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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 good on green tubes, Senkos, and spinnerbaits in 12 - 42 feet. Striped bass are good on RedFins. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and trolling hellbender crankbaits. Catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Bridgeport Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs and drop-shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and Humdingers. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

Lake Buchanan Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, Curb's in.erraticin. jigs, and wacky rigged watermelon/red Whacky Sticks in stickups and flooded grass back in creeks and pockets in 3 - 6 feet. Striped bass are fair jigging white Curb's bucktail jigs and drifting live bait around Shaw Island in 15 - 30 feet. White bass are good vertically jigging Bleeding Shad Tiny Traps and Pirk Minnows above Paradise Point. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are good on juglines and trotlines above Paradise Point.

Caddo Lake Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on flukes and Senkos. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows in the creek channel bends. White bass are good on Road Runners. Catfish are fair to good on prepared baits.

Canyon Lake Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on green pumpkin Whacky Sticks on jigheads, JDC spider Grubs, and grape Scoundrel worms on shaky jigheads in clear water along 6 - 12 foot break lines. Striped bass are fair trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits on down riggers, and vertically jigging silver Pirk Minnows and white ¼oz. Curb's striper jigs. White bass are fair vertically are fair vertically jigging ¼oz. Pirk Minnows, and trolling Shad Raps and Daiwa Shad Masters in 10 - 20 feet. Smallmouth bass are good on root beer JDC curl tail grubs, Rat-L-Traps, and 6" watermelon Scoundrels on jigheads along main lake points and ledges in 6 - 15 feet. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on live bait.

Choke Canyon Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Carolina rigged soft plastics. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnow tipped jigs. Drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on punchbait in 10 - 12 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

Lake Conroe Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon/green Carolina and Texas rigged soft plastics, and on spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, liver, and cheesebait.

Corpus Christi Texas Fishing

Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Black drum are good in the Humble Channel at night on crabs and table shrimp.

Lake Fork Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair to good on soft plastics fished in the shallows, chatterbaits and Rat-L-Traps - fish spotted on beds. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared baits.

Lake Granbury Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon green soft plastics and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and white striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on stinkbait, nightcrawlers, and shrimp.

Lake Lavon Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on Texas rigged Brush Hogs, red Rat-L-Traps and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs in the shallows. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and stinkbait.

Lake Lewisville Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on chatterbaits, black/blue jigs, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons and Humdingers. Catfish are good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.

Lake Livingston Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on slabs, pet spoons, and hellbenders. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are very good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Meredith Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on minnows, watermelon/chartreuse soft plastics, and white spinnerbaits around grass lines and rocky points. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live baits and shallow crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are fair on live baits and white/black crankbaits. Walleye are good on live baits near the Marina. Channel catfish are good on live baits.

Lake Palestine Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair to good on jigs, Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigged worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and prepared baits. White bass are fair on Humdingers. Hybrid striper are slow.

Possum Kingdom Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits, black/blue soft plastics and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and yellow jigs in Rock, Caddo and Bee Creeks. White bass are fair on silver Rat-L-Traps and white Beetle Spins in Rock, Caddo and Bee Creeks. Stripers are good on live shad below the Dam. Catfish are good on live shad and cut liver.

Lake Ray Hubbard Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs and Rat-L-Traps shallow and around rip rap. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are very good on slabs and 4" swimbaits where the birds are working and over humps and on points in 18-21 feet - fish are full of eggs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on 4 - 5in. swimbaits with a fast retrieve. Catfish are fair on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

Lake Ray Roberts Texas Fishing

Black bass to 8 pounds are good on 7" Zellamanders and Boogie Baits. Crappie are fair and starting to show up on brush piles. White bass are good to excellent on C.C. Spoons and Rattle Baits with sporadic topwater schooling.

Richland Chambers Texas Fishing

Black bass are on jigs, Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. White bass are fair to good on white or chartreuse slabs and shad pattern Bass Assassins on a jighead. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

Rockport Texas Fishing

Trout are fair to good in Morris-Cummings Cut on free-lined shrimp. Black drum are good in the Lydia Ann Channel on crabs. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp.

Sam Rayburn Lake Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on watermelon red Senkos, lizards, and Brush Hogs. White bass are excellent on spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and tube jigs in shallow areas. Bream are good on nightcrawlers and crickets. Catfish are good on trotlines baited with nightcrawlers.

South Padre Texas Fishing

Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp in 3-4 feet of water. Black drum, redfish and jack crevalle have been taken at the jetty.

Lake Tawakoni Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on red or chrome lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs and watermelon candy Brush Hogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on white or chartreuse slabs and Humdingers. Striped bass and hybrid striper are slow on slabs and live shad. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

Lake Texoma Texas Fishing

Black bass are fair on red Rat-L-Traps, brown jigs and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on live shad and Bass Assassins. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

Toledo Bend Reservoir Fishing

Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on spoons in the river. Crappie are fair on chartreuse jigs under the bridge. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Travis Texas Fishing

Black bass are very good on watermelon Senkos, smoke grubs, and Brush Hogs in 5 - 20 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on crankbaits, minnows, and white grubs in 10 - 20 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and blue/white tube jigs in 15 - 25 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait in 20 - 35 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

Lake Whitney Texas Fishing

Black bass are good on watermelon red and watermelon seed Texas and Carolina rigged soft plastics and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and white/green striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait and cheesebait.

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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