Fish Found In Texas Fresh Waters
Largemouth Bass Daily Limit = 5 Minimum Length = 14 inches
Smallmouth Bass Daily Limit = 5 Minimum Length = 14 inches
Spotted Bass Daily Limit = 5 Minimum Length = 14 inches
Guadalupe Bass Daily Limit = 5 Minimum Length = 14 inches
White Bass Daily Limit = 25 Minimum Length = 10 inches
Yellow bass No limit on number No limit on size
Striped Bass Daily Limit = 5 Minimum length = 18 inches
Blue catfish Daily Limit = 25 Minimum length = 12 inches
Channel Catfish Daily Limit = 25 Minimum length = 12 inches
Flathead Catfish Daily Limit = 5 Minimum length = 18 inches
Black Bullhead Catfish
Black Crappie Daily Limit = 25 Minimum Length = 10
White Crappie Daily Limit = 25 Minimum Length = 10
Bluegill Daily Limit = No limit Minimum size = No minimum
Green sunfish Daily Limit = No limit Minimum size = No minimum
Longear sunfish Daily Limit = No limit Minimum size = No minimum
Redbreast sunfish Daily Limit = No limit Minimum size = No minimum
Redear sunfish Daily Limit = No limit Minimum size = No minimum
Warmouth Daily Limit = No limit Minimum size = No minimum
CARP
Common carp
Grass carp
Minnows
Texas shiner
Golden shiner
Blacktail shiner
Red shiner
Gar
Alligator gar Daily Limit: 1 No minimum length
Longnose gar
Shortnose gar
Spotted gar
Suckers
Bigmouth buffalo
Smallmouth buffalo
Black buffalo
Other Fish
American eel
Bowfin
Chain pickerel (Pike)
Freshwater drum
Red drum
Paddlefish No Harvest Allowed
Rainbow trout Daily Limit = 5 No minimum length
Brown trout Daily Limit = 5 No minimum length
Rio Grande cichlid
Gizzard shad
Threadfin shad
Walleye Daily Limit = 5, but only 2 can be less that 16 inches in length. No minimum length on the others
Saugeye Daily Limit = 3 Minimum length = 18 inches
Marine and Shellfish of the Gulf
Organisms found in Wetlands/Brackish Water
Lightening Whelk
Blue Crab
Stone crab
Fiddler crab
Marine life found in estuaries and shallow waters
Green sea turtle
Hawksbill turtle
Leatherback sea turtle
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle
Southern Flounder Daily Limit = 5, except during November, when the limit is 2. Minimum length = 14 inches
Pinfish
Pigfish
Gafftopsail Catfish Daily Limit = No limit Minimum = 14 inches
Hardhead catfish
Atlantic Cutlassfish
Atlantic croaker
Open Water
Striped mullet Daily Limit = No limit Minimum Length = No limit except: –12 inches during Oct., Nov., Dec.,Jan.
Spotted sea trout Daily Limit = 10 Minimum length = 15 inches Maximum length = 25 inches
Tarpon Daily Limit = 1 Minimum Length = 85 inches
Greater amberjack Daily Limit = 1 Minimum size = 34 inches
Florida Pompano The Florida pompano lives in subtropical waters and is the highest- priced marine food fish in the United States. It grows to a record 2 feet (61 cm) and lives in small to large schools in coastal areas. It is also considered one of the hardest fighting small fish.
Common snook Daily Limit = 1 Minimum length = 24 inches Maximum length = 28 inches
Crevalle Jack
Tripletail Daily Limit = 3 Minimum Length = 17 inches
Cobia Daily limit = 2 Minimum length = 37 inches
Others
Eastern Oyster
Red Snapper Daily limit = 4 Minimum length = 15 inches
Vermillion Snapper Daily limit = No limit Minimum length = 10 inches
Sheepshead Daily Limit = 5 Minimum length = 15 inches
Lane snapper Daily limit = No limit Minimum length = 8 inches
Cobia Daily limit = 2 Minimum length = 37 inches
Goliath grouper Daily limit = 0 Catch and release only
King mackerel Daily limit = 2 Minimum length = 27 inches
Spanish Mackerel Daily limit = 15 Minimum length = 14 inches
Blue marlin Daily limit = No limit Minimum length = 131 inches
Sailfish Daily limit = no limit Minimum length = 84 inches
Shark Daily limit = 1 Minimum length = 24 inches