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 Winters-Elm Creek
Upper-lake submerged timber, rock ledges, dropoffs and installed habitat structures provide cover.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes bass around rock, flooded vegetation or dropoffs; live or prepared catfish baits; and crappie jigs or minnows near ledges, dropoffs or the fishing pier.
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 ↗