Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
For striped bass and hybrid striped bass, minimum length limit = 18 inches. Daily bag limit = 5 in any combination.
Identify your catch
Usually seven or eight continuous horizontal stripes and two tongue tooth patches.
Habitat on Buchanan
Rocky lower and eastern banks provide ledges and points; upper western coves gain flooded brush when levels rise.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes bass near rock or inundated cover, tributary runs for white and striped bass, and catfish with cut or live bait.
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
Uses open water and feeds heavily on forage fish. Reservoir populations are often maintained by stocking.
General Striped 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 ↗