Lake Travis Fishing Report - August 15, 2026
On the water August 15, 2026 · Lake Travis · by Bryan Cotter, Texas Hawgs
Decent day, and an encouraging one. Since the flooding a month ago the fish have been sitting deep, but they’re showing signs of moving back shallow. We saw a lot of bass in the 10–25 foot range, though they only wanted to eat a little way out from the bank, mostly around random trees close to rock.
The morning started on an underspin swimbait and a topwater walking bait, then we went almost all worms once the sun got up. Green pumpkin with different flake colors, or watermelon candy, were the colors they wanted.
The afternoon trip surprised us: the bass were piled up on the walls and we actually caught more in the early afternoon than at first light. Bite was off and on all day, but between the two trips we put right around three dozen bass in the boat, with some nice ones mixed in and a 5-pounder as the best.
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