Lake Lyndon B Johnson fishing: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Striped Bass

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Striped Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish

The lake

Lake Lyndon B Johnson covers 5,880 acres in Texas, across 2 counties: Llano and Burnet. It is a lake: 91.6% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 72.5 feet (22.1 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

Lake Lyndon B Johnson.jpg
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Depth: down to 72.5 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 72.5 ft (22.1 m). 91.6% of the water is 45 feet or shallower.

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Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
  • 0–5 ft: 12.4% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 18.1% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 14.3% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 13.2% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.1% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1.3% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.9% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

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

Also recorded here: Redbreast, Sunshine Bass, Common Carp, Blue Tilapia.

Lake LBJ Above Wirtz Dam.jpg
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

Stocking: 11,826,682 fish, 1969–2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 11,826,682 fish released into this water from 1969 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 7,200,000 in 1973–1974
  • Channel Catfish: 642,061 in 1969–2016
  • Largemouth Bass: 308,126 in 1971
  • Smallmouth Bass: 144,647 in 1976–1986
  • Striped Bass: 59,881 in 1983
  • Flathead Catfish: 52 in 1971

5 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 78°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.6. These readings span 2021. The latest reading is from 2021, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 5,880 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.