Possum Kingdom Lake Fishing Reports
Possum Kingdom Lake Fishing Report from TPWD (Jun. 20)
Water fairly clear; 78–87 degrees; 1.6’ low. Black bass are fair to good on topwaters early and late, midday switching to Carolina rigs, jigs, drop shot rigs, Texas rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows around structure in 14–22 feet. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.
Possum Kingdom Lake Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 24)
You don’t need someone to tell you it’s hot out there, especially sitting in a boat with no shade. The following are some tips to help keep you and your fish alive during a fishing tournament,...
by Tom Behrens on 6/11/2018
Through the third week of February, Texas anglers have entered almost 50 largemouth bass weighing between 8 and almost 13 pounds in the state's expanded ShareLunker program. Those fish have come from 24 bodies...
by Tom Behrens on 2/19/2018
TPWD reports that Lunker Bass are starting to show up at the weighing scales.
Congrats to Jerrod Miller of Springtown for entering the first Elite Class bass in the new Toyota ShareLunker program. This...
by Tom Behrens on 1/10/2018
AUSTIN – For more than 30 years, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Toyota ShareLunker Program has partnered with anglers to enhance bass fishing in Texas. This year, the program is...
by Tom Behrens on 12/19/2017
AUSTIN – After nearly a year of reviewing special largemouth bass regulations in place across the state, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department inland fisheries management staff are considering changes to...
by Tom Behrens on 11/29/2017
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Inland Fisheries division is launching a scale loaner program to give local tournament organizers the ability to use the catch, weigh and...
by Tom Behrens on 11/7/2017
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has announced a restructured version of its Toyota Sharelunker program. The revised program will be more inclusive, allowing anglers who catch largemouth bass weighing 8...
by Tom Behrens on 10/11/2017
Biologists from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently completed fall electrofishing and spring gill net surveys on Possum Kingdom Reservoir. Striped bass populations are at their highest in 14...
by Tom Behrens on 7/14/2017
According to surveys from Texas Parks and Wildlife fisheries biologists, the striped bass population at Possum Kingdom Reservoir is at its highest level in 14 years.The abundance of stripers at PK is the...
by Tom Behrens on 5/16/2017
Current ShareLunker Entries (5)Date Angler Name Home Town Weight Length Girth Water Body 02/10/2017 Ryder Wicker Fort Worth, TX 13.07 25.6 21.6 Marine Creek (Ft. Worth) 02/28/2017 Larry Mosby Garrison, TX...
by Tom Behrens on 4/20/2017
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If you can’t make it to Lake Conroe or for the weigh in show at Minute Maid Park, you can catch the...
by Tom Behrens on 3/19/2017
The Texas Rig … a bullet weight slip sinker located ahead of a worm hook…is probably the first way of fishing a plastic worm that most bass anglers first learned on. Since then bass anglers have...
by Tom Behrens on 3/8/2017
Garrison, Texas angler Larry Mosby landed the second ShareLunker of the 2017 season on Feb. 28 when he pulled a 13.06-pound bass from Lake Naconiche near Nacogdoches.
Known as ShareLunker #567, the largemouth...
by Tom Behrens on 3/3/2017
ATHENS — Fort Worth angler Ryder Wicker caught the first Toyota ShareLunker of the 2017 season Feb. 10 at Marine Creek Lake. But this wasn’t the only “first” he checked off the list...
by Tom Behrens on 2/18/2017
Craig Bonds, new director of inland fisheries for Texas Parks and Wildlife, has begun some tweaking he thinks will help keep anglers involved and lead to even more big bass in Texas lakes.
“The program...
by Tom Behrens on 1/5/2017
A collaboration between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Brazos River Authority and other supporters and volunteers have added artificial structures made of recycled plastics and natural structures...
by Tom Behrens on 11/23/2016
Texas lakes are noted for pretty good bass fishing. Fall temperatures usually mean cooling water temps which will put the bass feeding, getting ready for the coming colder months of winter.
How about some...
by Tom Behrens on 11/23/2016
TPWD is implementing program changes to optimize spawning success.
While the ShareLunker season will continue to run each year from Oct.1 through April 30, only those entries collected between Jan. 1 –...
by Tom Behrens on 9/29/2016
The calendar may say it’s September, but it it’s still hot in Texas. Summertime bass fishing tactics will remain until some decent cool weather comes through, which probably won’t be until...
by Tom Behrens on 9/15/2016
An angler shared that he normally fishes neighborhood ponds and usually has good luck catching five or six bass in an hour. On a big impoundment type lake he throws the same baits off docks or boats up against...
by Tom Behrens on 9/7/2016