Bardwell · Individual fish profile

White Bass

Morone chrysops

Bardwell · Keep or release

Daily bag

Length rule

10 in minimum

For white bass, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25.

White Bass · Identification features below.

Silvery body with horizontal stripes; one tooth patch on the back of the tongue.

Dam structure and vegetation near Highway34 offer cover; the upper basin is shallow and silty.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes live bait for catfish and crappie and noisy artificial baits for white bass and hybrids.

Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.

Eating guidance · White Bass

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.

A schooling species of lakes and rivers. Do not confuse it with yellow or hybrid striped bass.

Sources & lake evidence

TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.