Pat Mayse lake

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Pat Mayse lake
Location	Lamar County, Texas
Coordinates	33°51′13″N, 95°33′11″WCoordinates: 33°51′13″N, 95°33′11″W
Lake type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Sanders Creek
Primary outflows	Sanders Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	451 ft (137 m)

Pat Mayse is a man-made lake in the Prairies and Lakes region of Texas, United States. It's in Lamar County near the towns of Chicota and Powderly. Paris, Texas is the nearest major city.

The lake is managed by the Army Corp of Engineers. It is stocked with largemouth bass, white crappie, sunfish, striped bass, channel and flathead catfish, and other common fish species. Nearby hunting areas are also managed for upland game and whitetail deer and are open to the public. The game species present include deer, fox squirrel, gray squirrel, bobwhite quail, morning dove, cottontail rabbit, raccoon, turkey, and fox. Furbearers such as opossum, beaver, mink, skunk, and nutria are also present.

Pat Mayse is the site of the annual "2 of Us - North Region" fishing tournament each year in early June. It is also the loctaion for the annual "Uncle Jesse's Big Bass" tournament.