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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Texas

30 Texas waters hold white bass & hybrids, 21 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 CatfishWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 16 public access sites
2. Cedar Creek Reservoir — 64 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 12 public access sites
3. Lake Tawakoni — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 23 public access sites
4. Lake Palestine — 53 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 16 public access sites
5. Lewisville Lake — 69 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 21 public access sites
6. Lake Conroe — 61 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 16 public access sites
7. Belton Lake — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, CrappieWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 19 public access sites
8. Lake Ray Hubbard — 47 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 8 public access sites
9. Lake LBJ — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
10. Lake Bridgeport — 75 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, CrappieWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites
11. Cooper Lake — 51 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
12. Lake Waco — 86 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
13. Somerville Lake — 29 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 11 public access sites
14. Medina Lake — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, CrappieWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
15. Bardwell Lake — 34 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 7 public access sites
16. Proctor Lake — 29 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 15 public access sites
17. Benbrook Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 16 public access sites
18. Lake Graham — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
19. Lake Coleman — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Bass & HybridsWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
20. Lake Palo Pinto — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
21. Lake Georgetown — 82 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, CrappieWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
22. Lake Fort Phantom Hill — 66 ft max · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, White Bass & HybridsWhy #22: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
23. Calaveras Lake — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, White Bass & Hybrids, Blue CatfishWhy #23: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
24. Millers Creek Reservoir — 46 ft max · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #24: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
25. Lake Wichita — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #25: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached

…plus 5 more Texas waters holding white bass & hybrids.

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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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