Reel in the Weekend: Fishing Forecast for Lake Austin on a Solunar Sweet Spot

Artificial Lure reporting in from Lake Austin, bringing you today’s local fishing rundown for Friday, October 24, 2025.

Sunrise hit at 7:39 AM, with sunset sliding in at 6:53 PM. Early birds on the water woke to crisp fall temps in the upper 50s, rising into the mid-70s by afternoon. Winds are light and variable—a real treat after those gusty fronts earlier in the week. Skies are mostly clear, which bodes well for topwater action at dawn and dusk. Lake levels are just shy of normal, water clarity is good, and surface temps float near 77 degrees, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. No tidal influence here on Lake Austin; it’s reservoir rules.

Fish activity is up thanks to the recent cooling trend. Big largemouth bass are moving close to the banks and creek mouths, chasing shad. Most successful anglers this morning were throwing white swim jigs, natural-colored square-bill crankbaits, and a classic Zara Spook for topwater pops. Buzzbaits worked especially well where shallow brush meets open channels. Several catches tipped the 4-pound mark near Emma Long Park and under the bridge at Loop 360. Spinnerbaits fished in 3-10 feet along rock piles brought fast hits—you could hear the drag singing up and down the lakeshore.

Crappie are starting to stack in brushpiles and docks in 15 to 20 feet. The best results came with black and chartreuse jigs, but a few slabs were hauled in with live minnows under slip bobbers near the bluff walls mid-lake. You’ll want to move around until you find the school—word is, a couple of locals landed ten keepers each by lunch.

Catfish are biting steady in deeper holes and creek channels, with eater-sized blues running 2-5 pounds. Anglers did well on cut bait, chicken liver, and prepared stinkbait off the points at Walsh Landing. A handful of flatheads showed too, with one reports of a 10-pounder from under a snag in the Hula Hut cove.

Bream are fair but still active. Redworms on light tackle near submerged brush produced plenty of hand-sized sunfish for patient kids and old-timers alike.

Best lures today:
- Zara Spook, bone and silver for bass at sunrise
- White swim jig and green pumpkin finesse jigs midday
- Square-bill crankbaits in bluegill or shad pattern for probing rocky drops
- Black/chartreuse tubes for crappie
- Fresh cut bait and chicken liver for cats

Top hot spots:
- Emma Long Park shoreline—bass are holding here, especially at first light and dusk
- Under the Loop 360 Bridge—crappie and bass mix, especially where old pilings meet submerged brush
- Walsh Landing point—cats are always hungry down deep

One local angler reported over two dozen bass between 6:30–9:00 AM, and the crappie bite picked up strong after 10:00. The Grove Resort at Lake Austin hosts a friendly Friday/Sunday morning tournament, so expect a little traffic and good vibes on the pier around 10:00 AM.

Reminder, folks: today gets a “best day” moon cycle by solunar tables, so don’t waste it—drop a line, put on your favorite lure and stick with moving baits as the shad run shallows.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial Lore reporting in from Lake Austin, bringing you today's
local fishing rundown for Friday, October twenty fourth, twenty twenty five.
Sunrise hit at seven thirty nine am, with sunsets sliding
in at six fifty three pm. Early birds on the
water woke to crisp fall temps in the upper fifties,
rising into the mid seventies by afternoon. Winds are light

(00:20):
and variable, a real treat after those guesty fronts earlier
in the week. Sties are mostly clear, which bodes well
for top water action at dawn and dusk. Lake levels
are just shy of normal. Water clarity is good and
surface temps float near seven to seven degrees. According to
Texas Parks and Wildlife, no tidal influence here on Lake
Austin its reservoir rules. Fish activity is up thanks to

(00:43):
the recent cooling trend. Big largemouth bass are moving close
to the banks and creek mouths chasing shad. Most successful
anglers this morning were throwing white swimjigs, natural colored square
bill crank baits, and a classic Xera spoot for top
water pops. Buzz baits worked especially while where shallow brush
meets open channels. Several catches tipped the four pound mark

(01:04):
near Emma Long Park and under the bridge at Loop
three six. So spinner baits fished in three to ten
feet along rock piles brought fast hits. You could hear
the drags singing up and down the lake shore. Crappier
starting the stack in brush piles and docks in fifteen
to twenty feet. The best results came with black and
trotruz jigs, but a few slabs were hauled in with
live minnows under slip bobbers near the bluff walls mid lake.

(01:28):
You'll want to move around until you find the school
word is. A couple of locals landed ten keepers each
by lunch. Catfish are biting steady and deeper hulls and
cree channels, with eater sized blues running two to five pounds.
Anglers did well on cut bait, chicken liver and prepared
stink bait off the points At Walsh Landing. A handful

(01:48):
of flatheads showed two, with one reports of a ten
pounder from under a snag in the Hula Hut. Cove.
Bream are fair but still active. Red worms on light
tackle near submerged brush produced plenty of hand sized sunfish
for patient kids and old timers alike. Best lures today
Zizarra spook bone and silver for bass at sunrise, white

(02:12):
swimjig and green punkin finesse jigs mid day, square billed
crank baits and bluegillar shad pattern for probing. Rocky drops,
black chartruse twos for crappie, fresh cut bait and chicken
liver for cats. Top hotspots, I'm along part Shoreline. Bass
are holding here, especially at first light and dusk. Under

(02:32):
the Loop three six O bridge crappy and bass mix,
especially where old pilings meet submerged brush Walsh Landing Point
cats are always hungry down deep. One local angler reported
over two dozen bass between six thirty nine am and
the crappy bite picked up strong after ten am. The

(02:56):
Grove Resort at Lake Austin hosts a friendly Friday Sunday
morning tournament, so expect a little traffic in good vibes
on the pier around ten A m reminder folks to
day gets a best day moon cycle by Souliner Tables,
so don't waste it. Drop a line, put on your
favorite lure and stick with moving baits as the shad

(03:16):
run shallows. Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lore's Lake
Austin fishing report. Don't forget to subscribe for future updates.
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