Somerville Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, White Crappie, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Somerville Marina.

The reservoir

Somerville Lake covers 11,289 acres in Texas, across 3 counties: Washington, Burleson and Lee. It is a reservoir: 92.3% of it is 26 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 30.1 feet (9.2 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

Lake View from Lake Somerville SP Texas 2023.jpg
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Striped Bass, Sunshine Bass, Grass Carp.

Somerville Lake.jpg
Eric Polk · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth: down to 30.1 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 30.1 ft (9.2 m). 92.3% of the water is 26 feet or shallower. We hold 163 depth contours for this water, drawn from 289,648 soundings.

Dry Lake Bed Somerville Lake SP Texas 2023.jpg
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
  • 0–2 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 8% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 7% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 6% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 28–29 ft: 1.1% of the water

Stocking: 8,959,090 fish, 1994–2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list 8,959,090 fish released into this water from 1994 to 2026.

  • Sunshine Bass: 1,314,100 in 2017–2026
  • Walleye: 1,079,800 in 1973–1975
  • Channel Catfish: 405,478 in 1967–2012
  • Largemouth Bass: 100,000 in 1967
  • Blue Catfish: 23,000 in 1967
  • White Crappie: 4,000 in 1967
  • Black Crappie: 4,000 in 1967

4 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 1.1–2.3 feet on our readings, averaging 1.7 feet, from 117 readings. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2016–2026.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Lake Somerville Marina website lakesomervillemarina.com/Marina.html

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

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 11,289 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle. 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, 2012.
  • USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map, 2007.
  • 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.