Lake Austin Fishing Report: Largemouths, Whites, and Sunset Bites

Artificial Lure here with your morning Lake Austin fishing report for Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

The lake greeted us before sunrise with a gentle chill: overnight lows dipped near 58 degrees, but expect temps to push into the upper 70s by late afternoon. Winds will start calm, shifting light out of the north around 5–8 mph. Skies began mostly clear at dawn but a front coming down from the Hill Country brings the chance of patchy clouds by lunch. Sunrise today hit at 7:37 AM, with golden-hour fishing starting strong about 30 minutes prior. Sunset will be at 6:53 PM—plan for that dusk bite!

There’s no true tidal swing on Lake Austin, but that north breeze acts like a mini-tide, stacking bait along wind-blown rocky banks and bluff walls. Recent pressure has dropped, and with last night’s full Hunter’s Moon fading, fish should be active through the morning and again late evening.

Water temps are holding steady in the upper 70s, still perfect for just about any species you’re after. If you’re a bass angler, listen up: this week’s catches have included several largemouths over 4 pounds while the white bass bite is firing up in the main-lake channels. Locals at the boat ramps are quietly bragging about solid limits in the evenings, with a couple of tournament anglers mentioning 18- to 20-pound five-fish bags taken near Steiner Ranch and Bull Creek. Several kids and families weighed in stringers of white bass, bluegill, and the occasional channel cat from boat and bank alike, echoing tournaments at the Lake Austin Pier according to The Grove Resort’s event calendar.

The hot lure this week has been a toss-up between lipless crankbaits in shad patterns and soft-plastic finesse worms fished Texas-rigged or wacky near the grass lines. For white bass, nothing beats a #12 chrome Pet Spoon run behind a small umbrella rig. If you’re vertical jigging deeper schools off the main channel, the chartreuse MAL Heavy lure has been the ticket—use the “smoking” method: drop it down, pop it up, and let it fall. Several guides swear by this pattern, especially close to bottom at 15–30 feet.

For live bait fans, you just can’t argue with lively minnows or cut shad. Evenings have brought in a couple of channel cats on punch bait fished just off drop-offs, and one young angler landed a nice blue cat yesterday on doughbait.

Best bets for today? Hotspots remain the docks and rocky shoreline from Walsh Landing up to Emma Long Park—work jigs parallel to the edges for largemouth and use small swimbaits or spoons for schooling whites mid-channel. For a quieter bit of action, try the mouth of Bee Creek or the shaded bridge pilings near the 360 bridge: both have been holding active fish on moving water in the afternoons.

If you’re bringing kids, sunfish are stacked tight near shallow brush and under floating docks—live worms or small crappie jigs will keep them busy. Don’t forget your polarized glasses; sight-casting has been rewarding in the clearer coves, especially around midday once the sun hits high.

Quick reminder—fishing is best at dawn and the magic sunset hour! Watch for surface boils, especially where the wind pushes bait into shallow points.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial war. Here with your morning Lake Austin fishing report
for Wednesday, October twenty second, twenty twenty five. The light
greeted us before sunrise with a gentle chill. Overnight lows
dip near fifty eight degrees, but expect temperatures to push
into the upper seventies by late afternoon. Winds will start calm,
shifting light out of the north around five eight miles

(00:21):
per hour. Skies began mostly clear at dawn, but a
front coming down from the hill country brings the chance
of patchy clouds by lunch. Sunrise today had at seven
thirty seven a m. With Golden Hour fishing starting strong
about thirty minutes prior. Sunset will be at six fifty
three pm. Plan for that dusk bite. There's no true
tidal swing on Lake Austin, but that north breeze acts

(00:42):
like a mini tide, stacking bait along wing blown rocky
banks and bluff walls. Recent pressure is dropped, and with
last night's full Hunter's moon, fading fish should be active
through the morning and again late evening. Water temps are
holding steady in the upper seventies, still perfect for just
about any species you're after. If you're a bass angler,
listen up. This week's catches have included several warge mounts

(01:04):
over four pounds. While the white bass bite is firing
up in the main lake channels, locals at the boat
ramps are quietly bragging about solid limits in the evenings,
with a couple of tournament anglers mentioning eighteen to twenty
pound five fish bags taken near Steiner Ranch and bulkrate.
Several kids and families weighed in stringers of white bass, bluegill,

(01:25):
and the occasional channel cap from Bolt and bank alike
echoing tournaments at the Lake Austin Pier. According to the
Grove Resorts event calendar, the hot lure this week has
been a toss up between lipless crank baits and shad
patterns and soft plastic fines as worms, fish texas, rigged
or wacky near the grass lines. For white bass, nothing
beats a number twelve chrome petspoon run behind a small

(01:48):
umbrella rig. If you're vertical jigging deeper schools off the
main channel, the chartreuse now heavy lure has bend the ticket,
use the smoking method, drop it down, pop it up,
and let it fall. Several guides swear by this pattern,
especially close to bottom at fifteen thirty feet. For live
bait fans, you just can't argue with lively minnows or

(02:12):
cut shad. Evenings have brought in a couple of channel
cats on punch bait fish just off drop offs, and
one young angler landed a nice blue cat yesterday on
dough bait. Best bets for today hotspots remain the docks
and rocky shoreline from Walsh Landing up to Emmelong Park.
Workjigs parallel to the edges for large noouth and use

(02:33):
small swim baits or spoons for scrooling lights mid channel.
For a quieter bit of action, try the mouth of
b Creek or the shaded bridge pilings near the three
six to O bridge. Both have been holding active fish
on moving water in the afternoons. If you're bringing kids,
sunfish are stacked tight near shallow brush and under floating docks.

(02:54):
Live worms or small crappy jigs will keep them busy.
Don't forget your polarized glasses. Sight casting has been rewarding
in the clearer coves, especially around midday once the sun
hits high. Quick reminder fishing's best at dawn and the
magic sunset hour. Watch for surface boils, especially where the
wind pushes bait into shallow points. Thanks for tuning in

(03:17):
to your lake Austin Fishing update. If you found this helpful,
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