Lake Nasworthy, TX

Angling Opportunities

Catfish and white bass fishing is good. Crappie and largemouth bass also provide good fishing most of the time. Hybrid striped bass are stocked periodically, and fishing for this species is fair. Several sunfish species provide fair fishing. Red drum are no longer stocked in the lake.

Fishing Cover/Structure

Lake Nasworthy is an old shallow reservoir. There are a few areas of rip-rap and some rocks, but most of the structure is mud bank. The majority of the cover in the reservoir consists of bulrushes and alligator weed along the shoreline. Five submerged tree piles were constructed by the TPWD fisheries crew in January 2006 to create new fish habitat structures. See online fish attractor map | Get downloadable file

Tips & Tactics

"Dabbling" is very effective for catching largemouth bass in the bulrushes. "Dabbling" is the technique of using a long stout fishing rod to gently lower and jig and trailer into the water around to the bull-rushes. The angler then gently lifts and drops the bait a few inches. If a fish does not strike the bait, the angler then moves the bait over a few inches to a couple of feet and works the bait again. Crappie are caught using minnows and jigs around bridge and dock pilings. Catfishes are caught on live or prepared baits throughout the reservoir. Sunfish are caught with small baits in the alligator weeds along the rip rap. White and hybrid striped basses are caught on live and artificial baits throughout the reservoir.