E. V. Spence · Individual fish profile

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

E. V. Spence · Keep or release

Daily bag

Length rule

18 in minimum

For striped bass and hybrid striped bass, minimum length limit = 18 inches. Daily bag limit = 5 in any combination.

Striped Bass · Identification features below.

Usually seven or eight continuous horizontal stripes and two tongue tooth patches.

Rocky bluffs, river and creek channels, coves and mud flats provide structure.

Lake guide guidance: TPWD lists bass lures around rocks, flooded vegetation and dropoffs and live or cut bait for catfish.

Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.

Eating guidance · Striped Bass

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.

Uses open water and feeds heavily on forage fish. Reservoir populations are often maintained by stocking.

Sources & lake evidence

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