Navarro Mills · Individual fish profile

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Navarro Mills · 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.

White Crappie · Identification features below.

Dark markings form vertical bars; usually six dorsal spines.

Upper-lake flooded trees and northern creek vegetation provide cover; low water can hinder upper-lake access.

Lake guide guidance: Bass use shoreline plant patches during spring. Live bait is suggested for crappie and catfish around flooded timber.

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.