Choke Canyon · Individual fish profile

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Choke Canyon · 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.

Rocky banks, flooded timber, brushy flats, creek channels, submerged vegetation, islands and roadbeds provide varied habitat.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD lists spring bass lures around cover, low-light topwater presentations and plastics or jigs in shaded vegetation.

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

Eating guidance · Bluegill

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.

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.