lake

sam rayburn

Jasper, Texas is located approximatley 120 miles Northeast of the the Houston Intercontinental Airport and 261 miles from the Dallas, Ft. Worth Airport, at the intersection of Highways US 190 and US 96.

Lake Sam Rayburn is the largest Lake in Texas and one of the greatest bass fishing lakes in the nation. The lake has 114,500 acres of surface with a shoreline of 560 miles, has a length of approximatley 56 miles and is located 10 miles north of Jasper, Texas, in East Texas.

At normal pool level the lake has a mean sea level elevation of 164.04 feet.
Sam Rayburn Lake has an abundance of grass, timber, and other bass holding habitat, with a good forage base of shad and crawfish. Thousands of Florida Strain bass have been stocked by the Texas Parks and Wildlife. The limit is 5 bass at least 14" in length. The lake is host to the B.A.S.S. and Bass & and Gals circuits as well as many others too numerous to mention. Catch and release is practiced at tournaments as well as sport fisherman. This preserves an excellent stock of trophy bass for the future. Large stringers of bass and bass over 10lb+ are not uncommon.


Ramada Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Best Western all have very nice and new facilities in Jasper. Arrangements for condos or lodging is also available only a few miles from the lake at Sam Rayburn, Texas. Rayburn Country Club is open to the public and features a 27 hole golf course with tennis courts, lodging and a restaurant facility. Many "non-fisherman and non-fisherwomen" elect to stay here while their spouses are fishing.