Fishing Report For Lake Somerville, TX

By Rick Seaman

March 22, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Somerville, TX

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Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Excellent

Plenty of quality bass are being caught here for some time now with lots of bass in the 18" to 23" range. Many tournament anglers are throwing squarebill crankbaits as a primary bait around shallow wood and rocky banks. Stick worm, rigged wacky style, are another go-to bait as reported by local anglers. Bass are being caught from Lake Somerville State Park, to Welch Park by the dam, and almost any structure change in between. Points and ledges that drop from 10' or 12' into 2o' or more are some of the better areas to work.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Very Good

Black crappie seem to be the dominant species here, both in quantity and quality. Although, there are plenty of white's worth catching. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. However, crappie can be caught all year long. Brush piles and rocky areas are a good place to cast small swimbaits, crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Anglers familiar with the bite here report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie and bait.

Hybrid Striped Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Hybrid stripers have long been a major player when fishing here. They gorge themselves on shad and are always looking for more. Fishing has been good on most baits imitating shad. The key is to locate the schools, then stay with them if they move. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here for hybrid stripers. Some of the most successful anglers report using electronics and fish finders to locate both bait, and wipers.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, longear sunfish, warmouth, white bass, hybrid striped bass, bowfin, longnose gar and spotted gar at Somerville Lake in East Texas.

Lake Somerville is a 11,500-acre lake with over 80 miles of shoreline that is notorious for excellent white bass fishing. It also offers fishing for bass, crappie, catfish, hybrid stripers, and numerous sunfish species, including bluegill. Except at high-water levels, there is little vegetation in the lake.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired bass tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".