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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM

SLEEPERS--The best bass lakes aren’t always the ones you hear the most about

It’s no secret that us Texas bass junkies are blessed with a wealth of good fishin’ holes. There are a passel of great lakes around that are well known to the masses, along with a few that you don’t hear much about.
SLEEPERS--The best bass lakes aren’t always the ones you hear the most about

It’s no secret that us Texas bass junkies are blessed with a wealth of good fishin’ holes. There are a passel of great lakes around that are well known to the masses, along with a few that you don’t hear much about.

I recently reached out to several TPWD fisheries biologists in different regions of the state and asked them for a shake down on a few sweet spots that tend to fly under the radar of Texas’ bass fishing fraternity. Here are their picks: Water Body: Dam B (10,700 acres) District: Jasper Fisheries Biologist: Todd Driscoll, todd. [email protected], (409) 698-9114 Driscoll oversees some the state’s premier bass fisheries. He had to think for a minute when asked to name a “sleeper lake” in his district that the crowds often overlook.

“It would have be B.A. Steinhagen,” he said. “It’s fishing really good right now.”

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