Mooreland Lake Fishing in Dallas County, Texas

• Overview

  Mooreland Lake stands in Dallas County, Texas. The land about it is pine and hardwood. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Hutchins lies 1.9 miles from the water. Dallas is the closest city, 12 miles away. This one is safely inside the county line. It is easier to fish well than to fish quickly.

• Where to Fish on Mooreland Lake

  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. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover Rio Grande longear sunfish, green sunfish, channel catfish, largemouth bass and yellow bullhead. Treat it as evidence of what swims in the area. Fish Mooreland Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 44°F to 84°F. Cooler months are the productive ones on most of this water. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. That is the shape of the year on Mooreland Lake. Nights draw in quickly late in the season, so plan the walk back.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Cedar Valley College Lake, 1.7 miles out. None of that is settled for Mooreland Lake in what we hold.