Fayette County · Individual fish profile

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Fayette County · 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.

Gear restriction: Use of trotlines is prohibited.

Bluegill · Identification features below.

Deep body, small mouth and a dark ear flap.

Standing timber, limited submerged plants, old tank dams, dropoffs, roadbeds and channels provide structure in a cooling reservoir.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD lists spring bass crankbaits and plastics, low-light topwaters, natural catfish baits and worms or crickets for redear.

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.