Catfish
For channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies, 25 (in any combination - only 10 can be 20 inches or greater in length). For flathead catfish, minimum length = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5.
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: 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. This lake has an active advisory, but this fish is not named in its species rows. That does not establish that it is safe to eat. Women of childbearing age and children younger than12; four-ounce meal: DO NOT EAT. Women past childbearing age and males12and older; eight-ounce meal: At most 1 meals per month; 8 oz per meal.
Official consumption guidance ↗Species within this group
Blue Catfish
Harvest: For channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies, 25 (in any combination - only 10 can be 20 inches or greater in length). For flathead catfish, minimum length = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5.
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.
Forked tail and a relatively straight-edged anal fin. Count anal-fin rays using an identification reference.
Channel Catfish
Harvest: For channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies, 25 (in any combination - only 10 can be 20 inches or greater in length). For flathead catfish, minimum length = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5.
Eating guidance: This lake has an active advisory, but this fish is not named in its species rows. That does not establish that it is safe to eat.
Forked tail; younger fish commonly show dark body spots. The anal-fin edge is more rounded than in blue catfish.
Flathead Catfish
Harvest: For channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies, 25 (in any combination - only 10 can be 20 inches or greater in length). For flathead catfish, minimum length = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5.
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: At most 1 meals per month; 8 oz per meal.
Broad flattened head, projecting lower jaw and a tail that is not deeply forked.
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.