Walleye
Sander vitreus
For walleye and saugeye, no minimum length limit. Daily bag limit = 5 in any combination; only 2 may be less than 16 inches long.
Identify your catch
Two separate dorsal fins; the forward fin is spiny. Yellow-brown to greenish body with darker mottling and a pale belly. Lower tail lobe has a pale tip; teeth are conspicuous.
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
Adults mainly eat fish. Walleye are most active at night and spawn in early spring, scattering eggs over suitable substrates.
General Walleye 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 ↗