Statewide Bag and Length Limits
Species Daily Bag Length (minimum)
     
largemouth and smallmouth   14 inches  
spotted and Guadalupe 5 (in any combination) No minimum  
Bass, striped and hybrid   18 inches  
Bass, white 25 10 inches  
Bass, yellow No limit No minimum  
     
Exceptions to Freshwater Harvest Regulations:
Bastrop
* For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14-21 slot. Bass 14 inches and
less or 21 inches or greater in length may be retained.
* Only one bass 21 inches or greater may be retained each day.
* Use of juglines, throwlines and trotlines is prohibited.
Fayette County
* For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14-24 slot. Bass 14 inches and
less or 24 inches or greater in length may be retained.
* Only one bass 24 inches or greater may be retained each day.
* Use of trotlines is prohibited.
Georgetown
* For largemouth bass, length limit is 14-18 inch slot. Bass 14 inches and
less or 18 inches or greater in length may be retained.
* Daily bag for all four species of black bass=5 bass in any combination.
Guadalupe River
* In Comal County from the second bridge crossing on River Road
upstream to the easternmost bridge crossing on FM Road 306, rainbow and
brown trout may not be retained when taken by any method except artificial
lures. Artificial lures cannot contain or have attached either whole or portions,
living or dead, of organisms such as fish, crayfish, insects (grubs, larvae or
adults) or worms, any other animal or vegetable material, or synthetic scented
materials. This does not prohibit the use of artificial lures that contain
components of hair or feathers. It is an offense to possess rainbow or brown
trout while fishing with any other device in that part of the Guadalupe River
defined in this paragraph.
* For rainbow and brown trout, minimum length limit=18 inches and daily
bag=1 fish.
Town Lake
* For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14-21 slot. Bass 14 inches and
less or 21 inches or greater in length may be retained.
* Only one bass 21 inches or greater may be retained each day.
Walter E. Long
* For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14-21 slot. Bass 14 inches and
less or 21 inches or greater in length may be retained.
* Only one bass 21 inches or greater may be retained each day.

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