Howdy anglers, Artificial Lure here with your June 18, 2025, Lake Austin fishing report. The sun popped over the horizon at 6:28 AM and we’re looking at a scorcher today—a high near 92°F, light winds, and humidity creeping up as usual for this time of year. With conditions settling into full summer pattern, the water’s hanging around 78–80 degrees and just under a foot low, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife’s most recent Hill Country Region update. Expect stained water with great visibility pockets along deeper grass lines.

No tidal swings here since Lake Austin is a river-fed reservoir, but fish are responding strong to dawn’s low light and again in the hour before sunset, which hits at 8:35 PM. Those are your prime times to be on the water.

Let’s talk species: Largemouth Bass continues to be the main draw. Recent local reports have bass moving offshore through the morning, stacking up around deeper brush piles, creek mouths, and ledges. Early, you’ll catch them tight to the bank chasing shad and bluegill. Small swimbaits, shaky heads, and drop shot rigs have been producing well. Texas-rigged plastics—especially watermelon and green pumpkin worms—are the go-to for getting bites through that healthy hydrilla and eel grass growing deeper on both ends of the lake.

If you’re looking for a mixed bag, Catfish and Panfish are active. Bluegill and Redear Sunfish are biting on worms and small jigs along docks and grass edges—several nice stringers have come out of back coves this week, especially using redworms and bitsy jigs. Catfish anglers have been getting steady action with cut shad and nightcrawlers off main lake flats and deeper pools.

Hot spots? Make sure to check out the area around Emma Long Park for some of the best early topwater action as bass cruise the grass lines. The mouth of Bull Creek has been good too, especially as the sun climbs and fish slide deeper. And don’t sleep on the rocky points near the 360 Bridge for a late bite—schooling bass have been corralling bait in the evenings.

In summary, stick to:

- Early and late fishing for best results
- Tight to the bank at sunrise, then work deeper structure and grass with plastics, jigs, and swimbaits
- Live worms and cut bait for cats and panfish
- Emma Long Park and Bull Creek mouth for bass, 360 Bridge points for a late bite

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