Caddo · Individual fish profile

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Caddo · Keep or release

Daily bag

No limit

Length rule

No minimum

There is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish.

Bluegill · Identification features below.

Deep body, small mouth and a dark ear flap.

Cypress trees, extensive aquatic plants, piers and duck blinds provide cover in a shallow reservoir.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes spring bass fishing and winter to early-spring crappie, white bass and pickerel opportunities.

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

Eating guidance · Bluegill

This lake has an active advisory, but this fish is not named in its species rows. That does not establish that it is safe to eat.

Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.

Common in ponds, lakes and slow streams, especially around shoreline cover.

Sources & lake evidence

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