Lake Buchanan is located about 200 miles west of Houston, 200 miles south of Fort Worth and Dallas, 95 miles north of San Antonio, and 60 miles northwest of Austin. Lake Buchanan is one of the hottest striper fishing locations in Central Texas.

Lake Buchanan has 124 miles of shoreline with a maximum width of just less than five miles and a length of 30 miles. Lake Buchanan is the 1^st. of the Highland Lakes in Central Texas. All around Lake Buchanan, there are many different kinds of lodging available such as houseboats, campgrounds, cabins RV spaces and several resorts.

The striper fishing is excellent on this lake. The stripers start their yearly schooling & feeding activity in February. Along drop-offs and on humps on the bottom of the lake, a Carolina rig baited with live shad is nearly productive for stripers. In the early fall and late spring, the topwater fishing is often productive. Fishermen need to concentrate on the humps and points on the main lake. Usually, stripers will be chasing baits just under the surface of the water when birds can be seen sighted working schools of shad. In order to effective target a striper; fishermen may have to use a downrigger in the heat of the summertime. Yellow or white trailers and bucktail will work well behind these downriggers. A depth finder or fish locater can help the fisherman locate structure for this kind of fishing on the main lake. Fishermen need to set their balls on their downriggers somewhat higher than the depth of thermocline depth, which generally is between 20 feet and 30 feet.