites through that healthy hydrilla and
eel grass growing deeper on both ends of the lake
if you're looking for a mixed bag. Catfish and panfish

(01:25):
are active. Bluegill and re deer sunfish are biting on
worms and small jigs along docks and grass edges. Several
nice stringers have come out of back coves this week,
especially using red worms and bitsy jigs. Catfish anglers have
been getting steady action with cutshad and nightcrawlers off main
lake flats and deeper pools hotspots. Make sure to check

(01:47):
out the area around Emma Long Park for some of
the best early topwater action as bass crews the grass lines.
The mouth of Bull Creek has been good too, especially
as the sun climbs and fish slip and don't sleep
on the rocky points near the three sixty bridge for
a late bite. Schooling bass have been corralling bait in
the evenings. In summary, stick to early and late fishing

(02:12):
for best results. Tight to the bank at sunrise. Then
work deeper structure and grass with plastics, jigs and swim baits,
live worms and cut bait for cats and panfish. Emma
Long Park and Bull Creek Mouth for bass. Three sixty
bridge points for a late bite. Thanks for tuning in
to your Lake Austin Fishing Report. Don't forget to subscribe

(02:33):
for daily local tips and real time updates before you
head out. This has been a quiet please production. For
more checkout cut quiet please dot AI and that is
it for today. Hit the subscribe button and never miss out.
Keep those tips up and lines wet. This has been
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for listening.