Purtis Creek · Lake fish profile

Crappie

Purtis Creek harvest rules

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.

Gear restriction: Fishing is by pole and line only.

Crappie · Black Crappie shown as a group illustration; not a lake-specific species identification.

Standing trees dominate the upper half and many coves; the guide describes managed hydrilla.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD reports a late-summer peak for its largest bass, as general historical guidance rather than a current catch forecast.

Eating guidance

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.

Individual lake profiles

Choose the species for its own identification, harvest rules and eating guidance on this lake.

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