On Lake Granbury, Boat Docks Double as Fish Habitat

From shore, Lake Granbury reads as a long line of boat houses and piers. Below the water, those structures help make the fishery. Docks and piers are by far the lake's main fishing cover, with smaller patches of timber, cattails, and bulrushes.

People have added cover where the reservoir had little of its own. In 2016, the Brazos River Authority funded 28 crappie condos and 16 other fish-attracting structures near the middle of the lake. TPWD now maps habitat sites for anglers.

Largemouth bass, channel catfish, white bass, and striped bass are among the lake's main sport fish. Their habitat tells a Hood County story: the neighborhoods built along this old Brazos channel did not just face the water. Their docks became part of life under it.