White Bass
Morone chrysops
For white bass, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25.
Identify your catch
Silvery body with horizontal stripes; one tooth patch on the back of the tongue.
Habitat on Limestone
Flooded trees, shoreline plants, docks and installed fish reefs provide varied cover.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: Spring bass use warmer protected creeks; later fish points beside deep water. Minnows or small jigs suit crappie, while white bass move into the Navasota River to spawn.
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 ↗Fisheries survey · species evidence ↗Species identification ↗