Fishing Lake Worth

AKA: Worth Reservoir

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Lake Worth, TX

Popular Fish Species Lake Worth, TX

White Crappie Fishing

Considered an excellent crappie lake, Lake Worth is home to white crappie. The fish population is healthy and crappie fishing is excellent. The best time to catch crappie tends to be at dawn and dusk. Crappie always like cover and structure, so locate shallow brush and vegetation in Spring and Fall focusing on the 8 to 12 foot range. As the crappie move deep in summer and winter, follow points out to as deep as 30 to 35 feet, as well as ledges near channels at these depths. Live bait and small jigs are the most common method for crappie here.

Lake Worth Popular Fish - Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish Fishing

To fish for catfish on Lake Worth, most any rod and reel will work, as long as the line is strong enough. Flathead catfish and blue catfish also reside in the lake and fishing for them is often good as well. For serious catfish enthusiasts, using the right equipment improves success. A medium action, to medium-heavy action rod is ideal, in the 6' to 7' range. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig with popular catfish baits on at least 10-pound line. Use sharp hooks with bait holders on the shank, or circle hooks for live bait. The typical fish are about 2 pounds, with larger ones caught frequently. Night fishing for catfish often delivers better results than daytime fishing. Fishing for channel catfish is often most productive around any kind of structure in the area. In Spring channel catfish migrate toward incoming water, so stay up river away from the main lake. In early summer look for rocky banks, the bigger the rocks the better. In summer and winter deeper structure is where to look. The river end of the lake is often the area where the bigger catfish are caught.

Lake Worth Popular Fish - Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass Fishing

Lake Worth is a very popular bass tournament lake. Weekend and tournament anglers find the fishing to be slow at time, yet pretty good at other times. Fishing for bass can be quite rewarding, with an occasional bass over 4 pounds being caught. Bass often move shallow and become aggressive when they are in a feeding mood. Use shallow crankbaits around rip rap. Around grass, use worms, jigs, topwater and spinnerbaits. In deeper water, drop shot rigs, big worms, jigs and spoons are good options. In winter, spend your time fishing deeper structure where the bass spend much of their time.

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

Conveniently located on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Lake Worth is a 3,500-acre lake with over 50 miles of shoreline. Access to the shoreline for fishing from the bank is available at the state parks and several other areas around the lake. Fishing is generally good for most species in the lake. Bass, catfish, bluegill, crappie, gar, white bass, hybrid stripers and sunfish reside here. Spring offers the best opportunity for big stringers and an occasional lunker, but most everything in the lake can be caught year round - especially catfish. Follow the schools of bait as they move up in spring and fall, then go deeper in summer and winter. Predator fish always stay nearby their food source.

Primary fish species residing in Lake Worth

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Lake Worth Amenities

Marina: NO
Boat Rental: NO
Boat Launch Ramp: YES
Campgrounds: YES
RV Hookups: YES
Lodging: NEARBY
Convenience Store: NEARBY
Bait & Tackle: NEARBY
Restaurant: YES

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Arrow S Park, Lake Worth Boat docks
Located mid lake, on the north side of the lake, at the north end of the Jim Wright Freeway Bridge, this is a three-lane, concrete ramp with a dock and paved parking.

Fort Worth Boat Dock
Located mid lake, northwest side, at the west end of the Jacksboro Highway Bridge, this is a three-lane, concrete ramp with a dock and paved parking.