Safady Lake Fishing Guide, Upshur County, Texas

• Overview

  Look for Safady Lake in the Upshur County part of Texas. The ground around here is pine and hardwood. For supplies, Gilmer is 2.5 miles out. Tyler sits 32 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Also on the doorstep: Machen Lake just 4.1 miles, Twin Lakes after 5.3 miles, South Twin Lakes just 5.5 miles, Shelton Lake after 5.6 miles and Sonny Oats Lake Number 1 just 5.8 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Safady Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. The near bank of Safady Lake is often the one people ignore. Small baits catch more; large baits catch bigger.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 82°F, with January the cold end at about 44°F. Winter is a mild inconvenience here, nothing more. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. It sets the rhythm of the year at Safady Lake. Water temperature lags behind air temperature by days, not hours.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Machen Lake at 4.1 miles is the sensible second choice. For Safady Lake in particular, ask before you travel.