Briarcliff Fishing Reports (December 2024)

Aaron Lancaster
Austin, Texas
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Lake Bastrop-12/4- water temp 67, lots of bass shallow right now, can catch these fish with spinnerbaits and flukes, worms also working well on outside edge of the grass, you can rig these on a drop shot or neko rig to stay weedless

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Aaron Lancaster Austin, Texas Reported: 2 weeks ago

Lake Bastrop-12/4- water temp 67, lots of bass shallow right now, can catch these fish with spinnerbaits and flukes, worms also working well on outside edge of the grass, you can rig these on a drop shot or neko rig to stay weedless

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Ander Meine
Austin, Texas
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Kicking out big numbers of bass averaging 50-80 bass per trip. Finding big ones has been a little more difficult, but we are getting a ton of bites! We are focusing on deeper grass edges in 15-20 ft of water drop shotting Bass Pro Shops Tri-Color Worms and Texas rigging...

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Ander Meine Austin, Texas Reported: 2 weeks ago

Kicking out big numbers of bass averaging 50-80 bass per trip. Finding big ones has been a little more difficult, but we are getting a ton of bites! We are focusing on deeper grass edges in 15-20 ft of water drop shotting Bass Pro Shops Tri-Color Worms and Texas rigging 5" stick worms.

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Ander Meine
Austin, Texas
Reported: 3 weeks ago

We are doing well targeting deeper grass edges with drop shot rigged finesse worms and a Texas-rigged Ribbontail worm.

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Ander Meine Austin, Texas Reported: 3 weeks ago

We are doing well targeting deeper grass edges with drop shot rigged finesse worms and a Texas-rigged Ribbontail worm.

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Jackie Headrick
Burnet, Texas
Reported: 4 weeks ago

Fishing has been tough lately with the cold front coming in this week they should start their top water birds are starting to work on wind blowed points white bass are hitting good

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Jackie Headrick Burnet, Texas Reported: 4 weeks ago

Fishing has been tough lately with the cold front coming in this week they should start their top water birds are starting to work on wind blowed points white bass are hitting good

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Ander Meine
Austin, Texas
Reported: 1 month ago

Stillhouse Hollow Lake: Fishing is getting better as the weather continues to cool. We are doing well with weightless trick worms fished shallow around points.

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Ander Meine Austin, Texas Reported: 1 month ago

Stillhouse Hollow Lake: Fishing is getting better as the weather continues to cool. We are doing well with weightless trick worms fished shallow around points.

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Jackie Headrick
Burnet, Texas
Reported: 5 months ago

Fishing has been tuff with the little fronts and wind keeping water temps down been catching a few fish in 35 to 45 foot of water on tree tops and ridges catfish are biting in 30 to 35 foot on live shad

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Jackie Headrick Burnet, Texas Reported: 5 months ago

Fishing has been tuff with the little fronts and wind keeping water temps down been catching a few fish in 35 to 45 foot of water on tree tops and ridges catfish are biting in 30 to 35 foot on live shad

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Ander Meine
Austin, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

We are doing well targeting huge schools of bass in and around the numerous marinas on the lake. Best baits are small weightless soft plastic jerkbaits and drop shot rigged finesse worms.

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Ander Meine Austin, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

We are doing well targeting huge schools of bass in and around the numerous marinas on the lake. Best baits are small weightless soft plastic jerkbaits and drop shot rigged finesse worms.

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Ander Meine
Austin, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

Stillhouse Hollow continues to kick out good numbers and some giant bass! If it’s numbers you’re after, chasing the nomadic schools of bass offshore are the way to go. Use forward facing sonar to locate these schools and then cast small weightless soft plastic jerkbaits at them fished quickly across...

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Ander Meine Austin, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

Stillhouse Hollow continues to kick out good numbers and some giant bass! If it’s numbers you’re after, chasing the nomadic schools of bass offshore are the way to go. Use forward facing sonar to locate these schools and then cast small weightless soft plastic jerkbaits at them fished quickly across the surface. For big bass, fish the shallows with topwater lures like the River2Sea Rover!

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