Lake Sweetwater
Location: Nolan County near Sweetwater Fishing cover/structure: Lake Sweetwater has diverse fishing cover and structure. There is abundant brush and black willow trees. Aquatic vegetation, mostly bulrush and floating-leaf pondweed, is scattered throughout the lake. Add rocky banks, creek channels, boat docks, rip-rap dam, and submerged humps and this pearl of the west becomes one of the most diverse lakes in the area. |
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Size:
630 acres |
Water clarity: 1 to 5 feet and green colored | |
Impounded:
1930 |
Comments: Lake Sweetwater is very productive and is known as an excellent largemouth bass lake. Channel catfish are also very abundant, and some good stringers are often cught. White crappie are inconsistent from year to year, and white bass are present in moderate numbers. Lake Sweetwater is also an excellent sunfish lake. Florida largemouth bass were introduced in the early 1980's. Public access is limited. | |
Distance from Abilene:
45 miles |
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Game Fish Present:
bluegill, channel catfish, flathead catfish, largemouth bass, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, white bass, white crappie |
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Lake Records: | ||||
Species: | Weight: | Length: | Angler: | Date: |
Blue catfish | ||||
Flathead catfish | 34.0 | 39.0 | Robert Kramer | 05/16/00 |
Channel catfish | 1.18 | 16.0 | Jenna Lee | 05/07/99 |
Hybrid striped bass | ||||
Redbreast sunfish | 0.42 | 8.88 | Robyn Cole | 05/21/94 |
Longear sunfish | 0.20 | 6.25 | Robyn Cole | 05/21/94 |
Largemouth bass | 13.41 | 24.00 | Spence Dumont | 03/18/01 |
White bass | 1.05 | 143.25 | Robyn Cole | 05/07/99 |
White crappie | 2.1 | 15.75 | Alan Riney | 05/07/92 |
Common Carp | 5.4 | 24.25 | Bob Morrison | 08/23/01 |
Smallmouth buffalo |