Landers Lake Fishing Guide, Upshur County, Texas

• Overview

  Landers Lake is set in Upshur County, Texas. Around the bank it is dry hill. Surface area runs to about 11 acres — small enough to read in one session. Start from White Oak, 4.8 miles down the road. Gladewater is 6.9 miles and Longview 9.1 miles. Water in the same corner: Glenwood Acres North Lake 3.4 miles, Brawley Lake some 3.4 miles off, Wood Lake 5 miles, Stroman Lake some 5.1 miles off and Sonny Oats Lake Number 1 6.1 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Landers Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include Rio Grande longear sunfish, warmouth and bluegill. Records come from public data, not from a stocking programme. Fish Landers Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 82°F; the cold one sits at 44°F. Summer heat is the limit here, not winter cold. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. That is the shape of the year on Landers Lake. The first warm days of the year bring fish shallow quickly.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bluegill and other panfish take small jigs or worms under a float near any cover. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Glenwood Acres North Lake sits 3.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat Landers Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.