| (a) For all wildlife resources taken for personal consumption
and for which there is a possession limit, the possession limit shall
not apply after the wildlife resource has reached the possessor's
residence and is finally processed.
(b) The possession limit does not apply to fish in
the possession of or stored by a person who has an invoice or sales
ticket showing the name and address of the seller, number of fish
by species, date of the sale, and other information required on a
sales ticket or invoice.
(c) There are no bag, possession, or length limits
on game or non-game fish, except as provided in this subchapter.
(1) Possession limits are twice the daily bag limit
on game and non-game fish except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.
(2) For flounder, the possession limit is the daily
bag limit.
(3) The bag limit for a guided fishing party is equal
to the total number of persons in the boat licensed to fish or otherwise
exempt from holding a license minus each fishing guide and fishing
guide deckhand multiplied by the bag limit for each species harvested.
(4) A person may give, leave, receive, or possess any
species of legally taken wildlife resource, or a part of the resource,
that is required to have a tag or permit attached or is protected
by a bag or possession limit, if the wildlife resource is accompanied
by a wildlife resource document (WRD) from the person who took the
wildlife resource, provided the person is in compliance with all other
applicable provisions of this subchapter and the Parks and Wildlife
Code. The properly executed WRD document shall accompany the wildlife
resource until it reaches the possessor's residence and is finally
processed. The WRD must contain the following information:
(A) the name, signature, address, and fishing license
number, as required of the person who killed or caught the wildlife
resource;
(B) the name of the person receiving the wildlife resource;
(C) a description of the wildlife resource (number
and type of species or parts); and
(D) the location where the wildlife resource was killed
or caught (name of ranch; area; lake, bay or stream; and county).
(5) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,
the statewide daily bag and length limits shall be as follows.
(A) Amberjack, greater.
(i) Daily bag limit: 1.
(ii) Minimum length limit: 38 inches.
(iii) Maximum length limit: No limit.
(B) Bass:
(i) The daily bag limit for largemouth, smallmouth,
spotted, Alabama, and Guadalupe is 5, in any combination.
(ii) Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted.
(I) No minimum length limit.
(II) No maximum length limit.
(iii) Largemouth and smallmouth.
(I) Minimum length limit: 14 inches.
(II) No maximum length limit.
(iv) Striped and their hybrids.
(I) Daily bag limit: 5 (in any combination).
(II) Minimum length limit: 18 inches.
(III) No maximum length limit.
(v) White.
(I) Daily bag limit: 25.
(II) Minimum length limit: 10 inches.
(IIII) No maximum length limit.
(C) Catfish:
(i) channel and blue (including hybrids and subspecies).
(I) Daily bag limit: 25 (in any combination).
(II) No minimum length limit.
(III) No maximum length limit.
(IV) It is unlawful to retain more than 10 channel
and blue catfish, in the aggregate, of 20 inches or greater in length.
(ii) flathead.
(I) Daily bag limit: 5.
(II) Minimum length limit: 18 inches.
(III) No maximum length limit.
(iii) gafftopsail.
(I) No daily bag limit.
(II) Minimum length limit: 14 inches.
(III) No maximum length limit.
(D) Cobia.
(i) Daily bag limit: 1.
(ii) Minimum length limit: 40 inches.
(iii) No maximum length limit.
(E) Crappie, black and white (including hybrids and
subspecies).
(i) Daily bag limit: 25.
(ii) Minimum length limit: 10 inches.
(iii) No maximum length limit.
(F) Drum, black.
(i) Daily bag limit: 5.
(ii) Minimum length limit: 14 inches.
(iii) Maximum length limit: 30 inches.
(iv) One black drum over 52 inches may be retained
per day as part of the five-fish bag limit.
(G) Drum, red.
(i) Daily bag limit: 3.
(ii) Minimum length limit: 20 inches.
(iii) Maximum length limit: 28 inches.
(iv) During a license year, one red drum exceeding
the maximum length limit established by this subparagraph may be retained
when affixed with a properly executed Red Drum Tag, a properly executed
Exempt Angler Red Drum Tag, or with a properly executed Duplicate
Exempt Red Drum Tag, and one red drum over the stated maximum length
limit may be retained when affixed with a properly executed Bonus
Red Drum Tag. Any fish retained under authority of a Red Drum Tag,
an Exempt Angler Red Drum Tag, a Duplicate Exempt Red Drum Tag, or
a Bonus Red Drum Tag may be retained in addition to the daily bag
and possession limit as provided in this section.
(v) A person who lawfully takes a red drum under a
digital license issued under the provisions of §53.3(a)(12) this
title (relating to Super Combination Hunting and Fishing License Packages)
or under a lifetime license with the digital tagging option provided
by §53.4(a)(1) of this title (relating to Lifetime Licenses)
that exceeds the maximum length limit established by this subparagraph
is exempt from any requirement of Parks and Wildlife Code or this
subchapter regarding the use of license tags for that species; however,
that person shall immediately upon take ensure that a harvest report
is created and submitted via a mobile or web application provided
by the department for that purpose. If the absence of data connectivity
prevents the receipt of a confirmation number from the department
following the report required by this subparagraph, the person who
took the red drum is responsible for ensuring that the report required
by this subparagraph is uploaded to the department immediately upon
the availability of network connectivity.
(vi) It is an offense for any person to possess a red
drum exceeding the maximum length established by this subparagraph
under a digital license or digital tagging option without being in
immediate physical possession of an electronic device that is:
(I) loaded with the mobile or web application designated
by the department for harvest reporting under this subsection; and
(II) capable of uploading the harvest report required
by this subsection.
(vii) A person who is fishing under a license identified
in §53.4(a)(1) of this title and selected the fulfilment of physical
tags must comply with the tagging requirements of this chapter that
are applicable to the tagging of red drum under a license that is
not a digital license.
(H) Flounder: all species (including hybrids and subspecies).
(i) Daily bag limit: 5.
(ii) Minimum length limit: 15 inches.
(iii) No maximum length limit.
(iv) During November, lawful means are restricted to
pole-and-line only and the bag and possession limit for flounder is
two. For the first 14 days in December, the bag and possession limit
is two, and flounder may be taken by any legal means. On September
1, 2021, the provisions of this clause cease effect.
(v) Beginning September 1, 2021, the season for flounder
is closed from November 1 through December 14 every year.
(I) Gar, alligator.
(i) Daily bag limit: 1.
(ii) No minimum length limit.
(iii) No maximum length limit.
(iv) During May, no person shall take alligator gar
from, or possess alligator gar while on, the Red River (including
Lake Texoma) and all tributaries that drain directly or indirectly
to the Red River on the Texas/Oklahoma border in Cooke, Grayson, Fannin,
Lamar, Red River, and Bowie counties.
(v) Any person who takes an alligator gar in the public
waters of this state other than Falcon International Reservoir shall
report the harvest via the department's website or mobile application
within 24 hours of take.
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