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Lake Ray Hubbard Fishing Report

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

Dallas' east-side big water: bridge-rip hybrids, flooded-timber crappie and a sailing-lake surface hiding one of DFW's steadiest fisheries.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Water temp
~84 F est.
Air / High
97 / 97 F
Wind
SSE 9 mph

Sources: 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 Ray Hubbard serves up more heat: the productive hours are the dim ones. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 9 mph, rising pressure near 1011 hPa and a high of 97. 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 98 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.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp97 F
High / Low97 / 77 F
WindSSE 9-12 mph
Pressure1011.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain20% cloud, 2%
Sunrise / Sunset07:02 / 19:46
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~84 F est.

Bite planner

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

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Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Overcast, 97/77 F, wind 13 mph, rain 2%

Fair or better. A 13 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Ray Hubbard: 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 Ray Hubbard 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 90 F, wind to 17 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Hybrid striped bass led the card at good. High of 100 F, wind to 14 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 98 F, wind to 13 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

Texas license. Hybrid 18-inch/5; crappie 10-inch/25: check TPWD.

Access

Robertson Park, Elgin B. Robertson, Chandlers Landing marinas; bank access at the causeway parks.

About this water

22,745 acres on the East Fork Trinity, Dallas/Rockwall/Kaufman counties, TX. Dallas' sailing-and-stripe lake.

Fishing Lake Ray Hubbard: the full guide

The commuter giant

Ray Hubbard spreads 22,000 acres along I-30 east of Dallas: windsurfed, sailed, and fished hard without fanfare. The engine is pelagic: hybrid stripers and sand bass working the old river channel and bridge rips: with crappie timber, dock bass and blue cats rounding a complete urban fishery fifteen minutes from downtown.

Bridges as structure

The I-30 and Highway 66 causeways function as reef systems: current pushes bait through the rip lines and hybrids stack the pilings: downlined shad or slabs vertical on the seams. Night fishing the lighted spans is the summer institution: stripers-in-law (hybrids) to 10 lb within sight of the skyline.

Timber and the crappie fleet

Standing timber in the mid-lake and up the arms holds the crappie program: spring shallow wood, summer schools at 15-20 ft on the tree lines, winter heaters at the marina slips. The lake's crappie culture runs deep: jig dippers work the visible wood while spider riggers sweep the flats between.

Wind, shad and the open lake

Summer schooling erupts wherever wind pushes shad: gulls give it away by fall and the run-and-gun fleet chases across the main basin. The dam riprap and Robertson Park points hold bass and white bass between shows: a wind-literate angler out-fishes a spot-locked one most days here.

Common questions

Where do hybrids school on Ray Hubbard?

The bridge rip lines and the old river channel's humps: dawn topwater in summer, birds in winter. The I-30 causeway at night is the storied urban stand.

Is Ray Hubbard good for crappie?

Very: the standing timber and marina structure hold fish all year. Spring wood-dipping and winter marina bites bracket a steady deep-timber summer.

Is fishing good at Lake Ray Hubbard 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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