Fall Fishing Frenzy on Lake Austin - Lures, Hotspots & Solunar Timing for Epic Bites

This is Artificial Lure coming to you live with your Lake Austin fishing report for Tuesday, October 28, 2025. If you’re headed down to the lake this morning, you’re in for a classic Central Texas fall. We kicked things off at sunrise—7:41 AM—with 55 crisp degrees, and it’s only getting better from here. Expect a high around 76, with light winds from the north, low humidity, and plenty of bluebird sky until sunset at 6:45 PM. Water clarity remains moderate, and surface temps are hanging steady in the upper sixties. Watch for partly cloudy conditions late afternoon that could turbocharge that evening bite.

We’re right in the thick of the fall transition—fish are feeding up, and it’s showing in the action. Just yesterday, anglers landed healthy numbers of largemouth bass, channel and blue catfish, and even some slab crappie off the main lake points and in coves. The Lake Austin Daily Fishing Report highlights a “largemouth bonanza” over the past 48 hours, with several 3 to 6-pound bass being caught, particularly in the deeper grass edges and under docks where baitfish are schooling up. Catfish action has been excellent, with bank anglers hauling in stringers of two- to five-pounders on fresh cut shad and chicken liver. Crappie are stacking on structure in 10-16 feet of water and responding well to jigs tipped with minnows.

Today, the solunar tables and bite forecasts are pointing to major activity windows around 8:30 to 10:30 AM and 6 to 8 PM. That dusk bite should be especially hot if those clouds roll in and drop the light.

You’ll want to pack a couple of tried-and-true artificial favorites for Lake Austin right now:
- **Topwater baits**—like walking-style and poppers—for the first hour after sunrise in shallow flats and near the Pennybacker Bridge.
- **Soft plastic senkos** (watermelon red or green pumpkin) and curly tail worms fished slow along grass lines and channel swings.
- **Crankbaits and chatterbaits** in shad or bluegill patterns have been producing bass around bluff walls and laydowns.
- **For catfish, nothing’s beating fresh-cut shad or punch bait** fished on the bottom near current seams below Oyster Landing.
- **Crappie are loving 1/16 oz jigheads with chartreuse and white bodies**—tip with a minnow if you want limits.

A couple of real hotspots on Lake Austin right now:
- The *mouth of Bull Creek*, where bait is stacked and bass are busting topwater early.
- The *stretch between Mary Quinlan Park and Emma Long*, especially along dock pilings—this has been producing both size and numbers for crappie and bass.
- Don’t overlook the edges near Oyster Landing and under the 360 Bridge for catfish—current pulls in those big blues in the evening.

A quick note for y’all using electronics: Major League Fishing just rolled out new sonar rules for 2025, so tournament anglers—make sure you’re dialed in and in compliance to keep it fair but still maximize your tech advantage.

Finally, for family trips or new anglers, area guides are still reporting solid results for folks of all ages. Bookings are up, and with the bite this good, there’s never been a better time to get out, wet a line, and maybe teach a kid to tie on a lure.

However you fish Lake Austin—kayak, bass boat, or bank—fall’s firing on all cylinders. Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lure’s daily report. Don’t forget to subscribe for tomorrow’s bite timing, tips, and the inside scoop on gear.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is artificial lore coming to you live with your
Lake Austin Fishing Report for Tuesday, October twenty eighth, twenty
twenty five. If you're headed down to the lake this morning,
you're in for a classic Central Texas fall. We kick
things off at sunrise seven forty one AM with fifty
five crisp degrees and it's only getting better from here.
Expect to hieh around seventy six degrees with light winds

(00:23):
from the north, low humidity, and plenty of bluebird sky
until sunset at six forty five PM. Water clarity remains
moderate and surface temps are hanging steady in the upper sixties.
Watch for partly cloudy conditions late afternoon that could turbo
charge that evening bite. We're right in the thick of
the fall transition. Fish are feeding up and it's showing

(00:44):
in the action. Just yesterday, angers landed healthy numbers of
largemouth bass, channel and blue catfish, and even some slab
crappie off the main lake points and in coves. The
Lake Austin Daily Fishing Report highlights a large mouth bonanza
over the past forty eight hours, with several three to
six pound bass being caught particularly in the deeper grass

(01:05):
edges and under docks where baitfish are schooling up. Catfish
action has been excellent, with bank anglers hauling in stringers
of two to five pounders on fresh cut shad and
chicken liver, crappier stacking on structure and ten to sixteen
feet of water, and responding well to jigs tipped with minnows. Today,
the Suliner tables and byte forecasts are pointing to major

(01:27):
activity windows around eight thirty to ten thirty am and
six to eight pm. That dust bite should be especially
hot if those clouds roll in and drop the light.
You want to pack a couple of tried and true
artificial favorites for Lake Austin right now. Top water baits
like walking style and poppers for the first hour after sunrise,

(01:48):
and shallow flats and near the Pennybacker Bridge, fove plastic sincos, watermelon,
red or green pumpkin, and curly tailworms. Fish slow along
grass line and channel swings. Thod baits and chatter baits,
and shad or bluegill patterns have been producing bass around
bluff walls and laydowns. For catfish, nothing's beating fresh cut

(02:10):
shad or punch bait fished on the bottom near current
scenes below Oyster Landing. Crappier loving one six ounce jigheads
with chartruse and white bodies, tip with a minno if
you want limits. A couple of real hot spots on
Lake Austin right now the mouth of Bull Creek where
bait is stacked in. Bass are busting topwater early the

(02:31):
stretch between mary Quinland Park and Emma Long, especially along
dock pilings. This has been producing both size and numbers
for crappy and bass. Don't overlook the edges near Oyster
Landing and under the three six zero bridge for catfish
current pulls in those big blues in the evening. A
quick note for y'all using electronics, Major League Fishing just

(02:52):
rolled out new sonar rules for twenty twenty five, so
tournament anglers make sure you're dialed in and in compliance
to keep it fair but still maximize your tech advantage. Finally,
for family trips or new anglers, area guides are still
reporting solid results for folks of all ages. Bookings are
up and with a bite this good, there's never been

(03:13):
a better time to get out, wet a line and
maybe teach a kid to tie on a lure. However
you fish Lake Austin, kayak, bass boat, or bank falls
firing on all cylinders. Thanks for tuning in to Artificial
Lures daily report. Don't forget to subscribe for tomorrow's bite
timing tips and the inside scoop on gear. This has
been a quiet please production. For more check out Quia

(03:36):
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