Exall Lake Fishing near Highland Park, Texas

• Overview

  Exall Lake sits in Dallas County, out in Texas. It lies 518 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 5 acres — small enough to read in one session. Start from Highland Park, 0.7 miles down the road. It is 3.1 miles to Dallas, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. The water is easy to walk round in a long session.

• Where to Fish on Exall Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Biodiversity records within roughly six miles include largemouth bass, channel catfish and common carp. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. On Exall Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 86°F on average, January about 45°F. Winter here means light layers, not lost months. Shade and hour of day matter more than month. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Plan any trip to Exall Lake around it. Warm spells bring fish up, cold snaps push them down.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Wycliff Ave Lake sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat Exall Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.