Southeast Texas · Harris County
Lake Houston
Very little cover except up the West and East Forks; blue cats run the fork river channels; water hyacinth and alligatorweed.
7-day bite outlook Lake fact sheet (PDF)
The water
- Size
- 11,854 acres
- Nearest town
- Humble / Sheldon
- Level
- 99.8% full, -0.02 ft vs. full pool (+0.00 ft this week) TWDB Nov 14
- Water temp
- 69°F — measured USGS 295826095082200
- TPWD lake page
- tpwd.texas.gov
TPWD ratings
- Bluegill
- Fair (sunfish)
- Blue catfish
- Good (blues are the dominant sportfish)
- Crappie
- Fair
TPWD often rates catfish as one group and bluegill under "sunfish." These are TPWD's ratings, not ours.
Regulations
- Blue catfish
- Statewide rule: 25 blue + channel combined, no minimum length; only 10 may be 20 inches or longer.
- Crappie
- Statewide rule: 25 a day, 10-inch minimum.
- Bluegill
- No bag or length limit on sunfish.
From TPWD's 2026–27 rules (valid through Aug 31, 2027). Rules change — confirm on TPWD before you keep fish. Statewide limits · Lake exceptions
Eat-safe advisories
No Texas DSHS fish-consumption advisory is on file for this water in the DSHS advisory layer. That layer is DSHS's 2023 snapshot; always check the current list. DSHS advisories
Where they are this time of year
Side views of a typical Texas reservoir arm — bank, flat, ledge, creek channel — with this lake's kind of structure drawn in. Depths come from TPWD and Missouri Dept. of Conservation guidance; every lake is a little different.
In the news
No recent news stories name this water. The news desk checks every hour.
Handyman & home repair — Huntsville to Austin, Hwy 105 to Hwy 290, into Austin and through Bastrop.
Stocking history
No TPWD stocking of these three species is on file for this water yet, or it hasn't been read yet (the site checks two lakes a day).
Fishing reports
TPWD has put its weekly fishing reports on hold while it reworks them. This site picks them up automatically the week they return.
Outfitters near Lake Houston
Handyman & home repair — Huntsville to Austin, Hwy 105 to Hwy 290, into Austin and through Bastrop.
Your bait shop, guide service or marina here →
Sources
- TPWD — Crappie brochure
- Missouri Dept. of Conservation — Bluegill fishing tips
- AFS 2016 — blue catfish movement, Milford Reservoir telemetry