Coleto Creek · Individual fish profile

White Bass

Morone chrysops

Coleto Creek · 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.

Rocky banks, flooded timber, brushy flats, creek channels, islands and submerged humps provide varied cover.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes bass fishing around vegetation, low-light topwaters and deeper crankbaits or plastics near dropoffs.

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.