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Location: Taylor County near Buffalo
Gap and Abilene
Fishing cover/structure: When
full, there are black will trees and dead brush, rip-rap along the dam
and some rocky ledges at the southeast end of the lake. When water levels
are low there is very limited cover or structure: sunken brush piles and
rip-rap along the dam are the only know cover/structure.
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Size:
640 acres
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Water clarity: 3 to 18 inches
and red colored |
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Impounded:
1921
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Comments: Lake Abilene closes
at sunset and opens at sunrise. The lake is located iin close proximity
to Abilene State Park, which offers scenic camping, picnicking, nature trails,
and a small fishing pund. This is a popular float-tube fishing lake and
is know for its large white crappie. Stories of catching 3-pound white crappie
are common. A popular technique for catching these large white crappie is
flipping 6-inch plastic worms in dead brush when white crappie are spawning
in the spring. Numbers of large-mouth mass are produced. A few years later,
2 to 4 pound largemouth bass are plentiful. Hybrid striped bass were last
stocked in 1979, and as of 1996, some individuals still existed. Future
stockings of hybrid striped bass in Lake Abilene are unlikely. A few large
blue catfish and flathead catfish are present, and small channel catfish
are fairly abundant. Florida largemouth bass were introduced in 1988. |
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Distance from Abilene:
10 miles
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Game Fish Present:
Bluegill, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, hybrid striped
bass, large mouth bass, white crappie
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2002 Drought condition update: During
the present drought, Lake Abilene lost almost all of its water. The Inland
Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department eliminated the
few remaining rough fish that were present in foot or so of remaining water.
A game fish restocking program continues as the small lake has caught new
water in the recent rains to deluge the area. Flooded new cover promises
to make this an attractive public fisheries again in the near future. |
