Crappie
For white and black crappie, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination.
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 ↗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.
Official consumption guidance ↗Species within this group
White Crappie
Harvest: For white and black crappie, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination.
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.
Dark markings form vertical bars; usually six dorsal spines.
Black Crappie
Harvest: For white and black crappie, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination.
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.
Irregular dark speckling and usually seven or eight dorsal spines distinguish black crappie from white crappie.
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.