White Bass
Morone chrysops
For white bass, minimum length = 10 inches and daily bag is 25.
Identify your catch
Silvery body with horizontal stripes; one tooth patch on the back of the tongue.
Habitat on Joe Pool
Upper arms contain timber; brush piles, roadbeds, bridges and aquatic plants add structure.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD identifies plants and submerged structure for bass, bridges for crappie, the lower lake for schooling white bass, and creek channels for channel catfish.
Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.
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.
General species guide
A schooling species of lakes and rivers. Do not confuse it with yellow or hybrid striped bass.
General White Bass profile →Sources & lake evidence
TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.
Lake harvest rules ↗Eating guidance ↗Lake habitat & fishing guide ↗Species identification ↗