Texas Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Texas?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Texas Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Texas Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Texas's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Texas Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Texas.
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Federal government sued in fish fight
- BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Texas and Louisiana have sued to block federal fishery officials from regulating the length of the red snapper recreational fishing season in federal waters off their coasts. According to a federal rule instituted in March ...
- Longview News-Journal
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- 4/24/2013 12:48:20 PM
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Little fish making big waves
- The Lake Jackson Aquatic Club has many good swimmers and an up-and-comer is 10-year-old Collin Fuchs. A swimmer by the age of 3 and a competitor by 7, Fuchs has been tearing up some of the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation records.
- Brazoria Facts
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- 4/23/2013 6:44:27 AM
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Correct timing can determine success of fishing excursion
- Lake Whitney guide Clay Yadon (817-219-3707) said fishing is fantastic at the big Central Texas lake. “We’re wearing out the sand bass on slabs in 30 feet of water,” Yadon said. “These are the biggest sandies I’ve ever seen ...
- Waco Tribune-Herald
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- 4/21/2013 4:37:58 AM
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Coastal Bend fishing guides' advice: 04.20.13
- With tides being higher than normal lately, I’d get an early start and target the shallow flats and the edges of spoil islands during the early morning high tide. Or fish at night before, during or after a full moon in these areas, using a ...
- Corpus Christi Caller
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- 4/20/2013 9:28:29 PM
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Texas Fishing Report: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- BOB SANDLIN — Water clear; 64–68 degrees; 4.78’ low. Black bass are good on Texas rigged soft plastics. Some topwater action noted on cloudy days. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on ...
- Tyler Morning Telegraph
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- 4/18/2013 6:28:54 AM
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Sikes: A closer look at the fish we eat and what they eat
- In that 2010 study, Greg Stunz at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies discovered mercury in four of five bull reds at levels the Texas Department of Health Services would deem unacceptable. And a single oversized redfish from ...
- Corpus Christi Caller
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- 4/18/2013 4:12:54 AM
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Fly fishing class at TFFC
- Bob Cappallo will teach fly-fishing for beginners at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center from May 18. The class is open to adults 18 and older. No fly-fishing experience is required. Equipment will be provided, but students may bring their own.
- Tyler Morning Telegraph
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- 4/14/2013 3:49:01 AM
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Port Aransas Art Center raffle offers chance at original fish print
- PORT ARANSAS — Artist Dinah Bowman donated her artwork “Corpus Christi Bay,” an original Gyotaku (fish print)/collage with a trout chasing a shrimp and a redfish chasing a crab on a chart of Corpus Christi Bay, valued at $3,000. Raffle ...
- Corpus Christi Caller
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- 4/9/2013 1:31:46 AM
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Fishing was good, but no walk in the park
- It is a fishery that is driven by the stocking of rainbow trout each winter. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been stocking rainbow trout in the lake every winter since 1983. Initially the stocking rate was up to 14,000 fish ...
- Tyler Morning Telegraph
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- 4/7/2013 4:11:38 AM
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Proposed bill would expand state water snapper fishing
- The authors of recent legislation apparently want all gulf states to have what Texas has enjoyed for more than a century, an extended jurisdictional reach into waters rich with red snapper. The feds long ago declared the tasty pink fish an ...
- Corpus Christi Caller
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- 3/27/2013 8:16:43 PM
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Shallow wade fishing trip yields a big catch
- INGLESIDE — It’s just wind. Get used to it. Avoid it. Stay inside. Or work around it. Some anglers spend their lives complaining about wind and blaming it for ruining their fun or foiling their success instead of figuring out ways to outwit ...
- Corpus Christi Caller
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- 3/24/2013 12:35:00 PM
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OUTDOORS: Fly fishing gaining ground in Central Texas
- Fly fishing used to be something that my Yankee uncles talked about during family gatherings, or that I’d see on ABC’s Wide World of Sports as Kurt Gowdy waded his way along a riverbank in Wyoming. But times have changed. In recent decades ...
- Waco Tribune-Herald
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- 3/24/2013 4:21:04 AM
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Texas Fishing Report, March 21
- ATHENS: Water clear, 49-53 degrees; 3.39' low. Black bass are slow on football jigs and Carolina rigs along deeper points. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are slow on prepared bait and cut shad. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 48-53 degrees; 5.75 ...
- Tyler Morning Telegraph
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- 3/21/2013 2:11:37 PM
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Carthage Bass Fishing hosts third tournament
- The Carthage Bass Fishing League held its third tournament of the year on March 9 at Toledo Bend Lake. Forty-six fishermen entered and was won by Harley Wilson with 21.74 total pounds thanks to a 9.12-pound bass. Paul Wilson was second, J.R ...
- Longview News-Journal
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- 3/19/2013 9:44:57 PM
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Pair establish traditions during annual Caddo Lake fishing trip
- MARSHALL — When Marshall’s Mike Griffis tells you about the time he met a group of Tibetan monks with Blue Bell ice cream at Crip’s Camp in Uncertain, you don’t have to worry that he might be telling a fish tale. The story’s true enough.
- Longview News-Journal
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- 3/15/2013 8:42:17 AM
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Spring Break Fishing Day program teaches youths the ins, outs of angling
- CORPUS CHRISTI — Children examined reels, learned to tie knots and identified local fish before casting during a Spring Break Fishing Day program Wednesday at the Lindale Recreation Center. The one-day workshop, which is being held all week ...
- Corpus Christi Caller
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- 3/14/2013 7:31:53 AM
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TPWD surveys sometimes turn up some big fish
- The reports are as common as Bigfoot sightings. A Texas Parks and Wildlife Department crew is survey a lake and brings in a monster bass. For years it was a 22-pound fish, or at least just big enough to be a world record. More importantly the ...
- Tyler Morning Telegraph
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- 3/14/2013 4:18:37 AM
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From golf to fishing: America's ultimate destinations for active travel
- (BPT) - The word “vacation” means different things to different people. For some, it’s lounging poolside and sleeping until noon. Others, however, savor the opportunity to get outside, try some new activities and indulge in their favorite ...
- Waco Tribune-Herald
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- 3/8/2013 3:02:49 PM
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Baffin Bay water to be studied, fish starving
- Experts say the water quality of a South Texas bay has gotten so bad that some fish are starving and a study will be done to help improve conditions. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times ( http://bit.ly/106gTHY) on Tuesday reported testing later this month will
- Brazoria Facts
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- 3/6/2013 8:20:09 PM
Texas Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Texas Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Texas.
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