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Lake Worth Fishing Report

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

Fort Worth's original: the 1914 city lake still schools sandies, cats and comeback bass under the Jacksboro Highway's history.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Lake level
591.56 ft
Air / High
81 / 83 F
Wind
SE 6 mph

Sources: Texas Water Development Board (Lake Worth), 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.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Lake Worth lines up a genuinely fishable day across the board. The gauge reads 591.56 ft, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 6 mph, steady pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 83. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 10:07 AM-12:07 PM and 10:34 PM-12:34 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

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.

White bassFair

Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

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

Daily lake level from the Texas Water Development Board (Lake Worth); live weather.

Water level, last 30 days

Texas Water Development Board daily estimate, 67.2% of conservation capacity on 2026-10-23.

591.47591.74592.01591.56 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp81 F
High / Low83 / 57 F
WindSE 6-10 mph
Pressure1018.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain3% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:40 / 18:47
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 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Lake Worth this week

The best day on Lake Worth this week looks like Sunday Oct 25, at 5 out of 5, against 3 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€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
10:07 AM-12:07 PM and 10:34 PM-12:34 AM
Minor period
4:29 AM-5:29 AM
Sun
07:40 to 18:47
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Overcast, 9 mph
Rain chance
0%

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

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Worth: 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.

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.

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.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: the spring run up the tributaries, then summer surface schools

A silvery temperate bass of rivers and large reservoirs, also called sand bass, that schools in open water after shad and runs up tributaries to spawn in early spring. Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

When to come: the Lake Worth 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
Crappie
Catfish (blue, channel)
White bass
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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 Worth 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 80 F, wind to 6 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

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 79 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

Texas license. Standard limits: check TPWD.

Access

Sunset Park, Love Circle ramps; Nature Center paddle access.

About this water

3,560 acres on the West Fork, Tarrant County, TX. Fort Worth's 1914 original.

Fishing Lake Worth: the full guide

The city's first water

Lake Worth impounded the West Fork in 1914: Fort Worth's original reservoir: shallow, storied (Lake Worth Monster lore included), and rebuilding: dredging and habitat work restored a fishery the decades had silted: sand bass schools, channel cats everywhere, and a bass program climbing back.

The comeback program

White bass school the main pockets (birds mark the fall), largemouth work the restored shorelines' new structure (riprap and planted timber: the rebuild's dividend), and the catfish culture never left: juglines and punch bait across the flats since grandfathers' time.

Casino-lights heritage

The lake wears its 1920s-40s history (casino piers, Carswell's shadow): today's anglers fish the same points quieter: with the Fort Worth Nature Center's marshes upstream holding the wilder edge: paddle water with gar rolling.

West Fork practicalities

City ramps serve modest traffic (Sunset Park the standby): the airport's jets share the sky: and Eagle Mountain's fame one dam up drains the crowds. Worth is the metro's history lake: fish it for the story and the sandies.

Common questions

Is Lake Worth worth fishing now?

The rebuild says yes: restored habitat rewoke the bass and the sandies never left. It fishes as the metro's quiet history stop.

What is the Lake Worth Monster?

1969's goat-man legend: the lake's beloved folklore. The gar rolling at dusk keep the story respectable.

Can you kayak fish Lake Worth?

The Nature Center's marsh channels upstream are the metro's best paddle water: gar rolling, bass in the timber edges, herons supervising. Launch at the center's access and the city noise disappears within three bends.

Is fishing good at Lake Worth right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Eagle Mountain Lake6 miBenbrook Lake13 miGrapevine Lake24 miJoe Pool Lake27 miLake Lewisville31 miLake Granbury32 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Reservoir level
Texas Water Development Board β€” Lake Worth
Water Data for Texas, daily average elevation estimated by the TWDB from operator data (for this lake, the Lower Colorado River Authority). A daily figure, not a live reading.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 32.8170, -97.4330 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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