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Lake Information for Coleto Creek Reservoir
Coleto Creek Reservoir is a reservoir on Coleto Creek and Perdido Creek 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Victoria, Texas. The surface of the lake extends into Victoria and Goliad counties. The reservoir was formed in 1980 by the construction of a dam by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to provide a power station cooling pond for electric power generation. Coleto Creek Reservoir is a venue for outdoor recreation, including fishing and boating.
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority maintains a public park at the reservoir with recreational facilities for boating and fishing.
Aquatic Vegetation
Isolated beds of coontail, American pondweed, American lotus, cattail, rushes, and moderate densities of hydrilla
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority operates Coleto Creek Park, the only park on the shores of Coleto Creek Reservoir. The park offers a swimming area and opportunities for shoreline fishing.
Coleto Creek REservoir has been stocked with species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish present in the reservoir include white bass, hybrid striped bass, catfish, crappie, sunfish, bluegill, and largemouth bass. Vegetation in the lake includes cattail, pondweed, American lotus, rushes, and hydrilla.
Angling Opportunities
Largemouth bass and hybrid striped bass are the most popular sportfish in the reservoir. Largemouth bass are abundant with frequent reports of five to eight pound fish being boated. Hybrid striped bass and white bass provide good angling opportunities in deeper water, near the dam. Blue, flathead and channel catfish also provide fisheries, and respectable catches of crappie are not uncommon.
Fishing Cover/Structure
Coleto Creek Reservoir has varied types of habitat including steep rocky banks, flooded timber, shallow brushy flats, and creek channels. Water is generally clear throughout the year, while the creek channels are typically stained. Small coves and protected creek channels stay fairly clear throughout the year. In addition to the cover submerged timber and brush provide for game fish species, stands of native aquatic vegetation and hydrilla provide excellent habitat in most areas of the reservoir. Structure in the reservoir consist of islands, submerged humps and long sloping points extending cover with aquatic vegetation.
Largemouth bass anglers are most successful on during the spring, fall, and winter months. Popular spring baits include spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, rattletraps, crankbaits, and unweighted soft plastic worms or jerkbaits. Summer bass fishing can be frustrating for even the most experienced angler. Topwater baits such as buzzbaits, Zara Spooks, or Pop-R's, presented very early or very late in the day near weedbeds, are popular and can be productive throughout the day if cloud cover is present. Flipping jigs, plastic worms, or tube baits in heavy shaded cover are often productive when nothing else seems to work. Remenber to spool up with a heavier line when fishing thick cover. As summer temperatures rise, some anglers concentrate on shaded areas in submerged vegetation in 2-6 feet of water using soft plastics, while other anglers fish deep. Deep water bass fishing is best using crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms, Carolina-rigged plastics, or jigging spoons. Brushy main-lake points, rocky shorelines, submerged roadbeds, and flooded brush near deep water or a dropoff are highly recommended targets for bass when temperatures reach 90°F or higher.
Hybrid striped and white bass are generally caught in the deeper water near the dam. Although live minnows are a popular bait, many anglers catch their limit using small rattletraps, shad raps, small spinnerbaits, small grubs, and other minnow-imitating artificial baits. As the weather cools, hybrid and white bass may move to the warm water discharge in the reservoir. Jigging spoons or small rattletraps often put fish in the cooler during this time of year. Catfish anglers can find channel, blue, and flathead catfish throughout the reservoir. Although many anglers prefer deeper water, catfish are often found in relatively shallow areas (8 feet or less) of flooded terrrestrial vegetation. Stinkbait and cutbait produce impressive stringers of blue catfish, while the larger flathead and blue catfish seem to prefer live bluegill and shad. Trotlines and juglines account for many of the larger catfish caught every year at Coleto Creek. Crappie fishing at Coleto Creek can be excellent. Crappie can be caught in the spring, in shallow water near submerged brush using minnows or small feather jigs. Summer crappie anglers concentrate their efforts in the main creek channels, near submerged timber using live minnows, feather jigs, and blade baits in 10-20 feet of water.
Businesses Located Nearby
Bait & Tackle
- Dam Store
- 278 Coleto Park Rd - Victoria, TX
- (361) 576-4086
- Tackle Box
- 3305 N Ben Jordan St, #A - Victoria, TX
- (361) 575-8700
- Charlie's Bait Camp
- 4194 Lane Rd - Seadrift, TX
- (361) 785-3023
Boat Rental
- Little Bay Marine Boat Rentals
- 1838 Broadway St - Rockport, TX
- (361) 729-7409
- Bernie's Boats & Motors
- 5001 N Navarro St - Victoria, TX
- (361) 573-7809
- South Shore Boats
- 739 County Road 478 - Palacios, TX
- (361) 972-3322
Vacation Rental
- Coastal Rentals
- 2025 State Highway 35 N - Port Lavaca, TX
- (361) 553-7368
- Rockport Water Front Rentals
- - Rockport, TX
- (361) 386-0484
- Coleto Creek Reservoir & Park
- 365 Coleto Park Rd - Victoria, TX
- (361) 575-6366
Bar and Restaurant
- Garcias Restaurant & Bar
- 9984 Us Hwy 59 N - Goliad, TX
- (361) 645-1020
- A & B Pit Barbeque
- 3808 Pleasant Green Dr - Victoria, TX
- (361) 573-2864
- Chili's Grill & Bar
- 5004 N Navarro St - Victoria, TX
- (361) 576-4700