FISHING COVER/STRUCTURE
Most of Lake Bridgeport's 170-mile shoreline is good bass habitat, with 7 miles of rip-rap, 90 miles of boulders, and many coves and points. Near the Lakeview Lodge on the Sid Richardson Scout Ranch, near Windy Point, Captain Kidd Point, and Steele Island, there are submerged gravel piles that were deposited when the West Fork Trinity River flowed free and uncontrolled. These piles provide excellent habitat for white bass and black basses. Floating pondweed, cattails, and bulrush make up the vegetative cover.

Location: On the West Fork Trinity River in Jack and Wise counties, off US Highway 380

Size: 13,000 acres

Maximum Depth: 85 feet

Date Impounded: 1932, renovated in 1972 with a new spillway

Normal Water Clarity: Moderately clear

Water Level Fluctuation: Average 12 feet annually

Conservation Pool Elevation: 836 ft. msl

Aquatic Vegetation: Sparse colonies of floating pondweed, chara, and water willow (less than 100 acres). Stands of cattail and bulrush are also present.