Caddo · Individual fish profile

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Caddo · Keep or release

Daily bag

Length rule

No minimum

For black and white crappie there is no MLL and daily bag = 25 crappie in combination.

White Crappie · Identification features below.

Dark markings form vertical bars; usually six dorsal spines.

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 · White Crappie

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.

Lives in lakes and slow rivers; small fish and aquatic invertebrates form its diet.

Sources & lake evidence

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