White Bass
Morone chrysops
For white bass, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25.
Identify your catch
Silvery body with horizontal stripes; one tooth patch on the back of the tongue.
Habitat on Alvarado Park
Shoreline plants, docks, dam riprap and overhanging trees provide cover. TPWD also documents an artificial reef.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes bass lures near docks and cattails, catfish drift fishing, white bass on windy banks, and crappie around brush and docks.
Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.
No active lake-specific advisory or possession ban was named in the reviewed DSHS directory. This does not guarantee that fish are safe to eat.
Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.
General species guide
A schooling species of lakes and rivers. Do not confuse it with yellow or hybrid striped bass.
General White Bass profile →Sources & lake evidence
TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.
Lake harvest rules ↗Eating guidance ↗Lake habitat & fishing guide ↗Species identification ↗