Bag and length limits apply to all public fresh waters except for locations noted in the Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations. For freshwater fishes not listed, there are NO statewide bag or length limits. For saltwater finfish species caught in the public fresh waters of this state, saltwater bag, possession and length limits apply.
Alligator Gar
- Daily Bag:
- 1
- No Minimum Length
Certain areas may be temporarily closed to alligator gar fishing when optimum spawning conditions occur. Get details. Also see notes on Lawful Archery Equipment.
Bass
The combined limit for any combination of largemouth, smallmouth, Guadalupe and spotted bass is 5 fish per day.
Largemouth & smallmouth
Striped & hybrid striped
(also known as Palmetto or Sunshine bass)
- Daily Bag:
- 5 in any combination
- Minimum Length:
- 18 inches
White bass
- Daily Bag:
- 25
- Minimum Length:
- 10 inches
Yellow bass
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- No Minimum Length
Catfish
Channel, blue, their hybrids & subspecies
- Daily Bag:
- 25 in any combination
- Minimum Length:
- 12 inches
Flathead
- Daily Bag:
- 5
- Minimum Length:
- 18 inches
Crappie
White, black, their hybrids & subspecies
- Daily Bag:
- 25 (in any combination)
- Minimum Length:
- 10 inches
Paddlefish
- No harvest allowed
Saugeye
- Daily Bag:
- 3
- Minimum Length:
- 18 inches
Sunfish
Various species including bluegill, redear, green, warmouth & longear
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- No Minimum Length
Trout
Rainbow and brown
- Daily Bag:
- 5 in any combination
- No Minimum Length
Walleye
- Daily Bag:
- 5 (only 2 can be less than 16 inches in length)
- No Minimum Length
Possession Limits
- Twice the statewide daily bag limit.
- The only exception to the statewide possession limits in fresh water is for striped bass from Lake Texoma.
- Please note that on lakes Caddo, Kirby, Livingston, Palestine, Toledo Bend and the Sabine River below Toledo Bend where some daily bag limits are larger than the statewide daily bag, the possession limits remain twice the statewide daily bag limits listed above.
- Fish stored by a person at their residence do not apply to their possession limit.
- See definitions of daily bag and possession limit.
Exotic Aquatic Species
There are special requirements associated with the harvest of harmful or potentially harmful exotic species and transport of exotic aquatic species (tilapia, grass carp).
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