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It is true what they say, that everything is bigger in Texas.  Fishing in Texas is often affectionately called big water fishing. There are many very large lakes and reservoirs in Texas that are also renowned for both the size and great quality of fish.  If you are not familiar with the vast Texas fishing waters, the first thing you should do is seek the assistance of a professional Texas Fishing Guide.  Texas has many incredible Bass Fishing lakes like:  Lake Fork, Lake Texoma, Lake Livingston, Sam Rayburn Lake, Lake Buchanan, and Caddo Lake among many others.  Texas is a great place to take a fishing vacation, and Texas Deep Sea Fishing is as wild as it gets.  Catch a Texas Fishing Charter and head down to the Gulf of Mexico, whether it is Snapper, Amberjack, Tuna, Sharks, Grouper, or Bullfish you can find it there.

Texas Fishing Reports

Lake Amistad Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on crankbaits and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on slabs and grubs. White bass are fair on slabs and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch.

Lake Buchanan Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on black Curb's hair jigs, watermelon red JDC curl tail grubs on jigheads, and suspending crankbaits over deeper rock piles along ledges and points in 8–20 feet. Striped bass are good drifting live shad, and jigging Spoiler Shad swim baits and Pirk Minnows near Garrett Island in 28–40 feet. White bass are slow to fair jigging Tiny Traps and Pirk Minnows. Crappie are slow on live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.

Caddo Lake Texas Fishing

Black bass are slow on flukes, jigs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

Canyon Lake Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on Texas rigged Red Shad worms, pumpkin JDC drop shot worms, and tubes on jigheads in stickups in 6–15 feet. Striped bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and trolling Gizz 4's or Shad Raps on down riggers over humps in the lower end of the lake in 40–60 feet. White bass are fair but small on blade baits along main lake bluffs. Smallmouth bass are very good on Tomato Red JDC grubs, smoke/red flake tubes on jigheads, and smoke drop shot worms along main lake points and bluff ledges. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.

Choke Canyon Texas Fishing

Black bass to 7 pounds are good on heavy jigs and large soft plastic lizards in the grass, and fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows upriver. Crappie are slow but some large ones caught on minnows. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait in 2 – 7 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Conroe Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and frozen shrimp.

Corpus Christi Texas Fishing

Redfish are fair to good around Shamrock Cove on small topwaters and spoons. Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp.

Lake Fork Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on jigs, Rat–L–Traps and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared bait.

Lake Granbury Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on chartreuse soft plastics, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on frozen shrimp and stinkbait.

Lake Lavon Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on jerkbaits, crankbaits and drop shot rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

Lake Lewisville Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, Carolina rigs, drop shot rigs and shad pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut shad.

Lake Livingston Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on silver/black spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are good on Rat–L–Traps. White bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with shad and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Meredith Texas Fishing

Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouth bass are slow. Walleye are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are fair on live bait.

Lake Palestine Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps, Carolina rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs, Sassy Shad and live shad. White bass are fair to good on slabs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad.

Possum Kingdom Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics and shad–colored crankbaits off points in the Long Hollow and Caddo areas. Crappie are slow on live bait and jigs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons suspended near Costello Island. Striped bass are good on silver spoons and shad–colored crankbaits along southern lake points. Catfish are good on live shad and cut liver by the public boat ramp on points to the west.

Lake Ray Hubbard Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on white or chrome crankbaits, Carolina rigs and drop shot rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs and dead–sticking Sassy Shad. Catfish are fair on cut and prepared bait.

Lake Ray Roberts Texas Fishing

Black bass are slow to fair on chrome/black Bomber crankbaits fished slowly. No report on crappie. White bass are good on C.C. jigging spoons in 25–40 feet.

Richland Chambers Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, crankbaits and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and live minnows. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers.

Sam Rayburn Lake Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on watermelon red and tequila sunrise soft plastic worms. White bass are good on minnows and white/gold spoons. Crappie are good on live minnows. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Catfish are good on live bait, shrimp, and punchbait.

South Padre Texas Fishing

Trout and redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. Redfish are good in South Cullen Bay on Gulps.

Lake Tawakoni Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.

Lake Texoma Texas Fishing

Black bass are slow to fair on crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are fair to good on slabs worked slowly. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared bait.

Toledo Bend Reservoir Fishing

Black bass are fair on watermelon and chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs over brush piles. Bream are good on worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Travis Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on chrome jigging spoons, black jigs, and smoke grubs in 28 – 45 feet. Striped bass are fair on minnows and chrome spoons in 30 – 40 feet. White bass are good on minnows and chrome jigging spoons in 35 – 50 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and pink and white tube jigs in 38 – 48 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait in 32 – 48 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Whitney Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on watermelon red spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait.

Top 5 Texas Bass Fishing Lakes

Lake Fork

Lake Amistad

Sam Rayburn Lake

Lake Ray Roberts

Lake Conroe

Top 5 Texas Crappie Fishing Lakes

Lake Fork

Sam Rayburn Lake

Toledo Bend

Lake Livingston

Lake Lavon

FREE Fishing In Texas

Free Fishing in Texas State Parks is designed to encourage more people to get out and enjoy the great sport of fishing.  Texas Parks & Wildlife has waived the normal fishing license and stamp requirements for anyone fishing inside the boundary of a Texas state park. Once you've paid the park entrance fees, no one needs a fishing license or stamp, whether freshwater or saltwater, adult or child, as long as they're inside the state park. However, bag limits, length limits, and other regulations will still apply, and be enforced.  You can enjoy the Free Fishing in State Parks program at more than 50 state parks, and at numerous Wildlife Management Areas across Texas.  For a List of Texas State Parks offering FREE Fishing click HERE.

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