Lake Tawakoni fishing: Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Blue Catfish, Sunshine Bass
Best months: Nov for Striped Bass
Second window: May, Jun, Sep for Largemouth Bass
The lake
Lake Tawakoni covers 36,621 acres in Texas, across 3 counties: Hunt, Rains and Van Zandt. It is a lake: 91.4% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 66.1 feet (20.1 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.
Depth: down to 66.1 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 66.1 ft (20.1 m). 91.4% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 313 depth contours for this water, drawn from 309,583 soundings.
- 0–3 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 8% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 7% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 7% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 6% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 5% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 54–56 ft: 0.6% of the water
6 target fish, led by Striped Bass
- Striped Bass — Best months: Nov.
- Largemouth Bass — Best months: May, Jun, Sep.
- Walleye — Best months: Nov, Dec, Mar, Apr.
- White Bass — Best months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec.
- Blue Catfish — Best months: May, Jun, Sep.
- Sunshine Bass — Best months: May, Sep. Nonnative.
Also recorded here: Goldfish, Fathead Minnow.
Stocking: 35,738,447 fish, 1995–2026
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 35,738,447 fish released into this water from 1995 to 2026.
- Striped Bass: 19,154,095 in 2005–2026
- Sunshine Bass: 3,541,066 in 2004–2026
- Walleye: 450,000 in 1975
- Blue Catfish: 366,675 in 1989
4 more species on the stocking list.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 50°F and the warmest is 92°F; the warmest monthly average is 86°F. These readings span 2016–2026.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 36,621 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle. Winter water drops to 54°F, and the warm-water species stop feeding well before you do. Summer water sits at 86°F: heat and afternoon lightning are the real risks, not the fishing.
Where this data comes from
- Texas Water Development Board — Texas Water Development Board: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom, 1997.
- 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.
