Marine Creek · Individual fish profile

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Marine Creek · Keep or release

Daily bag

Length rule

10 in minimum

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

White Crappie · Identification features below.

Dark markings form vertical bars; usually six dorsal spines.

Shoreline emergent plants, dam riprap, a submerged road and installed habitat structures provide cover.

Lake guide guidance: Try dam riprap and plant edges for bass; use minnows or jigs near deeper brush for crappie and worms along shore for sunfish.

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

Eating guidance · White Crappie

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.

Lives in lakes and slow rivers; small fish and aquatic invertebrates form its diet.

Sources & lake evidence

TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.