Lake Tyler fishing: Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Redbreast

Target species: Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Redbreast, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Sunshine Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Tyler Marina Resort.

The lake

Lake Tyler covers 4,707 acres in Texas, across Smith County. It is a lake: 93.7% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 37.9 feet (11.6 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

6 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

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

Depth: down to 37.9 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 37.9 ft (11.6 m). 93.7% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 277 depth contours for this water, drawn from 391,927 soundings.

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David A. Harrison · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 0–2 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 0.3% of the water

Stocking: 3,949,888 fish, 1980–2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 3,949,888 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2026.

  • Largemouth Bass: 219,100 in 1967–1974
  • Channel Catfish: 202,018 in 1967–2023
  • Blue Catfish: 58,569 in 1971–1975
  • White Bass: 192 in 1993

5 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 3–6.2 feet on our readings, averaging 4.5 feet, from 71 readings. pH averages 7.3. These readings span 2017–2026.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Lake Tyler Marina Resort — Whitehouse. 18183 Concession Road, Whitehouse 75791

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Texas Water Development Board — Texas Water Development Board: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2025.
  • 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.