Lake Run-A-Muck (in subdivision)

Pictures of Lake Livingston:

LAKE LIVINGSTON INFORMATION:
The Lake Livingston Recreational area stretches 52 miles long and has a timbered shoreline of 450 miles devoted mainly to recreation. It is the 2nd largest lake solely in Texas.

A host of lakeside parks, Wolf Creek Park and Tigerville Park are owned by TRA; camps and marinas offer complete range of services for camping, boating, and fishing, including Lake Livingston State Park.

The lake is accessible West of Livingston off U.S. 190 and by many F.M. roads on both sides of the lake. In the spring of 1997 a new FM road was opened to allow access across the Trinity River just below the Lake Livingston dam. For an Over all View of the lake and surrounding counties click here.
 

Location: On the Trinity River in Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties. Dam is in Polk and San Jacinto counties, west of Livingston and 50 miles north of Houston. Size: 90,000 acres Maximum Depth: 77 feet Date Impounded: 1969 Dam Information: Click Here Normal Water Clarity: Moderately to highly turbid Water Level Fluctuation: 1-2 feet annually Conservation Pool Elevation: 131 ft. msl Current Water Levels Aquatic Vegetation: Native emergent plants are limited to the upper areas of the reservoir and in the backs of coves and embankments. The floating exotic water hyacinth is found throughout the reservoir.

TPWD Inland Fisheries: District Office 1004 E. 26th Street Bryan, Texas 77803 (979) 822-5067 phone Reservoir Controlling Authority: P.O. Box 360 Livingston, Texas 77351 (936) 365-2292  Access Information and Map: Click Here Local Information: Lake Livingston State Park RR 9 Box 1300  Livingston, Texas 77351  (936) 365-2201 Predominant Fish Species: Largemouth bass, bluegill, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, white bass, striped bass, white crappie, and black crappie Lake Records: Click Here

Access/Camping: (click for additional information) 
Six public boat ramps and a number of privately operated ramps offer access to the lake. Camping is available at Lake Livingston State Park and many private resorts.

Angling Opportunities: 

 

Species	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Largemouth Bass
Catfish
Crappie
White Bass
Striped/Hybrid Bass
Sunfish

Fishermen take all native game species, plus trophy specimens of Florida bass and huge stripers. Lake records include catfish- blue- 78 lbs., flathead- 114 lbs; hybrid striped bass, 12.88 lbs.; largemouth bass, 12.45 lbs.; striped bass, 31.5 lbs.; and white crappie 1.35 lbs. 

Fishing Cover/Structure: 
Some native emergent vegetation can be found in the upper areas of the reservoir. Very little cover exists in the lower reservoir due to vertical bulkhead.

Fishing Tips & Tactics: 
White bass are most readily caught in early spring in the many creeks that feed into Lake Livingston. Striped bass can be caught around the 190 bridge area by trolling and vertical jigging spoons or live shad. Largemouth bass are most frequently caught in the bays and creeks from the Kickapoo/Penwaugh area northward. Spring and fall are the most successful seasons for largemouths. Channel and blue catfish can be caught most any time of year on a variety of organic and live baits over the main river channel and in off channel tributaries and creeks.

COUNTY INFORMATION :
San Jacinto County is in southeastern Texas on the Trinity River. Shepherd, the largest town, is fifty miles north of Houston on U.S. Highway 59. The county's center is at 30°41' north latitude and 95°00' west longitude. San Jacinto County comprises 628 square miles of the East Texas Timberlands and is heavily wooded with longleaf and loblolly pine, cedar, oak, walnut, hickory, gum, ash, and pecan. Sixty percent of the county is in the Sam Houston National Forest. Gently rolling hills characterize the area, and the soils are reddish with a loamy surface and mostly clayey subsoils that are high in iron. Along the Trinity River, there are dark loamy to cracking clayey subsoils. Between 20 and 30 percent of the land is considered prime farmland. The Trinity River serves as the eastern boundary of the county. The San Jacinto River, Big Creek, Winter Bayou, and Stephen Creek also flow through the county, and Peach Creek flows along the southwestern boundary. The elevation ranges from 374 to 386 feet. Average annual precipitation is forty-eight inches, and the temperature ranges from an average low of 36° F in January to an average high of 94° in July. The average growing season extends 261 days.