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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 57FISHERIES
SUBCHAPTER NSTATEWIDE RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHING PROCLAMATION
DIVISION 2STATEWIDE RECREATIONAL FISHING PROCLAMATION
RULE §57.981Bag, Possession, and Length Limits

        (III) It is unlawful to retain largemouth bass between 14 and 18 inches. No more than 4 largemouth bass 18 inches or longer may be retained. Possession limit is 10.

      (ii) Toledo Bend Reservoir (Newton, Sabine, and Shelby counties).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 8 (in any combination with spotted bass).

        (II) Minimum length limit: 14 inches (largemouth bass); no limit for spotted bass. Possession limit is 10.

      (iii) Sabine River (Newton and Orange counties) from Toledo Bend dam to a line across Sabine Pass between Texas Point and Louisiana Point.

        (I) Daily bag limit: 8 (in any combination with spotted bass).

        (II) Minimum length limit: 12 inches (largemouth bass); no limit for spotted bass. Possession limit is 10.

    (C) Bass: largemouth

      (i) Chambers, Hardin, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty (south of U.S. Highway 90), Newton (excluding Toledo Bend Reservoir), and Orange counties including any public waters that form boundaries with adjacent counties.

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: 12 inches.

      (ii) Lake Conroe (Montgomery and Walker counties).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: 16 inches.

      (iii) Lakes Bellwood (Smith County), Bois d'Arc (Fannin County), Davy Crockett (Fannin County), Kurth (Angelina County), Mill Creek (Van Zandt County), Moss (Cooke), Nacogdoches (Nacogdoches County), Naconiche (Nacogdoches County), Purtis Creek State Park (Henderson and Van Zandt counties), and Raven (Walker).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Maximum length limit: 16 inches.

        (III) It is unlawful to retain largemouth bass of greater than 16 inches in length. Largemouth bass 24 inches or greater in length may be retained in a live well or other aerated holding device for purposes of weighing but may not be removed from the immediate vicinity of the lake. After weighing the bass must be released immediately back into the lake unless the department has instructed that the bass be kept for donation to the ShareLunker Program.

      (iv) Lakes Casa Blanca (Webb County), Fairfield (Freestone County), Gilmer (Upshur County), Marine Creek Reservoir (Tarrant County), Pflugerville (Travis County), and Welsh (Titus County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: 18 inches.

      (v) Generations Park (Tarrant County), Buck Lake (Kimble County), Lake Forest Park (Denton County), Lake Kyle (Hays County), and Nelson Park Lake (Taylor County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 0.

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) Catch and release only.

      (vi) Lakes Alan Henry (Garza County), Grapevine (Denton and Tarrant counties), Jacksonville (Cherokee County), and O.H. Ivie Reservoir (Coleman, Concho, and Runnels counties).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) It is unlawful to retain more than two bass of less than 18 inches in length.

      (vii) Lakes Athens (Henderson County), Bastrop (Bastrop County), Houston County (Houston County), Joe Pool (Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties), Lady Bird (Travis County), Murvaul (Panola County), Pinkston (Shelby County), Timpson (Shelby County), Walter E. Long (Travis County), and Wheeler Branch (Somervell County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: 14 - 21 inch slot limit.

        (III) It is unlawful to retain largemouth bass between 14 and 21 inches in length. No more than 1 bass 21 inches or greater in length may be retained each day.

      (viii) Lakes Fayette County (Fayette County), Fork (Wood Rains and Hopkins counties), and Monticello (Titus County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: 16 - 24 inch slot limit.

        (III) It is unlawful to retain largemouth bass between 16 and 24 inches in length. No more than 1 bass 24 inches or greater in length may be retained each day.

    (D) Bass: striped and their hybrids.

      (i) Sabine River (Newton and Orange counties) from Toledo Bend dam to I.H. 10 bridge and Toledo Bend Reservoir (Newton, Sabine, and Shelby counties).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5.

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) No more than 2 striped bass 30 inches or greater in length may be retained each day.

      (ii) Lake Texoma (Cooke and Grayson counties).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 10 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) No more than 2 striped or hybrid striped bass 20 inches or greater in length may be retained each day. Striped or hybrid striped bass caught and placed on a stringer in a live well or any other holding device become part of the daily bag limit and may not be released. Possession limit is 20.

      (iii) Red River (Grayson County) from Denison Dam downstream to and including Shawnee Creek (Grayson County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 5 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) Striped bass caught and placed on a stringer in a live well or any other holding device become part of the daily bag limit and may not be released.

      (iv) Trinity River (Polk and San Jacinto counties) from the Lake Livingston dam downstream to the F.M. 3278 bridge.

        (I) Daily bag limit: 2 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: 18 inches.

    (E) Bass: white. Lakes Caddo (Harrison and Marion counties), Texoma (Cooke and Grayson counties), and Toledo Bend (Newton Sabine and Shelby counties) and Sabine River (Newton and Orange counties) from Toledo Bend dam to I.H. 10 bridge.

      (i) Daily bag limit: 25.

      (ii) Minimum length limit: No limit.

    (F) Carp: common. Lady Bird Lake (Travis County).

      (i) Daily bag limit: No limit.

      (ii) Minimum length limit: No limit.

      (iii) It is unlawful to retain more than one common carp of 33 inches or longer per day.

    (G) Catfish: channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies.

      (i) Lake Kyle (Hays County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 0.

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) Catch and release and only.

      (ii) Trinity River (Polk and San Jacinto counties) from the Lake Livingston dam downstream to the F.M. 3278 bridge.

        (I) Daily bag limit: 10 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: 12 inches.

        (III) No more than 2 channel or blue catfish 24 inches or greater in length may be retained each day.

      (iii) Lakes Caddo (Harrison and Marion counties), Livingston (Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker counties), Sam Rayburn (Angelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine, and San Augustine counties), and Toledo Bend (Newton, Sabine and Shelby counties) and the Sabine River (Newton and Orange counties) from Toledo Bend dam to the I.H. 10 bridge.

        (I) Daily bag limit: 50 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) No more than five catfish 30 inches or greater in length may be retained each day.

        (IV) Possession limit is 50.

      (iv) Lake Texoma (Cooke and Grayson counties) and the Red River (Grayson County) from Denison Dam to and including Shawnee Creek (Grayson County).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 15 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

        (III) No more than one blue catfish 30 inches or greater in length may be retained each day.

      (v) Lakes Belton (Bell and Coryell counties), Bob Sandlin (Camp, Franklin, and Titus counties), Conroe (Montgomery and Walker counties), Hubbard Creek (Stephens County), Kirby (Taylor County), Lavon (Collin County), Lewisville (Denton County), Palestine (Cherokee, Anderson, Henderson, and Smith counties), Ray Hubbard (Collin, Dallas, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties), Richland-Chambers (Freestone and Navarro counties), Tawakoni (Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt counties), and Waco (McClennan).

        (I) Daily bag limit: 25 (in any combination).

        (II) Minimum length limit: No limit.

Cont'd...

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