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North Texas · Denton County

Lewisville Lake

Standing timber in several areas; crappie under the bridges crossing the arms; humps and ridges on Hickory Creek; little vegetation; catfish near the old Lake Dallas area.

7-day bite outlook Lake fact sheet (PDF)

The water

Size
29,592 acres
Nearest town
Lewisville
Level
80.6% full, -4.27 ft vs. full pool (-0.15 ft this week) TWDB Nov 14
Water temp
69°F — estimated (±5°F) Estimated from 14 days of air temperatures
TPWD lake page
tpwd.texas.gov

TPWD ratings

Bluegill
Not rated by TPWD
Blue catfish
Excellent (blue and channel catfish)
Crappie
Excellent

TPWD often rates catfish as one group and bluegill under "sunfish." These are TPWD's ratings, not ours.

Regulations

Blue catfish
25 blue + channel combined; no more than 5 may be 20 in or longer, and only 1 may be 30 in 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 · This lake's TPWD rules

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.

0 ft10 ft20 ft30 ft40 ftBankFlatLedgeCreek channeldockbrush pileDocks3–10 ftBrush10–18 ft
Crappie — Fall: Shallower again, usually no less than 10 ft. Docks hold fish in the top 10 ft (MDC). [1]
0 ft10 ft20 ft30 ft40 ftBankFlatLedgeCreek channeldockweedsShallow cover2–6 ftDeeper cover6–15 ft
Bluegill — Fall: Same deeper cover as late summer, plus shallower cover as water cools. [2]
0 ft10 ft20 ft30 ft40 ftBankFlatLedgeCreek channelbrush pilestanding timberbridge pilingsDeeper flats & channeldepth varies by lake
Blue catfish — Fall: Deeper in fall, following shad. On Texoma, blues returned from the river in late September–October. [3]

In the news

No recent news stories name this water. The news desk checks every hour.

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Stocking history

YearSpeciesNumberSize
1975Sunfish, Bluegill250 

Source: TPWD stocking history (bluegill, blue catfish and crappie only).

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.

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Sources

  1. TPWD — Crappie brochure
  2. Missouri Dept. of Conservation — Bluegill fishing tips
  3. AFS 2016 — blue catfish movement, Milford Reservoir telemetry