Lake Waxahachie fishing: Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, White Bass
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, White Bass
The lake
Lake Waxahachie covers 637 acres in Texas, across Ellis County. It is a lake: 93.6% of it is 36 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 47.8 feet (14.6 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth: down to 47.8 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 47.8 ft (14.6 m). 93.6% of the water is 36 feet or shallower. We hold 33 depth contours for this water, drawn from 58,395 soundings.
- 0–3 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 15.7% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 9.8% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 9.7% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 8.6% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 7% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 6% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 45–47 ft: 0.3% of the water
3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Stocking: 377,840 fish, 1988–2018
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 377,840 fish released into this water from 1988 to 2018. The latest stocking on record is from 2018, more than three years ago.
- Blue Catfish: 169,319 in 2003–2018
One more species on the stocking list.
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.
