Fishing near West University Place, Texas

West University Place lies within Fort Bend County, Texas. About 15,741 people live here. Closest first: Hickory Slough after 11 miles, Alkire Lake after 13 miles to the south-west, Cleveland Lake after 13 miles, Gannoway Lake after 13 miles to the south-west with White Lake after 15 miles. Gannoway Lake has the kind of soft bottom that keeps weed thick into autumn. Still water carries the fishing here. Where the bottom changes, so does the fishing. Nothing here goes hard in winter. A hot spell pushes fish deep and early. Hickory Slough sits nearest and covers some 29 acres. Parking is recorded at Hickory Slough. Fort Bend County records cover spotted gar, bluegill, channel catfish, warmouth and Rio Grande longear sunfish. The county line matters here, because the rules change across it. Start with Hickory Slough and work down the list as the season goes on....