Lake Marble Falls fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, White Crappie, Sunshine Bass

The lake

Lake Marble Falls covers 584 acres in Texas, across Burnet County. It is a lake: 90.8% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 57.1 feet (17.4 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

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7 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Redbreast — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Sunshine Bass — Feeding water: 70–80°F. Nonnative.

Also recorded here: White Bass.

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Stocking: 689,081 fish, 1966–2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 689,081 fish released into this water from 1966 to 2026.

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  • Channel Catfish: 292,257 in 1966–2016
  • Smallmouth Bass: 133,304 in 1978–1988
  • Blue Catfish: 60,068 in 1971–1979
  • Largemouth Bass: 1,200 in 1966
  • White Crappie: 1,000 in 1971

4 more species on the stocking list.

Depth: down to 57.1 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 57.1 ft (17.4 m). 90.8% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 59 depth contours for this water, drawn from 82,026 soundings.

  • 0–3 ft: 13.3% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 30.4% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 17.1% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 4% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 1.2% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 0.6% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 0.4% of the water

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.