Richland-Chambers Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish

The reservoir

Richland-Chambers Reservoir covers 28,298 acres in Texas, across 2 counties: Navarro and Freestone. It is a reservoir: 93.8% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 79.4 feet (24.2 m). Our records hold 23 species for this water.

Depth: down to 79.4 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 79.4 ft (24.2 m). 93.8% of the water is 55 feet or shallower.

  • 0–5 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 13.2% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 10.5% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1% of the water
  • 65–69 ft: 0.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: White Crappie, Freshwater Drum, Alligator Gar, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Redear, Warmouth, Green Sunfish, Redbreast, Longnose Gar, Bowfin, Common Carp, Grass Carp, Goldfish, Gizzard Shad, Threadfin Shad.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 60°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2019. The latest reading is from 2019, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 28,298 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.

Where this data comes from

  • Texas Water Development Board — Texas Water Development Board: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2018.
  • 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.