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 Lake Hawkins
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02/11/25 03:29 AM
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Bigbass93
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Has anyone fished this little lake in east Texas?
Buddy of mine lives in Tyler and he wants to go fish it. Wondering if it’s worth going to.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 04:38 AM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 2,017
dk2429
Extreme Angler
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Following. Planning on going there in March
Majek 22 Extreme/225 Optimax Pro XS hauled by a 2500HD Duramax
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 12:25 PM
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Joined: Aug 2004
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FishDFly
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Most who post here say it's good place not to catch fish.
FDF
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 12:55 PM
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Posts: 715
Captain Break-Off
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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The water is crystal clear and you need to down size on line and lures.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 02:33 PM
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wanta10lbbass
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There's a lot of fish, average size isn't big. Periodically some big fish, but not a big fish lake IMO. Some fish bed deep in the clear water, some good vegetation throughout the lake as well. I like the middle portion of the lake best, but they're everywhere. Access in the park has a fee, you can also use the one in the Taste of Italy parking lot, they don't charge for it. Parking is limited there, but it's a decent ramp.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: FishDFly]
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02/11/25 02:58 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,654
HARD WORKN HAROLD
Extreme Angler
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Most who post here say it's good place not to catch fish. EXACTLY!! Move along, nothing to see here. 
DON'T LET THE CLOTHES FOOL YA
Life is too short to fish with a dead cricket!
PB: wife of 40 years
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 04:29 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
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Dan90210 ☮
Jr Deputy Dan
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Jr Deputy Dan
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Lots of weeds. Clear water. I caught a big pickerel there. Few bass but nothing big on small plastics. They have gators too. Lots of them. Saw them with my own eyes.
I also heard there is rebar in the tops of stumps there. They say planted by locals to keep visitors out of "their" spots. But that might just be legend.
The Italian place is pretty good.
That is all I got.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 05:39 PM
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Mark Perry
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Super Freak
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The more I fish Lake Hawkins the less fishI catch there...  ...first couple of trips were great. Now not so much.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 08:14 PM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 856
C_Fisher
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have a good buddy that has a lake house on it. don't let anyone fool you, there's some good size and numbers in it!
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/11/25 09:22 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,886
4Weight
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Have had a couple of good rattletrap bites in the grass there.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: wanta10lbbass]
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02/12/25 01:19 AM
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DJB
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There's a lot of fish, average size isn't big. Periodically some big fish, but not a big fish lake IMO. Some fish bed deep in the clear water, some good vegetation throughout the lake as well. I like the middle portion of the lake best, but they're everywhere. Access in the park has a fee, you can also use the one in the Taste of Italy parking lot, they don't charge for it. Parking is limited there, but it's a decent ramp. Caught a fish on bed in 18 ft of water one time ,no lie. But there's literally a dozen other lakes in that area I'd rather fish.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/12/25 02:19 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,576
meP2too
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40 years ago it was a good lake, at one point TPW surveys rated it a lake without fish. Locals killed it by taking home dozens of fish at a time. Pulled up to ramp to go night fish and we found 20 + bass carcasses at the ramp we called the warden to let them know.
I’d go to Holbrook
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
#15330037
02/12/25 03:38 AM
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Joined: May 2014
Posts: 5,807
PondFish
TFF Celebrity
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Hit and miss.
Fished it semi regularly from the early '90s to early '00s.
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/12/25 04:06 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 39,121
Frank the Tank
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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It’s terrible. Don’t waste your time. Just my .02
Jesus loves all of us
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Re: Lake Hawkins
[Re: Bigbass93]
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02/12/25 01:05 PM
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Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 390
Statton48
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It’s a good lake. March you will have good numbers and a few chunks mixed in
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