Any good areas for bass fishing near Austin?

[Raz]

Recently moved to Austin from West, Any good place for fishing in Austin during winter ?

 

[lightflyer1]

Lake Travis. Almost any of the lakes in the chain. Some have even been caught in Town lake but I wouldn't eat any from there. Are you shore fishing or boat? Some lakes up in Camp Mabry as well but I haven't personally fished them.

 

[jrbfishn]

Decker(Walter E Long), Fayette, Bastrop. There are several.

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[Raz]

Lake Travis. Almost any of the lakes in the chain. Some have even been caught in Town lake but I wouldn't eat any from there. Are you shore fishing or boat? Some lakes up in Camp Mabry as well but I haven't personally fished them.

Fishing from bank

 

[lightflyer1]

Lots of places. For the most part they can be fished year round. You need to be a little more specific in your request of what you want to do.

 

[Raz]

Lots of places. For the most part they can be fished year round. You need to be a little more specific in your request of what you want to do.

All the time bank fishing and may be try to catch bass/trout/cat if any. I am still trying to research on the type of fish i want to fish but I will start with bass

 

[lightflyer1]

Trout will be difficult as they only live in a narrow environment. TPWD does releases every now and then though.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/management/stocking/trout_directions.phtml?a=94

Catfish can be found almost anywhere.

White bass will run in the spring and a lot of fun can be had fishing for those.

Some really good Crappie fishing around too (My favorite eating fish).

My favorite Largemouth Bass lake is Aquilla up around Waco. It has limited recreational boating due to tree stumps everywhere. Fishing is great though.

You will have a hard time shore fishing though due to limited places to get to and ants. You will need to consider some kind of boat/float/platform if you want to be more successful. A tube or raft or even canoe or kayak can work well for one. You have to be able to get to where the fish are not wait for them to come to you.

 

[Raz]

Thank you!

 

[lightflyer1]

Consider hiring a guide on one of the lakes around. See where they take you. If you have the money and a place to keep one, a small aluminum boat and motor can be had pretty cheap and will get you to spots. If I had somewhere to park one I would have another.

 

[Raz]

Consider hiring a guide on one of the lakes around. See where they take you. If you have the money and a place to keep one, a small aluminum boat and motor can be had pretty cheap and will get you to spots. If I had somewhere to park one I would have another.

Would you know any good guides?

 

[SloppyShooter]

Tough order. Bank fishing for bass is tough. Stock ponds and small rivers, maybe small community lakes. Sorry to say, but if you have to ask, it probably isn't happening.

Catfish are more doable, but they have a habit of biting best between 1 and 3 am, not the most pleasant time to fish in winter.

Since you said you're from "west" and are now in Austin, I reccommend rainbow colored gummie worms for bass.

Welcome to the forum.