| Texas catfish fishing can be one of the most | | | | on the Trinity River, northeast of Houston, |
| rewarding types of fishing that you take on. | | | | Texas by approximately seventy-five miles. |
| Everyone has heard it said that things are | | | | Lake Livingston is over 82,500 acres, and |
| bigger in Texas, and maybe it is true, | | | | provides year round abundance of flathead, |
| because large numbers of huge catfish are | | | | channel, and blue catfish. In warm weather, |
| pulled from hundreds of bodies of water in | | | | look for shallow areas in which shad and |
| Texas each year. It is difficult to narrow | | | | other catfish food sources flourish. |
| down your options to just a few places to | | | | |
| catch catfish in Texas, but the following | | | | Within the Trinity River area, such locations |
| listing should help you seek out some fishing | | | | as: Hickman Lake, Horseshoe lake, Hall's |
| holes known for producing anything from large | | | | Lake, and Hardison Slough are rich catfishing |
| numbers of pan sized cat to huge, record | | | | areas sure to produce a great catch. Visit |
| setting catches that you are sure to be | | | | any of these locations for quality fishing. |
| talking about for years to come. | | | | |
| | | | Lake Tawakoni Lake Tawakoni is located |
| Lake Texahoma: Located on the Texas and | | | | twenty-eight miles east of Dallas, Texas. |
| Oklahoma border, this huge reservoir is known | | | | This lake is part of the Sabine River |
| for its trophy-sized blue catfish. This lake | | | | Authority, and provides ample opportunity to |
| fishes best in the winter when they cluster | | | | catch blue, channel, and flathead catfish. |
| in the shad abundant areas and deeps of this | | | | The flathead found in Tawakoni can become |
| lake. If you want good Texas catfish | | | | enormous. Most of the flathead fishing here |
| fishing, here's an ideal place. | | | | is done by trotline, and fish in excess of |
| | | | 100 pounds have been pulled from the water |
| Lake Livingston Lake Livingston is located | | | | here. |