Freshwater Fishing Limits and Exceptions

Freshwater Fishing Limits and Exceptions

Exceptions to Freshwater Harvest Regulations

Waters listed on this page are subject to special gear restrictions or special harvest limits on one or more species of fish. Waters with consumption advisories issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) are also listed here. Select a water body to see a summary of site-specific regulations.

On fresh waters not listed here, statewide limits apply.

Bait Fish Exceptions

In Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Hudspeth, Kinney, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, and Winkler counties, the only fishes that may be used or possessed for bait while fishing are common carp, fathead minnows, gizzard and threadfin shad, golden shiners, goldfish, Mexican tetra, Rio Grande cichlid, silversides (Atherinidae family) and sunfish (Lepomis).

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W
A
Alan Henry
Athens
B
B. A. Steinhagen
Bastrop
Bellwood
Big Cypress Creek
Boerne Lake
Braunig
Bridgeport
Bright Lake
Brushy Creek Reservoir
Bryan
Buck Lake
Buescher State Park
Burke-Crenshaw Lake
C
Caddo
Calaveras
Canyon
Canyon Lake Project #6
Casa Blanca
Clear Creek
Clear Fork Trinity River
Clear Lake
Cleburne State Park
Coffee Mill
Coleto Creek Reservoir
Community Fishing Lakes (see definition)
Conroe
Cooper Reservoir
D
Daingerfield State Park
Davy Crockett
Devils River
Dixieland
E
Echo (Fort Worth)
Elm
Elm Fork Trinity River
F
Fairfield
Fayette County
Fork
Fort Parker State Park
Fosdic Lake (Fort Worth)
G
Georgetown
Gibbons Creek Reservoir
Gilmer Reservoir
Granbury
Grapevine
Guadalupe River
H
Hills Lake
Houston County
J
Jacksonville
Joe Pool
K
Kirby
Kurth
Kyle
L
Lady Bird Lake
Lake O' the Pines
Leon Creek
Lewisville
Livingston
Lone Star
Lost Maples - Lower
Lost Maples - Upper
M
Madisonville
Marine Creek (Ft. Worth)
Meredith
Meridian State Park
Mill Creek Lake
Mineral Wells
Monticello
Mountain Creek Lake (Dallas County)
Murvaul
N
Nacogdoches
Naconiche
Neches River
Nelson Park
North Concho River
O
O. H. Ivie
Old Mt Pleasant City
P
Palestine
Pflugerville
Pilant
Pinkston
Possum Kingdom
Pruitt
Purtis Creek State Park Lake
R
Ratcliff
Raven
Red River
Richland Chambers
S
Sabine River
Sam Rayburn
San Augustine City
Sections of Rivers within State Parks
Sheldon
South Concho River
State Park Lakes
Sulphur River
Sweetwater
T
Tankersley
Texoma
Timpson
Toledo Bend
Trinity River
V
Village Creek
W
Waco
Walter E. Long Reservoir
Welsh
West Fork Trinity River
Wheeler Branch Reservoir
Worth