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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Texas

9 Texas waters hold white bass & hybrids, 9 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Richland-Chambers Reservoir — 77 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish
2. Cedar Creek Reservoir — 64 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
3. Lake Tawakoni — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish
4. Lake Palestine — 53 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
5. Lewisville Lake — 69 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
6. Lake Conroe — 61 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
7. Belton Lake — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie
8. Lake Ray Hubbard — 47 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish
9. Lake LBJ — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Bluegill

When to fish white bass & hybrids in Texas

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

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