Fairfield Lake State Park

Activities include camping, backpacking, hiking, horseback riding on approximately 15 miles of day-use equestrian trails, nature study, bird watching, boating on a 2,400-acre lake, water skiing, jet skiing, fishing, and lake swimming in a large, buoyed sandy area.FishingFairfield Lake is warmed by the TXU Big Brown power plant. Because of the warm water, people come from all over Texas to enjoy fantastic winter fishing opportunities. From November through February, tournaments are held every weekend. Fishing clubs from the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Waco, Austin and Tyler areas host tournaments here.Why drive all the way to the Texas Gulf Coast to enjoy fishing for red drum? What makes Fairfield different than most lakes is that because of the warm winter temperatures, it is stocked with red drum (aka redfish). The state record for inland red drum was taken here at Fairfield Lake (44 inches, 36.83 lbs).