Best Texas Smallmouth Lake...

I plan to take a vacation, with smallmouth fishing, a North Texas area lake. Fall or Spring, for most consistent, bite? Any other facts, I should know? Thanks, all!

Texoma in Nov. or Dec. would be my pick. Small bandit crankbaits on rocks and cover a bunch of water.

Texoma, Brazos River and Devils River.

Texoma and if you want to go central Texas Belton

Long time ago, Lake Whitney was the best smallmouth lake in Texas. But could not tell you the status or information on the present time on this lake. Maybe you could get some information off the internet on it. Good Fishing to you.

Golden algae several years ago seems to have pretty well wiped out the smallmouth from Whitney, much better lakes in Texas as mentioned above

Same with Meredith in panhandle. Was amazing smallmouth fishery.

They put 220,000 smallmouth in Meredith a year or two ago. It has had close to 12 million walleye stocked in the last 3 years as well.

Belton and texoma forsure

Ron Gardener SET THE STATE ON FIRE WITH SMALLIES BACK IN THE 80S AND HE STILL HOLDS MANY OF THE SMALL MOUTH RECORDS IN THE STATE FROM Whitney but the algea got them all from PK and whitney and the PARKS AND WILDLIFE SAYS THEY WILL NOT STOCK THEM IN THESE LAKES AGAIN !!!!Makes me sad as they were really fun to catch .

Ron Gardener SET THE STATE ON FIRE WITH SMALLIES BACK IN THE 80S AND HE STILL HOLDS MANY OF THE SMALL MOUTH RECORDS IN THE STATE FROM Whitney but the algea got them all from PK and whitney and the PARKS AND WILDLIFE SAYS THEY WILL NOT STOCK THEM IN THESE LAKES AGAIN !!!!Makes me sad as they were really fun to catch .

If you really want to catch some football size smallies, take a trip to Lake Erie. You'll be hard pressed to find a better smallmouth fishery in the states

Lake Erie is a pretty good drive from central Texas.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/bridgeport/

Canyon Lake but its central.Only place in Tx I ever caught SM its cold and clear and deep ..just lived there a coupe years...Not a fishing lake in warm month ..Its full of College KIDs and crazies and wake boats and loud Music (if ya call it that) etc

Devils River is the ticket.

I have only caught smallmouth on Amistad. Have yet to catch one on Belton.

My vote goes to Texoma, however Bridgeport has a decent population of them. I catch several over 3lbs every year from BP, always by accident though.

I have only caught them on Texoma, fishing the rocks by the state park.

Texoma or Belton. PK used to have a good population as well, but I presume the Golden Algae got them as it did on Whitney.

texoma by far.

There are no small mouth in Belton or Stillhouse. Don't waste your time/money.

+1, topwaters in the summer. I usually start with a clear torpedo. Smallies will come from deep water to hit something on the surface.

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Caught them on Belton

I fished Texoma the majority of late summer into winter last year, caught more smallies than largemouth down in Eisenhower area. Last bass of the year was SM mid December that went about 5.5-6 pounds. I catch alot of 12-14 inch fish but on spinning reel with 8 test they sure are fun.

Belton was good last weekend lots of smallies brought to weigh in