Texoma
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Exceptions to the Texas statewide limits, as the Outdoor Annual words them
Texas County · Lake · TX
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from TX'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.
- Note:Zebra mussels have been found in this reservoir.
- Black bassFor largemouth and smallmouth bass, minimum length limit = 14 inches. No minimum length limit for Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass. Daily bag limit for all black bass species is 5 in any combination.
- CarpThere is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
- CatfishFor blue and channel catfish, no minimum length; combined daily bag limit = 15 fish. Only 1 blue catfish 30 inches or greater in length may be retained each day. For flathead catfish, no minimum length limit; daily bag = 5.
- CrappieFor black and white crappie, minimum length limit = 10 inches and daily bag limit = 37 in any combination. Possession limit = 50 crappie.
- GarDuring 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.
- SunfishThere is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish.
- TroutFor rainbow and brown trout, their hybrids and subspecies, there is no minimum length and daily bag limit = 5 trout in any combination.
- Walleye and saugeyeNo minimum length, but only two of the 5-fish daily bag can be under 16 inches in length.
- White bassFor white bass, no MLL and daily bag = 25.
- Striped bass and their HybridsFor striped bass and hybrid striped bass, no MLL, daily bag = 10 and possession limit = 20, and only 2 striped or hybrid striped bass, 20 inches or greater, may be retained each day. Culling of striped bass and hybrid striped bass is prohibited.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- Edition Sept. 1, 2025 - Aug. 31, 2026; no general closed season stated for public fresh watersStatewide
- Gear
- Game fish may be taken only by pole and line, except as otherwise providedStatewide
- Bait
- Allowed unless a water's own rules say otherwiseStatewide
- Poles
- Pole and line; some waters limit pole count in their own rulesStatewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Black bass (all species) Any combination. Largemouth and smallmouth min. 14"; no minimum for spotted, Guadalupe, or Alabama bass. | 5 | - | Statewide |
White bass | 25 | min. 10" | Statewide |
Striped/hybrid striped bass Any combination. | 5 | min. 18" | Statewide |
Catfish (channel and blue) Any combination; only 10 may be 20" or greater. | 25 | - | Statewide |
Catfish (flathead) | 5 | min. 18" | Statewide |
Crappie (white and black) Any combination. | 25 | min. 10" | Statewide |
Walleye Only 2 may be less than 16". | 5 | - | Statewide |
Trout (rainbow and brown) Any combination; no minimum length. | 5 | - | Statewide |
Alligator gar | 1 | - | Statewide |
Sunfish | No limit | - | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- 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 rule applies
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
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.
You also need (Texas)
- Fishing license with freshwater endorsement. Anyone taking fish or other aquatic life in Texas public waters needs a current Texas fishing license with the freshwater endorsement for inland waters.
- State park waters. Waters contained within a state park boundary require no fishing license; the water's own page says so where it applies.
Checked against Texas Outdoor Annual - general fishing regulations on July 3, 2026.
Receipts
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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