Lake Austin Fishing Report: Cooling Temps, Active Bite, and Prime Fall Conditions

Morning y’all, it’s Artificial Lure back with your Friday fishing update for Lake Austin and the nearby stretches of the Colorado. The sun came up this morning at 7:32, and you’ll see it drop behind the hills at 6:57 PM—plenty of time to wet a line and enjoy some classic Hill Country fall weather. Temps are starting cool and should touch the mid-70s today, partly cloudy with a gentle ESE breeze, and a solid high pressure system hovering. Water clarity’s been a bit stained with a moderate flow from recent releases upstream, keeping the fish roaming and the bite active.

Tide influence is almost nil this far inland, but pay attention to stable barometer and wind shifts around sunrise and sunset—which are your key activity windows with this week’s cooling trend. Fish are feeding up ahead of the true fall turnover.

Bite’s been a mixed bag, but the reports from this past week have been promising, especially if you’re targeting largemouth. Folks have boated several in the 3-5 pound range up toward Emma Long and Steiner Ranch, mostly early and late. Shad schools are pushing shallow and those bass are tight behind them, chasing up on rocky banks and riprap, especially near the Pennybacker Bridge and north toward Bull Creek. Topwater bite is still holding on in low light—go with a bone-colored Zara Spook or a dark popper at dawn, switching to a natural-shad jerkbait or white spinnerbait once the sun rises.

Crappie action’s fair, picking up on brush piles in 15-20 feet of water, especially downlake closer to the Loop 360 bridge and marina docks. Minnows always work, but your best bet for numbers is a small chartreuse or monkey milk jig on light line—don’t be afraid to dangle a slip float right near that submerged timber or dock pilings.

Catfish are steady across the board: channels and blues like cut bait or punch bait fished on the bottom near deeper channel bends; bank anglers are pulling in eater-size fish after dark, especially around Walsh Landing and Ski Shores. Bring chicken liver if you want a shot at the bigger blues.

White bass and the occasional hybrid are scattered but showing up from the back ends of main-lake coves in around 20-30 feet. Tail-spinners, small spoons, and grubs are getting it done—these are feeding windows tied to schooling bait, so watch for surface busts late evenings in front of city park and downstream.

For the bank-sitters and families, sunfish and bream are tucked up around docks and bulkheads in 5 to 10 feet, biting steady on worms and crickets—kids have had a blast recently hauling up a mess for the fryer near Tom Miller Dam.

As for hotspots this week:
- The stretch around Emma Long Metro Park is turning up quality bass in the grass lines and creek mouths.
- Downlake rock piles just west of Walsh Landing are stacking up crappie and a few surprise channel cats.

Best overall lures right now:
- Early: bone or shad-pattern topwaters, buzzbaits.
- Midday: white spinnerbaits, natural-colored jerkbaits, drop-shot plastics around docking structure.
- Evening: chartreuse/blue crankbaits, downsized squarebills, or soft plastics rigged Texas-style around submerged timber.

Top baits for multispecies action remain live threadfin shad, small minnows, nightcrawlers, and for the cats—cut shad or dip bait.

Lake Austin’s fall bite is on the upswing—grab your gear and get on the water while the fish are chasing and the weather’s just right.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Morning, y'all. It's artificial ure back with your Friday fishing
update for Lake Austin and the nearby stretches of the Colorado.
The sun came up this morning at seven thirty two
and you'll see it drop behind the hills at six
fifty seven PM. Plenty of time to wet a line
and enjoy some classic hill country foll ledo. Temps are
starting cool and should touch the mid seventies today. Partly

(00:21):
cloudy with a gentle EEC breeze and a solid high
pressure system hovering. Water clearity's been a bit stained with
a moderate flow from recent releases upstream, keeping the fish
roaming and the bite active. Tide influences almost mill this
far inland, but pay attention to stable barometer and wind
shifts around sunrise and sunset, which are your key activity windows.

(00:43):
With this week's cool and trend, fissure feeding up ahead
of the true fall turnover. Bite's been a mixed bag,
but the reports from this past week have been promising,
especially if you're targeting large mouth. Folks have boded several
in the three to five pound range up toward Emma
Long and Steiner Ranch, mostly early in late Chad schools
are pushing shallow and those basts are tight behind them.

(01:04):
Chasing up on rocky banks and rip wrap, especially near
the Pennybacker Bridge in north toward Bull Creek. Top water
bite is still holding on in low light. Go with
a bone colored zaraspook or a dark popper at dawn,
switching to a natural shad jerk bait or white spinner
bait once the sun rises. Crappy actions fair picking up
on brush piles in fifteen to twenty feet of Warren,

(01:25):
especially down Lake closer to the Loop three six zero
bridge and Marina docks. Minnows always work, but your best
bet for numbers is a small churtruz or monkey milk
jag on light line. Don't be afraid the dangle a
slip float right near that submerged timber dock pilings. Catfish
are steady across the board channels in blues like cut
bait or punch bait fished on the bottom near deeper

(01:48):
channel binds. Bank anglers are pulling in eater sized fish
after dark, especially around Walsh Landing and ski shores. Bring
chicken liver if you want a shot at the bigger blues.
White bass and the occasional hybrid are scattered but showing
up from the back ends of main lake coves and
around twenty to thirty feet tail spinners, small spoons and

(02:08):
grubs are getting it done. These are feeding windows tied
the schooling bait, so watch for surface bus late evenings
in front of city Park and downstream for the bank
sitters and families. Some fish and bream were tucked up
around docks and bulkheads in five to ten feet biting
steady on worms and crickets. Kids have had a blast
recently hauling up a mess for the friar near Tom

(02:31):
Miller Dam. As for hotspots this week, the stretch around
Emmalong Metro Park is turning up quality base in the
grass lines and creek mouths down lake rock piles just
west of Walsh Landing are stacking up crappy and a
few surprise channel cats. Best overall lures right now early
bone or shad pattern top waters, buzz baits, midday white

(02:53):
spinner baits, natural colored jerk baits, draft shot plastics around
docking structure evening chartru's blue crank baits, downsize square bills
or soft plastics rigged Texas style around submerged timber top
baits for multispecies action remain live threadfin shad, small minnows, nightcrawlers,

(03:15):
and for the cats, cut shad or dip bait. Lake
Austin's fall bite is on the upswing. Grab your gear
and get on the water while the fish are chasing
and the weather's just right. Thanks for tuning in to
the report. Don't for what to subscribe so you never
miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production.
For more check out Quiet please dot a I