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 Millers Creek
Rock banks, upper-lake timber, shallow humps and brush piles provide structure.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: Crappie use timber and brush; bass use submerged trees and vegetation. White bass and hybrids often use the lower reservoir, where trolling is suggested.
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 ↗