Summertime Sizzle: Lakeside Tactics for Austin's Warm Waters

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Austin fishing report for August 6th, 2025. The lake’s holding steady at about half a foot low, water running a warm 81 degrees with a classic summer stain, ideal for those who know how to play their cards right. Sunrise hit this morning at 6:49 a.m., with sunset sliding in at 8:24 p.m. As of this evening, balmy night temperatures and mostly clear skies set the stage for an excellent late bite—summer patterns are full swing.

This week, the fishing’s been shaped by stable weather. Today, light southerly winds gave way to glassy pockets near day’s end. No tidal swings here on Austin, so you can fish the hours, not the tides. Folks out at daybreak reported a good topwater frog bite in the reeds and hydrilla beds, especially up by Emma Long Park. Largemouth bass proved eager early, chomping down on hollow-body frogs and slowly-walked soft plastics. According to the Texas Freshwater Fishing Report, the bass action is good right now on topwater frogs and soft plastics—stick with dark colors like black-blue or watermelon red for best results.

As the sun climbed, anglers switched to Texas- and Carolina-rigged worms, working shaded docks and mainlake drop-offs. If you’re after numbers, a green pumpkin Senko or a plum ribbon-tail worm dragged slow has been producing solid bites midday. The crappie bite is fair if you want a change of pace—target bridge pilings and deep brush with small minnows or 1/16-ounce jigs in chartreuse or white.

Catfish action is near its summer peak; fresh cut shad remains the hot bait for channel and blue cats, especially from dusk into the night. Most lines are going tight between Oyster Landing and the upper river channel bends. Some folks are boating nice stringers of eaters; expect a mix of 1-4 pound fish, but don’t be surprised by a big blue coming out at night.

White bass are scattered, but if you spot birds, throw small spoons or vertically jig chrome slabs for fast action. While not as thick as in spring, the occasional school will blitz on shad in open water in the afternoons.

Best baits today: Topwater frogs before 8 a.m., dark-colored soft plastics on light Texas rigs through the day, and curl-tail jigs or small minnows for crappie. For catfish, can’t go wrong with chunks of fresh cut shad or chicken liver tight-lined near drop-offs after sunset.

Hot spots include the upper third of Lake Austin around Bull Creek inlet and the grass beds along Emma Long Park—both produced quality bass today and throughout the past week. Another tried-and-true area is below the 360 Bridge; fish dusk with swim jigs or spinnerbaits along the rip-rap and pilings.

Overall, fish activity has been steady to good, particularly at dawn and dusk, with a handful of strong catches reported—one local angler picked up five bass to 4 pounds on a frog this morning, and crappie anglers are picking a half dozen per trip off deeper brush.

That’s the scoop from Lake Austin. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more lake reports, lure tips, and local angling insights. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quietplease dot ai.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial allure. Here with your lake. Austin Fishing Report for
August sixth, twenty twenty five. The lake's holding steady at
about half a foot low water running a warm eighty
one degrees with a classic summer stain, ideal for those
who know how to play their cards right. Sunrise hit
this morning at six forty nine am, with sunsets sliding
in at eight twenty four pm. As of this evening,

(00:22):
balmy night temperatures of mostly clear skies set the stage
for an excellent late bite. Summer patterns are full swing
this week. The fishing's been shaped by stable weather. Today.
Light southerly winds gave way to glassy pockets near day's end.
No tidal swings here on Austin, so you can fish
the hours, not the tides. Folks out at daybreak reported

(00:43):
a good top water frog bite and the reeds and
hydrilla beds, especially up by Emma Long Park. Largemouth bass
proved eager early, chomping down on hollow hyphen body frogs
and slowly walked soft plastics. According to the Texas Freshwater
Fishing Report, the bass action is good right now on
top water frogs and soft plastics. Stick with dark colors

(01:06):
like black, hyphen blue or watermelon red for best results.
As the sun climbed, anglers switched to Texas and Carolina
rigged worms working shaded docks and main lake dropoffs. If
you're after numbers, a green pump consenko or a plum
ribbon tail worm dragged slow has been producing solid bites midday.

(01:26):
The crappy bite is fair if you want to change
a pace, target bridge pilings and deep brush with small
minnows or one sixteen thounced jigs in chartruse or white
catfish action is near its summer peak. Fresh cut shad
remains the hot bait for channel and blue cats, especially
from dusk into the night. Most lines are going tight

(01:48):
between Oyster landing and the upper River channel bends. Some
folks are boating nice stringers of eaters expect a mix
of one to four pound fish, but don't be surprised
by a big blue coming out at night. White bass
are scattered, but if you spot birds, throw small spoons
or vertically jay white slabs for fast action. While not

(02:08):
as thick as in spring, the occasional school blitz on
shad and open water in the afternoons best baits today,
top water frogs before eight am, dark colored soft plastics
on light texas rigs through the day, and curl tail
jigs are small minnows for crappy. For catfish, can't go
wrong with chumps of fresh cut shad or chicken liver

(02:29):
tight line near drop offs after sunset. Hot spots include
the upper third of Lake Austin are a whole creek
inlet and the grass beds along Emmelong Park both produced
quality bass today and throughout the past week. Another tried
and true areas below the three hundred and sixty Bridge
fish dusk with swim jigs or spinner baits along the

(02:50):
rit wrap and pilings. Overall, fish activity has been steadied
a good particularly at dawn and dusk, with a handful
of strong catches reported. One low local angler picked up
five basts to four pounds on a frog this morning,
and crappy anglers are picking a half dozen per trip
off deeper brush. That's the scoop from Lake Austin. Thanks

(03:10):
for tuning in and don't forget to subscribe for more
lake reports, lord tips and local angling insights. This has
been a quiet please production. For more check out Quiet
Please Dot ai