Live pool levels for the great reservoirs of Texas — the USACE, LCRA, Brazos & Sabine river-authority lakes — running north to south. Every tube shows the normal full pool, the current level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Several South & West Texas lakes sit deep in drought — the water reads far below the gold full-pool line. Scroll down for the Guadalupe trout tailwater, the catfish rivers, the Hill Country float rivers, and Trinity & coastal duck water.
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The Guadalupe River below Canyon Dam is the southernmost trout fishery in the United States — cold water pulled from deep in Canyon Lake keeps stocked rainbows alive year-round. It's release-driven: the cylinder shows the live dam discharge (cfs) — low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.
Roughly 100–200 cfs is prime wadeable/tubing flow; big releases above ~1,000 cfs run fast and cold. Always check Canyon Dam releases before wading.
Texas is trophy blue catfish country — the Trinity, Brazos and Red below Denison Dam give up giants, along with flathead & channel cats. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with the action and flood stages marked. Rising, off-color water after a rain turns the cats on. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.
The spring-fed gems of the Edwards Plateau — the Guadalupe, Comal, San Marcos, Frio & Llano — clear, cool float water and home of the Guadalupe bass, the Texas state fish. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT (minimum floatable), EXPERT (high water) and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.
Comal & San Marcos are spring-fed and floatable nearly year-round; the Frio & Llano are flashy and drop to a trickle in drought.
From the flooded hardwood bottoms of the lower Trinity to the Colorado-river coastal prairie around Eagle Lake. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with WOODS (water spreading into the timber) and HUNT (good duck water) marked. Hover a duck for the species; tap it for a guide.
Trinity bottoms flood into the timber as the river climbs toward action stage; the coastal prairie leans on rain & pumped rice-field water in a dry year.