Lake Austin Fishing Report: Early Topwater Bite, Deeper Plastics as Day Heats Up

Howdy folks, this is Artificial Lure with your Lake Austin fishing report for Friday, June 20, 2025. First, let’s take a look at the conditions out there this morning. According to ATX Fishing’s latest updates, the water on Lake Austin is stained but clear enough for good fishing, sitting right around 81 degrees and a touch under pool at 0.63 feet below full. Sunrise hit at 6:28 a.m., and you can expect sunset around 8:36 p.m., giving you a comfortable window for both morning and evening bites. The weather’s on our side—warm, humid, with light winds and stable conditions, classic early summer in Central Texas. On the fish front, Lake Austin continues to produce strong numbers, especially for Largemouth Bass. Anglers are reporting a good shallow bite early, so if you can get on the water around first light, you’ll find schools of bass busting on small shad in the creek mouths and along main-lake grass lines. Small shad-profile baits fished high in the column have been the ticket, as ATX Fishing reports. Once the sun gets up, the bite shifts deeper, and big worms fished around brush piles are starting to heat up for those post-spawn bass looking to put on some summer weight. Captain Experiences reports groups getting on nice bass with topwater early, then switching to swimbaits and trick worms in shaded coves and around docks as the day heats up. Expect a few quality fish mixed in—Lake Austin has produced some lunkers on swimbaits in years past, and June’s a sleeper month for a trophy if you’re patient and persistent. Besides bass, there’s a fair mix of sunfish and the occasional blue or channel cat. Bluegill and redear sunfish are hitting worms and small crappie jigs, especially near boat docks and along rocky outcroppings. For those chasing cats, cut shad and chicken liver on the bottom are solid producers near creek inflows after sundown. Your best bets for lures today: early, it’s all about topwater—try a bone-colored Spook or Pop-R, or a buzzbait for explosive action. As light comes up, switch to small swimbaits, shaky-head worms (watermelon red or green pumpkin), or Texas-rigged big worms out deeper. For sunfish, keep it simple with worms or small beetle spins. Hot spots this week include the Pennybacker Bridge stretch—there’s been early morning schooling action here—and the cove around Emma Long Park, which is holding fish near the hydrilla edges and submerged timber. If you’re after numbers, creek mouths up-river are stacked with bass chasing shad. That’s the word from Lake Austin today—get out early for the topwater bite, stay hydrated, and don’t forget those big plastics for later. Thanks for tuning in, and make sure to subscribe for more local reports. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.