Fishing at Lake Hollow, Montgomery County, Texas

• Overview

  Lake Hollow belongs to Montgomery County, Texas. The surface lies 220 feet up. It covers about 9 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The town to know is Pinehurst, 1.6 miles out. Magnolia lies 3.4 miles off, Tomball another 8 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lake Hollow

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include bluegill, green sunfish, warmouth and yellow bullhead. Use it to know what is possible here, not what is certain. Lake Hollow repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 83°F and January about 49°F. Nothing shuts down for cold, so the question is when in the day to go. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. The season on Lake Hollow follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Hall Lake, 2.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lake Hollow should be assumed from this page alone.