Belton Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 18, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

16 Fishing Reports

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Fishing Reports

16 Reports on Belton Lake

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Sonicpopo
Silver Ambassador
4/23/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Ned Rigs
- Structure
  Points
- Forage
  Shad
Lake Belton has finally reached water temps of over 70 and nearly every species of fish in the lake are spawning!! Shad spawn is strong just before, and right at daybreak. The lake is cloudy with an algae bloom and visibility is only around a ft or so making sight fishing very difficult. Finess swimbaits, ned rigs and finesse jigs as well as short C-rigs with Zoom ring fry's are putting numbers in the boat but size is an issue but 2 1/2 to 4 lb fish are able to be caught.
Sonicpopo
Silver Ambassador
5/4/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Post-Spawn)
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Shad
The Smallmouth spawn is over with a few largemouths still on beds. Shad spawn is in full swing and there are a number of baits that will produce vicious strikes. I had the best luck with the scrounger, Luck E Strike, with the 2.8" Keitech in Silver flash or Bluegill flash. boated a number of good fish on a popper, Yellow Majic in bone, as well as a few more on a Spro square-bill in Citrus Shad. Also stuck a couple using a Booyah spinner bait in white. Water temps were finally in the mid-seventies with about 18 to 24"s of clarity.
Katherine Field
Blue Ambassador
5/6/21
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Wacky Rigs
- Structure
  Laydowns
Lake Belton is fairly unique in that it sports very clear water in many areas as well as largemouth and smallmouth. I was able to catch largemouth on small swimbaits and flukes, very shallow along laydowns in the creek arms. Smallmouth I caught in the main lake along laydowns, rock ledges and deep along submerged timber using both weedless wacky rigs and weighted weedless wacky rigs. This lake is a ton of fun! Good luck!