Lake Bridgeport fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Spotted Bass, White Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill

The lake

Lake Bridgeport covers 11,495 acres in Texas, across 2 counties: Wise and Jack. It is a lake: 91.5% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 73.1 feet (22.3 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

Depth: down to 73.1 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 73.1 ft (22.3 m). 91.5% of the water is 55 feet or shallower.

  • 0–5 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 11.4% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 10% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 65–69 ft: 0.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Spotted Bass — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Sunshine Bass, Threadfin Shad.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

Stocking: 18,952,491 fish, 1982–2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 18,952,491 fish released into this water from 1982 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 12,977,586 in 1974–1992
  • Sunshine Bass: 2,197,088 in 2020–2026
  • Largemouth Bass: 250,000 in 1970
  • Smallmouth Bass: 238,035 in 1982–2019
  • Channel Catfish: 52,000 in 1972
  • Threadfin Shad: 8,800 in 1984–1985

5 more species on the stocking list.

What is hard here

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 11,495 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.

Where this data comes from

  • Texas Water Development Board — Texas Water Development Board: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2020.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.