Franklin Lake Fishing Guide, Harrison County, Texas

• Overview

  You will find Franklin Lake in Harrison County, Texas. It sits at 315 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 16 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Hallsville is the closest town at 8.5 miles. For a city, Tyler is 42 miles off. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing. The road to Hallsville runs northwest.

• Where to Fish on Franklin Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Public wildlife records from this area list bluegill, Rio Grande longear sunfish, yellow bullhead and channel catfish. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. Work Franklin Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 82°F and January reads 44°F. Winter here means light layers, not lost months. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Franklin Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Clements Lake Number 4 at 1.7 miles is the nearest alternative. Rules at Franklin Lake are worth checking on the day.