Carp & buffalo
There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
Official lake regulations ↗
Habitat on Worth
Standing timber, boathouses, docks, piers, rocky shoreline and brush provide habitat.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes bass near rocky banks and boathouses, crappie near reed beds and dock brush, spring white bass upriver, and catfish throughout the reservoir.
Lake fishing guide ↗Women of childbearing age and children younger than12; four-ounce meal: DO NOT EAT. Women past childbearing age and males12and older; eight-ounce meal: DO NOT EAT. Women of childbearing age and children younger than12; four-ounce meal: At most 1 meals per month; 4 oz per meal. Women past childbearing age and males12and older; eight-ounce meal: At most 2 meals per month; 8 oz per meal.
Official consumption guidance ↗Species within this group
Smallmouth Buffalo
Harvest: There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
Eating guidance: Women of childbearing age and children younger than12; four-ounce meal: DO NOT EAT. Women past childbearing age and males12and older; eight-ounce meal: DO NOT EAT.
A native sucker with a small, downward-facing mouth; it is not a carp.
Common Carp
Harvest: There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
Eating guidance: Women of childbearing age and children younger than12; four-ounce meal: At most 1 meals per month; 4 oz per meal. Women past childbearing age and males12and older; eight-ounce meal: At most 2 meals per month; 8 oz per meal.
Barbels near the mouth help distinguish common carp from native buffalo.
Individual lake profiles
Choose the species for its own identification, harvest rules and eating guidance on this lake.
Source & occurrence note
TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.