Harris Lake Fishing Guide, Wood County, Texas

• Overview

  Harris Lake falls in Wood County, part of Texas. The ground round it is open plain. It covers about 16 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Quitman, 1.7 miles away. Tyler sits 30 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Harris Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. 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. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include largemouth bass, channel catfish, white crappie and black crappie. Records come from public data, not from a stocking programme. Harris Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 43°F to 82°F. Warm months push fish deep; cool months bring them back. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Plan around that when you fish Harris Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Wells Lake Number 2 at 1.4 miles is the sensible second choice. For Harris Lake in particular, ask before you travel.