Lake Meredith

Recreational activities

Since its designation as a National Recreation Area, Lake Meredith has been an attraction for camping, fishing, and water sports of all types. Its long narrow profile and numerous coves make power boat sports—water skiing, tubing, wake boarding—especially popular. The region's normally windy summer seasons make the coves popular spots for such water sports due to their natural protection from winds that often make open lake waters too choppy. The lake features camping at several sites and five beach areas, one accessible only by boat.

Fishing stock includes sand bass and walleye; anglers may also hope to land crappie, perch, carp, large mouth bass, and small mouth bass. The drought from 2011 to 2013 took a big toll on the water level and on the local economy of Fritch, Texas. Lake Meredith is now enjoying recovery due to consecutive rainy seasons since 2014, with the water level rising over fifty feet since the record low on August 7, 2013. Boat ramps are located at Sanford Yake, Cedar Canyon, Fritch Fortress, Harbor Bay, and Blue West; all ramps were open as of June 17, 2019.

Did You Know?

• On June 1, 2008, the remains of a Beechcraft Skipper airplane were found in the receding lake; the plane had been missing since January 27, 1984, with pilot Steven Lampe, 25, and Larry Lucas aboard.
• Much of the political credit for the establishment of Lake Meredith has gone to the late State Senator Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo.
• In 2003, the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority announced it would reduce allocations to member cities due to an ongoing drought and a continued drop in water level.
• As of 2008, most water supplied by CRMWA was coming from wells in Roberts County.