Smallmouth Buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus
There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
Identify your catch
A native sucker with a small, downward-facing mouth; it is not a carp.
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.
Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.
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.
Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.
General species guide
Usually feeds near the bottom in large rivers and reservoirs. Correct identification matters for consumption guidance.
General Smallmouth Buffalo 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 ↗