Lake Austin Fishing Report October 26, 2025

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Austin fishing report for Sunday, October 26, 2025. Sunrise hit at 6:56 AM and sunset will wrap up the day at 6:29 PM, giving us a solid 11 and a half hours of prime autumn casting. The weather this morning is classic Hill Country fall—cool start warming fast, with light wind and mostly clear skies. Water temps are holding in the low- to mid-70s, sparking more active fish movement especially as the cold fronts roll in.

The bite today is marked as “average” by SolunarForecast.com, with peak activity during the major solunar windows: 7:48-9:48 AM and 8:13-10:13 PM. If you can swing it, get lines out before breakfast and consider an evening run after dinner. Early hours and dusk are your times to connect, especially with a waxing crescent moon pushing more aggressive feeding.

Lake Austin’s action lately has seen solid catches of largemouth bass, white bass, and some healthy blue catfish—all thanks to falling water temps and stable conditions. Texas Parks and Wildlife records confirm consistent reports of largemouth up to 8 pounds and white bass over 2 pounds. Catfish action is also picking up, with locals landing blues in the 5–15 lb. range, prime for the skillet.

For bass—best lures right now are:
- **Shad-pattern crankbaits** and **swimbaits** worked along rocky points and submerged weed beds.
- **Soft plastic creatures and worms** fished Texas-rigged around docks and brush.
- **Topwater lures** (like poppers or frogs) have a brief window at dawn, especially near the Pennybacker Bridge flats.

White bass are schooling and moving shallower; your money lures:
- **Small spoons** (#12 Pet Spoon) trolled near drop-offs.
- **MAL Heavy Lures** presented vertically with a “smoking” retrieve have been putting white bass and hybrids in the boat, just like Holding the Line Guide Service reports for nearby Belton.

When it comes to catfish, especially blues and channels:
- **Fresh cut shad**, **chicken liver**, or **stinkbait** on Santee Cooper rigs are the go-to. Set lines near deeper channels or drop-offs—below the Loop 360 bridge and along the deeper holes by the Steiner Ranch cliffs have been producing action. As North Texas e-News has been noting, as the water cools, the big blues are moving up, so fresh bait on sturdy tackle is key.

Hot spots this week:
- **Below the Pennybacker Bridge**: Ends of deeper weed beds and around submerged laydowns.
- **Mansfield Dam area**: Classic for fall bass and catfish, especially near the discharge and deeper ledges.
- **Steiner Ranch cliffs and flats**: Good for schooling bass and drifting for catfish early and late.

Bigger panfish are showing up around boat docks and shaded coves; try live worms or crickets under a slip bobber for dinner-sized bluegill.

Reports from local guides and anglers say the fish are transitioning, following shad and getting more aggressive with each cool snap. Tidal effect is minimal but current picks up near the dam after rains, so watch for flows that’ll stack up bait and feeding predators.

Keep safe, watch for migrating waterfowl, and don’t forget your polarized sunglasses for spotting that submerged structure. That’s the Lake Austin scoop for October 26–get out there, cast often, and keep it tight.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore Here with your Lake Austin fish and report
for Sunday, October twenty six, twenty twenty five. Sunrise hit
at six fifty six am and sunset will wrap up
the day at six twenty nine pm, giving us a
solid eleven and a half hours of prime autumn casting.
The weather this morning is classic hill country fall cool start,
warming fast with light wind and mostly clear skies. Water

(00:23):
tempts are holding in the low to mid seventies, sparking
more active fish movement, especially as the cold fronts roll in.
The bite today is marked as average by Solelunar Forecast
dot Com, with peak activity during the major Sole lunar
windows seven forty eight to nine forty eight am and
eight thirteen to ten thirteen pm. If you can swing it,

(00:44):
get lines out before breakfast and consider an evening run
after dinner. Early hours in dusk are your times to connect,
especially with a waxing crescent moon pushing more aggressive feeding.
Lake Austin's action lately has seen solid catches of largemouth bass,
white bat, and some healthy blue catfish, all thanks to
falling water temps and stable conditions. Texas Parks and Wildlife

(01:07):
records confirm consistent reports of largemouth up to eight pounds
and white bass over two pounds. Catfish action is also
picking up, with locals landing blues in the five to
fifteen pound range prime for the skillet for bass. Best
lures right now are shot patterned crank baits and swim
baits worked along rocky points and submerged weed beds, soft

(01:30):
plastic creatures and worms, fish texas rigged around docks and
brush top water lures like poppers or frogs have a
brief window at dawn, especially near the Pennybacker Bridge flats.
White bass are schooling and moving shaller your money lures
small spoons number twelve pet spoon trolled near drop offs,
not pet simple now. Heavy lures presented vertically with a

(01:54):
smoking retrieve have been putting white bass and hybrids in
the boat just like holding the line. Guyser of its
reports from nearby Belton. When it comes to catfish, especially
blues and channels, while re simples fresh cut shad, chicken
liver or stink bait on santy cooper rigs are the
go to set lines near deeper channels or drop offs

(02:16):
below the Loop three six zero bridge and along the
deeper holes by the Steiner Ranch cliffs have been producing
action as morth Texas e News has been noting as
the water coals, the big blues are moving up, so
fresh bait on sturdy tackle is key. Hot spots is
weak below the Pennybacker Bridge, ends of deeper weed beds

(02:39):
and around submerged laydowns. Mansfield Dam area classic for fall
bass and catfish, especially near the discharge and deeper ledges.
Mansfield Bearing Man Dam, Steiner Ranch cliffs and flats good
for schooling bass and drifting for catfish. Early and late,
bigger panfish are sh showing up around boat docks and

(03:02):
shaded coves. Try live worms or crickets under a slip
bobber for dinner. Sized bluegill. Reports from local guides and
anglers say the fish are transitioning following shad and getting
more aggressive with each cool snap. Tile effect is minimal,
but current picks up near the dam after rains, so

(03:23):
watch for flows that'll stack up bait in feeding predators.
Keep safe, watch from migrating waterfowl, and don't forget your
polarized sunglasses for spotting that submerged structure that's the lake.
Austin Scoop for October twenty sixth. Get out there, cast often,
and keep it tight. Thanks for tuning in. Make sure
to subscribe for more fishing insights. This has been a

(03:46):
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet please dot
ai