Lone Star · Individual fish profile

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Lone Star · Keep or release

Daily bag

Length rule

10 in minimum

For white and black crappie, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination.

Black Crappie · Identification features below.

Irregular dark speckling and usually seven or eight dorsal spines distinguish black crappie from white crappie.

Limited vegetation, submerged wood, brush, creek channels and riprap provide cover.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD publishes no dedicated tactics section for this lake.

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

Eating guidance · Black Crappie

This lake has an active advisory, but this fish is not named in its species rows. That does not establish that it is safe to eat.

Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.

Uses lakes, ponds and slow water, often near submerged 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.