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Texoma

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Texoma, as the state words them

Marshall County · River · OK

Has its own special rules
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Today's rule hereParsed

Season
legal for taking game and nongame fish throughout the year, statewideStatewide
Gear
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Bait
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Poles
A person may use up to seven rods while fishingStatewide
SpeciesDaily limitSize
trout
Varies by water: limit three trout, only one of which may be a brown trout greater than than 20 inches (Lower Illinois River trout stream); limit 3 trout per person (Close To Home Fishing Program Sites)
See Trout regulations-Statewide
nongame fish
unlawful to take or possess more than 25 nongame fish harvested from a river or stream-Statewide
nongame fish (including shad)
no more than 200 nongame fish, including shad, for personal use as bait-Statewide
paddlefish
Varies by water: limit eggs (attached to membrane) of no more than one paddlefish; no more than 3 pounds of processed paddlefish eggs or fresh paddlefish eggs removed from the membrane (Paddlefish eggs statewide); No Limit (Public Waters statewide; see Paddlefish regulations); No Limit (Statewide); limit Statewide Annual Limit: 2 (Statewide, annual limit)
1-Statewide
Channel and/or blue catfish
Varies by water: Only 1 Blue Catfish over 30 inches, limit 15 (combined) (Public Waters statewide)
six combined per day-Statewide
Black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted)
six combined per day, only one of which may be a smallmouth bassmin. Largemouth and smallmouth bass must be 14 inches or longer. No size limit on spotted bass.Statewide
Largemouth and/or Smallmouth Bass
6 (combined)min. 1 (one) over 16 inchesStatewide
Spotted Bass
No Limitmin. No LimitStatewide
Flathead catfish
five per daymin. 20-inch minimumThis water
White and/or Black Crappie
37 (combined)min. No LimitStatewide
Striped Bass
5 (except Lake Texoma)min. No LimitStatewide
Striped Bass Hybrids
20min. Only 5 fish over 20 inchesStatewide
White bass
25 per daymin. no size limitThis water
Walleye, Sauger and/or Saugeye
6 (combined)min. 14 inch minimumStatewide
Alligator Gar
Varies by water: limit of 1 (Statewide)
1min. No LimitStatewide
Species of special concern
limit one (1)-Statewide
Rainbow Trout & Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout & Brown Trout - 3 Combinedmin. No LimitStatewide
rainbow, or brown trout
See sizemin. no minimum size limitStatewide
turtles
no more than six turtles of each species per day-Statewide
bullfrogs
no more than 15 bullfrogs per day-Statewide
All crappie
37 combined per daymin. 10-inch minimumThis water

The official text, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from OK's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

Whole water
  • Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass
    Daily limit five combined per daySize 14-inch minimum for largemouth and smallmouth bass
    Fishing regulations may differ between Oklahoma and Texas portions of Lake Texoma. Check the Texas Fishing Guide for details.
  • Striped bass and/or striped bass hybrids
    Daily limit 10 combined per day, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer
  • White bass
    Daily limit 25 per daySize no size limit
  • All crappie
    Daily limit 37 combined per daySize 10-inch minimum
  • Flathead catfish
    Daily limit five per daySize 20-inch minimum
  • alligator garMay 1-31 (dates as written)
    Gear The attempt to take or harvest alligator gar is prohibited May 1-31
    Alligator gar harvest must be reported within 24 hours via E-Check at wildlifedepartment.com.
  • alligator garDuring May (dates as written)
    Gear no person shall take alligator gar from, or possess alligator gar while on

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

Where this stretch begins and ends

This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.

What are you fishing for here?Advice

Pick from the species named in Texoma's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

Receipts

Statewide rules
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 11, 2026.
Special rules - Texoma
This water
Checked against this official source on July 11, 2026.

Local services near Texoma

Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.

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