Lake Conroe is among a dozen Texas lakes highlighted as crappie hot spots by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's inland fisheries division.

Conroe: The lake holds a thriving largemouth bass population that includes trophy-class fish weighing 10 pounds or more. It also provides good fishing for white/striped hybrid bass and crappie.

Learn how to catch more crappies during the dog days of summer. Discover the best small lake spots—docks, timber, deep basins ...

Although crappie fishing can be good year-round, most anglers target crappie from May October when many of the fish can be found on main-lake brush piles in 15- to 30-foot depths.