There are a variety of location in Texas where you will find excellent Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass fishing. The warm weather all year round make it an ideal fishing location for many anglers.
This article will highlight many of the popular bass fishing locations in Texas as well as offer some useful tips and advice for bass fishing in and around Texas. Texas’s long coastline, lakes and ponds make it a very attractive location for fisherman. Some other popular species to try and fish for while in Texas are Trout, Perch, Bluegill, Crappie, Salmon and Catfish. So saddle up and head down to texas for som exciting Bass fishing!
Popular Bass Fishing Locations in Texas
Below are a list of lakes and ponds in Texas that are popular Bass fishing locations.
- Lake Fork
- Garza-Little Elm Lake
- Grapevine Lake
- Houston Lake
- Lake Amistad
- Lake O’ the Pines
- Lake Lavon
- Lewisville Lake
- Livingston Lake
- Medina Lake
- Meredith Lake
- O.H. Ivie Lake
- Palestine Lake
- Possum Kingdom Lake
- Ray Hubbard Lake
- Ray Roberts Lake
- Richland Chambers Lake
- Sabine Lake
- Sam Rayburn Lake
- Tawakoni Lake
- Texoma Lake
- Toldeo Bend Lake
- Travis Lake
Bait Shops in Texas
- Fishermans Corner
21910 FM 306, Canyon Lake, TX
(210) 213-2534 - Hog Eye Bait Shop
6510 Blue Bluff Road, Austin, TX
(512) 926-3522 1 review - Red Top Bait Shop
Highway 29, Burnet, TX
(512) 756-4606 2 reviews - Big Country Bait & Grocery
11250 West Lake Road, Abilene, TX
(325) 676-9043 Place page - Fisherman’s Bait
4601 Red Bluff Road, Austin, TX
(512) 386-9693
General Tips and Advice for Catching Bass
Bass will hide out in areas with natural or man made cover. Look for weed beds, tree limbs that have fallen in the water or large patches of Lilly pads. They are an ambush predator so they will wait in these areas until they spot a meal that swims by.
Early morning or late afternoon’s produce good fishing activity while bass fishing. Overcast days or other days with low light conditions produce good results. A few hours before sunset through a few hours after are the hours that produce best while Bass fishing.
In general the smaller bass’s diet consists more of small insects, whereas the larger adults consume small fish, frogs, salamanders, craw fish ect.
Rooster tails or spinner baits work well in low light days. My advice is to keep to the live bait whenever possible. Skimming a rubber frog over a pond that is covered by Lilly pads produces excellent and exciting results.
Tight lines and good luck Bass fishing in Texas.
