Best Fishing Spots in Dallas and What to Catch
By Andy Whitcomb
Jul 10, 2017
There are plenty of fishing opportunities in Texas. Some of the best spots are in and around Dallas.
Photo credit @Laketography
Spending some time in Dallas, Texas and want to know where to fish? There are outstanding opportunities for fishing in Texas. One way to locate the best fishing spots in Dallas is to check online local fishing reports. Dallas falls into the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s “Prairies and Lakes” region.
As one might expect, the fishing spots in Dallas can be big. For example, just a few miles north east of the Dallas highway loop is the massive Lake Ray Hubbard at almost 22,000 acres. It has many boat ramps, handicap access, and places for boat fuel and live bait. Perhaps more importantly, it has become a dominant hybrid striped bass and blue catfish fishery.
If you want a smaller fishing spot in Dallas, you might try White Rock Lake which is just over 1000 acres and limits boat motors to 9.9 horsepower. It touts good numbers of largemouth bass and crappie that may reach 2.5 pounds.
There are even smaller fishing spots in Dallas such as Bachman Lake, near the airport. It is 132 acres of great crappie fishing with plenty of shoreline fishing available. And there are urban parks such as the William Blair Junior Park which has fishing ponds with easy access.
And while you are investigating the best spots for Texas fishing, you may notice that many of these impoundments are tributaries of the Trinity River. For the truly adventuresome, the Trinity River is famous for its giant alligator gar fishery. Practice catch and release on these toothy beasts which can reach over 200 pounds and note that spawning times and areas are protected.
By doing some online research for where to fish in Texas ahead of time, you can save time and frustration by learning, for example, if the Joe Pool Lake boat ramps may still be closed due to high water. And make sure your boat registration is up to date before hitting the water.
Spending some time in Dallas, Texas and want to know where to fish? There are outstanding opportunities for fishing in Texas. One way to locate the best fishing spots in Dallas is to check online local fishing reports. Dallas falls into the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s “Prairies and Lakes” region.
As one might expect, the fishing spots in Dallas can be big. For example, just a few miles north east of the Dallas highway loop is the massive Lake Ray Hubbard at almost 22,000 acres. It has many boat ramps, handicap access, and places for boat fuel and live bait. Perhaps more importantly, it has become a dominant hybrid striped bass and blue catfish fishery.
If you want a smaller fishing spot in Dallas, you might try White Rock Lake which is just over 1000 acres and limits boat motors to 9.9 horsepower. It touts good numbers of largemouth bass and crappie that may reach 2.5 pounds.
There are even smaller fishing spots in Dallas such as Bachman Lake, near the airport. It is 132 acres of great crappie fishing with plenty of shoreline fishing available. And there are urban parks such as the William Blair Junior Park which has fishing ponds with easy access.
And while you are investigating the best spots for Texas fishing, you may notice that many of these impoundments are tributaries of the Trinity River. For the truly adventuresome, the Trinity River is famous for its giant alligator gar fishery. Practice catch and release on these toothy beasts which can reach over 200 pounds and note that spawning times and areas are protected.
By doing some online research for where to fish in Texas ahead of time, you can save time and frustration by learning, for example, if the Joe Pool Lake boat ramps may still be closed due to high water. And make sure your boat registration is up to date before hitting the water.
Andy is an outdoor writer (http://www.justkeepreeling.com/) and stressed-out Dad has contributed over 380 blogs to takemefishing.org since 2011. Born in Florida, but raised on banks of Oklahoma farm ponds, he now chases pike, smallmouth bass, and steelhead in Pennsylvania. After earning a B.S. in Zoology from OSU, he worked in fish hatcheries and as a fisheries research technician at OSU, Iowa State, and Michigan State.
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