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Lake Lavon Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Dallas' northeast standby: hybrids under birds, crappie bridges and bass in the flooded timber.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Lake level
488.87 ft -3.13 vs pool
Air / High
95 / 96 F
Wind
SSE 11 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 08060500, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
4
September 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 Lavon stays in its summer rhythm: early magic, midday siesta, evening reprieve. The gauge reads 488.87 ft, 3.13 ft below pool, easing 0.42 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 11 mph, rising pressure near 1011 hPa and a high of 96. Water sits around 84 F for the season (estimated). With the last quarter, the solunar majors run 5:39 AM-7:39 AM and 5:39 PM-7:39 PM: plan around them and beat the heat.

The plan, species by species

Hybrid striped bassGood

Schooling at first light over main-lake humps and channel edges. Slabs, tail spinners and live shad once you mark bait. It is usually over by mid-morning.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

Largemouth bassFair

Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

CrappieSlow

Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

Tomorrow: Similar at 97 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Sep 5, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings from Lavon Lk nr Lavon, TX.

Water level, last 30 days

USGS gauge 08060500. Conservation pool is 492 ft.

489.42490.44491.45pool 492488.87 ft08/0508/1508/2509/04

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp95 F
High / Low96 / 75 F
WindSSE 11-13 mph
Pressure1011.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain17% cloud, 1%
Sunrise / Sunset07:02 / 19:47
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~84 F est.

Bite planner

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

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunset

Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Partly cloudy, 96/75 F, wind 12 mph, rain 1%

Fair or better. A 12 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

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

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: spring and fall

The headline act on most American reservoirs. Relates to cover: docks, brush, grass edges and points. Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

Hybrid striped bass illustration

Hybrid striped bass

Best: Jun-Sep

Stocked white bass x striper cross. Open-water shad chasers; birds and busting bait give them away. Schooling at first light over main-lake humps and channel edges. Slabs, tail spinners and live shad once you mark bait. It is usually over by mid-morning.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Good year-round

The most reliable bite on most southern waters. Blues run big; channels fill the cooler. Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: Nov-Mar

Brush piles, bridge pilings and standing timber. The fish fry favorite. Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

When to come: the Lake Lavon 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
Hybrid striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 84 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~84 F now

Angler reports

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

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Sep 3

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Hybrid striped bass led the card at good. High of 88 F, wind to 13 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Hybrid striped bass led the card at good. High of 97 F, wind to 13 mph.

Tue, Sep 1

2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Hybrid striped bass led the card at good. High of 102 F, wind to 9 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

Hybrid striper: 18-inch minimum, 5/day. Crappie: 10-inch, 25/day. Blue cat slot rules apply on trophy fish. Confirm with TPWD.

Access

Public ramps at Lavonia, Clear Lake, East Fork and Ticky Creek parks; bank access at the dam and 78 bridge.

About this water

21,400 acres on the East Fork Trinity, Collin County. Corps of Engineers, impounded 1953; a primary Dallas water supply.

Fishing Lake Lavon: the full guide

The commuter lake that produces

Lavon serves the metroplex without ceremony: hybrid stripers school October through March under working gulls, the 78 bridge and Ticky Creek hold crappie year-round, and rising water floods enough brush to make largemouth real. Not glamorous: dependable, close and better than its fame.

Where the fish actually hold

Lavon fishes structure-poor at first glance: the skill is in its subtleties: riprap at the dam and bridges, the submerged roadbeds, timber lines in Ticky and Clear creeks, and the main-lake humps that hybrid schools ambush. Falling winter levels expose the skeleton: photograph it for the year's waypoints.

The urban-lake rhythm

Being the metroplex's northeast tank means pressure: beat it by clock and season. Weekday dawns own the hybrid bite; night crappie fishing under bridge lights out-produces daylight summer trips; and the north end's timber sees a tenth of the south's traffic.

The metro sand-bass commute

Lavon serves northeast Dallas the region's easiest limits: sand bass schooling on the main-lake points and humps from June through the fall bird season, crappie on the bridge pilings and brush, and blue cats for the bank crowd at every park. It fishes best as a weekday-evening lake: launch at five, follow the birds, home by dark with dinner.

Common questions

Why does Lavon's level swing so much?

It is a working water-supply lake: drought draws it down hard, wet springs refill fast. The fishing follows: rising water floods brush (flip it), falling water concentrates fish on the skeleton structure.

Where do the hybrids school in winter?

Follow the birds working the main-lake humps and the dam basin: December-February gulls mark the shad balls, and a slab dropped under them rarely waits long.

Is fishing good at Lake Lavon 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.

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