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Lake Granbury Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

The Brazos ribbon lake: stripers below Possum Kingdom, sandies everywhere, docks for days.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Lake level
690.67 ft -2.33 vs pool
Air / High
72 / 82 F
Wind
SSE 6 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 08090880, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Lake Granbury lines up a genuinely fishable day across the board. The gauge reads 690.67 ft, 2.33 ft below pool, up 0.15 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 6 mph, rising pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 82. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 10:08 AM-12:08 PM and 10:36 PM-12:36 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Striped bassExcellent

Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Largemouth bassGood

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

CrappieFair

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Tomorrow: Similar at 80 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Texas requires a fishing licence from age 17, from $30.00 for residents. What a Texas licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with TPWD before you keep anything. The season dates for Texas, read off the agency, are on the Texas seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings from Lk Granbury at SH 51 nr Granbury, TX.

Water level, last 30 days

USGS gauge 08090880. Conservation pool is 693 ft.

690.49691.48692.47pool 693690.67 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp72 F
High / Low82 / 56 F
WindSSE 6-10 mph
Pressure1019.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:41 / 18:49
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunset

Which day to fish Lake Granbury this week

The best day on Lake Granbury this week looks like Sunday Oct 25, at 5 out of 5, against 2 today.

Best day this week: Sunday, Oct 25 β€” excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Tough

Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Solunar majors
10:08 AM-12:08 PM and 10:36 PM-12:36 AM
Minor period
4:30 AM-5:30 AM
Sun
07:41 to 18:49
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Overcast, 10 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Granbury: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall inland; on the coast, during the seasonal migrations

The largest of the temperate basses, a sea-run fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that now also lives in reservoirs across much of the country after hatchery stocking. Inland, it follows schools of shad and herring through open water. Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

When to come: the Lake Granbury calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Lake Granbury today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 83 F, wind to 6 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 81 F, wind to 6 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 80 F, wind to 6 mph.

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Before you go

License

Texas requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Striped bass: 18-inch minimum, 5/day. Standard Texas limits otherwise. Confirm with TPWD.

Access

City and BRA ramps at Hunter Park, DeCordova, Thorp Spring; marina services mid-lake.

About this water

8,310 riverine acres on the Brazos, Hood County. Brazos River Authority, impounded 1969.

Fishing Lake Granbury: the full guide

A river wearing a lake costume

Granbury runs 33 narrow river-miles of the Brazos: striper and hybrid fishing tracks the current and the DeCordova bend, white bass school on every point, and the endless docks hold largemouth and crappie. Fish it like a river: current breaks, channel swings, moving water first.

Fishing a river's memory

Granbury never forgets it is the Brazos: the submerged channel is the lake's spine, and stripers, sandies and blues all relate to its bends and confluences. DeCordova Bend, the Highway 51 area and the dam basin are the classic stations: fish the moving side of any wind or current.

Docks by the thousand

The shoreline is nearly continuous docks: skipping jigs and shooting crappie baits under them is the everyday pattern. Lighted docks at night flip the lake nocturnal in summer: sandies and crappie first, stripers crashing the party where depth allows.

The long dock town

Granbury threads 33 miles of Brazos channel through a dock-lined community, and the fishery lives on that man-made edge: crappie under the lighted piers, bass skipping under walkways, and striped bass (stocked, healthy) chasing shad up the main channel every morning. The DeCordova and Hunter Park stretches concentrate the action: urban-lake convenience, river-channel structure.

Common questions

Does Granbury hold real stripers?

Yes: escapees and stockings maintain a legitimate fishery, with fish following the channel and the shad. Winter birds over the river bends mark them like a tell.

Does Granbury still hold stripers?

Yes: the Brazos River Authority stocking keeps a solid 5-15-lb class chasing shad up the main channel. Downlined shad at the river bends and dawn topwater near de Cordova produce.

Is fishing good at Lake Granbury right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Squaw Creek Reservoir12 miBrazos River16 miBenbrook Lake23 miLake Worth32 miEagle Mountain Lake35 miLake Bridgeport47 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

River and reservoir readings
USGS 08090880 β€” Lk Granbury at SH 51 nr Granbury, TX
Read from the USGS Water Data API (api.waterdata.usgs.gov). Latest value timestamped 2026-10-23 at 16:00 UTC.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 32.4783, -97.8028 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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