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O.H. Ivie Lake Fishing Report

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

The ShareLunker capital: West Texas' big-bass phenomenon, where 13-pounders make Tuesday news and forward sonar changed everything.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Lake level
1529.09 ft
Air / High
84 / 84 F
Wind
SSE 11 mph

Sources: Texas Water Development Board (O. H. Ivie Reservoir), 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.

O.H. Ivie Lake sits in the sweet spot of the season: active fish and workable weather. The gauge reads 1529.09 ft, easing 0.22 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 11 mph, rising pressure near 1015 hPa and a high of 84. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 10:16 AM-12:16 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 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 81 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 (O. H. Ivie Reservoir); live weather.

Water level, last 30 days

Texas Water Development Board daily estimate, 41% of conservation capacity on 2026-10-23.

1529.131529.381529.621529.09 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp84 F
High / Low84 / 57 F
WindSSE 11-15 mph
Pressure1015.2 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:47 / 18:57
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 O.H. Ivie Lake this week

The best day on O.H. Ivie Lake this week looks like Monday Oct 26, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.

Best day this week: Monday, Oct 26 β€” good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Tough

Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Solunar majors
10:16 AM-12:16 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM
Minor period
4:38 AM-5:38 AM
Sun
07:47 to 18:57
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Partly cloudy, 13 mph
Rain chance
0%

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

Species guide

The species that matter on O.H. Ivie Lake: 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 O.H. Ivie Lake 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
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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 O.H. Ivie Lake 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 84 F, wind to 8 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Largemouth bass led the card at good. High of 83 F, wind to 7 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 80 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

Texas license. Bass 14-inch/5 with ShareLunker loan program for 13-plus: check TPWD. Elevation dictates ramp status.

Access

Concho Park and Padgitt ramps (verify current usability), marina services seasonal.

About this water

19,149 acres at pool on the Colorado-Concho junction, Concho/Coleman/Runnels counties, TX. America's trophy-bass headline.

Fishing O.H. Ivie Lake: the full guide

The phenomenon

O.H. Ivie went from drought-stricken afterthought to the best big-bass lake in America: refill years flooded a decade of brush regrowth, Florida genetics met a shad-and-crawfish buffet, and the lake began producing 13-plus-pound ShareLunkers at a pace no water has matched. The trophy odds here are legitimately the country's best.

The scope era's ground zero

Ivie's rise coincided with forward-facing sonar: cruising giants over the flooded mesquite flats get hunted fish-by-fish with big glide baits and swimbaits, jerkbaits in the colder months. Purists still flip the brush and crank the ledges: but the double-digit parade is mostly a scoping game: marking, following, feeding one specific giant.

Beyond the headline fish

The lake's overall bag quality is absurd: 8-lb fish that would headline elsewhere barely rate mention. White bass run the Colorado and Concho arms each spring; crappie stack the submerged trees; and blue cats patrol the flats for the drifting crowd: a full fishery underneath the trophy circus.

Managing expectations and water

Ivie remains a West Texas reservoir: levels swing hard with drought cycles, ramps come and go (check current lake elevation before towing), and summer heat pushes the game to dawn. The trophy window peaks December-March when the giants feed up: book guides a year ahead for the prime moons.

Common questions

Why did O.H. Ivie become the best big-bass lake?

Refill flooding over regrown brush, Florida genetics, low pressure during the drought years, and forward sonar unlocking the cruisers: a perfect storm the ShareLunker numbers confirm annually.

When should I hunt a giant at Ivie?

December-March: pre-spawn females at maximum weight, best around warming trends and moons. Bring glide baits, a scope-literate guide, and realistic patience: giants are hunted, not caught.

Is fishing good at O.H. Ivie Lake 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

Lake Brownwood45 miLake Nasworthy49 miLake Fort Phantom Hill74 miLake Buchanan89 miInks Lake94 miLake LBJ103 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Reservoir level
Texas Water Development Board β€” O. H. Ivie Reservoir
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 31.5290, -99.6740 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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