Lake Limestone fishing: Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, White Bass

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, White Bass, Channel Catfish, Sunshine Bass

The reservoir

Lake Limestone covers 12,396 acres in Texas, across 3 counties: Limestone, Leon and Robertson. It is a reservoir: 93.5% of it is 34 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 42 feet (12.8 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Sunshine Bass — Feeding water: 70–80°F. Nonnative.

Depth: down to 42 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 42 ft (12.8 m). 93.5% of the water is 34 feet or shallower. We hold 292 depth contours for this water, drawn from 438,661 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 4% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 36–38 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 38–40 ft: 0.8% of the water

Stocking: 2,366,688 fish, 1979–2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 2,366,688 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2026.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Blue Catfish: 521,970 in 1986–1998
  • Channel Catfish: 338,237 in 1979
  • Largemouth Bass: 196 in 1994–1996

3 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

pH averages 7.5. These readings span 2024–2026.

What is hard here

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 12,396 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, 2012.
  • USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.