Lake Waco fishing

Lake Waco fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Nearest town
Waco, TX
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes
Facilities
camping, dock

USACE Bosque River reservoir inside the Waco city limits off Texas Highway 6. Natural shorelines, submerged timber, roadbeds, docks, and bridge pilings provide cover; TPWD freshwater reefs sit near Koehne Park, Island Cove, and Lakeshore Cove.

Other places to fish at Lake Waco

Main-lake coves sheltered from north wind

Spring spawning water for largemouth bass and crappie; protected coves and shallow flats next to creek channels hold fish in less than two feet during the late February-April crappie push. (tpwd.texas.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

Hog Creek and Flatrock Creek

Named May-through-September bass areas alongside windy main-lake points and flats next to river channels. (tpwd.texas.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

North and South Bosque River arms

Favored spring and early-summer catfish water for trotliners; white bass spawning runs also stack fish in the rivers February through April. (tpwd.texas.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

Koehne Park, Island Cove, and Lakeshore Cove reefs

Three mid-reservoir PVC fish-habitat reefs built by the Waco Inland Fisheries District; GPS coordinates are in TPWD's Habitat Structure Viewer. (tpwd.texas.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

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About Lake Waco

TPWD rates crappie fishing at Lake Waco as tough to beat. White crappie predominate on this 8,465-acre USACE Bosque River lake within Waco. Largemouth bass peak in March and April. Channel catfish run strong in spring and early summer. White bass run the rivers February through April.

Nearest lakes

Brazos Lake 7.5 mi last stocked 2025 Tradinghouse Creek 11.3 mi last stocked 2026 Eisenhower Park Pond 16.3 mi last stocked January 21, 2026 Whitney 23.8 mi last stocked 2026 Aquilla 24.8 mi last stocked 2026

Camping near Lake Waco

Campgrounds within 15 miles of Lake Waco's mapped point, nearest first: Speegleville Park camping (1.2 miles), Twin Bridges Group Shelter camping (1.9 miles), Midway camping (1.9 miles), Reynolds Creek camping (3.3 miles), and Airport Beach Shelter camping (3.8 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.

Straight-line distances.

Sources

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