Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
No minimum length limit or daily bag limit for sunfish.
Identify your catch
Deep body, small mouth and a dark ear flap.
Habitat on New Ballinger
Dam rocks, gradual silt or gravel slopes and flooded saltcedar provide habitat.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: Bass use brush and riprap; crappie can take minnows or small jigs near saltcedar. Catfish take live or prepared baits; walleye use rocky areas.
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
Common in ponds, lakes and slow streams, especially around shoreline cover.
General Bluegill 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 ↗