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Texas white bass limits

Texas lets you keep 25 white bass a day, and each one must be at least 10 inches long. Four waters on the Louisiana and Oklahoma lines (Caddo Lake, Lake Texoma, Toledo Bend Reservoir and the Sabine River below Toledo Bend) keep the 25-fish bag but drop the length limit. Community Fishing Lakes and several other small listed waters cap you at 5 fish a day of all species together.

Verified 2026-11-03

Updated

Limits at a glance

Regulation period: Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027.

Statewide public fresh water (no listed exception)

Daily limit
25 per day

DatesOpen all year

ReleaseMay keep

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Size ruleMinimum length 10 inchesTPWD sets the possession limit at twice the daily bag, so 50 white bass. White bass have their own bag: they are not counted with striped or hybrid striped bass (5 a day combined, 18-inch minimum).

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Caddo Lake, Lake Texoma, Toledo Bend Reservoir, and the Sabine River from Toledo Bend Dam to the I.H. 10 bridge

Daily limit
25 per day

DatesOpen all year

Size ruleNo minimum lengthThese are shared waters with Louisiana or Oklahoma, and TPWD's water-body pages list no minimum length for white bass on each of them.

Community Fishing Lakes (public lakes of 75 acres or less entirely inside a city's limits or a municipal, county or state park) and other small waters on TPWD's list

Daily limit
5 fish per day, all species combined (white bass included)

DatesYear-round (as printed)

Size ruleNo minimum length (black bass excepted)Pole and line only, no more than two poles. Only 1 of the 5 may be a black bass, and it must be 14 inches or longer.

Watch for

  • White bass and yellow bass are easy to mix up. Yellow bass have no daily bag and no length limit in Texas, but a white bass under 10 inches is illegal to keep on most waters.
  • Striped and hybrid striped bass (palmetto or sunshine bass) are a separate group: 5 a day in any combination, 18 inches minimum statewide, with their own rules on Lake Texoma and some other reservoirs. Check which fish you have before it goes in the cooler.
  • The possession limit is twice the daily bag. The Lake Texoma possession exception on TPWD's page applies to striped bass, not white bass.
  • Before leaving or approaching any public fresh water, drain the water from your boat and its onboard receptacles, livewells included (a zebra mussel rule).
  • We checked every water body on TPWD's exceptions list (104 pages) on Nov. 3, 2026. Most restate the statewide 25 fish and 10 inches. Exceptions can be added mid-year, so look up your lake before you keep fish.

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Quick answers

What is the daily limit for white bass in Texas?

Statewide public fresh water (no listed exception): 25 per day. Size rule: Minimum length 10 inches. Other waters and date windows have different rules; see the table. Verify with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

Which regulations do these Texas figures come from?

Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027, as published by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Last verified 2026-11-03.