Lake Pat Cleburne fishing: Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Sunshine Bass
The lake
Lake Pat Cleburne covers 1,569 acres in Texas, across Johnson County. It is a lake: 93% of it is 32 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 41.9 feet (12.8 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.
6 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Sunshine Bass — Feeding water: 70–80°F. Nonnative.
Stocking: 2,392,447 fish, 1971–2026
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 2,392,447 fish released into this water from 1971 to 2026.
- Sunshine Bass: 1,441,935 in 2017–2026
- Blue Catfish: 155,588 in 2017–2022
- Largemouth Bass: 68,045 in 1971–2025
- Channel Catfish: 54,905 in 1990–1998
- Flathead Catfish: 18 in 1982
5 more species on the stocking list.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 41.9 ft (12.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93% of the water is 32 feet or shallower. We hold 63 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 6% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 8.5% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 3.8% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 36–38 ft: 1.6% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 2–3.2 feet on our readings, averaging 2.5 feet, from 38 readings. pH averages 8. These readings span 2016–2026.
Where this data comes from
- Texas Water Development Board — Texas Water Development Board: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- 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.
