Alkali Lake, Texas: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Alkali Lake in Martin County, Texas. Pine and hardwood runs right down to the water. Surface area is around 125 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Texas listings. 21 miles away sits Lamesa, the nearest town. Midland sits 32 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Alkali Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. At Alkali Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes. Cover your ground slowly and you will find the productive stretch.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 82°F and January near 42°F. Cold never closes this one. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. It sets the rhythm of the year at Alkali Lake. The first warm days of the year bring fish shallow quickly.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Red Lake, 15 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Alkali Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.